A warm welcome

on the website of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the University of Wuppertal

A warm welcome

on the website of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the University of Wuppertal

A warm welcome

on the website of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the University of Wuppertal

The Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering: Tradition and innovation in teaching and research

The Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the University of Wuppertal offers you a dynamic and future-oriented degree programme at the centrally located Campus Haspel. With over 100 years of tradition in construction teaching, we combine proven expertise with state-of-the-art approaches and technologies.

As part of the University of Wuppertal, our students benefit from an innovative and interdisciplinary teaching and research environment. The faculty's own campus for the Architecture, Civil Engineering and Transportation Engineering degree programmes offers optimal conditions for studying and excellent supervision.

Studying at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering means:

An attractive range of subjects for a degree programme with high future potential and excellent career opportunities

Interdisciplinary study exchange through joint projects and seminars for students in architecture, civil engineering and transport engineering

Outstanding personal support from motivated and committed professors

Research-based teaching by involving students in pioneering research topics using the laboratories and workshops

Practical relevance thanks to close cooperation with companies, public institutions and research facilities

Faculty's own campus in a central location - with its own specialist and materials library - for a pleasant learning environment and good transport links

Internationality thanks to worldwide exchange programmes with renowned universities

Planning, building, mobility - the diverse range of degree programmes at the Campus Haspel

What will the built environment of the future look like? What new materials or construction methods will be needed? How will we move around in this world? Join us in shaping the future of planning, building and mobility - responsibly, creatively and innovatively.

Detailed information on the individual degree programmes and general information for prospective students can be found here:

Architecture

Civil Engineering

Transportation Engineering

Study information

The individual degree programmes and sub-degree programmes of our faculty

Architecture degree programme:

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Civil Engineering degree programme:

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Bachelor of Science Vocational education and training (B.Sc.)

Bachelor of Arts Teaching Qualification (B.A.)

Bachelor of Arts Combinatorial Bachelor (B.A. Combi)

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Transportation Engineering degree programme:

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Part-time Master's degree programmes:

Master of Science (M.Sc.) Real Estate Management + Construction Project Management (REM + CPM)

Master of Business Engineering (MBE) Construction operations

Master of Science (M.Sc.) Sustainable Construction | Urban Mining (S|UM)

News

Publication of the winners and nominees of the Architecture Master's Awards for Best Design and Best Thesis of WS23/24 and SoSe24

‘It is important that we work with municipalities, local stakeholders and across disciplines’ Interview with the Vice Dean for Research, Prof Dr Tanja Siems

Congratulations on your successful application for the Deutschlandstipendium: 13 students from the three departments of our faculty are among the BUW scholarship holders

International research project on the remediation of contaminated soils brings together researchers from Sweden, Sri Lanka, China and Germany at the chair of Prof Dr Jörg Rinklebe

Birte Boes, research assistant at the Chair of Computational Applied Mechanics, receives the first publication prize of the University of Wuppertal

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Annette Hillebrandt in an interview with FRAUEN !N FÜHRUNG e.V. on sustainable building: ‘We have to think things through to the end!’

WZ article on current research work by Master's students on the ‘Sustainable and resource-conserving construction’ programme in the Living Lab NRW

A real highlight: the graduation ceremonies for the Architecture, Civil Engineering and Transport Engineering 2024 degree programmes

Transfer stories: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Annette Hillebrandt from the Chair of Building Construction/Design and Materials Science on Wuppertal's sustainable ‘fake architecture’ in Elberfeld's Nordstadt district

Transfer stories: Prof Dr Jörg Rinklebe from the LuF Soil and Groundwater Management on the water quality in our streams, rivers and lakes

Presentation of a new test rig for heavy rainfall in the hydraulic engineering laboratory of the Department of Water Resources Management and Hydraulic Engineering

‘Building as a waste mountain or urban mine? We have a choice.’ - Interview with Prof Annette Hillebrandt with Gebäudeforum Klimaneutral on the relevance of a transformation in the construction industry

A complete success: BAU-Impulse 2024 at the Living Lab NRW inspired trade visitors and the public with exciting presentations and workshops

Transfer stories: Architecture students develop convincing ideas for implementing a sustainable building revolution

‘When Cubism meets Smurfhausen’ - the BUW podcast, this time with Dipl.-Ing. Alice Strohm, among other things subject advisor for architecture and deputy decentralised equal opportunities officer at our faculty

Ceremonial inauguration and commissioning of a new test stand in the hydraulic engineering laboratory of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management

Transfer stories: Prof Holger Hoffmann from the Chair of Presentation Methodology and Design on a BDA campaign for the conversion of Platz am Kolk

BauImpulse 2024 - Sustainability in residential construction | Expert forum on the grounds of the Living Lab NRW

BENEFIT FROM OPPORTUNITIES: Apply for the BUW Germany Scholarship now until August 31!

Transfer stories: Prof Dr Christoph Grafe from the Chair of Architecture, History and Theory on Wuppertal's first prefabricated house and the history of timber construction

‘We are shaping the future of our environment here": Interview with Dean Prof Dr Christoph Grafe on the faculty's profile, future and pioneering role

Honoured: Gender Equality Award for the project "Baulöwinnen - Freiraum für Bauingenieurinnen" by the Chair of Structural Design, Structural Analysis and Structural Dynamics

Transfer stories: Prof. Dr Tanja Siems and her team from the Chair of Urban Development provide an insight into lengthy administrative processes and outdated approval procedures in the construction industry

Exciting guests, great programme: opening of the Baulöwinnen exhibition at Campus Haspel

LuF DPBB: "TimberConnect" research project digitally networks the timber construction industry

Condolence for Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl-Hans Laermann

Seize the opportunity: apply for a BUW Germany Scholarship by 31 August 2020!

BUW graduate Anastasia Pusch wins the BdB Sponsorship Award 2024 in the "Buildings" category

Teaching & research: baunetz CAMPUS summer school "Value of things" in the Living Lab NRW

Networking & exchange on sustainability topics: the Living Lab NRW as an exhibitor at the Week of the Environment in Berlin

The BUW degree programmes with a focus on sustainability – including the M.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Shaping the future – studying the future: The application procedures for the winter semester 2024/25 are open!

Students and employees from transport companies analyse the ‘fare jungle’ in public transport

13th RuhrGeo Day: Cement in geotechnics - still up to date?

Presentation of the Urban Mining Student Award 2023/24

Dresden Declaration on a climate and socially just building transition

New election of the Dean's Office at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Workshop on sustainable construction and digitalization in the building trade

Research stay at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Summer School in Mumbai: Wuppertal students research Indian property markets

Interview with Professor Annette Hillebrandt on sustainable building on SR television

First impressions of the India excursion

Article by Prof Jörg Rinklebe on WDR on the subject of "E-waste export as an environmental poison in Africa"

The BDA Architecture Prize Wuppertal 2023 was awarded at Campus Haspel. There was recognition for the Living Lab NRW!

Summer School in Mumbai! Architecture and civil engineering students explore the 15-minute city

Potential rich in perspective: transzent celebrates its 10th anniversary

The application deadline for Erasmus+ (study abroad and internship abroad) is 15 January 2024 - APPLY NOW!

Open letter from Prof Annette Hillebrandt to Olaf Scholz in response to the German government's announcement that it intends to tackle the housing shortage with new builds on greenfield sites "as in the 1970s" finds many supporters

Prof. Jörg Rinklebe erhält den IESGA Fellowship Award 2023 bei der 6th Global Conference: ESG Management & Nachhaltigkeit in Seoul

Professor Annette Hillebrandt at the end-of-year event of the Climate-Positive Cities and Communities Initiative (DGNB)

Professors Christoph Grafe and Georg Giebeler for BUW at the "International seminar on the pedagogy of transformation"

Does God no longer live here? Exchange of experiences on the transformation of sacred spaces within the Scandinavian churches in Oslo

Career award presented to Professor Rinklebe

New Instagram profile of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Award-winning students represent the Department of Architecture at the 72nd Annual General Meeting of the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V.

Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting 2023 in Wuppertal

BmB Exhibition of Master Designs on 12.10.2023

IABSE - Pre-Congress Workshop on Design of Structural Concrete with "Strut and Tie Method"

BIM is WIN: BIM Congress in Wuppertal

Your Germany Scholarship at Bergische Universität - Apply Now!

1st Living Lab NRW Expert Forum: Grid-serving operation management of buildings

Building in the digital age: NRW Ministry invites to congress at Bergische Universität

"Brutalist buildings have to be taught to be 'beautiful'".

How industrialisation still pollutes the Wupper today (Source: WZ, edition 04.08.23)

German Construction Award 2024

Hands-on science: Bergische Universität invites you to Research Day on 9 September

URBAN STOCK EVALUATION: Worthy of preservation - preservation effort - potentials

First mobility concepts for BUGA 2031

ICOBTE & ICHMET 2023: The Scientific Congress - 06-10 Sept at BUW

Feel the House exhibition in the library at Campus Haspel

Application Erasmus+ Summer 2024

Studying architecture in Wuppertal - information, advice and insights on Architecture Day (17.06.2023)

Excursion to the BUGA Mannheim

Excursion to the suspension railway workshop in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel

Invitation to the FAQ breakfast of the NRW Chamber of Architects for architecture students in Wuppertal

Univ. Prof. Annette Hillebrandt in an interview as part of the documentary "Bauwende oder Bausünde? Sustainable Building" on 31 May at 10 p.m. on Bavarian Television

Bergisch University students win architecture competition

Due to the announced railway strike from 14 May to 16 May, the first event of the lecture series "Baulöwinnen - Freiraum für Bauingenieurinnen" has to be postponed.

Obituary for Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Fiedler (1929-2023)

Application period M.Sc. Architecture for the winter semester 2023/2024 starts on 30 May 2023

Solar Decathlon goes Living Lab: 1. Living Lab NRW Forum der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal

Supporting programme for the Kunst am Bau exhibition in Wuppertal

LECTURE SERIES Women Construction Engineers - Free Space for Women Civil Engineers

>>College of Writing<< Free Writing Workshop for Students - A Project of the NRW Writing Academy

Bergische Transfergeschichte: PFAS - misjudged, concealed and highly toxic

SDE21/22 goes Living Lab NRW! - 1. Living Lab NRW Forum

Presentation Namibia Excursion

Art on Building Exhibition in Wuppertal

New urban planning handbook published

BUW architecture students back from research trip to Africa

SDE21/22 wird zum Living Lab NRW! - 1. das Living Lab NRW Forum

Solar Decathlon Europe: Book on the competition has been published

Excursion to Namibia in the winter semester 2022/23 with architecture students

Architecture students from Bergische Uni go on a research trip to Africa

New assistant professor for Theory and discourse of design

New in the faculty: 3D printer for clay from WASP

Milestone reached in the "MiQ - Mobilstationen im Quartier" research project

Wuppertal researchers are among the most cited scientists worldwide

Wuppertal Expertise in high demand internationally: Transportation Expert Jürgen Gerlach interviewed about the disaster in Seoul.

Our faculty was awarded the German Solar Prize 2022 in the category of Education & Training for the Solar Decathlon Europe.

Award for the Best Master's Thesis in the Architecture Program

Wuppertal architecture students receive award

Solar Decathlon exhibition manual now online

DBZ in conversation with Annette Hillebrandt: Basically, there is only one way out of the climate crisis

1st place goes to the RoofKIT team from Karlsruhe

Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal ends with record attendance

Dr. Roland Busch on Corporate Support for Public Projects as a Win-Win Situation

The projects 'Space for Female Civil Engineers' and 'Reverse Module Handbook' are being supported.

Anniversary Exhibition 'KunstGewerk' Narrates a 125-Year History of Construction and Architecture

Sustainable Lighting in the Age of the Metaverse - Guest Lecture by Dan Weissman

Solar Decathlon: Kick-off for the construction of the houses in Wuppertal

Dr. Ulrich Montag becomes an honorary professor

Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering sends a clear signal by admitting refugee students.

Research project on non-residential buildings nominated for innovation award

Carl Rappert Prize for Dr.-Ing. Claudia Fierenkothen

competitionline campus 2022: 1st prize faculty projects - FEEL THE HOUSE

This is the jury of the Solar Decathlon in Wuppertal

Winning design for the new replacement building at the Haspel of the Bergische University

The Ministry of Transport approves the research project "MIQ - mobile stations in the district".

Research magazine: OUTPUT No. 26 published

New honorary professor for public and private construction law

Wuppertal doctoral students honored for building simulation

How will our cities become more livable? International research conference at the University of Wuppertal

Wuppertal architecture professor Guido Spars takes office as founding director of the Federal Foundation for the Building Academy

[Translate to Englisch:] Dr. Anja Rosen, hat mit ihrer Forschungsarbeit, dem Urban Mining Index, die DGNB Sustainability Challenge und der Green Solutions Awards Deutschland in der Kategorie Forschung gewonnen

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