Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences

On May 1, 2009 Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule Ruhr West; abbr. HRW), was officially founded as a science and engineering institution. Only a few months later, in September 2009, the university launched its first two degree programmes and welcomed its first students on its interim campuses in Mülheim and Bottrop. In the years that followed, Ruhr West saw steady and rapid growth, adding four faculties with seven institutes and expanding its academic offerings to a current total of 17 bachelor’s and 5 master’s programmes, including programmes in business administration. After five years, student enrolment was up from 80 in 2009 to more than 6000 in 2019. Likewise, academic and non-academic staff had grown from 28 to 300. On 24 October 2014, the university opened its new campus in Bottrop, featuring modern architecture and state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. The Bottrop campus is home to the Institute of Computer Science and the Institute of Energy Systems and Energy Management. In addition to housing lecture halls, a library and a dining hall, the entire building serves as an energy lab to be used for teaching and research. The new Mülheim campus opened in spring 2016, housing the Institutes of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Natural Sciences, Measuring and Sensor Technology, and Business Administration. Featuring cutting-edge equipment, lecture halls, a library, a dining hall and a parking deck, it is one of the most modern campus facilities in North Rhine-Westphalia.