You already have qualifications to enter an advanced semester in your chosen degree program? Let the respective faculty of Ruhr University Bochum classify you in an advanced semester. However, if your chosen degree program is also restricted in advanced semesters, you have to apply additionally at the Admissions Office.
The online application is open during the following periods:
Please contact the examination office of your elective course of study at an early stage for an accurate counseling and keep in mind:
The recognition of previous credits/qualifications and the classification/placement in an advanced semester are two different processes.
In degree programs that are not-restricted in advanced subject semesters, you need a written classification certificate from the subject advisory service/examination office of the relevant degree program at RUB.
If you have a classification certificate and a school leaving certificate from Germany (Abitur), you can enrol in Bochum without prior application or registration for the respective deadlines and will definitely receive a place at the university.
Status: January 2025, Changes for future semesters will be communicated in due time.
Following subjects are restricted in advanced semesters at Ruhr University Bochum:
The following degree programs are restricted in advanced semesters in summer semester 2025:
Biology (Bachelor 1-subject)
Biology (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Educational Science (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Culture, Individual and Society (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Management and Economics (Bachelor 1-subject)
Media Studies (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Medicine -preclinic- (state examination)
Medicine -clinic- (state examination)
Politics, Economy and Society (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Psychology (Bachelor 1-subject)
Law (state examination)
Sales Engineering and Prod. Management (Bachelor 1-subject)
Management and Economics - focus Management - (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Management and Economics - focus Economics - (Bachelor 2-subjects)
The following degree programs are restricted in advanced semesters in winter semester 2024/25:
Biology (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Educational Science (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Culture, Individual and Society (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Management and Economics (Bachelor 1-subject)
Media Studies(Bachelor 2-subjects)
Medicine -pre clinic- (state examination)
Medicine -clinic- (state examination)
Politics, Economy and Society (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Psychology (Bachelor 1-subject)
Law (state examination)
Management and Economics - focus Management - (Bachelor 2-subjects)
Management and Economics - focus Economics - (Bachelor 2-subjects)
All of the Master's degree programs listed below have admission restrictions in all advanced semesters.
Cognitive Science (Master 1-subject)
Economic Policy Consulting (Master 1-subject)
Finance, Accounting, Controlling and Taxation (FAACT) (Master 1-subject)
Management and Economics (Master 1-subject)
Psychology, specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience (Master 1-subject)
Psychology, specializing in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Work, Organizational and Business Psychology (Master 1-subject)
Sales Management (Master 1-subject)
Some degree programs are no longer restricted from a certain semester onwards (see "non-restricted"). In this case, you have to show the respective classification in order to enrol (see above "Non-restricted study programs in advanced semesters").
For all degree programs which are restricted in respective advanced semester (see info boxes), you have to apply to the Admissions Office of Ruhr University Bochum by the deadline.
The application period for advanced semesters starts at the beginning of February for a summer semester and at the beginning of August for a winter semester. The online application is unlocked until 15 March (for a summer semester) / 15 September (for a winter semester). During this application period, you must not only have applied, but also uploaded all necessary documents. If you have not uploaded any or uploaded not sufficient documents in the admissions information portal (Infoportal Zulassung) by the end of the application period, unfortunately your application cannot be accepted.
Immediately after you have applied online, you will receive a confirmation email with a check sheet attached as a PDF file. All documents to be submitted are listed here. Please upload them to the admissions information portal so that your application can be taken into consideration if an allocation procedure should be carried out in your selected degree program.
Documents advanced semesters - undergraduate subjects
Documents advanced semesters - Master
Information for students changing university/interrupting their studies
Applicants who wish to apply for the admission to a degree program in advanced semester must prove that they are definitively enrolled at a higher education institution within the EU for the chosen degree program at the time of application or that they were definitively enrolled before this time.
Information for crossover entrants/career changers
Applicants who can prove that they have received sufficient credit for academic credits and/or periods of study from another degree program or from a degree program outside the EU related to the chosen degree program (so-called crossover entrants/career changers) must enclose a notice of credit transfer, a classification certificate from the relevant examination office of the faculty of Ruhr University Bochum or the transcripts of academic records with their application.
You will be informed about your current application status and the admission or rejection letters via the Infoportal Zulassung. The decisions are published by the end of May for the summer semester and by the end of November for the winter semester. If you have received a letter of admission and would like to accept the place, please also complete the online enrolment via the Infoportal Zulassung. You will find all further information in the letter of admission.
