Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum

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Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Quick profile*

People-centred, cosmopolitan, high-achieving – Ruhr-Universität Bochum is a harbour in Bochum's "sea of science". The focus of our actions is learning with each other and from each other – our international diversity and extensive worldwide network are a testament to this. People from all over the world come together on our campus in the centre of the Ruhr metropolitan region to achieve outstanding results. This is where people from 130 nations come to research and study.

Research

Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of the leading research universities in Germany – and its international reputation is growing. We are continuing to advance our performance-oriented culture of research by combining top-level research with research-based teaching and learning.

The university's flexible, innovative structures bring leading researchers together in an interdisciplinary setting. They enable doctoral candidates to develop their full potential, and foster the autonomy and career advancement of excellent early career researchers.
Our scientific strength derives from our approach of tackling new challenges with passion and ambition.  Our large campus meets the needs of a diverse range of academic disciplines, encouraging cooperation across subject lines and facilitating in-depth collaboration between students and researchers.

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Affiliated institutions

  • Center for Religious Studies (CERES)
  • Faculty of Protestant Theology
  • Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Engineering
  • Faculty of Geosciences
  • Faculty of History
  • Faculty of Computer Science
  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Mathematics
  • Faculty of East Asian Studies
  • Faculty of Language and Literature
  • Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Science
  • Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
  • Faculty of Psychology
  • Faculty of Social Science
  • Faculty of Sports Science
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Office of Cooperation RUB/IGM
  • Horst Görtz Institute for IT-Security (HGI)
  • Institute of Hygiene of the Ruhr District - Institute of Environmental Hygiene and Environmental Medicine
  • Institute for Applied Work Science
  • Institute for Mining and Energy Law
  • Institute of Research on Germany
  • Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)
  • Institute for Neural Computation
  • Institute for the Study of Social Movements
  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulations
  • International Graduate School for Neuroscience (IGSN)
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Catholic Theology
  • Landesspracheninstitut (LSI)
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Musical Centre
  • Professional School of Education
  • Research Department of Interfacial Systems Chemistry (IFSC)
  • Research Department Plasmas with Complex Interactions
  • RUB Research School
  • RUBION, Central Unit for Ion Beams and Radionuclides
  • Scientific Writing Centre
  • University Hospital of Ruhr University Bochum
  • Ruhr Area (UA Ruhr)
  • University Archive
  • University Library
  • Centre for Foreign Language Training
  • Center for Mediterranean Studies
  • Center for Theoretical and Integrative Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

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