Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences was founded on 1 August 1971 by the merger of eight "higher technical schools", three engineering schools and a school of works in the Krefeld-Mönchengladbach area. The "State Engineering School for Textiles" in Krefeld, which had the longest tradition of its predecessors, also went into it. The Niederrhein University is headquartered with headquarters and administration in Krefeld ; The faculties are spread over the two campuses in Krefeld and one in Mönchengladbach . At the winter semester 2016/17, 7,273 people study in Mönchengladbach and 6,377 in Krefeld (at Frankenring and Reinarzstrasse). The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences has a program of tutoring, which was officially accredited in June 2016, which has existed since 2010. In the field of teaching she has also been successful in three major funding programs of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. For the implementation of the concept of "peer tutoring and study course advice", which should help particularly weaker students by providing them with individual support and support, they received around 4.7 million euros in the years 2011 to 2015; In 2015, it received a decision on EUR 5.3 million for a further five years. In the second round of the quality pact teaching she was successful as a coordinator of the joint application "Lehrstuhlspool Pool". Thus, together with three other Fachhochschulen in North Rhine-Westphalia, she received money from the Federal Ministry to make the recruitment of lecturers more professional. The program expired in December 2016.