Modern research is complex and interdisciplinary. With its internationally competitive cutting-edge research, the UDE focuses on exciting issues. Many burning social issues are reflected in our research topics.

At UDE we develop solutions for the future in close cooperation with the universities of the University Alliance Ruhr. We research new materials for the energy transition and artificial intelligence, we make rivers fit for climate change and investigate plural social conflicts, and we practise university medicine at the highest level. We are a strong nucleus in an interacting knowledge and innovation ecosystem.