Equal opportunities in the degree program

WU would like to make its educational programs accessible to all interested and professionally qualified people, regardless of origin, educational background, gender, etc., and enable them to successfully complete their degree programs at WU.​

WU develops segment-specific measures to promote the inclusion of disadvantaged groups in degree programs and teaching. These measures were integrated into a strategy on the social dimension of WU in 2020.

By social dimension, we mean the sum of all factors such as regional origin, educational background, gender, etc., which - in addition to talent and motivation - can support or hinder accessibility to university education.

In this sense, a portfolio of measures aims to adequately address the different needs of disadvantaged student groups in particular (excerpt):

Project days for middle schools

WU4YOU

BeAble

Student Counselling Programm

MORE program

Facts and figures

12%

OF WU STUDENTS

12% of students at WU have a migration background (1st or 2nd generation students, both parents born abroad) (Student Social Survey 2019).

30%

OF WU STUDENTS

30% of WU students sometimes feel disadvantaged in their degree program because of their origin (foreign students only) (Student Social Survey 2019)

10%

OF WU STUDENTS

10% of WU students report having (at least) one health impairment that has at least a weak or intermittent impact on their degree program. (Student Social Survey 2019)