Opening Message of the Head of the University Sports in Münster

The support of top-level sports at the University of Münster is a clear commitment to dual careers and is intended to provide top-ranking athletes with maximum support in the often difficult balancing act between sporting and academic success.

In February 2002, for example, the University of Münster was the first North Rhine-Westphalian university to join the "Partner University of Elite Sports" project of the General German University Sports Association (adh). The cooperation agreement was recently renewed and ceremoniously signed on the occasion of the 20th anniversary.

The appreciation and recognition of the double burden of student athletes and the perception of the socio-political obligation to support them were important reasons for this step. Of course, the agreement should also make it clear that the University of Münster generally supports top performance wherever possible.

So it is logical that competitive sport is also supported by university sport at all levels. Numerous organized German university championships, the sending of athletes to national and international title fights at university level make it clear how important competitive and top-class sport is at the University of Münster.

Nevertheless and despite the success that top student athletes at the University of Münster regularly celebrate on the national and international stage, there is still a lot to be done.

Together with the Institute for Sports Science, our goal is to create the best possible conditions for a dual career for our athletes and to continuously improve them.

Jan-Philipp Müller
Head of the University sports