How to get to Ruhr University
No matter whether you’re coming from the south, north, east or west – many roads lead to the campus of Ruhr University Bochum. You will find the directions on this page.
Map of the university campus
Address for your GPS device
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
How to get here
You’d like to get to Ruhr University in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way? No problem, the university is very easy to reach by public transport, bike or on foot; parking spots, however, tend to be difficult to find.
By public transport
From Bochum’s main railway station, you can take the underground U35 (CampusLinie) to get to Ruhr University, which has its own stop. The U35 (going in the direction of Bochum Hustadt) runs every 5 minutes on weekdays and takes less than 10 minutes from the main station to the university.
By bike or on foot
It’s just as easy to get to the campus by bike. The NRW cycle route planner will help you find the best route to Ruhr University. You can also get to the campus easily on foot.
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Other locations
In addition to the central campus in Bochum’s Querenburg district, Ruhr University also operates facilities in Bochum’s city centre and in the Laer district, in accordance with its three-pole campus strategy.
RUB in the city centre
Ruhr University occupies several floors in the so-called Bochumer Fenster, a modern building on Massenbergstraße not far from Bochum’s main railway station. This includes facilities run by the departments of psychology and law, as well as the RUB gym.
Address for your GPS device
Bochumer Fenster
Massenbergstraße 9-13
44787 Bochum
RUB in Mark 51°7
The former Opel site is currently being transformed into an ultra-modern science park. Ruhr University will soon be represented here with its own research buildings. It already operates a range of facilities on several floors of the former Opel administration building, the O-Werk.
Address for your GPS device
O-Werk
Opelring 1
44803 Bochum
Other options to get here
Here, you will find out more about how to get to RUB as a wheelchair user, and how to get here by train, car and plane.
How to get to the faculties and facilities
Information on how to get to the RUB faculties and facilities is available on their respective pages. Access them via
- our homepage,
- the A-Z directory or
- the search function.
