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Aerial view of the main building and the timber-framed building on the Witten/Herdecke University campus.
  • University life
  • University

Prof. Dr Timo Meynhardt is to become President of the University of Witten/Herdecke

UW/H has set the course for its next phase of development with a unanimous vote – the new leadership will take office on April 1st 2027

 
Here are the winners of the poster contest.
  • Research and knowledge
  • Health

Poster Award for an Interprofessional Care Model for People with Complex Disabilities

 
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Medizin (Symbolbild)
  • Health
  • Management, Economics and Society

The medicine of the future: prevention rather than treatment

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Mon 28.09. Tue 29.09. Lettering "Inpatient long-term care - leadership makes the difference"
  • Health

Final conference: Inpatient long-term care - leadership makes the difference

Management makes the difference - Conference on internal and external tensions in long-term inpatient care at Witten/Herdecke University.

Fri 02.10. The event banner shows an event with many people from the neighbourhood. On it is a blue circle with white lettering.
  • Info event
  • University

30 years of nursing science - reflections, impulses, perspectives

Tagung/Feier anlässlich des 30jährigen Bestehens des Departments für Pflegewissenschaft der Universität Witten/Herdecke

Fri 02.10. Sat 03.10. PhD students are sitting in a seminar room, listening to the lecturer standing at the front.
  • Info event
  • Study

Introductory seminar of the Interprofessional Research Training Group Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences 2026

Introductory seminar on the basics of scientific work and research methods at the IGIM.