History
Nov. 2010: Opening of the first new building on the campus ID
Sept. 2010: Founding of the Professional School of Education
Sept. 2010: Groundbreaking ceremony for the childcare centre UniKids
Dec. 2009: Founding of the Protein Research Centre PURE
Sept. 2009: Founding of the Humanities Laboratory for School Goers
Jan. 2009: The first three research departments are founded, two more start work, in December the religious studies research centre CERES is added.
June 2008: Official opening of the Materials Research Centre ICAMS (Interdisciplinary Centre of Advanced Materials Simulation)
June 2008: Promoting the development of excellence at the RUB: The state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Mercator Foundation provide 30 million euros for the establishment of Research Departments and Mercator Research Groups.
Jan. 2008: Inaugural meeting of the University Council as the new governing body
April 2007: Start of a comprehensive campus redevelopment and implementation of the RUB’s site development plan with the construction of the ID building
March 2007: Foundation of the University Alliance Metropolis Ruhr (UAMR) by the universities of Bochum, Dortmund, and Duisburg-Essen
Jan. 2007: Integration of the State Language Institute in the RUB
Nov. 2006: Start of the campus-wide Graduate School Ruhr University Research School as fostering project within the Excellence Initiative
Nov. 2005: Establishment of the Centre for Foreign Language Education
Feb. 2004: Opening of the Alfried Krupp School Goers Laboratory
Oct. 2000: Launch of the first Bachelor/Master courses at the RUB
April 1999: Further education as the third pillar of the RUB: foundation of the Academy of the Ruhr-Universität
June 1998: The “Bochum Model” becomes a permanent institution and is renamed the “Hospital of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum”
March 1998: Outsourcing of the transfer post as a research and collecting society “rubitec - Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologie mbH”
Nov. 1997: Radio c.t. is the first student campus radio station in Germany to receive its own frequency.
Dec. 1993: Inaugural session of the first board of trustees of the Ruhr-Universität
Oct. 1993: Launch of the Master reform model – nucleus of “Bologna” prior to “Bologna”
April 1991: Opening of the Technology Centre (Building MB)
March 1990: Opening of the “Situation Kunst (for Max Imdahl)”
Mai 1984: Opening of the Performing Arts Centre
Jan. 1977: Launch of the “Bochum Model of practical medical training”
Oct. 1975: Opening of Unikontakt: first transfer post business/science at a university in Germany
Jan. 1975: Opening of the art collections
June 1971: Opening of the Botanical Gardens (today one of the ten largest in Germany)
June 1965: Ceremonial opening of the university/November: start of teaching
July 1961: Decision of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia: Bochum chosen as the site for the first new university in the Federal Republic of Germany
