Editing Minden (section)

==Education==
[[File:Minden FH Bielefeld.jpg|thumb|Campus Minden of the [[Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences]]]]
The town provides all types of [[State school#Germany|general-educating school]]. At present time (2024) there are eleven elementary schools (age 6 to 10),<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Stadt Minden | title = Grundschulen | url = https://www.minden.de/bildung-kultur-sport/schulen/grundschulen/ | website = www.minden.de | access-date = 8 October 2023}}</ref> four secondary schools (age 10 to 16), and five secondary schools with upper-level education (age 10 to 19, ending with the university entrance exam (''[[Abitur]]''),<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Stadt Minden | title = Weiterführende Schulen | url = 
 https://www.minden.de/bildung-kultur-sport/schulen/weiterfuehrende-schulen/ | website = www.minden.de | access-date = 8 October 2023}}</ref> two of them as comprehensive schools and the other three of type "[[Gymnasium (Germany)|gymnasium]]", a ''[[Waldorf education|Freie Waldorfschule]]'' (age 6 to 18) and furthermore two [[Dual education system|vocational colleges]].<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Stadt Minden |title = Berufs- und Fachschulen | url = https://www.minden.de/bildung-kultur-sport/schulen/berufs-und-fachschulen/ | website = www.minden.de | access-date = 8 October 2023}}</ref> The ''Weser-Kolleg'' offers adult people, already trained for practical occupation, a "second way of education" to get the ''Abitur'', that provides access to university education.<ref>{{cite web | last1 = Stadt Minden | title = Weser-Kolleg Minden | url = https://www.minden.de/bildung-kultur-sport/schulen/weser-kolleg-minden/| website = www.minden.de | access-date = 8 October 2023}}</ref>

Minden has a branch of the [[Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences|Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts]] specializing in architecture, construction engineering, technology, engineering and mathematics, social studies, business and health at its ''Campus Minden'', a former artillery barracks area of the {{lang|de|Wehrmacht}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=FH Bielefeld |title=Faculty of Minden Campus |url=https://www.fh-bielefeld.de/en/about/faculties/faculty-campus-minden |website=www.fh-bielefeld.de/en}}</ref> The ''Medizin Campus OWL'' is adjoint to the Johannes-Wesling-Klinikum as one of the study sites of the [[University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum]] as a decentralized campus for medical students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medizin Campus OWL |url=https://www.muehlenkreiskliniken.de/muehlenkreiskliniken/forschung-lehre/medizinstudium |website=www.mühlenkreiskliniken.de |access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref> The RailCampus OWL, a cluster of some universities, enterprises and the German Railway for education and research in railway systems was built in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=RailCampus OWL |url=https://railcampus-owl.info |website=www.railcampus-owl.info |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>

Minden offers a [[Folk high school]] ({{lang|de|Volkshochschule}}) serving also Hille, Petershagen, Porta Westfalica and Bad Oeynhausen,<ref>{{cite web |title=Volkshochschule Minden / Bad Oeynhausen |url=https://www.vhs-minden.de/ |website=www.vhs-minden.de |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref> and a municipal music school.<ref>{{cite web |title=Musik Minden |url=https://www.musikminden.de/ |website=www.musikminden.de |access-date=18 December 2022}}</ref>