Student life
The Student Service Centre (SSC) offers counselling and services.
Sports are coordinated by the students' representation (AStA) of Düsseldorf's four higher education institutions in a joint initiative. On offer are about 100 kinds of sports, workshops and sports holidays. Once a year, the four AStAs organise a common sports day.
Musical initiatives include the AStA's Local Heroes event, a platform for local bands, and jam sessions. There is also a semi-professional university orchestra. Once a year, the short film competition for young talents from the region takes place on campus.
There are various (student) associations, clubs, networks, and societies. Examples are the local UNICEF group, a debating club, the European Student Network, and the campus radio.
Since 1989, the Heinrich Heine Guest Lecture has repeatedly drawn high-profile speakers to the university's campus. These guest professors usually deliver a short series of lectures to the general public on topics that are currently in the public eye. Speakers have included, for example, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Helmut Schmidt and Joschka Fischer. New traditions have come to supplement the guest lecture: since 2010, the "University Speech" and since 2011, the "Heinrich Heine Professorship for Business and Economics", both delivered by external speakers of high calibre.
