WWU Münster has developed a strong research profile in natural sciences, the humanities, medicine, law and business administration. It targets top-level research in high-performance areas for support and combines this with promoting first-class junior research staff. At the same time, by ensuring that broad research can be carried out it creates a secure basis on which excellence can thrive.
For WWU Münster, promoting excellence is a dynamic process which takes up new academic and social challenges and responds appropriately.
WWU Münster´s aims in the field of research are closely linked with its own commitment to provide high-quality courses of study covering a wide range of subjects. It has taken a pioneering lead in changing teacher training over to the double bachelor degree. The second step - a bottom-up process - will involve the masters courses. The development of programmes for structured PhD courses represents the third step in the realisation of the objectives set out in the Bologna process. WWU thus enables the best possible teaching to be provided, on the basis of high-quality broad and top-level research.