After a cyber attack at the beginning of May, all the RUB servers were shut down as a precautionary measure, which is why it was not possible to receive/read and send any mails for a long period of time.
Unfortunately not all mails sent to the mailbox admission@uv.rub.de during this period could be restored.
If you have not yet received a reply to an e-mail request between the beginning of May and 21.06.2020, please send another e-mail with your request.
Are you an international applicant and would like to study at Ruhr-Universität Bochum?
Please check first whether your financing is secure and inform yourself about our programmes offered.
Please note that you must apply for all degree programmes (with restricted admission and free admission).
The online application is only possible during limited periods:
All bachelor’s degree and state examination programmes as well as the majority of master’s degree programmes are taught in German. Only certain proof of language proficiency is accepted at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
If you do not have sufficient language skills, you can apply online for one of our preparatory German courses by 15 January or 15 July.
The exact application deadlines for the next German courses have not yet been fixed. We will keep you up to date on these pages.
For the exclusively English-language master’s degree programmes, you do not have to prove any German language skills, but you have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Please gain information about the accepted proof of language proficiency in advance on the degree programme pages. You will find the websites for the degree programmes and initial information in the programmes offered.
From the winter semester 2020/21 on, the course of studies in computer science will be offered with the degree Bachelor of Science. As this is a bilingual course of study and the lessons are held in German and English, one of the above mentioned German certificates must be proved when applying and an Englisch language certificate B2-level (e.g. IELTS or TOEFL test) by the time of the enrolment.
Have you already completed school or studies abroad (EU and non-EU), have no German citizenship and would like to start a bachelor’s or state examination degree programme at Ruhr-Universität Bochum?
When applying for a bachelor’s degree, your nationality is decisive:
EU citizens are on an equal footing with German applicants. You belong to the group of EU citizens if:
You belong to the group of non-EU citizens if you have certificates from abroad (non-EU) and no German or European citizenship.
Separate regulations apply to German citizens with international certificates.
If you do not want to begin your bachelor’s/state examination degree programme in the 1st subject semester, you can apply for a higher subject semester.
Have you already completed your studies abroad, have no German citizenship and would like to study for a master’s degree at Ruhr-Universität Bochum? Then you can apply simply and electronically online.
Phone: +49 234 3226644
Email: admission@uv.rub.de
