With Erasmus to RUB

Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) has been hosting students from its Erasmus partner universities for 1-2 semesters since the program began over 30 years ago, offering them comprehensive services and networking opportunities in addition to the academic side. A warm welcome!

Here you can find information about a student exchange via an Erasmus scholarship.

Erasmus-Agreements of Ruhr University Bochum

Erasmus exchange places are subject-specific, i.e. students from the Erasmus participating countries can only complete an Erasmus stay at the Ruhr University if an Erasmus Inter-Institutional Agreement exists between the home university and Ruhr University in your subject.

You would like to study at our university for one or two semesters with an Erasmus grant?

Here you can check if there is an Erasmus-Agreement between your home university and ours:

List of all exchange cooperations

With Erasmus to Ruhr University Bochum

1. Apply for an Erasmus stay at your home university.

2. Your home university sends your nomination to RUB's International Office (via email to rubiss@rub.de).

Deadlines for the nomination:

for the summer term: 15 December
for the winter term: 15 June

3. You will receive a welcome email with the link to the online registration.

You will then need to upload the following documents:

Curriculum vitae in Europass format
Subjects and list of grades from previous studies (Transcript of Records)
Copy of your identity card/passport
If required: certificate of language skills (if we require a language certificate for your Erasmus studies, we will inform you beforehand via email)

Deadlines for the online registration:

for the summer term: 15 January
for the winter term: July 15

4. After you have successfully registered online, you will receive an admission letter to your specific exchange programme.

With this admission letter you can then enroll at Ruhr University Bochum.

You will receive all of the necessary information regarding enrollment in due time via email.

Required Language Certificates

Whether you have to provide language certificates as an exchange student depends on the department. In this document you can check whether language certificates are required in your department.