CHARACTERISTICS

 

Established:
September 20, 2013

Foundation goal: 
Support of Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf in maintenance and operation of the “Haus der Universität”
as a center for science, information and communication

Capital providers:
The state capital Düsseldorf (€ 1,000,000)
Udo and Irmel van Meeteren (€ 700,000)
The Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der HHU (€ 300,000)

Board of trustees (as at December 31, 2020 according to statutes):
Dr. Stefan Keller, Chairman
mayor of the state capital Düsseldorf

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck, Deputy Chairwoman
Rector of Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Eduard H. Dörrenberg
President of the Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der HHU

Hans-Heinrich Grosse-Brockhoff
retired state secretary, as representative of the foundation van Meeteren

Dorothee Schneider
city treasurer of the state capital Düsseldorf

FURTHER INFORMATION

"Haus der Universität" (House of the university): establishment and maintenance of an “embassy” of the HHU in the heart of the city at the Schadowplatz. Inaugurated in 2013, it has quickly become an important part of cultural life in Düsseldorf, especially for science events and symposions...


About the project Haus der Universität (GFFU information in German)

Haus der Universität (website in English)