The Ruhr University Bochum will take the result of the BaPsy-DGPs study aptitude test into account for admission to the Bachelor's degree program in Psychology from winter semester 24/25. Further information can be found here.
Application via Dialogorientiertes Serviceverfahren (DOSV)
The DoSV is used at RUB to admit students to admission-restricted Bachelor's degree programs (1 subject) and degrees with state examinations. In the first step, applicants register at hochschulstart.de, before applying to the university.
You coordinate your applications for DoSV degree programs at different universities via hochschulstart.de.
Applications to RUB are made online and are possible for the 1st semester within the following periods:
- For the winter semester:
- From the beginning of May until 15 July
- State examination in medicine, 1st semester
University entrance qualification before 16 January of the application semester: Deadline is 31 May
University entrance qualification after 15 January of the application semester: Deadline is 15 July
- For the summer semester:
From the beginning of December until 15 January
The application and admission process
Register at hochschulstart.de
After your registration is completed, you will receive your login data from Hochschulstart, consisting of an applicant ID (BID) and an applicant authentication number (BAN). In order to join the admission procedure, you will have to enter these data in your online application to Ruhr University Bochum.
For your application for Medicine (state examination) please also read the information on the following website:
Online application with BID and BAN
When applying online to Ruhr University Bochum, you can apply for several degree programs in addition to DoSV degree programs, and you can list up to 12 degree programs in one single online application.
Data and documents required for online application
You will need the following:
- Applicant ID (BID) and applicant authentication number (BAN) issued by hochschulstart.de
- Date and average grade of your university entrance qualification (Abitur)
- If you have studied before: Details of your higher education history to date (total of semesters you were enrolled at German universities or universities of applied sciences, i.e. so-called Hochschulsemester)
- Details of services (e.g. Federal Volunteer Service, military service, volunteer work, development aid service, voluntary social/ecological year)
- An email address that you check regularly and which has sufficient storage capacity for the entire application and admission process.
Available degree programs
The online application only lists the degree programs that will begin in the following semester.
Please answer all questions carefully and truthfully. If you have any questions or problems, please contact our application hotline as soon as possible.
- Application hotline
Assistance in German and English
Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Phone: +49 234 3226644
Email: admission@rub.de
After completed application
If you are not asked to submit proof of documents in the online application, please do not send us any documents by e-mail or post. You should regularly check the status of your application in the RUB application portal. There you can also find out whether your application is complete or whether you still have to submit any documents.
Prioritise your preferences
You can track all your applications coordinated via the DoSV in the application portal at hochschulstart.de. Here, you can see your admission offers and prioritise your preferences. Preferences are always combinations of degree program and university location.
Prioritising your applications is important, because it affects the admission procedure. You can find out more about this in the next step and at hochschulstart.de
Check admissions
Visit hochschulstart.de for detailed information on the procedure, its phases and deadlines.
Your options in brief
Be sure to follow the “Four Rules of DoSV” (PDF)
- Receiving and actively accepting an admission offer
Please note: If you accept an admission offer, you are irrevocably eliminated from all other procedures at hochschulstart.de. So be sure to wait for your preferred course.
If you accept an admission offer, your other applications to Ruhr University Bochum that are not involved in hochschulstart.de will still be valid and will not be deleted.
- Receiving and declining an admission offer
Until the end of coordination phase (24.02./24.08.), your highest-priority admission offer will remain valid.
All lower-priority admission offers are immediately eliminated from the procedure. The four rules of the DoSV are in effect here.
- No admission offer received
If you haven’t received an admission offer for the degree program you indicated, you will receive an email from hochschulstart informing you about the Coordinated succession procedure.
Here, you will have to submit a statement of participation in the Coordinated succession procedure for each degree program. You can submit the statement of participation via a link that you will receive in the email from hochschulstart.de or directly in the portal at hochschulstart.de.
Coordination Rules of DoSV
After being admitted to RUB: All information in the RUB application portal
If you have (actively or automatically) accepted the admission offer for a degree program at RUB at hochschulstart.de, you will find your letter of admission in the RUB application portal. The letter of admission contains your personal deadline for enrolment and information on the required documents.
Rejection letter from hochschulstart.de
Be sure to also check the RUB application portal if you have received a rejection letter from hochschulstart.de: You might be admitted for a course that still has places available. In this case, you must accept the admission within a certain deadline.
Enrolling at RUB – restricted admission
Please enrol online via the RUB application portal. Your letter of admission will include your deadline for enrolment (matriculation deadline), which you must necessarily stick to. If you miss the deadline for enrolment, you will no longer be entitled to a place at the university.
Bachelor's degree / State examination /Medicine