Life Sciences

The application window for the winter semester 2025/26 at the Faculty of Life Sciences right here in Kleve is now open! We have super exciting and practical Bachelor's and Master's degree programs for you – in German and English – that will prepare you for everything that is important in the Life Sciences. And check this out: For some degree programs without admission restrictions, you even have until August 31, 2025, to apply! Read more.

Kilian Visser has developed a highly innovative method for his master's thesis in the Food Science degree programme that can be used to quickly and precisely detect adulteration in vegetable edible oils. For this work, which can make a decisive contribution to consumer protection, the young scientist has now been honoured with the Heinrich Stockmeyer Foundation's Young Scientist Award 2025. His research combines Raman spectroscopy with machine learning and enables the authentication of adulterated olive oil with impressive accuracy. The method has the potential to improve quality control in the food industry and official food monitoring. Read more.

Almost 120 graduates of the Faculties Life Sciences and Technology and Bionics received their certificates during the traditional graduation ceremony.

Prof. Dr. William Megill and Prof. Dr. Peter Simon hosted the ceremony and welcomed 600 guests - some of them couldn't even find a place in the completely filled Audimax but had the option to watch a live stream of the event in another room. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Kisters, Vice President for Research, Transfer and Innovation congratulated the former students on behalf of the presidium. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Masuch (faculty of Technology and Bionics) and Prof. Dr. Peter Scholz (Dean of the faculty of Life Sciences) encouraged them to stay in contact with their former university. Read more.

The graduate prize of 1,000 euros was awarded for outstanding academic achievement in the Master's programme in Health Sciences and Management.

Successful communication between doctor and patient can have a decisive influence on the success of treatment. This important topic has now been examined from a doctor's perspective by students on the Health Sciences and Management degree programme. Read more.

On 8 October 2025, the leadership of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences will change. A new team under the first female leadership of Professor Dr Sylvia Moenickes will then lead the faculty. Read more.

In Germany, the concept of the circular economy is often reduced to a single element. Most people think of waste separation and recycling at the end of the product life cycle. Prof Dr Simone Pauling from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences recently made it clear at the Forum Mittelstand Niederrhein that this is a clear abbreviation of a far more comprehensive concept. Her impulse: The circular economy is a systemic issue that begins long before the waste bin and must realign the entire value chain. Read more.

At FIBO in Cologne, students on the Master's degree programme in Health Sciences and Management were given a practical insight into how scientific findings from research and teaching can be successfully implemented in health promotion and prevention measures. Read more.

If you would like to get a taste of studying at the Faculty of Life Sciences, you are cordially invited to take part in our GET A TASTE OF STUDYING event during the Easter holidays from 14 to 25 April 2025! Further information can be found here.

Ellen Thomas had always envisioned her education as something without borders. A student at the Faculty of Life Sciences in Kleve, pursuing a degree in "Qualität, Umwelt, Sicherheit und Hygiene" (Quality, Environment, Safety, and Hygiene), she sought an experience that would broaden her horizons. That opportunity came in the form of a semester abroad at California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) for the academic year 2023/2024.  CSUMB, founded in 1994, is one of the newer universities in the California State University system, built on the site of the former Fort Ord. This relatively young institution offered Ellen a dynamic environment for her exchange. "I wanted to experience a different approach to education, to see how sciences were taught outside of Germany," she explained. "The moment I learned I could study abroad without delaying my graduation, I started planning.”. Read more.