Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Applied Computer Science is an application-oriented and interdisciplinary degree program that focuses on using computer science as a tool to advance digital and technical progress in various fields. T...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme provides an insight into the religious, cultural and historical principles of the Islamic world as well as into the languages and literatures of the Near East/North Africa. It of...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme in Archaeology is unique because it not only teaches fundamental archaeological skills and methods in prehistoric and protohistoric cultures as well as those of classical antiqui...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Art History studies how works of art can be described, analyzed and classified within cultural and historical contexts. The program explores art as a communication medium, how art is perceived and the...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Biochemistry Bachelor program focuses on understanding molecular mechanisms of biological processes such as carcinogenesis, cell communication, learning and memory building, genetic diseases, and...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Biology Bachelor program covers various aspects of biological sciences including how proteins work, the structure of animal and plant cells, the role of biotechnology for renewable energies, speci...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Catholic Theology program explores the principles of Christian faith, the creation and role of biblical texts in church, society and theology, crucial events in church and dogma history, the relat...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Chemistry Bachelor program explores how different materials originate from elements, how life processes work at the micro level, how energy-saving processes can be optimized, how new drugs are dev...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Civil Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum provides a comprehensive university-level training that combines up-to-date scientific methods with a hands-on approach and forward-looking content. The pro...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Classical Philology (Latin, Greek) program provides an insight into linguistic, literary, cultural and heritage-related aspects of Latin and Greek – two languages fundamental for the evolution of...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

This Computer Science Bachelor program is highly relevant, future-oriented, international and bilingual. A young, highly motivated team of professors conducts cutting-edge research in future-oriented...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This program explores the relationship between individual and society, intercultural communication and competence, social/cultural/political change, and socio-scientific research methods. It provides...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme focuses on East Asian Economics and Politics, examining political and economic conditions in East Asia, the relationship between government, economy and society, factors contribu...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Educational Science is a Bachelor of Arts (2-subject programme) that examines the phenomena of training, education and socialisation in a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary manner. The program al...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology is not just part in many aspects of everyday life, but also makes a decisive contribution to solving current and future challenges. Sustainable energy...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The English and American Studies program explores topics such as Shakespeare's relevance, Brexit implications, English accents worldwide, 9/11's impact on American literature, and the modern meaning o...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Environmental Engineering Bachelor program addresses technical solutions to pressing environmental challenges. It is an interdisciplinary degree program that allows specialization in Sustainable e...

Bachelor

The Freshman College at the Academy of Ruhr-University Bochum prepares international applicants, who do not yet meet all the admission requirements for studying at a German university, for a BA course...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The General and Comparative Literature program deals with the correlation between world literature and a multitude of cultural phenomena. It provides opportunities to specialize in cultural understand...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Geography degree programme bridges the gap between natural science and humanities by integrating the entire spatial aspects of the relationship between humans and their environment. It offers spec...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Geosciences is a comprehensive program that covers the full range of natural sciences including physics, biology, chemistry, and mathematics. The program studies correlations on both macro-scale (e.g....

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The German Studies program focuses on how the German language evolves and changes, analyzing medieval German language and literature within their cultural and medial context, communicating findings fo...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The History program explores questions such as: How do we know about historical events? How are historical events evaluated today? What is history and who writes it? What is memory culture and collect...

Bachelor

Established in 2013 as integral part of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, the Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) supports more than 80 graduate students in their early research career...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

This degree programme focuses on IT Security and Information Engineering. It explores how information can be represented, saved, transmitted and processed, system vulnerabilities, IT system safety in...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

IT-Engineering combines theoretical with practical knowledge on digital transformation and teaches competence with IT systems in their entirety – from sensor technology to business models. It promotes...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme is part of Germany's only faculty of East Asian Studies and looks into Japanese history and philology throughout all eras, exploring a variety of issues. It provides the opportun...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Korean Studies at RUB covers topics such as Korean language, history, culture, and politics. The program explores questions like: How to understand Korea through original language documents? What role...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree program combines computational linguistics and psycholinguistics, focusing on how language processing works in humans and computers. Students learn about programming tools like ChatGPT, us...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Languages and Cultures of East Asia program focuses on studying the cultural region of East Asia in its contexts, with specialization options in one of three sub-regions: China, Japan, or Korea. S...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Management and Economics program addresses questions such as: What kind of goods should enterprises manufacture and what should the selling price be? How does one coordinate team work among thousa...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Management and Economics program with focus on Economics explores questions such as the advantages and hazards of globalization, reconciling commercial operations with environmental protection, se...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This program focuses on management and economics, addressing questions such as: What kind of goods should enterprises manufacture and what should the selling price be? How does one coordinate team wor...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

This degree programme in Materials Science is unique because it combines scientific methods, data-driven approaches and engineering applications. It provides the opportunity to specialise in Experimen...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Mathematics Bachelor program at Ruhr University Bochum provides a sound introduction to logical abstract reasoning and conducting proofs. It paves the way into the fascinating world of mathematics...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Mechanical Engineering program addresses questions about future energy supply, materials for future products, artificial intelligence in process improvement, intelligent robots, CO2 emissions redu...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Media Studies program explores how media influence meaning generation, addressing historical, aesthetic, and technical dimensions of media. It examines media's role in social and cultural spheres,...

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

This is a unique bilingual degree programme with an international character. After six semesters, students receive two full university degrees: the Bachelor of Laws from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and th...

Bachelor

Candidates will prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of neuroscience (project duration: four years). Research topics are olfaction, vision and acting, robotics, learning and memory, cortical and syn...

Bachelor

The Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany, offers an international and interdisciplinary three-year PhD programme in Internationa...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Philosophy offers an insight into 2500 years of European intellectual history and a systematic investigation of the fundamental issues of thinking. The program provides the opportunity to specialize i...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme offers comprehensive training in the fundamental principles of physics and prepares for the Master of Education degree. It provides the opportunity to specialise in fields such a...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme offers a joint perspective on society, politics, and economy, with the opportunity to combine it with a minor degree course. Students can specialize in fields such as Labour, eco...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Protestant Theology program explores questions such as: How did Bible texts originate and what is their relevance for theology and the Church? What is the relevance of Protestant theology in the C...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

Psychology is a multi-faceted discipline that studies human perception and behavior. The program covers various fields including doctrine of method/statistics, general psychology, social/developmental...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Religious Studies at RUB offers an objective study of religions from historical and contemporary perspectives. The program is interdisciplinary, incorporating history, social sciences, and theology. I...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This is a Bachelor's degree program in Romance Studies with a focus on French. It's a unique program that, in combination with the M.Ed., constitutes a modular degree program where students can decide...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This is a Bachelor's degree program in Romance Studies with a focus on Italian. It's a 2-subject Bachelor program requiring a second subject. The program is unique because in combination with the M.Ed...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Romance Studies Spanish is a Bachelor of Arts program focusing on Spanish language, literature, culture, and philology. The program provides a comprehensive overview of diverse aspects of Spanish cult...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme focuses entirely on Russian culture, providing insight into all its facets. It explores the unique characteristics of Russian culture within the European context, important eras...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

This degree programme combines engineering science (2/3) with industrial sales and product management (1/3). It is unique as it is the only university degree course of its kind in Germany. Students ca...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This degree programme focuses on the study of China, its language, history, literature, and culture. After intensive training in modern and classical Chinese language and the fundamentals of Chinese h...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Slavonic Studies program focuses on Slavic languages (mainly Russian and Polish), literature, and cultures. It explores how Slavic literatures and cultures have developed, characteristics of Slavi...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This Bachelor's program in Social Sciences explores what keeps modern society together, globalization, cultural differences, and how socio-scientific knowledge is formed and assessed. Students study t...

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)

The Sports Science Bachelor program at RUB provides comprehensive theoretical and practical training that enables students to specialize in specific professional fields. The program covers various asp...

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

The Theatre Studies and Performance Studies program explores what theatre is and how it evolved, how to analyze productions, when people exhibit performative behavior, the challenges theatre faces tod...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This is a Master's degree course for working professionals that ties in the requirements of entrepreneurial practice with current research findings, thus ensuring outstanding preparation for the accou...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Applied Computer Science Master program focuses on the systematic development of software, solving problems in different application areas using computer science methods and processes, determining...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Applied IT Security program focuses on how information can be represented, saved, transmitted, and processed securely. It covers system vulnerabilities in various contexts (Internet, computer netw...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This degree programme helps students gain deeper and more specialized understanding and competencies for an academic and communicative discourse of religion, culture and history of the Islamic world a...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Art History Master's program focuses on understanding how works of art can be described, analyzed, and classified within cultural and historical contexts. It explores art as a communication medium...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master of Science in Biochemistry program at Ruhr University Bochum offers a two-year, high-quality study program with the opportunity to tailor it to personal interests and prepare for a successf...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master's program in Biodiversity explores the dynamic processes underlying the evolution of biological diversity. It examines how state-of-the-art methods can verify concepts of animal, fungi, and...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Biology Master of Education program offers the opportunity to both research complex biological questions and gain an understanding of fundamental didactic methods crucial for future work in a teac...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Catholic Theology explores the principles of Christian faith, the creation and role of biblical texts in church, society and theology, crucial events in church and dogma histor...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master's program in Chemistry at RUB offers students a challenging two-year program where they can create their personal study profile to deepen their interests and competencies for a successful i...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree programme is unique as it is the only teacher training programme for Chinese in North Rhine-Westphalia. It does not require a B.Ed. degree, but is based on a bachelor's degree in Sinology....

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Civil Engineering Master's program focuses on designing and building bridges, high-rise and industrial buildings in a resource-efficient way. It explores the use of virtual and augmented reality i...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Classical Archaeology Master's program focuses on investigating the material legacies of past civilizations, particularly Greco-Roman cultures. Students deepen their archaeology and ancient studie...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Classical Philology (Latin, Greek) focuses on in-depth study of classical texts, their reception history, and linguistic analysis. The program explores questions such as how cl...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This is an English-language, strongly research-focused and comprehensively interdisciplinary degree programme, systematically integrating philosophy, psychology, neuroinformatics and empirical neurosc...

Master

Numerical simulations based on realistic computational models along with experimental verification methods have become indispensable tools for advanced computer-oriented engineering. The Master's cour...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master's programme in Computer Science at RUB allows students to choose from various specialization areas including Design, Implementation and Analysis of Computer Systems, Algorithms, Computer Se...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program focuses on criminology, criminalistics and police science. It addresses questions such as handling phenomena of criminality, current police research, applying theoretical finding...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Development-Management Master's program focuses on understanding the effectiveness of development aid and assistance, reasons for development or under-development of nations and regions, measuring...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The East Asian Studies Master's program offers students the opportunity to explore questions such as the evolution of literary genres in China influenced by Western literature, historical language dev...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Econometrics is a four-semester, English-language master's program jointly offered by TU Dortmund University (TUDO), Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE). The progra...

Master of Laws (L.L.M.)

The Economic and Taxation Law Master's program focuses on specialized knowledge in economic and fiscal issues, corporate tax law, transnational fiscal and economic-law perspectives, and legal consulta...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Economic Policy Consulting Master's program focuses on combining theoretical understanding of economic and financial policy with real-life scenarios. It addresses questions like economically viabl...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master of Arts in Educational Science is a 2-subject program that explores the phenomena of training, education, and socialization from multi-perspective and interdisciplinary approaches. The prog...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This is a research-oriented Master's degree programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with a very flexible structure that allows for individually tailored studies. Students are in...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This is a research-oriented, cross-linguistic and cross-philological joint degree programme offered by TU Dortmund and RUB. The program focuses on how multiple languages are acquired simultaneously or...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree programme is part of a modular degree course for teachers. Students have the option to decide whether they wish to continue their studies to become teachers after completing their B.A. deg...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in English and American Studies allows specialization in cultural science, literary studies or linguistics. The program offers specific research modules in areas such as Cultural...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Environmental Engineering Master's program addresses technical solutions to pressing environmental challenges. It is an interdisciplinary degree program that allows specialization in: Sustainable...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree Programme in International Humanitarian Action is an inter-university multidisciplinary postgraduate programme that provides high quality academic education an...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program "Ethics - Economics, Law and Politics" (EELP) is an interdisciplinary and research-focused degree programme backed by the expertise of four esteemed faculties. It integrates theor...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The European Culture and Economy (ECUE) Master's program offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding Europe from social, economic, historical, cultural, and legal perspectives. The program a...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MA) is a one-year, full-time course that provides a practice and policy-oriented approach to learning that combines legal, politi...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This is a unique Master's degree programme that allows integrated study in three different countries, taking place in important locations of media and media studies (Paris, Milan, London, Barcelona, e...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This Master's program focuses on finance, accounting, auditing, controlling and taxation. It addresses questions such as what knowledge a financial director of a DAX 30 company should have, how variou...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This Master of Education program in French focuses on methods of learning the French language, efficient ways to learn French as a foreign language, relevant literary works for the French-language cur...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Gender Studies focuses on understanding gender, its social construction, and its consequences for individuals and society. The program explores how gender perception changes across different cultural,...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The General and Comparative Literature Master's program deals with the correlation between world literature and a multitude of cultural phenomena. It provides opportunities to specialize in cultural u...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Geography degree programme offers the opportunity of looking into current geographic and geoscience phenomena and processes on a technical and a didactic level, e.g. into globalisation, climate ch...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This MSc degree in Geosciences is the foundation for students pursuing employment in industry, hydrogeological fields, state and federal government agencies, and other related geoscience fields. The p...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree programme is unique because Bochum provides the full range of German degree courses; specialisation in one subject is mandatory in the Master of Arts course; and because it is possible to...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This German Studies Master's program offers specialization in German Linguistics, German Medieval Studies, and Contemporary German Literature Studies. The program is unique because Bochum provides the...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Global Sustainability Economics program focuses on integrating global environmental and social sustainability issues with modern economic analysis. It equips students to address complex global cha...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree programme integrates both discipline-related and didactic aspects of classical languages and prepares students for the requirements of the teaching profession. It provides the opportunity...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The History Master's program explores how we know about historical events, how they are evaluated today, and what they reveal about contemporary societies. It examines what history is, who writes it,...

Master

History & Philosophy of Science and Logic (HPS+Logic) is a four-semester programme leading to the degree MA ("Master of Arts"). HPS+Logic focuses on the reflection of science in theoretical, historica...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program focuses on the foundations and methods of humanities, social, cultural, natural and engineering sciences. It explores how scientific concepts and theories are formed, the values...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This degree programme offers the chance of deepening the expertise and competencies in the field of modern and contemporary art acquired in the B.A. course by choosing a specialist subject and receivi...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Human Resource Management Master's program focuses on providing advanced knowledge in HR beyond standard operational work. It combines economic and legal subject matters with psychology-based HR c...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The International Gender Studies program explores questions such as: What is gender? How is gender generated and what are the consequences for individuals and society? How does gender perception chang...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The M.A. International Political Economy of East Asia (IPEEA) is a unique program focusing on current political and economic issues in East Asian regions (China, Japan, and Korea). It qualifies studen...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The IT Security / Information Engineering Master's program focuses on how information can be represented, saved, transmitted and processed; system vulnerabilities in Internet, computer networks, mobil...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The IT Security / Networks and Systems Master's program focuses on how information can be represented, saved, transmitted and processed securely. It covers system vulnerabilities in various contexts (...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This is a Master of Education program in Italian that is part of a modular degree course for teachers. Students have the option to decide whether they wish to continue their studies to become teachers...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Master of Education in Japanese prepares students to become Japanese teachers in schools. The program focuses on developing teaching skills, maintaining student motivation, and understanding the c...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Japanese Studies Master's program is part of Germany's only faculty of East Asian Studies and explores Japanese history and philology throughout all eras. Students can specialize in either History...

Master

SEOS is an international and interdisciplinary two-year joint Master's programme (four semesters – 120 ECTS) fully delivered in English. The programme brings together internationally renowned expertis...

Master

The NOHA joint Master's programme in International Humanitarian Action is a two-year (four-semester) inter-university multidisciplinary postgraduate programme.

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Korean Studies Master program focuses on understanding Korea through original language documents, exploring Korea's historical role in East Asia, examining traditional and modern Korean culture wi...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program combines computational linguistics and psycholinguistics, focusing on how language processing works in humans and computers. Students learn about programming tools like ChatGPT,...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program examines the cultural region of East Asia in context, exploring questions such as: What changes have East Asian societies undergone historically? What forms did cultural transfer...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Lasers and Photonics Master's program focuses on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in optical technologies. Students can specialize in fields such as optical metrology and imaging, modern la...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This Master of Education program in Latin prepares students for a career as Latin teachers in secondary schools. The program integrates both discipline-related and didactic aspects of classical langua...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program combines linguistics, computer science and data science at a sophisticated level. It addresses questions such as what rules help understand languages, whether there are closed se...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master's degree in Management & Consulting in Sports focuses on how management of sport organisations works, consultancy approaches for actors in sport (individual consultancy, organisational cons...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Management and Economics Master's program explores questions such as: What kind of goods should enterprises manufacture and what should the selling price be? How does one coordinate team work amon...

Master

The aim of the 18-month MA in Development Management is the training of professionals to meet the increasing need for experts in programme and project management that has emerged in international deve...

Master

The Master's programme in Ethics – Economics, Law and Politics (EELP) is an interdisciplinary and research-focused degree programme. In the style of very successful similar study courses in the Englis...

Master

The Master of Science in Biochemistry at Ruhr University Bochum is a two-year, high-quality programme designed to prepare you for a successful international career. The programme offers the flexibilit...

Master

The Master of Science in Chemistry at Ruhr University Bochum is a challenging two-year programme that allows you to create a personalised study profile, strengthening your interests and competencies f...

Master

Ruhr-Universität Bochum offers an internationally-oriented Master’s programme in Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems on the EUREF campus in Düsseldorf. The programme equips students with advanced kno...

Master

Top level research and excellent teaching – we offer you a comprehensive degree programme, with our education providing both subject-specific and professional skills. Our Master of Science Physics cou...

Master

The Stem Cell Medicine Master's programme offered by the Ruhr-Universität Bochum is a highly interdisciplinary Master’s programme that is oriented towards cutting-edge biomedical research and current...

Master

The study programme is structured to provide for interdisciplinary studies; social, political science and cultural studies disciplines actively interface with economic disciplines. In this content, th...

Master

Theoretical philosophy is a vast discipline. It includes the foundational questions of metaphysics, the study of philosophical and scientific methodology, and the formal investigation of logical syste...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Materials Science and Simulation Master's program focuses on understanding how changes at the atomic level affect macrostructure, the physical structure and mechanical specifications of materials,...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Mathematics Master of Education program prepares students for the teaching profession or for researching didactic methodologies. It provides a balanced combination of didactic methodology and disc...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Mechanical Engineering Master's program focuses on advanced topics in mechanical engineering with specialization options in: Modeling and simulation of mechanical systems, Energy and process techn...

Master

The specialisation is designed to prepare the next generation of engineers for one of the greatest challenges of our time: the design of a future energy system based on sustainability and the accompan...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Media Studies Master's program explores how media influence meaning generation, addressing historical, aesthetic, and technical dimensions of media. It examines media's role in social and cultural...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This is a research-focused Master's degree course with an interdisciplinary approach that offers the chance of deepening expertise and competencies in medieval and early modern studies. The program te...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This is a research-oriented, interdisciplinary and multicultural program held in English. The program focuses on the molecular understanding of chemical and biochemical processes. Topics are from the...

Master of Laws (L.L.M.)

This degree programme has a special international orientation: after six semesters, students receive two full university degrees: the Master of Laws, awarded by the Ruhr University Bochum, and the Mas...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Organizational Management Master's program focuses on how to initiate, shape and control change in organizations, meet the challenges of digital transformation, transfer theoretical models into pr...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Master of Education in Pedagogy focuses on educational theory and methodology and their practical application in developing lesson plans. The program prepares students for teaching pedagogy in the...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This degree programme offers an insight into 2500 years of European intellectual history and a systematic investigation of the fundamental issues of thinking. It provides the opportunity to specialise...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

This degree programme offers an insight into 2500 years of European intellectual history and systematically studies fundamental issues of thinking. It provides the opportunity to specialise in fields...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master of Science in Physics at RUB offers a comprehensive study program with the possibility to individually set your focus. The program is divided into a two-semester study phase and a two-semes...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This degree programme offers the chance of deepening the archaeological expertise and competencies acquired in the B.A. course by choosing a specialist subject focusing on prehistoric cultures. It pro...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Protestant Theology explores questions such as: How did Bible texts originate and what is their relevance for theology and the Church? What is the relevance of Protestant theol...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This program focuses on understanding normative and deviant experience and behavior, mental disorders in children, adolescents and adults, classification and diagnosis of mental disorders, factors dec...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This Master's program focuses on cognitive neuroscience, exploring how the brain controls our experience and behavior. The program addresses questions such as how the brain works, what techniques can...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This is a Master's program focused on the modernization and digitalization of public administrations. It is designed to train highly qualified personnel for digital transformation in the public sector...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Public History focuses on the representation and communication of history in all its variations in and for the public. The task of Public Historians is to help shape these processes in an active and w...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The program addresses the pressing issues of the transformation of post-industrial cities towards sustainability and resilience and offers a joint Master's degree from all eight partner universities....

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Religious Studies Master's program at Bochum's Centre for Religious Studies (CERES) provides a research-focused infrastructure closely affiliated with numerous related disciplines. The program off...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program focuses on resource archaeology and archaeometry, allowing students to deepen competencies acquired in archaeology B.A. courses by focusing on economic and raw material archaeolo...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Romance Studies Master's program is unique because it offers the possibility to specialise in philology or literary studies (through specific postgraduate modules) and offers an interdisciplinary...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Master of Education in Russian prepares students to become Russian language teachers. The program focuses on developing communication competencies in Russian, improving discipline-related knowledg...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Russian Culture focuses on studying aspects of cultural science with a specific focus on Russia in its entirety. The program explores questions such as the unique characteristi...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This Master's program in Sales Engineering and Product Management (SEPM) is the only university course in Germany that combines technology and business in cooperation with numerous partners such as th...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Sales Management Master's program at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is Europe's only regular university Master in 'Sales Management'. It is very practice-oriented to train future sales managers, consulta...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Scenic Research Master's program focuses on theatre studies and performative arts. It prepares students for careers in artistic fields, as well as in art-supporting and art-communicating fields, b...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This degree programme provides in-depth knowledge of content, language and methodology as a basis for independent research in Chinese studies, with extensive opportunities to set focus areas (history,...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Slavonic Studies focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of Eastern (Central) European languages, cultures, and literatures. The program offers specialization in critical dis...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

This Master's program in Social Sciences explores questions about modern society, globalization, cultural differences, and the formation of socio-scientific knowledge. It examines specific perspective...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Spanish Master of Education program prepares students to become Spanish language teachers. The program focuses on Spanish language, culture, society, and teaching methodologies. It includes didact...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

This Master's program focuses on how humans adapt to different stimuli, what kind of adaptation is triggered in the human body, methods for monitoring performance, helping athletes achieve optimal per...

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

The Master of Education in Sports Science prepares students systematically for a career in teaching physical education. The program focuses on teaching competency in specific forms of exercising and s...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

Stem cells have a major impact on nearly all disciplines of life sciences dealing with eukaryotic cells or organisms. This highly interdisciplinary master degree course is oriented to cutting-edge res...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Stem Cell Medicine Master program offered by Ruhr University Bochum is a highly interdisciplinary Master's program oriented towards cutting-edge biomedical research and current markets (e.g. biote...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Computational Engineering Master's program focuses on numerical mathematics, computer-aided simulations, and engineering applications. It provides comprehensive training in computer-aided construc...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Master's program in Superdiversity in Education, Organisations and Society focuses on how contemporary societies are characterized by interdependent forms of diversity. It examines socially constr...

Master of Arts (M.A.)

The Theatre Studies and Performance Studies Master's program focuses on applying liberal-arts theories to scenic and performative practices. Students can specialize in fields such as History, Theory o...

Master of Science (M.Sc.)

The Master's program in Work, Organizational and Business Psychology addresses questions such as finding and retaining suitable employees, employee motivation, good management practices, supporting su...

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The Catholic Theology program explores the principles of Christian faith, the creation and role of biblical texts in church, society and theology, crucial dates in church and dogma history, the relati...

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The Law program at Ruhr University Bochum covers multiple aspects of law including private law, criminal law and public law. The program allows students to specialize in various fields such as Family,...

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The Medicine program at Ruhr University Bochum is an integrated reformed degree program that is thematically structured and provides both basic knowledge regarding the functions of the human body and...

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The Protestant Theology program explores how Bible texts originated and their relevance for theology and the Church, the relevance of Protestant theology in the Church and society, the foundations of...

Pre-Bachelor

RUB Research School: A New Dimension of Early Career Researchers Support in Germany Make the most out of your doctorate or take your postdoctoral research to the next level! RUB Research School is the...

Integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS)

Neuroscience (International Graduate School) (IGSN)

PhD in International Development Studies (PhD IDS)

Freshman College

Language Course

With the rise of global challenges like climate change, dwindling resources, and a surging need for energy, the call to shift towards smarter and more sustainable energy systems has never been more cr...

Language Course

Smart and sustainable buildings epitomise an innovative construction paradigm, seamlessly blending technology and eco-conscious design. Integrating smart sensors, automation, and data analytics optimi...

Language Course

With the rise of global challenges like climate change, dwindling resources, and a surging need for energy, the call to shift towards smarter and more sustainable energy systems has never been more cr...

Hydrogen Energy Technologies Summer School

Smart & Sustainable Buildings Summer School

Smart & Sustainable Energy Systems Summer School