International Office

Exchange programmes worldwide

Ruhr-Universität Bochum maintains numerous university-wide, central and interdisciplinary university partnerships worldwide, but many departments, institutes and chairs also maintain international cooperations. Discover the RUB exchange programmes!

Ruhr-University Bochum offers its students a variety of exchange places at different partner universities in Europe. The exchange is supported by a scholarship.

In certain disciplines, there are Erasmus cooperations with universities in countries beyond Europe, enabling an Erasmus-funded study abroad.

France Paris Pidgeons

RUB partner programme with Université de Tours

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...in addition to the central interdisciplinary exchange programmes, many faculties also have their own subject-specific cooperation with partner universities abroad? For more information and if you have any questions, please contact your your faculty/department directly.

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