On Biodiversity Day, the Molecular Plant Research / Plant Biochemistry working group (Botany) would like to showcase botanical biodiversity with a…
Biodiversity Day on 22 May 2025 - guided tour of the plant system in the inner courtyard

The University of Wuppertal is sending out a clear signal in favour of protecting and promoting biodiversity by joining the international "Nature…
With the participation of the Botany and Biodidactics working groups: BUW joins the global "Nature Positive Universities" network

The SommerUni is aimed at schoolgirls from year 10 onwards who want to find out about the wide range of study options in maths, IT, science and…
SommerUni 2025 - Register by 30 May and get a taste of university life

Get to know most of Germany's tree species, typical forest, park and street trees as well as a range of large shrubs over a distance of around 1,000…
Appreciating and protecting biodiversity - two new tree sponsors for the university arboretum

Enthusiasm, curiosity and plenty of aha moments: On 3 April 2025, the school of mathematics and natural sciences at the University of Wuppertal…
51 girls get a taste of science - Girls' Day 2025 at the school of mathematics and natural sciences

The annual regional conference of food chemists in North Rhine-Westphalia took place at the University of Wuppertal in mid-March.
Edible oils in the focus of the Food Chemistry Society NRW

Prof Dr Peter Wiesen on the American tri-state tornado and German pioneering research.
Year100Knowledge: Prof Peter Wiesen on rotating thunderstorm cells

Everyone knows it - and yet little is known about the plant that is sometimes loved as a flower and in some places is removed as a stubborn weed. Prof…
Transfer stories: Dandelion - well-known and often unpopular

Anyone who rarely cooks will be familiar with it: you open the bottle of oil and, hopefully before you swing it over the salad bowl, someone says,…
Olive oil without olives - FABU award winner Dr Elisabeth Koch in the BUW podcast "Augezeichnet"

On 3 April 2025, the Chemistry and Biology department will once again open its doors to interested schoolgirls in grades 8-10. The offer is part of…
Girls'Day 2025 - registrations are now open!