Founded in 1780, the University of Muenster is one of the largest universities in Germany with a rich and time-honoured tradition. It enjoys an outstanding reputation in the region and far beyond. Fifteen faculties with 120 degree programmes and some 30 research centres comprise the institutional backbone of the University. Some 44,000 students and 5,700 academics appreciate the University's excellent research opportunities, high-quality teaching, promotion of junior researchers, and the advantages of living in the city of Münster. Our slogan sums it up best: "living.knowledge".

Mission Statement

Cutting-edge research

As a research-oriented university, the WWU has made pioneering progress in numerous areas. Two Excellence Clusters, eight collaborative research centres (SFB), several research training groups and 27 research centres collectively advance inter- and transdisciplinary collaborative research and individual disciplinary research projects.

Promotion of junior researchers

The University of Muenster actively supports its junior researchers as part of its academic personnel development strategy. Career counselling and funding opportunities, structured doctoral programmes and qualification measures provide candidates with a more transparent and plannable career path into academia.

Studying and teaching

The University of Muenster is well-known for its large and distinguished faculties, such as Law and Medicine, but also for its so-called exotic subjects like Scandinavian Studies. The diverse and research-oriented course offerings attract several thousand students to Muenster each year.

Diversity and equal opportunity

The University of Muenster sees diversity as a strength that impacts all areas of university development and management. Appreciation and equal treatment of all employees and students regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, handicap, sexual orientation or religion are centrally important at the WWU.

Internationalisation

The University of Muenster has concluded more than 550 partnership agreements with universities and academic institutes worldwide – from nearby Enschede in the Netherlands to Beijing, China. Some 3,600 foreign students and 700 distinguished visiting researchers currently study and research at the University of Muenster.

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Undergraduate Programs
           Ancient  Cultures of Egypt and Near East
           Ancient Cultures
           Anglistics / American
           Arab-Islamic Culture
           Archaeological Landscape History
           Art History
           Biology
           Business Administration
           Business Computer Science
           Catholic Religious Education
           Chemistry
           China Studien
           Classical and Early Christian Archeology
           Communication Sciences
           Computer Science
           Cultural and Social Anthropology
           Dentistry
           Dutch Studies
           Earth Sciences
           Economics
           Economics
           Economics and Law
           Education
           Food Chemistry
           French
           Geography
           Geoinformatics
           Geophysics
           German
           Greek Philology
           History
           Italian
           Landscape Ecology
           Latin Studies
           Law
           Life Sciences
           Mathematics
           Medicine
           Music and Creativity
           Music and Mediation
           Music Practice and New Media
           Musicology
           Netherlands-Germany-Studies
           Pharmacy
           Philosophy
           Physics
           Political Science
           Politics and Economics
           Politics and Law
           Protestant Religious Education
           Psychology
           Public Administration (Special Emphasis: European Studies)
           Regional Studies East Central Europe
           Religious Studies
           Scandinavian
           Sociology
           Spanish
           Sport
Master's Degree Programs
           Ancient Cultures
           Ancient Cultures of The Eastern Mediterranean
           Applied Linguistics
           Art History
           Biotechnology
           British, American and Postcolonial Studies
           Business Administration
           Business Chemistry
           Byzantine and Christian Archaeology
           Chemistry
           Christianity In Culture and Society
           Classical Archaeology
           Classical Cultures
           Classical Philology
           Classical Sinology
           Clinical Music Therapy
           Communication Sciences
           Comparative Literature / Cultural Poetics
           Computer Science
           Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
           Dutch-German: Translating Literary and Cultural Transfer
           Earth Sciences
           Economics
           Education
           European Studies (German-Dutch)
           Food Chemistry
           Geoinformatics
           Geophysics
           Geospatial Technologies
           German Law
           German Studies
           History
           Human Geography
           Indo-European Linguistics
           Information Systems 
           Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies
           Islamic Studies and Arabic Stem
           Islamic Theology
           Landscape Ecology
           Languages and Cultures of Egypt and Ancient Western Asia
           Latin Philology of The Middle Ages and Modern Times
           Latin Philology Roman Literature and Its Reception
           Life Sciences
           Linguistics
           Mathematics
           Molecular Biomedicine
           Music and Creativity
           Music and Mediation
           Music Therapy, Clinical
           Musicology
           National and Transnational Studies: Literature, Culture, Language
           Netherlands-Germany-Studies
           Pharmaceutical Sciences
           Philosophy
           Physics
           Polish Studies / East European Cultural Studies
           Political Science
           Prehistory and Early History
           Psychology
           Romance Linguistics，Focus: French
           Romance Linguistics，Focus: Italian
           Romance Linguistics，Focus: Spanish
           Scandinavian Studies
           Social Anthropology / Ethnology
           Sociology
           Strategic Communications
Doctoral Programs
           Ancient History
           Ancient Near Eastern Philology
           Anthropology (Ethnology)
           Applied Cultural Studies
           Art
           Art History
           Auxiliary Historical Sciences
           Baltic Studies (Baltic)
           Biology
           Biotechnology
           Business Administration
           Business Administration
           Business Chemistry
           Business Computer Science
           Business Computer Science
           Byzantine Studies
           Catholic Religious Education
           Catholic Theology
           Chemistry
           Classical Archaeology
           Communication Sciences
           Comparative Literature (General and Comparative Literature
           Computer Science
           Coptic Studies
           Dr.Med.Dent Dentistry.
           Dutch
           Dutch Philology
           Dutch Studies
           Early Christian Archaeology
           Earth Sciences
           East European History
           Economic Policy
           Economics
           Economics
           Education
           Egyptology
           English Language and Literature
           Ethnology (European Ethnology)
           European Studies (German-Dutch)
           Evangelical Theology
           Food Chemistry
           General Linguistics
           Geography
           Geoinformatics
           Geology / Paleontology
           Geophysics
           German Philology
           Graduate School of Emprical and Applied Linguistics
           Graduate School Of Chemistry
           Graduate School Of Communication Science
           Graduate School Of Politics
           Graduate School Of Sociology
           Graduate School Practices Of Literature
           Greek Philology
           Indo-European Linguistics
           Indology
           Interdisciplinary Latin American Regional Science
           Islamic Studies
           Islamic Theology
           Landscape Ecology
           Language Teaching Research
           Latin Studies
           Law Dr. Jur.
           Mathematics
           Medical Sciences Dr.Rer.Medic.
           Medicine Dr. Med.
           Medieval History
           Medieval Latin Philology
           Mineralogy
           Modern and Contemporary History
           Musicology
           Near Eastern Archaeology
           Nordic Philology
           Orthodox Theology
           Ostslavische Philology
           Pharmacy
           Philosophy
           Physics
           Planetology
           Political Science
           Political Science, Majoring In European Studies (France)
           Political Science, Majoring In European Studies (Romania)
           Prehistory and Early History
           Protestant Religious Education
           Psychology Dr.Rer.Nat.,
           Religious Studies
           Romance Languages ​​(Italian Emphasis)
           Romance Languages ​​(Spanish Emphasis)
           Romance Philology (French Emphasis)
           Russian
           Semitic Philology
           Sinology
           Social Sciences
           Sociology
           Sports Science
           Westslavische Philology