Absolventen der Kgl. Vereinigten Maschinenbauschule Elberfeld-Barmen, Jahrgang 1908 (Foto: Universitätsarchiv, UAW070800200009)
UW´s Predecessors - Higher Education in the Wuppertal Region
1863 | A Higher Industrial School starts training engineers in Wuppertal. |
1898 | This institute is renamed the Royal United Elberfeld-Barmen School of Mechanical Engineering. |
1894 | Opening of the Barmen School of Applied Art. |
1897 | Foundation of the Royal Prussian School of Civil Engineering (Elberfeld-Barmen). |
1900 | Opening of the Prussian Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry in Barmen. |
1938 | Foundation of the Higher Technical School for the Graphic Design Industry. |
1946 | Foundation of the Teacher Training Academy, Wuppertal, with 200 students admitted for the winter semester. |
1949 | The School of Industrial Art takes over the tradition of the School of Applied Art and opens a new Department of Industrial Design. |
1962 | The Teacher Training Academy, Wuppertal, becomes a School of Education. |
1963 | The Higher Technical School for the Graphic Design Industry becomes an independent institute of the School of Industrial Art, incorporating two departments: Typography/Layout and Printing Technology. |
1964 | The Remscheid School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering opens for the winter semester with 400 students (the Wuppertal institute is now training over 500 engineers). |
1965 | Three Schools of Education in North Rhine-Westphalia are merged, with Wuppertal now becoming part of the new Rhineland School of Education. |