UNESCO Heritage SiteHildesheim

Hildesheim

Berlin

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Main CampusUniversitätsplatz 1

Bühler-CampusLübecker Straße 3

KeßlerstraßeKeßlerstraße 57

MoltkestraßeMoltkestraße 86

ForumMain Campus

Universitätsplatz 1

Samelson-Campus

Samelsonplatz 1

Center for World MusicTimotheusplatz

KulturcampusDomäne

MarienburgDomänenstraße 1

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History

Dates & facts

• The tradition of Teacher Education in Hildesheim goes back to the 19th century

• 1946: beginning as »the Alfeld lecture courses of the Hildesheim Teacher Training College«

• 1978: The Hildesheim Teacher Training College, meanwhile part of the Lower Saxony Teacher Training College, becomes a university in its own right; diversification meant the develop-ment and foundation of new faculties outside of Teacher Trai-ning

• 1989: The University of Hildesheim is officially entitled to full university status

• 2003: The University of Hildesheim Foundation is established

Today

Important dates & facts

• About 8400 students

• About 90 professorships

• About 780 employees in science and administration

• Research facilities of supra-regional importance

Status: Winter semester 2017/2018

Our mission statement:

• A University with a unique profile

• A University Foundation

• A University for the students

As a university with an innovative academic profile we offer…

…a consecutive Teacher Education and Training programme with practical studies elements from the first semester onwards.

…a programme in Cultural Studies with an international orientation and fully integrated artistic practice.

…an intercultural and multidisciplinary study programme incorpo- rating the fields of languages, translation and information studies.

…a close relationship between the university and industrial partners in Computer & Information Science (almost 40 funding enterprises).

As a University with a unique profile

…shape our future autonomously and self-dependently.

…do all we can to ensure close links with the society around us and powerful networking with partners in culture and commerce.

…build up the foundation assets in the long term.

As a young and successful University Foundation we want to…

…the active integration of students into teaching and learning processes.

…social responsibility: aid programmes such as the Minerva-Kolleg.

…a family-oriented university.

As a university for the students, we put special emphasis on…

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Future oriented structures with

• Modular study programmes• Bachelor and Master degrees• Doctoral programmes

Our philosophy:

• Interdisciplinarity• Strong networks and cooperation• Internationalisation• Lifelong learning• Close relation between basic theory and

practical experience

Studies and Teaching

The faculties

Faculty 1:Educational and Social Sciences

Faculty 2: Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Communication

Faculty 3: Linguistics and Information Science

Faculty 4: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Economics and Computer Science

• A two-subject bachelor programme with Teacher Education/Training option (B.A./B.Sc.)

• Teacher Education for Primary Schools [Grundschule] (M.Ed.)

• Teacher Education for Secondary Schools [Haupt- and Realschule] (M.Ed.)

• A wide variety of subjects in all faculties• Many possible combinations of subjects

Teacher Education

Faculty 1: Catholic Theology, General Science, History, Political Studies, Protestant Theology, Sport

Faculty 2: Arts, Music

Faculty 3: German, English

Faculty 4: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Studies, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Technology, Labour & Management/Economics

A two-subject bachelor programme

• Individual study variant: The individual combination of two subjects allows you to access other vocational fields outside of Teacher Training

• Wide variety of subjects in all faculties:

Faculty 1Educational and Social Sciences

Bachelor programmes

• Educational Science (also as a bi-national course with a German-Russian degree)

• Psychology, focus on Pedagogical Psychology• Social & Organizational Pedagogy

Defined study variants: Sports, Health & Performance

Master programmes

• Educational Science, focus on Early Childhood Pedagogy / Diversity Education

• Psychology• Social & Organizational Pedagogy• Sports Science with focus on Sports, Health and Performance

Bachelor programmes• Creative Writing & Cultural Journalism• Cultural Studies, Aesthetics & Applied Arts• Philosophy – Arts – Media• The Scenic Arts

Master programmes• Cultural Mediation

(also as a bi-national course with a German-French degree)• Philosophy and the Arts: Intercultural Perspectives• Staging the Arts and Media• Literary Writing and Editing

Faculty 2Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Communication

Bachelor programmes• International Information Management• International Communication & Translation,

languages: English, French, Spanish Defined study variants: English Applied Linguistics

Master programmes• Accessible Communication• German as a Second Language / German as a Foreign Language• International Information Management – Information Science• International Information Management – Linguistics & Intercultural

Communication• International Technical Communication – Languages & Technology• Text and Translation in the Media

Faculty 3Linguistics and Information Science

Bachelor programmes• Business Informatics• Information Management & Information Technology

Defined study variants: Applied Computer Studies Economics and Business Science Plus Environmental Safety

Master programmes• Applied Computer Studies • Business Informatics• Environment, Conservation and Sustainability• Information Management & Information Technology• International Master Data Analytics

Faculty 4 Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Economics and Computer Science

Double-Degree-Programmes

Bachelor• German-Russian Double-Degree Educational Science University of Hildesheim / University Nowgorod, Russia • German-Russian Double-Degree Programme in Intercultural Communication: German-Russian Relations University of Hildesheim / University Nowgorod, Russia

Master• German-French Double-Degree Cultural Mediation University of Hildesheim / Université de Provence, Marseille, France

• German-Russian Double-Degree Educational Science University of Hildesheim / University Nowgorod, Russia

• Joint-Degree-programme Global Studies on Management and Information Science

University of Hildesheim / Pai Chai University, Daejeon or Chungbuk

National University, Cheongu, South Korea

• Inclusive Education and Communication (Master)

• Music.World – Cultural Diversity in Music Education (Master)

• Regional Centre for Teacher Continuing Education

Further Education

• Research and teaching with integrated practical studies

• Individual support

• Short distances, rapid orientation and a personal atmosphere

• An international flair thanks to cooperation in over 50 countries

• Excellent professional perspectives thanks to a network including partners from culture culture, commerce and science

• Early opportunity to assess your career choices

Studying in Hildesheim offers:

• Center for World Music

• Centre for Research into Education and Teaching

• Centre for Diversity and Migration

• Herder-Kolleg – Centre for Transdisciplinary Research in the Arts• Lower Saxony Competence Centre for Early Childhood

• Centre for Gender Research

Interdisciplinary scientific research institutions

Research

• in more than 25 departments in four faculties

• Doctoral College »Diversity and Migration«• Doctoral College »Educational Research«• Doctoral College »Gender and Education«• Doctoral College »Multiprofessionality in the Educational

System and in the Social Services«• Doctoral College »Transnational Social Support«• Margot-Möller-Promotionskolleg (Doctoral College)• Post-grad Programme »Social & Organizational

Pedagogy«

Promoting young researchers:

Partners from Culture• Bistumsarchiv• Dommuseum• Ev. Zentrum für Kirchenmusik• LitteraNova• Kultur Ruhr GmbH• Kunstverein Hildesheim• Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum• Stadtarchiv• Stadtmuseum• Theater für Niedersachsen

Partners from the civil society• Gerald Frank• Dr. h.c. Arwed Löseke †• Margot Möller-Meyer †• Dr. Georg und Dietrich Olms• Beate und Uwe Schiedeck †• Christa Mezetti• Bürgerstiftung Hildesheim• Lions Club• Rotary Club• Hildesheimer Bildungsstiftung• Agentur für Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung• Universitätsgesellschaft Hildesheim e. V.

Partners from Commerce

• Research cooperations

• Chamber of Commerce and industry• Chamber of Trade in Hildesheim• Almost 40 Partners from Hildesheim and the surrounding region research cooperation

Regional partner schools

• 500 partner schools

• Adult Education Centre

• Music school

Cooperation with Universities• more than 190 partner universities in 37 countries• 140 international research cooperation activities• Double-Degree-Programs in cooperation with the University Daejeon, Marseille and Nowgorod

International relations• Over 200 outgoing students every year• Over 140 incoming students every year• The European Quality Label E-Quality 2006 and 2011, as well as the European Language Label 2011 and the Erasmus Success Story 2010

Partners of the the University of Hildesheim Foundation

Partner schools GHR 300The University of Hildesheim operates a network of circa 500 partner schools in the region:

Harz

Northeim

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Neustadt

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National total:

International total:

Students’ Geographic provenanceFaculty 1 to 4

Faculty 4: 1837

Faculty 3: 2786

Faculty 2: 1242

Faculty 1: 2133

Faculty 4: 117

Faculty 3: 169

Faculty 2: 80

Faculty 1: 40

Status: Winter semester 2017/2018

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Status: Winter semester 2017/2018

Area StudentsTeacher Education and Study Variants 3033 Educational Sciences 1823Applied Linguistics 1239Cultural Studies 1189Information Technology 762Other 357Total 8403

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Applied Linguistics15%

Cultural Studies14%

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See you.We are looking forward to meeting you soon!