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01/13/2025

Life sciences with all senses - The research distillery in the focus of the Studium Generale

As part of Studium Generale 2024/25, the world of distillation will be the focus of an event at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences next Tuesday, 14 January 2025, at 6 pm. The research distillery of the Faculty of Life Sciences will open its doors in Lecture Hall 1 on the Kleve campus and provide insights into the interplay between traditional craftsmanship and modern research. Read more.

01/10/2025

„Alleen 3“ pilot project: Students of the Faculty of Life Sciences plant trees for sustainable agriculture

It's a cold January day in the Klever Galleien, but the mood is anything but frosty. Students from the Faculty of Life Sciences are courageously grabbing a spade and planting young trees together with professors and staff from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. The occasion: the launch of the ‘Alleen 3’ pilot project, which was initiated by the Agroforst Real Laboratory team of the university's TransRegINT project (Transformation of the Lower Rhine Region - Innovation, Sustainability, Participation) together with the city of Kleve and Haus Riswick. Read more.

01/25/2024

From chef to academic

Martin Willing (left), chef and award-winning graduate of the Bachelor's degree programme in Quality, Environment, Safety and Hygiene (QUSH) at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, is enrolled on the Master's degree programme in Food Science. Despite his success in the catering industry, he made a conscious decision to switch to the academic world. For his outstanding bachelor's thesis on the influence of glucose syrup colouring on fruit gums, he was awarded the prize for the best QUSH bachelor graduate of his year by the Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences Sponsors' Association and the Unternehmerschaft Niederrhein, represented by Dr. Ralf Wimmer (pictured right). Read more

01/22/2024

Graduates celebrate together

Finally! After years of studying, often limited by the pandemic and the precautionary measures, graduates of the faculties of Technology and Bionics and Life Sciences celebrated their graduation together in the Audimax with families, friends and their professors.