Ruhr University Bochum

Global Networks & Effective Communication. This is what we stand for. As one of the most powerful research universities, we integrate the full range of scientific and research disciplines under one roof, explore avenues of innovation in academia, and are dedicated to knowledge transfer. Employing effective communication, we create global knowledge networks across all generations, thus fulfilling our core mission "Creating Knowledge Networks".

The Ruhr area has always stood for a cosmopolitan approach and for diversity. The impulses emerging in the region are as diverse and creative as the countries of origin and social backgrounds of its people.

They constitute the perfect breeding ground for contemporary learning, teaching, and researching, for living networks, and for a thirst for knowledge. The gold of the region no longer comes from its mines – rather, its shines out into the world from labs, seminars and lecture halls.

Flexible, modern and clearly defined structures and processes constitute the foundation of outstanding performance in research, education and transfer. In order to establish ourselves as one of Europe’s most powerful research universities for years to come, we have implemented a three-pronged approach to pursue our objectives.

The established research focus areas at RUB are organised using Research Departments and lie in Solvatation Science, Cyber Security, Neuroscience, Materials Research, Plasma with complex interactions, Religious Studies, Protein Science, Subsurface Modeling and Engineering, Closed Carbon Cycle Economy und Interfacial Systems Chemistry.

In the Centre for Molecular Spectroscopy and Simulation of Solvent-Mediated Processes (ZEMOS), scientists are researching how solvation, the dissolving of a chemical substance, takes place in detail. With modern office and lab facilities, ZEMOS offers around 100 researchers space to work in an interdisciplinary manner on new technologies relating to solvation science. ZEMOS allows Ruhr-Universitat Bochum to expand this important research focus.

The Centre for Molecular Protein Diagnostics – ProDi for short – is being created at the Bochum health campus. It forms the bridge between RUB, University Clinics and the health care sector. ProDi strenghtens the research network Protein Research Unit Ruhr within Europe – PURE. The PURE consortium develops innovative methods for the early diagnosis of cancer and neurodegenerative deseases such as Alzheimer’s.

The Centre for Interface-Dominated High Performance Materials (ZGH) is being created on the RUB campus between the buildings IA and IB. It will offer space to around 80 academics for their research work. They will investigate and further develop materials for extreme conditions in an interdisciplinary manner. The federal government and the state of NRW each provide half of the funding for the research building. The construction phase is ongoing.

The Research Centre for the Engineering of Smart Product Service Systems (ZESS) is being established on the Mark 51°7 site in Bochum. The research building is the first anchor point for knowledge-intensive companies and non-university research institutions in this quarter. Ruhr-Universität Bochum is thus implementing its three-polar site development strategy – campus, city centre and Mark 51°7. Academics will conduct research into Industry 4.0 at ZESS.