International Office

Student success counseling for international students

Your studies, balanced - supporting you on your path to success

Sometimes your studies don't go as planned - especially if you are studying in a new country, speak a different language, or have to find your way around an unfamiliar university system.

Our Student Success Advisory Service offers you a safe space to look at your individual situation and develop solutions together.

What is it about?

We support international students with

  • Understanding and overcoming challenges in their studies and private lives,
  • Recognizing personal and academic strengths,
  • Building motivation and self-confidence,
  • Developing strategies for academic success.

Whether it's about study organization, exam anxiety, motivation, orientation or personal issues, we will provide you with individual and solution-oriented support.

Together, we will look at what obstacles you are currently facing, what strengths you have, and how you can use them to make your studies successful.

Procedure and framework

The Student Success Advisory Service is confidential, free of charge and is aimed at all international students at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

In an initial meeting, we will talk about your current situation, your questions, and your goals.
Together we will plan the next steps - individually, solution-oriented, and at your own pace.

Cooperation and networking

The Student Success Advisory Service is offered by the International Office in close cooperation with

Our aim is to work with you to find ways that suit you and your studies.

RUBiss consultation hour or student success counseling?

Do you have an urgent matter regarding the extension of your residence permit? Do you have a problem with your health insurance? Do you have other specific questions about your stay in Bochum?

Then visit our consultation hour for international students.

OR...

Do you have several, compounding issues that are currently negatively affecting your studies and that you would like to discuss, and you would like longer-term support in dealing with them?

Then book an appointment for student success counseling.

Your appointment for student success counseling

Register for the Moodle course for international students and book your appointment here now.

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