Networking
Comprehensive networks – Campus
Networks on campus encompass institutions such as Research School and Research Departments.
Ruhr University Bochum covers a wide range of disciplines, which is rare in Germany. Thanks to its flexible knowledge networks, the university continuously explores new fields of research and provides speedy responses to topical questions.
This is true for scientific questions as well as for matters pertaining to governance; here, Ruhr University taps into the know-how of preferably all actors to successfully implement ongoing modernization and control processes.
Research Departments
The main research areas are organized in flexible cross-faculty Research Departments. They are closely interlinked within regional and international networks. The main research areas of the currently existing Research Departments are as follows:
- Solvation Science
- Cyber Security
- Neuroscience
- Materials Research
- Plasmas with Complex Interactions
- Religious Studies
- Protein Science
- Subsurface Modeling and Engineering
- Closed Carbon Cycle Economy
Research School
The cross-university Research School brings PhD students from all 21 faculties together and adds value to their PhD research. Funded in the first round of the Excellence Initiative since 2006, the Research School has cemented its position as an established and successful network. The project Research School PLUS secured its funding in the second round of the Excellence Initiative and has been integrated into the Graduate School since 2012, with the objective of supporting any international activities of PhD students.
