From local best to international research excellence: The Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has character and charm; and its people make the campus a living and unique place. Discover a university with a profile, with interesting people, a one-off campus, and impressive numbers and facts. The Ruhr-Universität was prominent from its beginning: as the first new university to be founded in Germany after the war; and as the first university to integrate engineering on a single campus. Today it is the introduction of Bachelor and Master degree programmes - there is no other university in Germany that is so advanced in implementing the Bologna Process. The Ruhr-Universität exudes excellence in research and diversity in its international contacts. Located in the centre of a cosmopolitan metropolitan region of over five million people, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) recruits students from home and abroad. It is a first-choice place for new experiences. Its people are open-minded, pragmatic, and geared to achievement. The RUB stands for the continual improvement of the quality of research and teaching. We see both as closely integrated and provide high-quality basic training during the undergraduate phase and research driven in-depth training in the postgraduate phase. We aim to lead young scientists to early independence. The RUB works to intensify co-operation both on and off the campus and encourages its students to acquire an international perspective by sending them abroad and by welcoming students and visiting scholars from abroad. We are constantly improving the working and study conditions for everyone – the RUB has its own childcare programmes for its staff. Our vision and our ambition is to encourage the development of the responsible and committed mind.
