Universität Witten/Herdecke

Germany

Address: Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, 58455 Witten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Data Science (interdisciplinary), Biomedical Engineering (related aspects), Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (with tech policy focus)

Founded in 1982, Witten/Herdecke University is Germany’s first private, state-recognized non-profit university, known for medicine, dentistry, economics, and cultural studies. It has some interdisciplinary programs with tech components, e.g., in health informatics or data science.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Ergonomics and UX, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Project Management, Software Engineering, Statistics

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Doctor, Master

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Germany’s first private university. Focus on interdisciplinary and humanistic education.

Research:

Data science for health and social applications, Ethics of technology, Innovation management in healthcare.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

300

Current students***:

2800

Foreign students***:

N/A%

Cumulative former students***:

N/A

Pros

Innovative educational approach, small class sizes, strong ethical and interdisciplinary focus.

Cons

Private institution with high tuition fees, very limited traditional engineering programs.

Best For

Private university with interdisciplinary programs including data science and technology ethics.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Zeppelin Universität sits close to this university on ergonomics and UX, project management and statistics; it covers logistics and telecommunications as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 2,800 here.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of project management, statistics and ecology and sustainability can consider Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers geotechnics and computer vision as well.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of bioinformatics, bioengineering and life sciences can consider Hannover Medical School, and it is slightly larger, at about 3,997 students against roughly 2,800 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Universität Hildesheim overlaps with this institution on project management, statistics and ecology and sustainability, so the two are easy to compare, and it is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 2,800 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Both schools build their programmes around mathematics, life sciences and data analytics, and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is the one to compare first within the country, since it is far larger, with about 32,000 students against roughly 2,800 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Duke University, based in the United States, is built around bioengineering, project management and ecology and sustainability much like this institution, and it is far larger, with about 17,200 students against roughly 2,800 here, and is also a private institution.
Austral University in Argentina pursues a similar profile in bioengineering, project management and life sciences, and it covers industrial design and engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 2,800 here.
Princeton University brings a the United States setting to the same core fields, project management, mathematics and life sciences, and it covers physics as well, and is far larger, with about 9,100 students against roughly 2,800 here.
Université de Namur in Belgium is the nearest foreign match on bioinformatics, bioengineering and statistics; it is larger, enrolling about 7,000 students against roughly 2,800 here, and is also a private institution.
Abroad, IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark) covers ergonomics and UX, project management and data analytics in a comparable way, and it covers computer vision and telecommunications as well, and has almost the same size, at about 2,600 students.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

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**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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