School of Architecture and Civil Engineering

University of Wuppertal

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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:

News

Ceremonial opening of the BmB archive by Prof. Georg Giebeler from the Chair of Building with Existing Structures and Building Construction

Prof. Annette Hillebrandt as a panelist at the opening festival of WEtransFORM at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

Very good ratings in the CHE Ranking 2025/26 for our Architecture and Civil Engineering degree programs

Haspel LearnING #1 - Great interest at the Open Day for the Civil Engineering and Transport Management Engineering degree programs!

Urban Mining Student Award 2024/25: Second place for Wuppertal architecture students Noah Sattler and Andreas Witrahm

Master's graduate Clemens Oswald receives recognition at the sponsorship award of the Foundation of German Architects (SDA) | Chair of Prof. Annette Hillebrandt Building Construction, Design, Materials Science

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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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

Summer School in Mumbai: Wuppertal students research Indian property markets

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

Potential rich in perspective: transzent celebrates its 10th anniversary

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

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

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

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

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

First mobility concepts for BUGA 2031

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

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

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

Supporting programme for the Kunst am Bau exhibition in Wuppertal

Bergische Transfergeschichte: PFAS - misjudged, concealed and highly toxic

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

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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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)

 

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