page_title: Wuppertal
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Wuppertal / Education
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Junioruni in Wuppertal-Unterbarmen
context_page_description: Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in and around the Wupper valley, east of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is known for its steep slopes, its woods and parks, and its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. It is the greenest city of Germany, with two-thirds green space of the total municipal area. From any part of the city, it is only a ten-minute walk to one of the public parks or woodland paths.
  In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Wupper valley was one of the largest industrial regions of continental Europe. The increasing demand for coal from the textile mills and blacksmith shops encouraged the expansion of the nearby Ruhrgebiet. Wuppertal still is a major industrial centre, being home to industries such as textiles, metallurgy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electronics, automobiles, rubber, vehicles and printing equipment.
  Aspirin originates from Wuppertal, patented in 1897 by Bayer, as does the Vorwerk-Kobold vacuum cleaner.
context_section_description: Four institutions of higher education are in Wuppertal.
  University of Wuppertal (Bergische Universität Wuppertal)
  FOM University of Applied Sciences
  Cologne University of Music, section Wuppertal
  College of Theology, Wuppertal/Bethel (Theologische Zentrum Wuppertal)
  The privately financed Junior Uni is a unique German initiative to educate youth from the age of 4 to 18 in science outside the school program.
caption: Junior Uni Campus, designed 2013 by the Wuppertal Architects Goedeking& Niedworok
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