维腾大学 Uni Witten/Herdecke
简介
Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H) is a private university in Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was the first German private institution of higher education to receive accreditation as a "Universität", a status recognizing the university's academic quality equivalent to state-run universities and granting the right to award doctorates and the German Habilitation. Its foundation and history has been marked by often controversial debates and significant difficulties to establish the new university in the German educational system. In 1995 Times Higher Education noted that the university was considered by some "an idealistic model for the future of German higher education... a carbuncle on the country's fiercely state-dominated university landscape". Today Witten/Herdecke University has succeeded to be recognized as one of Germany's few private universities considered 'Humboldtian' and as a role model in terms of course structures, integration of practical and theoretical training and innovative approaches to payment of tuition fees.
In 2012 more than 1300 students are enrolled at the University of Witten/Herdecke and it has a staff of 400 people. Recent difficulties in securing private funding and frequent changes in management have shaken the university in the last years and resulted in comprehensive restructuring and the integration of new shareholders.
科室/专业
Human Medicine
Nursing Science
Psychology and Psychotherapy
Dentistry
