_id	Date	Year	Event name	Brief event description	Image 1	Image 2	Image 1 author	Image license	Geographic information	URL
1	""	1969	Bielefeld University officially founded	Bielefeld University starts with the Faculties of Mathematics, Law, and Sociology. First Rektor: Prof. Dr. Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/56fa71bd-5402-444a-b370-a7239c2922a9.jpg	""	Photographer: Günter Rudolf	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 00287	""	https://www.uni-bielefeld.de
2	""	1970	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Karl Peter Grotemeyer	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/58d5033a-5580-4c0e-8112-9055ecac9200.jpg	""	Bielefeld University	Bielefeld University	""	""
3	""	1971	Foundation of the Faculty of Pedagogics, Philosophy, and Psychology	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/7fb369d1-0aec-4d85-b5b8-b753af6e9726.jpg	""	Photographer: Seutter	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 00660	""	""
4	""	1972	Foundation of the Faculty of Physics	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/6ec4400d-0a60-4873-8c57-90fdfe1e6487.jpg	""	Photograpfer: Richter	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01889	""	""
5	""	1972	Center of Interdisciplinary Research (ZIF) moves into the new building in Wellenberg, Bielefeld	The Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF: Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung) is Bielefeld University's Institute for Advanced Study. It offers time, space, and funding for interdisciplinary research. ZiF is an independent, thematically unbound research institution and is open to scholars from all countries and disciplines	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/4682dfbd-1f02-443a-a011-322ad7113013.jpg	""	Photographer: Günter Rudolf	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01862	52.032578387509076, 8.493493995948116	""
6	""	1972	Foundation of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/35301953-d243-458c-8ebe-c93cbbc0588a.jpg	""	Photographer: Seutter	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01878	""	""
7	""	1973	Foundation of the Faculty of History	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/c8cf9d09-01ff-4693-bad9-3735db0b41cf.jpg	""	Photographer: Seutter	Source: University Archive Bielefeld	""	""
8	""	1974	Foundation of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics	""	""	""	""	""	""	""
9	""	1975	Foundation of the Faculty of Chemistry	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/534f5305-849a-44f2-bfc7-62d96fc20d5d.jpg	""	Photographer: Klaus F. Linnenbrügger	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01852	""	""
10	""	1976	New main building of Bielefeld University	The third and final construction stage of the main building is handed over to the University	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/fa4fb610-98fe-49ba-8ba9-be3782e35ac6.jpg	""	Photographer: Manfred Kettner	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 00340	52.037076865770324, 8.495305668966559	""
11	""	1976	Foundation of the Faculty of Biology	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/e5eb4688-5671-4e92-ad9c-5210c27d1555.jpg	""	Photographer: Gräfenstein	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01835	""	""
12	""	1980	Restructuring of the former Faculty of Pedagogics, Philosophy, and Psychology	The former Faculty of Pedagogics, Philosophy, and Psychology is restructured and the Faculties of Educational Science, of Psychology and Sports, and of History and Philosophy are established	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/80b46965-f725-4ac7-a342-65c75361d755.jpg	""	Photographer: Otto Sudmann	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS_00661	""	""
13	""	1980	The Bielefeld section of the Pädagogische Hochschule Westfalen-Lippe (teacher training college) is amalgamated with Bielefeld University	The four departments of the Pädagogische Hochschule Westfalen-Lippe (teacher training college) are closed down and Faculty 12 is established (after 1.4.1982, Faculty of Theology, Geography, Art, and Music)	""	""	""	""	""	""
14	""	1982	Opening of the Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Wissenschaft IBZ (international guest house)	""	""	""	""	""	52.03553477052141, 8.500291929569809	""
15	""	1990	Foundation of the Faculty of Technology	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/c63e6c50-d6c9-403a-a1f9-8ea7f044dafe.jpg	""	Photographer: Helga Wehmeyer	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS 01905	""	""
16	""	1992	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Skowronek	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/879bfe1a-e2b0-4fcc-8324-e10f6c5fb04f.jpg	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""	""
17	""	1994	Foundation of the School of Public Health	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/d2a59d73-7264-4c79-b0d8-6555b75d72f8.jpg	""	Photographer: Klaus F. Linnenbrügger	Source: University Archive Bielefeld, FOS_01880	""	""
18	""	1996	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Gert Rickheit	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/2b0a3186-be6d-417c-b593-b72ca2d0e4f5.jpg	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""	""
19	""	1996	Foundation of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG)	""	""	""	""	""	""	""
20	""	1999	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Timmermann	Prof. Dr. Dieter Timmermann, who was already elected to the post of Rektor by the convent of Bielefeld University on 09.06.1999, is re-elected Rektor by the Senate of Bielefeld University for the period of office from 01.04.2001 onward after the passage of the North Rhine-Westphalia University Act	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/f4e3e54b-fdb2-4c67-a193-9d32817f89a8.jpg	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Photographer: Bielefeld University	""	""
21	""	2001	Foundation of Microbial Genomics Competence Centre	"Bielefeld University is selected by the Federal Ministry of Research and receives funding for the ""Kompetenzzentrum Mikrobielle Genomforschung"" (Microbial Genomics Competence Centre)"	""	""	""	""	""	""
22	""	2002	Foundation of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Research	Foundation of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Research at Bielefeld University supported by the Society for Epilepsy Research e. V.	""	""	""	""	""	""
23	""	2002	Closure of the Faculty of Theology, Geography, Art, and Music	Closure of the Faculty of Theology, Geography, Art, and Music in line with the recommendations of the Expertenrat (Board of Experts) and integration of the departments into affiliated faculties for the Winter semester 2002/03	""	""	""	""	""	""
24	""	2004	Opening of the Bielefeld Institute for Biophysics and Nanoscience (BINAS).	""	""	""	""	""	""	""
25	""	2007	New new laboratory building for the CeBiTec - Center for Biotechnology	Inauguration of the new laboratory for the CeBiTec - Center for Biotechnology. The laboratory is the largest building project at Bielefeld University since the completion of the main University building in 1976.	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/6d615337-364f-469a-8f63-05cdccac83ab.jpg	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	52.03971614805856, 8.490944707585244	""
26	""	2007	Opening of the Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) at Bielefeld University	Opening of the Research Institute for Cognition and Robotics (CoR-Lab) at Bielefeld University. This is accompanied by the signing of a research cooperation agreement between Bielefeld University and the Honda Research Institute Europe GmbH (HRI-EU). This will support postgraduate training and make Bielefeld University the first higher education institute in Europe with two humanoid robots of the new ASIMO generation as a research platform at its disposal	""	""	""	""	""	""
27	""	2007	Success in the Excellence Initiative of the Federal and State Governments	"Bielefeld University has two successes in the Excellence Initiative of the Federal and State Governments with the Cluster of Excellence ""Cognitive Interaction Technology"" and the Graduate School ""Bielefeld International Graduate School in History and Sociology""."	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/fc03f017-dd78-463a-8b50-d5cff0a9e566.jpg	""	""	Fotografin: Norma Langohr	Source: Bielefeld University	""
28	""	2008	Opening of the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS) at Bielefeld University within the framework of the Excellence Initiative	""	""	""	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""
29	""	2009	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Sagerer	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/3ee100f4-8997-442b-b65c-bd7d90706e84.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""
30	""	2009	Modernization of the university main building	The state of North Rhine-Westphalia approves funding to start the modernization of the university main building and expand the university and grants an initial sum of almost 130 million Euros for the construction of a replacement building on the parking areas of the university campus	""	""	""	""	""	""
31	""	2009	Excellence Initiative for Teaching	"Bielefeld University is one of the six universities nationwide to win the competition on the ""Excellence Initiative for Teaching"", a joint programme initiated by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Kultusministerkonferenz (Standing Conference for the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs)"	""	""	""	""	""	""
32	""	2011	Foundation stone of Building X	Laying of foundation stone for the new replacement building (Building X) of Bielefeld University. The replacement building (with an investment of 130 million Euros) including the new University Canteen is the architectual link between the Main University Building and the new University of Applied Sciences on Campus North	""	""	""	""	""	""
33	""	2012	Foundation of Bielefeld School of Education (BiSEd)	""	""	""	""	""	""	""
34	""	2013	Opening of the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC)	Celebration for the opening of the new research building of the Cluster of Excellence CITEC Cognitive Interaction Technology on Campus North. Its transdisciplinary central laboratory makes the building an internationally unique research facility	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/32a002b4-7058-4218-9ba7-28108ac79a5b.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Norma Langohr	Source: Bielefeld University	""
35	""	2014	Opening of Building X	The grand opening of Building X, home to the Faculty of History, Philosophy and Theology, the Faculty of Sociology, other university facilities and the central refectory. It is the prerequisite for the modernization of the main university building	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/c6a53e76-1f79-43e8-a440-2877740aa27f.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Nina Hinkers	52.0407350004024, 8.493285094965	""
36	""	2014	Niklas Luhmann - A Passion for Theory	The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science and the Arts is funding the long-term research project 'Niklas Luhmann - A Passion for Theory' by the Faculty of Sociology, Library and Archive of the University of Bielefeld and the Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH) with more than 5 million euros. Niklas Luhmann was the first professor at Bielefeld University	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/6d5c0946-f2ec-46ed-8fec-36bdfb7eb20b.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""
37	""	2015	First Campus Festival Bielefeld	In cooperation with Bielefeld University, Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Bielefeld Marketing, Open Air Live Music (for about 20,000 visitors) is being offered for the first time on Campus Bielefeld under the name 'Campus Festival Bielefeld'	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/a468fa49-f384-47c6-8e69-02f40da8a611.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Stefan Sättele	Source: Bielefeld University	""
38	""	2016	Quality Offensive Teacher Education	"As part of the funding program ""Quality Offensive Teacher Education"" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the University with the project proposal 'BiProfessional - Sei professionell' is granted by 4.8 million euros for the next three years to tackle central desiderata in teacher education research"	""	""	""	""	""	""
39	""	2018	Foundation of Medical School OWL	"The model degree programme offers students sound preparation for the complex requirements of medical practice and enables them to focus on future-oriented topics such as cooperation with other professional groups as well as outpatient and digital medicine. The research profile ""Medicine for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses"" is highly relevant to society. Three clinical locations with complementary profiles offer excellent conditions for university medical patient care, research and teaching"	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/dd2304de-6c96-47a3-8e8f-0f9dda4643ce.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	52.034028580964666, 8.498901511293683	""
40	""	2019	50 years of Bielefeld University	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/bfcd84a2-6b2e-4921-9adb-a902b774167a.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Bielefeld University	Source: Bielefeld University	""
41	""	2023	Election of the Rektor: Prof. Dr. Angelika Epple	""	https://spod.neolaiacampus.eu/ethersheet/images/22cdf8fd-cb18-4737-b904-876b00d2b708/8eb29ac4-16ad-4990-92bf-b4c878138f73.jpg	""	""	Photographer: Stefan Sättele	Source: Bielefeld University	""