Hochschule Rhein-Waal

About Hochschule Rhein-Waal

Hochschule Rhein-Waal is a university of applied sciences founded in 2009. The educational institution opened for the winter semester of 2009/10 and was originally intended to be called Fachhochschule Nördlicher Niederrhein. The university has its main campus in Kleve and a second campus in Kamp-Lintfort. The university is particularly characterized by its intercultural study atmosphere. Since the majority of the university's teaching offerings are taught in English, international students from over 100 countries have the opportunity to study at the university. The German river Rhine and the Dutch river Waal are the namesake of the university. The regions near these two rivers have joined together to form the Euregio Rhein-Waal. Hochschule Rhein-Waal is part of this association.