Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Phone: +49 234 322-01

http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/index_en.htm

General remarks

This University is also featured in the U-Multirank world university rankings.

Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body	University, public
Year of foundation	1962
Total number of Students	43,123
Students at this campus	43,123
Semester contribution	332,00 € *
Tuition fees	There are no study fees.

Subject areas featured in the ranking

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science		7.3 %
Natural Sciences, Mathematics		14.7 %
Law, Economic and Social Sciences		28.0 %
Humanities, Languages		27.4 %
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)		18.7 %
Other studies		3.9 %

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree		44.2 %
Master's degree		20.6 %
Teacher qualification degree		16.6 %
Pre-Bologna degrees		17.3 %
Other types of degrees		1.3 %

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

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Special features regarding the library

Library system: central university library, decentralized specialist libraries; university library opening times: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sat./Sun. 10 a.m.to 9 p.m.; Offers: electronic, printed information, electronic services for students and scientists, including training courses on information literacy, on managing literature references; modern learning landscape: Group study rooms; Reading rooms with individual lighting, power / mains connection, scanner; Self-booking / media return - RFID technology; electronic orientation system; university library café; university library culture meeting point: Lectures, exhibitions, events more information

Foreign language courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Arabic, Dutch, Swedish. more information

Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees.Students attending the institution can participate in the sports programme of the TU Dortmund, University of Duisburg-Essen (with the status of being a student at another higher education institution.) University-owned 1,100 sqm fitness studio within walking distance of the main train station; in the winter semester 2019/20 there are over 490 courses per week covering 95 sports; large diving area; cooperation with other sports organisations for golf, inline skating, tennis (indoor), SUP; University's own artificial grass pitch. The programme is open to: Hochschule für Gesundheit (hsg), Ev. FH Bochum, TH Bochum, Bochum University of Applied Sciences, EBZ Business School. more information