University of Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) is a research university located in Bochum, Germany. It's the country's sixth-oldest institution and is renowned for its wide range of disciplines and fields of study.

Overview

The Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) is one of Germany's leading research universities. The University draws its strengths from both the diversity and the proximity of scientific and engineering disciplines on a single, coherent campus. This highly dynamic setting enables students and researchers to work across traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. The RUB is on its way to becoming one of the leading European universities of the 21st Century. Almost all courses are offered as Bachelor and Master degree programmes. Our students receive interdisciplinary education, and our researchers undertake interdisciplinary research - our university lives and breathes its motto, 'minds create character'.