Web Landscape
at RUB
The website landscape at Ruhr University Bochum is diverse.

The central web presence bundles the public web presences of the university administration, other central institutions, and the strategic topics of the university management. It represents the entire Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) – even if by reference – in the areas of study, research, university, and institutions.
Decentralized institutions, such as faculties, regularly have their own web presences, which they create and maintain themselves.
Central Websites
The central websites of RUB are divided by (strategic) topics and target groups and are primarily maintained and designed by the university administration.
Under https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de you will find the sections:
- Study: https://studium.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de
- Research: https://forschung.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de
- Transfer: https://transfer.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/transfer-der-ruhr-universitaet-bochum
- About us: https://uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de
- Institutions: https://einrichtungen.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de
- Newsportal: https://news.rub.de/
Additionally, under https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de you will also find the portals on socially relevant topics that RUB addresses:
- Sustainability Portal: https://www.nachhaltigkeit.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de
- International Portal: https://international.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/internationalisierung-der-ruhr-universitaet-bochum
- Diversity Portal: https://uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/diversitaet
- Digitalization Topic Portal: https://uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/digitalisierung
Readers can access specific information for various target and stakeholder groups via the target group navigation in the header menu.
The central search engine is located at https://search.rub.de/.
The Agency for Online Communication supports new researchers, newly appointed staff, and new institutions with an initial website in the RUB corporate design for a transitional period of up to six months, if required. This ensures they quickly gain visibility and are directly associated with Ruhr University Bochum.
- All conditions and services related to the online business card in the Service Portal
(The link leads to the password-protected Service Portal for employees.)
Contact Persons
The point of contact for the Central Web Presence is the Agency for Online Communication.
The point of contact for the central search engine is IT.SERVICES.
Service Portal for Employees
All employees of Ruhr University Bochum have access to services provided by the administration and IT.SERVICES after logging in with their RUB-LoginID.
Additionally, MyServiceportal, the personalizable area of the Service Portal, offers practical functions such as a subscription service for current campus news.
- Service Portal for Employees
(Link leads to a password-protected page.)
Web Presences of Other Institutions at RUB
The (de)central and scientific institutions, such as faculties, chairs, affiliated institutes, central operating units, etc., have their own web presences, which they create and maintain themselves.
It is important to bear in mind that both students and external parties should, as a matter of principle, perceive Ruhr University Bochum as a single unit, and that this should also be reflected in its online presences.
