- Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Bochum
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund
- Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim
- Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf
- Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies (IEG), Bochum
- Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML), Dortmund
- Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS), Duisburg
- Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (UMSICHT), Oberhausen
- RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen
- Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources, Bochum
- ISAS – Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften, Dortmund
- Leibniz Research Center for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), Dortmund
- Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften (ISAS), Dortmund
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln
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Regional Networks – Ruhr
Additionally, Ruhr University is involved in networks fostering transfer, business activities as well as urban development.
University Alliance Ruhr
As a strategic union between Ruhr University, TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen, University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr) offers researchers a wealth of collaboration and networking opportunities since 2007. More than 110,000 students benefit from the multitude of degree programmes – including those at the neighbouring universities.
Approx. 14,000 researchers work at UA Ruhr. Until today, more than 100 cooperations have been established in research, education and administration, which in turn gave birth to a culture of collaboration with diverse individual and structural alliances. The main cross-university and cross-disciplinary research areas are as follows:
- One Health Ruhr – From Molecules to Systems
- Chemical Sciences and Sustainability
- Trustworthy Data Science and Security
- Future Energy Materials and Systems
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Following the success of the RUB Research School, UA Ruhr has built the Research Academy Ruhr as a platform for joint perspectives and programmes for promoting early career researchers. It prepares them for a career in research, industry and society, supports existing research project networks within UA Ruhr, and facilitates the initialisation of new joint projects.
With its Liaison Offices for the regions of Eastern Europe/Central Asia (EECA), North America and Latin America the University Alliance builds international bridges.
Science Hub Ruhr
In addition to its neighbouring universities and alliance partners in Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr University Bochum has strong ties with many important collaboration partners located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolis.
Collaboration partners
Regionalverband Ruhr
Ruhr University Bochum is a member of the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR), which represents the 53 cities of the Ruhr region. Because the region is the densest university landscape in Europe, the RVR focuses on the promotion of science.
Initiativkreis Ruhr and BRYCK
80 large companies and institutions, including the Ruhr University Bochum, have joined forces in the Initiativkreis Ruhr. Their aim is to shape the Ruhr region as a sustainable, liveable and economically strong metropolis. One initiative, for example, is the BRYCK Startup Alliance, which has been awarded the title of "Startup Factory" by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The universities in Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen are members of the BRYCK consortium, which aims to turn the Ruhr region into a deep-tech hotspot.
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