February: The university and the Wesel Job Centre sign a cooperation agreement.
June: Prof. Dr Oliver Locker-Grütjen is reappointed as President of the University of Applied Sciences for a second term.
The Heinz Trox Endowed Chair in Applied Artificial Intelligence is officially launched as the first endowed chair at the Kamp-Lintfort campus.
November: The new Chancellor, Dr Annett Schmeck, takes up her post.
The university receives the ‘family-friendly university’ audit certificate with distinction.
January: Establishment of the ‘Rhein-Ruhr Centre for Assistive Technologies (ZAT)’ in collaboration with the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Duisburg-Essen.
March: The university supports the city of Kleve’s bid to host the 2029 State Garden Show.
The university receives European funding to establish a “Doctoral Network in the Field of Neural Prosthetics and Brain Research (DONUT)”. Funding was awarded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) as part of the Doctoral Networks under the European MSCA funding programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions).
May The university celebrates its 15th anniversary with a colourful campus festival.
For the first time, universities of applied sciences (HAW) in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) are offering the opportunity to pursue a PhD under their own doctoral authority through the NRW Doctoral College (PK NRW).
The town of Kleve and the university are awarding the ‘Klever Birne’ sustainability prize for the first time.
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences celebrates the official launch of the “TransRegINT” project. Funding is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
August: Outstanding STEM support in the district of Kleve: the zdi Centre for the District of Kleve ‘cleverMINT’ at the university is awarded a quality seal.
December: The university is recertified as a Fairtrade University.
January: The ‘Assistance and Participation’ research focus area is launched.
May The university is successful in the federal-state ‘Innovative University’ competition with its project ‘Transformation of the Lower Rhine Region –
Innovation, Sustainability, Participation’ (TransRegINT).
June: The university is awarded an endowed professorship entitled ‘Sustainable Land Use Systems’.
October: Certificate awarded following the ‘Shaping Diversity’ re-audit.
April: The “StartGlocal – Global Spirit for Local Start-ups” project, aimed at promoting start-up culture, gets underway. From April 2020 until the end of 2024, StartGlocal received funding under the EXIST-Potentiale funding scheme run by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). From 2025, StartGlocal will be permanently established at the ZFIT at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
July: Opening of the Green FabLab in Kamp-Lintfort.
November: The university organises its first Anti-Discrimination Days.
In May, the university celebrates its 10th anniversary with a major campus festival in Kleve.
June: Dr Oliver Locker-Grütjen takes office as President of the university.
Re-certification under the ‘family-friendly university’ scheme.
The university’s 10th anniversary is celebrated in Kamp-Lintfort with a large campus festival.
February: The Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft awards the university the ‘Shaping Diversity’ certificate.
April Michael Strotkemper takes up his post as Chancellor of the university.
September The proportion of international students continues to rise: for the first time, half of the university’s more than 7,300 students come from abroad. The majority of Degree programmes – around 75 per cent – are taught in English.
February The removal van sets off: the Kamp-Lintfort Faculty of Communication and Environment moves into the new buildings at Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25.
March: Formation of the university’s first Board of Governors.
The university offers 33 degree programmes across its four faculties – 25 of which are Bachelor’s degree programmes and eight are Master’s degree programmes.
April: Grand opening of the new Kamp-Lintfort campus.
May Ms Bibiana Kemner takes up her post as Vice-President for Financial and Human Resources Management. 26 May 2014. Professor Dr Gerard J.M. Meijer is elected Chair of the University Council.
September: For the first time, more than 5,000 students are enrolled at the university.
March: First meeting of the university’s newly formed Senate.
September In the 2013 academic year, 798 new students enrolled in the Faculty of Society and Economics, 547 in the Faculty of Communication and Environment, 368 in the Faculty of Life Sciences and 271 in the Faculty of Technology and Bionics.
Across both campuses, there are over 4,000 students.
In May, the university sees off its first graduates: they have successfully completed the Master’s programmes in ‘Bionics/Biomimetics’ and ‘Usability Engineering’.
August: Relocation – The university’s interim campus in Emmerich and its Kleve campus move into the new buildings on the Spoy Canal. The official address of the Kleve campus is Marie-Curie-Straße 1.
September: Grand opening of the new campus in Kleve.
The four faculties offer 28 degree programmes – 25 of which are Bachelor’s programmes and three are Master’s programmes. The Bachelor’s programmes in “Bioengineering”, “Industrial Engineering”, “Journalism and Bionics”, “Gender and Diversity” and “Early Childhood Education” are launched. A total of nearly 2,700 students are enrolled at the university.
November: Topping-out ceremony for the new campus building in Kamp-Lintfort.
May: Topping-out ceremony for the new Kleve campus.
September The university’s range of courses comprises 20 Bachelor’s and three Master’s programmes.
December The NRW Building and Property Management Agency in Duisburg (BLB NRW) marks the start of construction of the university’s new building in Kamp-Lintfort with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.
April: Ground-breaking ceremony for the new university building on the banks of the Spoy in Kleve.
September: The range of courses offered by the four faculties is expanded to include eleven new Bachelor’s degree programmes and two Master’s degree programmes. The university now offers a total of 16 degree programmes, taught either entirely in German or in English.
April: Professor Dr Marie-Louise Klotz was appointed Founding President and Dr Martin Goch was appointed Vice-President for Financial and Human Resources Management at the university.
1 May: Official foundation of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.
August: Decision by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Innovation regarding the university’s campuses in Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort, as well as the construction of new buildings.
September: The university launches with three Bachelor’s degree programmes: “Bio Science and Health”, “International Business and Social Sciences” and “E-Government”. A total of 15 students begin their studies.