Legal notice

The University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is a corporation under public law supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It bears the name „Universität Duisburg-Essen“ and uses this name in its logo.

Competent supervisory authority:
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Völklinger Straße 49
40221 Düsseldorf
Germany

VAT registration number, tax number and customs

VAT registration number (VAT Reg No.): DE 811 272 995
Tax number: 111/5734/0015

Customs number / EORI number
Contact persons: Anja Lhotak / Özge Emre

DUNS numbers
Duisburg campus – DUNS 340177013
Essen campus – DUNS 341557594
Contact: Özge Emre

Font

This website uses the Freeman font, a reinterpretation of traditional sans serif gothic display typeface, based on the work done by Vernon Adams on Francoise One and expanding upon it under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Copyright

The University of Duisburg-Essen is the copyright holder of all content and documents on pages that refer to this imprint. The contents are protected by copyright – copying or modifying them is only allowed with the permission of the copyright holder. This does not apply to copies of files on your own computer for the purpose of viewing the pages with a browser. The respective departments are editorially responsible for all other content on the University of Duisburg-Essen’s WWW servers.

Liability for content

The content of the pages of the University of Duisburg-Essen has been created with the utmost care. However, no guarantee can be given for the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of the content.

As a service provider, the UDE is responsible for its own content on these pages in accordance with general legislation pursuant to Section 7 (1) of the German Telemedia Act (TMG). According to §§ 8-10 TMG, the university as a service provider is not obliged to monitor or, under certain circumstances, to investigate third-party information that is transmitted or stored and that indicates illegal activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information in accordance with general legislation remain unaffected. However, liability in this regard is only possible from the moment that knowledge of a specific infringement is obtained. If we become aware of any such infringement, the content will be removed immediately.

Liability for links

This website contains links to third-party websites (“external links”). These websites are subject to the liability of the respective operators, so that the University of Duisburg-Essen does not assume any liability for these external contents. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. No illegal content was recognizable at the time of linking. However, permanent content control of the linked pages is not reasonable without specific indications of a violation of the law, so that the University of Duisburg-Essen hereby expressly distances itself from all contents of the linked pages that were changed after the link was set. The provider of the site to which reference is made is solely liable for illegal, incorrect or incomplete content and in particular for damage arising from the use or non-use of information provided in this way. The person who refers to the respective publication via links is not liable.

Information on online dispute resolution

In accordance with Art. 14 (1) of the ODR Regulation (EU Regulation No. 524/2013), the EU Commission provides an internet platform for the online resolution of disputes (the “OS platform”). The OS platform serves as a point of contact for the out-of-court resolution of disputes concerning contractual obligations arising from online sales contracts. The customer can access the OS platform via the following link: ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/