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Here you will find the most important services for everyday scientific life at a glance.

Science news

Catalysis

How to recycle CO₂ from flue gases

Design and process control are the be-all and end-all when it comes to reducing CO₂ from flue gases or the atmosphere.

Biology

How Nature Optimizes Hydrogen-producing Biocatalysts

Oxygen can destroy hydrogen-producing enzymes. Researchers from Bochum and Osaka have discovered how an extraordinary protein survives in the presence of oxygen.

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Neuroscience

Membrane Anchor Suppresses Protein Aggregation

Researchers have gained valuable insight into the development of prion diseases of the brain.

Biopsychology

A Small but Powerful Brain

Pigeons are hard-working learners. And quite clever. A stroke of luck for the Bochum biopsychologists, who, thanks to them, are making advances into the fundamental mechanisms of extinction learning.

Medicine

How Do MS Drugs Affect Pregnancy?

An analysis of over 3,700 pregnancies of women with multiple sclerosis indicates that the therapy doesn’t lead to increased risks of miscarriage, premature birth or serious birth defects.

Research funding

Overview

Funding bodies

Our staff at the Research Office are happy to advise you on the choice of appropriate funding bodies for a research or transfer project.

Overview

University bonus schemes for researchers

RUB supports researchers who have significantly contributed to improving the university’s visibility in research and education on a global level.

More services for researchers

In the research portal you will find more helpful information, for example on how to apply for research funding, on the RUB’s publication guidelines, on support for research data management and on good scientific practice.

Research portal

In the service portal you will find forms, wizards for standard procedures, software and many other offers. The service portal has restricted access.

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For international guests

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Industry and science

Ruhr University creates the perfect conditions for implementing scientific findings in the industry in good time.

Transfer portal

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Vacancies

Vacancies at Ruhr University Bochum in academic positions from postdoc to W3 professorship are advertised at Stellenwerk Bochum. None of the ads is older than 28 days.

RUB’s Job portal

Your topic in the media

You will soon be publishing a high-ranking paper, you have acquired a new project or are about to complete a study, someone from the team has been awarded a prize? The RUB is happy to take up these occasions in order to report on them in public.

Public relations (German)

Reasearch focus areas

Cutting-edge research at Ruhr University is organised using flexible, interdisciplinary Research Departments (RD). Larger clusters are formed from the Research Departments, which are closely linked to each other and internationally, in order to investigate overarching research questions.

Research Departments

Research portal

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