Hochschule Niederrhein

[1] The predecessors of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences include, amongst others, former institutions of Krefeld, Mönchengladbach, Aachen, Cologne, and Bielefeld.

[4] In 1942, the Textile Engineering School in Aachen was founded, which later became part of the newly established Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences.

[7] During the strike term, the Düsseldorf state parliament passed a law presented by the minister of education to convert engineering schools into universities of applied sciences by 1971.

[10][9] The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences was founded on 1 August 1971 as Fachhochschule Niederrhein with 3,660 students, resulting from the merger of eight higher technical colleges, three engineering schools, and the Krefeld School of Applied Arts in the Krefeld-Mönchengladbach area.

[12] Two faculties, Nutrition and Home Economics and Applied Social Sciences, were newly established in Mönchengladbach at the university's founding.

[13] The main building of Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach was registered as a heritage site under number W 017 on 11 January 1988.

[16] Since the winter semester of 2015, the trial study programme in Craft Management has been available, making the university one of the first to offer such a course.

[20] Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences offers a total of 78 bachelor's and 34 master's programmes, available in full-time, part-time, dual, and work-study formats.

[1] In the winter semester 2021/2022, the university's first fully English-language degree was launched in the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics.