Here we grow.Growing together: professionally & personally

Come to the private Witten/Herdecke University if you are looking for a degree programme that offers you excellent teaching & career opportunities and is affordable for everyone. Individual support, practical relevance & flexibility included.

Small groups, individual support and the opportunity to work flexibly and interdisciplinarily make the UW/H an ideal place to achieve your academic and professional goals.

In addition to practice-oriented degree programmes, our unique study concept also includes Studium fundamentale and social student financing that everyone can afford.

For 40 years, young talents from business and medicine have been excelling at our university. Together with us, you will shape the society of the future, making it more sustainable and fairer for everyone. That's what we learn, research and work for.

Are you ready? Then: Here we grow!

Discover our
study programmes

Eine Gruppe Studierender steht am Flipchart und diskutiert über ein Thema.

Your Bachelor's degree programmes

Get to know our versatile Bachelor's degree programmes in the fields of business and society studies and find out more about our flexible Bachelor of Choice study model.

Your Bachelor's degree programmes

Masterstudierende an der UW/H im Stuhlkreis.

Your Master's degree programmes

A Master's degree programme at UW/H is the right choice for anyone who wants more from their studies and would like to secure the best career opportunities or pursue an academic career.

Your Master's degree programmes

Your state examination programmes

If your dream job is to be a doctor or dentist, we will guide you from the first semester with a sound clinical-practical education up to the state examination (StEx).

Your state examination programmes

Gasthörer:innen sitzen im Seminar an der UW/H.

Students in casual conversation on the seating area in the entrance area of the main building

More than just a university.

Maximum freedom of choice in the Bachelor of Choice

You could hardly have more flexibility and freedom of choice in your studies: with the Bachelor of Choice study model, students enrol on one of six degree programmes. The highlight: they only have to decide after a joint orientation year.

Bachelor of Choice

Studying without an NC? It's possible!

Good news: Good news: At UW/H, A-level grades are not at the centre of the allocation of study places. This is because our degree programmes are 100% state-recognised - and still NC-free. Because with us you are human and not a numerus.

Study first, pay back later: Our ISA

The Income Share Agreement (ISA) makes it possible: you can study with us first and pay back the tuition fee later depending on your income. Because studying should have no financial limits.

Our ISA

Try new things and grow as a person - with the Stufu

The Studium fundamentale (Stufu) opens up space for all students to experiment, reflect and create. You can do something that prepares you specifically for your career, expands your profile or something that you simply enjoy.

Studium fundamentale

"I recommend the information services to all prospective students. Whether in the telephone student counselling service or at one of the free online information events - I was able to clarify my questions about studying and the application in a very uncomplicated way."
Jana Wübbe
Student Ethik und Organisation (M. A.)
"If you want to help others succeed, you first need competent help to get started. In Witten, I received the professional and emotional foundation for my appointment."
Dr Thomas Bauer
Graduate in Economics with PhD thesis at Witten/Herdecke University,
Partner, McKinsey & Company
"Witten creates a space for freedom where you can try things out. You should seize the opportunity, because these experiences are what counts in today's appointments!"
Dr Julia Köhn
Graduate in economics with a PhD thesis at Witten/Herdecke University, future shaper and Managing Partner, Pielers GmbH
"Thanks to the UW/H, I am now able to discuss, negotiate and find solutions even in critical situations."
Dr Tankred Stöbe
Graduate in medicine (state examination), board member, Médecins Sans Frontières
"The training in Witten taught me not to let social responsibility end at the edge of my own plate, but to think and take responsibility for others."
Dr Janosch Dahmen, Member of the Bundestag
Graduate in medicine, member of the German Bundestag and health policy spokesperson for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens)

News at the UW/H

Solapanels can be seen in the foreground and three wind turbines in the background.

Sustainability
Management, Economics and Society

June 2025

Changing course for the climate: How financial policy can accelerate the green transformation

Forschende der Uni Witten zeigen, wie Finanzpolitik Kapital in grüne Projekte lenken und Klimaziele erreichen kann.

Wissenschaftliche Aufnahme einer Bauchspeicheldrüse und eines Zwölffingerdarms.

Research and knowledge
Health

June 2025

Making the invisible visible in the human body.

Prof. Dr Maximilian Ackermann, pathologist at the Helios University Hospital Wuppertal of Witten/Herdecke University, is honoured with the Lennart Nilsson Prize of the Karolinska Institute for his scientific photography.

Satellite image of the campus of Witten/Herdecke University.

Culture and life
University life

June 2025

Listening walks at Witten/Herdecke University

Claudia Robles-Angel, artist-in-residence at the UW/H, uses a sound trail and meditative listening experiences to create an awareness of the acoustic environment on campus.