Bielefeld University was founded in 1969 with an explicit research assignment and a mission to provide high-quality research-oriented teaching. With far-reaching aims to reform nearly every area of higher education, the University has made valuable contributions to educational reform in Germany and upholds its interdisciplinary, innovative and reform-oriented character to this day. The University encompasses 13 faculties covering a broad spectrum of disciplines in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and technology. In addition, a medical faculty is currently being founded. With 25,000 students in 117 degree courses and around 3.000 staff members (including 311 professors and lecturers as well as 1,570 academic staff) it is one of Germany’s medium-sized universities.

比勒费尔德大学成立于1969年，肩负明确的研究任务和提供高质量研究导向教学的使命。大学致力于改革几乎所有高等教育领域，为德国教育改革做出了宝贵贡献，并至今保持其跨学科、创新和改革导向的特质。大学设有13个学院，涵盖人文、自然科学、社会科学和技术等广泛学科。此外，医学院正在成立中。该校拥有25,000名学生，开设117个学位课程，约有3,000名教职员工(包括311名教授和讲师以及1,570名教职员工)，是德国中型大学之一。