Welcome Centre

Housing for international researchers

Eighty one furnished and fully-equipped non-smoking guest apartments are available for Ruhr-Universität Bochum's international researchers. Among them are eight apartments for families and one single-family house.

To make it easier for you to find the locations of our guest houses in Bochum, we have set up an overview for you on Google Maps.

Attention: Starting October 2022, the rental prices will increase. The new prices can be found on the websites now.

House of Nations

Internationales Gästehaus Wohnbereich Dachapartment

International Guest House

KUBUS

Uni-Forum

One-family House Overberg

The private housing market

Reserving accomodation

Our reserved housing for international researchers is limited and can only be booked through your host department. Therefore it is important that you contact your host department about reserving accomodation for you and your family several months prior to the start of your planned stay in Germany.

Accommodation request (PDF)

Checklist

Take a look at the various guest houses and apartments avaliable for international researchers several months prior to your arrival.
Fill out the accomodation request form, indicate your accomodation preference(s).
Have your host department send the accomodation request to Ms. Beate Seidemann, your accomodation contact in the International Office.
Ms. Seidemann will then contact you with an offer, stating the final rental costs.
After your acceptance of the offer, you will receive a reservation confirmation and additional information regarding your stay in our guest house.

Your housing contact

Ms. Beate Seidemann is your contact for all accomodation matters. She is happy to answer all of your questions and assist with any concerns regarding accomodation during your research stay.

Email: guesthouse@rub.de (At this email address you will also be able to contact the responsible caretaker of the respective guest house)
Phone: +49 (0) 234 32-22279

Consultation hours:

Monday - Friday from 9 am - noon, closed on Wednesdays.

Guest house internet access

A LoginID is required to access the internet in our guest houses. This LoginID will be provided to you by your host department. For the start of your research stay, the Welcome Centre will provide you with a temporary Login ID to insure that you stay connected.

You can alternatively login via eduroam. If you don't have already have an eduroam account, you may be eligible to receive one from your home university.

Arrival and Corona

Here we have compiled helpful information regarding your entry into Germany and move into one of our guest houses under Corona restrictions.

Information about Corona for International Researchers

Notes on the payment modalities

All prices are subject to change. As soon as we receive the accommodation request from your host department, we will make you a binding offer. These prices do not include the Media license fee (Rundfunkbeitrag). In addition, a deposit of one or two months' rent (for a stay of six months or longer) must be paid seperately before arrival. A final cleaning and any replacement/repair services needed after your departure will be taking out of your deposit.
Unfortunately, we do not accept credit or debit cards. We ask for the deposit payment to be made via bank transfer or as a cash deposit to our bank account.
The deposit payment must be made prior to your arrival and the first rental payment be made within the first ten days of arrival.
Please note that a booking is binding and can only be cancelled free of charge up to max. one month before the start of the rental period.
For organisational reasons, your move into one of our guest houses can only take place on the third day of the first rental month starting at noon.

Planning your stay

Preparations and formalities

Welcome Centre

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