Editing Gelsenkirchen (section)

=== Education and science ===
Gelsenkirchen has 51 [[elementary school]]s (36 public schools, 12 Catholic schools, 3 Protestant schools), 8 ''[[Hauptschule]]n'', 6 ''[[Realschule]]n'', 7 ''[[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasien]]'', and 5 ''[[Education in Germany|Gesamtschule]]n'', among which the ''Gesamtschule Bismarck'', as the only comprehensive school run by the Westphalian branch of the Evangelical ([[Lutheran]]) Church, warrants special mention.

The ''[[Fachhochschule]] Gelsenkirchen'', founded in 1992, also has campuses in [[Bocholt, Germany|Bocholt]] and Recklinghausen. It offers courses in [[Economics]], [[Computer Science]], Engineering Physics, [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Mechanical Engineering]], and Supply and Disposal Engineering.

There is a ''[[Volkshochschule#Germany and Austria|Volkshochschule]]'' for [[adult education]] as well as a city library with three branches.

The Institute for Underground Infrastructure, founded in 1994 and associated with the [[Ruhr University Bochum]], provides a wide range of research, certification, and consulting services. The [[science park]] created in 1995 by [[Internationale Bauausstellung Emscher Park]], {{Interlanguage link|Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen|de}}, provides a pathway to restructure the local economy from coal- and steel-based industries to solar energy and project management.<ref>[http://www.wipage.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/ Über uns (About us)], Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen {{in lang|de}}</ref>