Overview
With its 21 faculties, Ruhr University houses a broad range of disciplines on one compact campus, from natural and engineering sciences, through life sciences and medicine, to humanities and social sciences. This proximity facilitates interdisciplinary cooperation, which is the basis for the scientific successes of our researchers. Many of their projects contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, thus shaping society’s change.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum pools the expertise of its researchers in six Key Research Areas, in which it conducts research at the highest international level.
Research at Ruhr-Universität Bochum focuses on the areas of Mind, Cognition & Health, Matter, Materials & Energy, Digital Society and Information Security, From Liquids to Soft Matter, Smart Systems & Sustainable Engineering and Cultures and Societies in Transition.