Events & recreational activities
Information events:
Our recurring event "Welcome Session" takes place every month as usual:
Inside RUB:
Networking events:
Please register via the event-specific registration forms.
All events are held in English.
The University Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is inviting everyone to an information event on the topic of rights and duties as an employee:
You have come to us from abroad to teach and/or do research in the UA Ruhr. Particularly if you have not yet fully mastered the German language, some things in the work area may not be easy to understand. To support you and in order to prevent difficulties based on lack of knowledge, the Staff Council would like to inform you in English about your rights and obligations as an employee.
We will address the following topics in a short presentation: Staff categories, employment contracts, job descriptions, working hours (overtime, extra work, home office), teaching loads, leave, public holidays, interruption of work (temporary absences, maternity leave etc.).
There will also be room for your individual questions afterwards.
Date: Monday, September 22, 2025, 10 a.m. - approx. 11 a.m.
Format: Online via Zoom
Speakers: Melanie Goggin and Torsten Schaller, members of UDE’s Staff Council
Costs: Free of charge
Registration by: September 17, 2025, via the UDE registration form
The event, conducted by Dr. Birte Seffert, will take place digitally. International researchers and researchers who have returned to Germany after a longer stay abroad are particularly invited to attend. Members and non-members of DFG associations are equally welcome.
The event will be held in English.
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Format: Online
Speakers: Dr. Birte Seffert
Costs: Free of charge
Registration by: October 8, 2025, via RUB’s Training Portal
This event is aimed particularly at our new, international PhD students. Together with the RUB Research School, we will give you an overview of our services. While the Research School will support you especially with your academic questions during your stay, the Welcome Centre mostly advises on bureaucratic matters like visa or residence issues, health insurance, registration matters, etc.
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Format: Online via Zoom
Costs: Free of charge
Registration: via the registration form of the Research School
The Welcome Session is an online event designed to inform you about the first steps in Germany. Topics that are relevant for many researchers before the start of their stay and during the first weeks in Germany will be explained. You will also have the opportunity to ask general questions about your research stay at RUB and about life in Germany. You are welcome to attend a Welcome Session before your arrival, alternatively, we recommend that you attend the first Welcome Session after your arrival. The sessions are offered on a monthly basis.
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - approx. 11:30 a.m.
Format: Online via Zoom
Costs: Free of charge
Registration: by Tuesday, October 14, 2025, via our registration form
Upcoming dates: to be announced
The campus tours are an exclusive offer as part of the onboarding of new employees at RUB. With lots of information about the history and architecture of RUB, new employees explore some of the most interesting stations on campus – including the Audimax with the largest organ of its kind in all of NRW. The tours last about 90 minutes, this specific one will be in English. Registration is required due to the limited number of participants.
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Format: Guided Campus Tour
Costs: Free of charge
Registration: via the registration form of RUB's service-portal until October 24, 2025. (If you don't have access to the service-portal, you can register via e-mail as well: zekiye.eken@uv.rub.de.)
Let's meet and eat! We cordially invite you and your colleagues to a Christmas get-together with delicious snacks and conversations. Get to know the Welcome Centre team and fellow researchers in a relaxed atmosphere and expand your network at RUB. We will have (non-alcoholic) mulled wine, tea and cookies ready for you and look forward to more Christmas cookies/cakes from all over the world.
Date: Wednesday, December 2 2025, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Format: Get-together at the Welcome Centre, UV building
Costs: Free of charge, please bring Christmas cake/cookies (perhaps a specialty from your home country)
Registration: by Monday, November 24, 2025 via our registration form (to be announced)
Further events for the upcoming semester may be announced.
We would like to point out that photos may be taken at all in-person events and that these photos may be used for the purposes of the Welcome Centre. If you do not wish to have photos taken of you, please contact us.
