The climate crisis, authoritarianism and disinformation are putting democratic societies under increasing pressure. On 20 May 2026, the "Sustainable…
Democracy under pressure: Conference explores sustainable models for the future

Universities are places of the greatest possible freedom of speech - or should be. In reality, however, this cannot be taken for granted, as there are…
Legal scholar von Coelln on "Freedom of speech at university"

The University of Wuppertal is specifically strengthening the introductory phase of studies with an extended range of so-called "workshops". Across…
Support for a successful start to your studies

How do we want to live in the future? What kind of society do we want to be? And how do we get there? These questions are at the centre of the SHAPE…
Good and fair: SHAPE field of activity invites you to play an active role in shaping social change

As part of the Wuppertal Literature Biennale, the internationally renowned Cameroonian author Djaïli Amadou Amal will be a guest in Wuppertal on 12…
Reading and discussion with writer Djaïli Amadou Amal

There is growing concern about the acceptance and future of our democracy. The thing that holds our democracy together like the rules of a football…
Joining in for democracy: BUW celebrates the Basic Law

The Night of Technology is coming to the Bergisch region for the first time. As a science partner, the University of Wuppertal is also opening its…
Night of Technology at the University of Wuppertal

The University of Wuppertal is strengthening its expertise in the field of multilingual didactics and digital foreign language learning: Jules…
New professorship strengthens research into multilingualism and digital education

An international research community has been honoured with the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for its decades of work on the so-called…
Breakthrough Prize honours muon research - decisive contribution from Wuppertal

The "Faces of the Ruhr" exhibition at the Ruhr Museum in Essen presents people and their immigration history. It is about arriving, growing up and…
Talent scout from the University of Wuppertal part of the "Faces of the District" exhibition