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From the NRW state parliament’s decision of incorporation to excellence nowadays: Ruhr University’s history of more than 50 years is a track record of success.
September 2018: Approval of two Clusters of Excellence: Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Attackers (CaSa) and Ruhr Explores Solvation (RESOLV):
June 2018: Inauguration of the new Lern- und Forschungsfabrik (learning and research factory)
May 2018: Foundation of the Research Academy Ruhr, joint promotion of early career researchers by RUB, TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen
April 2018: 40 years of advanced scientific training at RUB, since 1999 under the roof of Akademie der RUB
September 2017: Promotion of early career researchers: acquisition of 18 Tenure Track Professorships
March 2017: 10th anniversary of University Alliance Ruhr
February 2017: Inauguration of the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS)
November/December 2016: Launch of the North Rhine-Westphalian funding schemes NRW-Fortschrittskolleg RePliR (Religious Pluralism and its Regulation in the Region) and SecHuman (Security for People in Cyberspace)
November 2016: Groundbreaking ceremony for the research building ProDi (Centre for Molecular Protein Diagnostics) on the Bochum Health Campus
October 2016: Grant extensions for the teaching projects inSTUDIES (as inSTUDIESplus) and ELLI (Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering Sciences; as ELLI 2)
June 2016: Approval of the research building ZESS (Centre for Engineering of Smart Product Service Systems)
May 2016: Inauguration of the research building ZEMOS (Centre for Molecular Spectroscopy and Simulation of Solvent-directed Processes)
May 2016: Foundation stone laid for new IA, IB and GD buildings
April 2016: Launch of the fitness centre Unifit in the city of Bochum
January 2016: Launch of the Research Department Closed Carbon Cycle Economy
November 2015: Inauguration of Museum unter Tage as part of the “Situation Kunst – für Max Imdahl” ensemble in Weitmarer Schlosspark
June 2015: Celebrations and main ceremony of the anniversary “50 years of RUB – 50 years of university town Bochum”
October 2014: Inauguration of the new Student Service Center (SSC) and the Alfried Krupp Experimental Laboratory for Young People
April 2014: Launch of the Q-West gastronomy centre on campus
October 2013: Inauguration of the Blue Square, the RUB’s building in the city of Bochum
October 2013: Conversion and re-opening of the former Kirchenforum at Unicenter – now Universitätsforum (UFO)
October 2013: Inauguration of the redeveloped IC building
July 2012: Approval of research building ZGH (Centre for Interface-dominated High-Performance Materials)
June 2012: Success in the Excellence Initiative – RUB is awarded the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV (Ruhr Explores Solvation) in the field of chemistry and a grant extension for the cross-campus Graduate School RUB Research School
May 2012: Inauguration of the new Sport Sciences building on the Health Campus
May 2012: 50th anniversary of the Bochum university library
April 2012: Opening of the daycare centre Unikids
November 2011: Completion of the Beckmanns Hof extension
November 2010: Inauguration of the first new building on campus: ID
September 2010: Foundation of the Professional School of Education
September 2010: Groundbreaking ceremony for the daycare centre UniKids
December 2009: Foundation of the Protein Research Institute PURE
September 2009: Foundation of “Geisteswissenschaftliches Schülerlabor” (Humanities Laboratory for Young People)
January 2009: Launch of the first three Research Departments, two others resume work; in December the Center for Religious Studies CERES is launched
June 2008: Official launch of the ICAMS material research centre (Interdisciplinary Centre of Advanced Materials Simulation)
June 2008: Funding of the RUB’s excellence development: the Land NRW and the Mercator Foundation back the launch of Research Departments and Mercator Research Groups with 30 million euros
January 2008: Constituent meeting of the Board of Governors as new managerial body
April 2007: Start of comprehensive campus redevelopment measures and implementation of the RUB’s site development plan with the construction of ID building
March 2007: Foundation of University Alliance Metropole Ruhr (UAMR, today UA Ruhr) by the universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen
November 2006: Start of the cross-campus graduate school “Ruhr University Research School” as a project funded under the umbrella of Excellence Initiative I
November 2005: Launch of the University Language Centre
February 2004: Launch of the Alfried Krupp Experimental Laboratory for Young People
October 2000: Launch of the first Bachelor’s/Master’s degree at RUB
April 1999: Further education becomes the RUB’s third core competence: foundation of Akademie der Ruhr-Universität (advanced training academy)
June 1998: The “Bochum model” is permanently established and renamed “Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum”
March 1998: Spin-off of the transfer institution as the research and collecting society rubitec – Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologie mbH
November 1997: Radio c.t. is the first student-run campus radio in Germany to be assigned its own frequency
December 1993: Constituent meeting of the RUB’s first Board of Trustees
October 1993: Beginning of Magister’s degree reform model: origin of “Bologna” before “Bologna”
April 1991: Launch of the technology centre (MB building)
March 1990: Launch of “Situation Kunst (für Max Imdahl)”
May 1984: Launch of Musisches Zentrum
January 1977: Start of the “Bochum model of application-oriented medical training”
October 1975: Lauch of Unikontakt: first transfer hub between industry and science at a German university
January 1975: Launch of the Art Collections
June 1971: Launch of the Botanical Garden (today one of the ten largest in Germany)
June 1965: Inauguration of the university (first lectures commence in November)
July 1961: Decision by the Parliament of North Rhine Westphalia: the first new university established in the Federal Republic of Germany will be located in Bochum
