Faculties
While Bielefeld University is known for its faculty of sociology. It is associated with Norbert Elias and Niklas Luhmann, who were professors there. The faculty of history launched the "Bielefeld School" of Social History under Hans-Ulrich Wehler, while the Laborschule and Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) are projects of the faculty of educational science.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities of 2010 places Bielefeld in terms of mathematics among the four best universities of Germany, the 21 best universities of Europe and 51 to 76 best universities in the world, which confirms the ranking of 2009. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2010-2011 Bielefeld is placed among the top 50 engineering and technology universities. The German Center for Higher Education Development Excellence Ranking, which measures academic performance of European graduate programs in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics, placed Bielefeld in the excellence group for mathematics, together with such universities as Cambridge and ETH Zürich.
The university has the following faculties:
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of History, philosophy and theology
- Department of History
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Theology
- Faculty of Public Health
- Faculty of Linguistics and Literature
- Department of Art and Music
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Faculty of Educational Science
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Psychology and Sports
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Sociology
- Faculty of Technology
- Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
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