In the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the city of Münster is home to the University of Münster, often known as the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster or WWU.
It is the fifth-largest university in Germany and one of the key hubs of German intellectual life, with more than 44,000 students and more than 120 disciplines of study offered in 15 departments. The institution offers a huge selection of courses in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The Ph.D. programs as well as postgraduate courses in information systems, geoinformatics, and geospatial technologies are among the courses that are also taught in English.
The University of Münster has connections all around the world. The institution and the city are characterized by 3,500 international students and doctorate candidates from 130 countries, an increasing number of international study and doctoral programs, 750 international scientists annually, and these numbers. The University of Münster is enhancing its international degree programs, encouraging the exchange of its students, scientists, and staff, and providing its students with the chance to gain international experience first-hand through the "Internationalization at home" program in order to advance this.
The Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster (ULB), the regional library of Westphalia and the main library of the university, is located in Münster. In 2011, there were more than 6.2 million books in the library, 2.68 million of which were kept in the ULB and 3.53 million by the 146 faculty and department libraries. Electronic articles and newspapers make up 47,350 of those.
The university has an active student life. The university's sports club ("Hochschulsport") provides more than 100 sports courses, sports trips, continuing education, and international competitions.