Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University
Universität Bielefeld
Type	Public
Established	5 September 1969
Budget	€ 440 million
Chancellor	Dr. Stephan Becker
Rector	Angelika Epple
Academic staff	1,387
Administrative staff	1,100
Students	24,255
Location	Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; 52°02′16″N 8°29′35″E / 52.03778°N 8.49306°E
Website	www.uni-bielefeld.de

Bielefeld University (German: Universität Bielefeld) is a public university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the established universities. In particular, the university aims to "re-establish the unity between research and teaching", and so all its faculty teach courses in their area of research. The university also stresses a focus on interdisciplinary research, helped by the architecture, which encloses all faculties in one great structure. It is among the first of the German universities to switch some faculties (e.g. biology) to Bachelor/Master-degrees as part of the Bologna process.

Bielefeld University has started an extensive multi-phase modernisation project, which is to be completed by 2025. A total investment of more than 1 billion euros has been planned for this undertaking.^[5]

Bielefeld University on the north side of Teutoburg Forest

^ "Daten.2016: Statistisches Jahrbuch" (PDF) (in German). Bielefeld University. pp. 55–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zahlen und Daten". University of Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ "Zeittafel zum Aufbau der Universität Bielefeld". Chronology of the university's development (in German). Universität Bielefeld. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
^ "Rektorat". University board (in German). Universität Bielefeld. Retrieved 13 June 2008.
^ "Campus Bielefeld: Campus Bielefeld 2025". www.campus-bielefeld.de. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[1] "Daten.2016: Statistisches Jahrbuch" (PDF) (in German). Bielefeld University. pp. 55–62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[facts_and_figures-2] "Zahlen und Daten". University of Bielefeld (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[3] "Zeittafel zum Aufbau der Universität Bielefeld". Chronology of the university's development (in German). Universität Bielefeld. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2008.

[4] "Rektorat". University board (in German). Universität Bielefeld. Retrieved 13 June 2008.

[5] "Campus Bielefeld: Campus Bielefeld 2025". www.campus-bielefeld.de. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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