NRW School of Governance Institute for Educational sciences Institute for Development and Peace (INEF – Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden) Institute for Sociology Faculty of Physics Central scientific institutes Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE) (German) German-French Institute for Automation and Robotics (IAR) Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Essen College of Gender Studies (EKfG) Institute for Experimental Mathematics (IEM) Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) Institute for Labor/ Labour and Qualification (IAQ) Interdisciplinary center for analytics on the nanoscale (ICAN) Centre for Logistics and Transport (ZLV) Centre for Medical Biotechnology (ZMB) Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZMU) Centre for empirical research in education (ZeB) The NRW School of Governance The NRW School of Governance is a central institution within the Institute for Political science and was founded in 2006 under the direction of Karl-Rudolf Korte. It aims, through research and teaching, to promote the scientifically sound understanding of political processes (in North Rhine-Westphalia). It does so by educating and training students in three main programs: Masters program: "Political management, Public policy and Public administration" Part-time masters program: "Public Policy" Doctoral School: Scholarship and Excellence Programs at the Department of Political Science and also through the use of various other education modules. Associated institutes paluno, The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology German Textile Research Centre North-west (DTNW) Development Centre for Ship Technology and Transport Systems (DST) Asia-Pacific Economic Research Institute (FIP) Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA) Institute for Labor/ Labour and Qualification (IAQ) Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Technology (IMST) Institute for Prevention and Health Promotion (IPG) Institute of Science and Ethics (IWE) IWW Water Centre (IWW) Rhine-Ruhr Institute for Social Research and Political Consulting (RISP) Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute for German-Jewish History (StI) Centre for Fuel Cell Technology (ZBT) The university has a Confucius Institute. Student body it is the German university with the largest number of Chinese international students. Overall, it has a 16% composition of international students. The majority of such students are enrolled as engineering or economics majors. People Rectors 01.2003–09.2003 – Heiner Kleffner, Founding commissioner and head of section 10.2003–12.2006 – Lothar Zechlin, Founding rector 01.2007–03.2008 – Lothar Zechlin, 1. rector 04.2008–03.2022 – Ulrich Radtke, 2. rector 04.2022 – Barbara Albert Mercator-Professorship Award The University of Duisburg-Essen awards the Mercator-Professur to individuals who are well known for their social and scientific engagement. So