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Our alumni can be found in all walks of life: in academia, in business, in the arts and culture, in politics, and in sport. We interviewed some of our alumni about their experiences during their studies.

You can read more about our alumni on the alumni web page.

Dr. Norbert Lammert

Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert, President of the Federal Parliament

Between 1969 and 1972 Prof. Dr. Norbert Lammert studied Political Science, Sociology, Newer History and Social Economics at the RUB and in Oxford. In 1972 he completed his diploma in Social Science at the RUB. In 1975 he completed his doctorate at the RUB Faculty of Social Science. Since 1980 Prof. Dr. Lammert has been a member of the Federal Parliament. From 1989 to 1998 Prof. Dr. Lammert was a Parliamentary State Secretary in several Federal Ministries. Since 2005, he has been President of the Federal Parliament. He has been an honorary professor of the RUB since 2008.
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Dorothee Dzwonnek

Dorothee Dzwonnek, General Secretary of the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)

Dorothee Dzwonnek studied law at the Ruhr-Universität and did her second state examination in 1986. She held several positions afterwards in which she always remained closely connected to the themes of academia and research, for instance as Chancellor of the University of Dortmund and also during her time at the Ministry of Schools, Academia and Research of the State of NRW. Today, Dorothee Dzwonnek is General Secretary of the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), and since 2008, as a member of the RUB University Council, she has been playing a major part in their destiny.
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Dr. Josef Bausch-HölterhoffDr Josef Bausch-Hölterhoff, Government Director of Medicine at Werl Prison and actor

Dr Josef Bausch-Hölterhoff, also known as Joe Bausch, studied first dramatics, politics and German studies in Cologne, then law in Cologne and Marburg. He was also involved in various theatre projects at that time. He studied medicine at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum from 1978 to 1985. Today, Dr Bausch-Hölterhoff is in charge of the medical department at Werl Prison. Since 1997 he has appeared in more than 20 episodes of the WDR crime series "Tatort", set in Cologne, alongside Klaus J. Behrendt and Dietmar Bär, playing pathologist Dr Josef Roth, and is a consultant for the Münster show in medical questions. He has also appeared in other productions and writes scripts.
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