Worldwide Exchange Agreements

The worldwide exchange agreements are in many cases interdisciplinary and can be utilised by students of all disciplines for a stay at RUB. In addition, individual faculties and institutes offer subject-specific exchange agreements.

Here you can check whether there is an exchange agreement between your home university and ours:

• List of all exchange cooperations

1. Apply at your home university for an exchange stay at RUB.

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

Deadlines for nomination:

• for the summer term: December 1
• for the winter term: June 1

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
• A list of subjects and grades of your previous studies (Transcript of Records)
• A copy of your identity card/passport
• If required: Certificate of language skills (if we require a language certificate for your exchange place, we will inform you beforehand via email)

Deadlines for online registration:

• for the summer term: January 1
• for the winter term: July 1

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

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

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

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.

You can find all courses offered at RUB via the course catalogues. An overview of the RUB course catalogues is available here.