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University of Duisburg-Essen

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Essen, Germany
251–300th in World University Rankings 2025
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Founded in 2003 by a merger of two universities in the cities of Duisburg and Essen, we are one of the youngest universities in Germany and this comparative youth allows us to seek and pursue fresh ways of looking at things. We think in terms of unlimited possibilities instead of possible limitations. Walking across the two campuses of the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), you are likely to meet scientists, scholars and students who have come to the UDE from all over the world. Building on this wealth of sustained internationality and global citizenship, we explicitly promote exchange – of knowledge, of perspectives, of talents. We maintain partnerships with many universities – from China to Brazil to the USA. And we promote mobility within Europe – for example in cooperation with our 265 ERASMUS partner universities in almost 30 countries.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
49 F : 51 M (1)
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International student percentage
20% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
38.1 (1)
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Student total
40639 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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