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Moenchengladbach / Krefeld. The 2022/23 winter semester started today in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach. 2514 first year students were greeted with a huge street food festival. Of the approximately 2,500 students, 2,226 are starting a degree. The number of Master’s students, which currently stands at 288, may slightly increase in the coming weeks due to late enrollments.
The day started for the new students in their respective departments. In the afternoon – after a two-year break – a street food festival took place on the Mönchengladbach campus. There, the students were awaited by numerous food stands, a stage with live music and lots of information on how to live and study at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.
University President Dr. Thomas Grünewald welcomed the new students and addressed the university’s claim. “Your path with us is not only taken for granted, but we would like to accompany you on your study path with numerous offers.”
In the University degree courses, not only technical skills are valued, but also interdisciplinary skills. “We want to guide you so that you can be strong members of our society. We want to pay particular attention to the areas of sustainability and digitization, “said Dr. Thomas Grunewald.
First-year students start in around 90 bachelor’s and master’s courses, offered in ten departments in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach. Particularly popular this year are social work with 199 entries and nutrition sciences with 157 entries.
Computer science (141) and business administration (138) courses are also still in high demand. 133 people enrolled in the relatively new Cyber Security Management course. Among the part-time courses, he also leads Cyber Security Management with 30 enrollments, ahead of Health Care Management with 24 enrollments.
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