Ruhr-Universität Bochum and all its facilities have closed their buildings since Wednesday 18 March. You can find all information for RUB students how to organize your studies here.
This page was created on 17 March 2020 and is updated regularly. Each information contains its date of appearance.
You can send your questions to zsb@rub.de.
Questions from international students: international@rub.de
The International Office has switched its consultancy to Skype and Moodle.
You can temporarily prove your status as an enrolled student by carrying a certificate of enrolment together with an identity card/passport.
You will be informed as soon as possible how you can receive your RUBCard. At present, personal delivery is not possible. At this point we ask you to be patient.
Please write an e-mail from your RUB e-mail address to immatrikulation@uv.rub.de and report the loss.
Please attach a passport photo and the receipt for the payment of the 15 EUR fee for the replacement as a scan.
Find out more about the payment details here (german website).
Please also indicate the postal address to which the new ID card should be sent.
The colleagues will then generate a new badge and send it by mail.
Please understand that the processing currently takes a few days.
RUB-LoginID
On your matriculation (enrolment) you received a so-called RUB-LoginID. This is a personal identifier (key) for direct access to a number of online services that the Ruhr-Universität offers its students.It begins with the first letters of your last name plus an arbitrary sequence of further letters; Max Mustermann would for example be mustemf2.
After your matriculation (enrolment), you must set a password for this RUB LoginID by clicking on this link: Click on “Passwort setzen / zurücksetzen” (“set/reset password”).
Store all information about your RUB LoginID and password in a safe place; you will use them frequently while you’re at RUB.
Email adress
On your matriculation (enrolment) you received a RUB email address. It plays a crucial role while you’re at RUB, as it is used for almost all correspondence you receive from the teaching staff, the registrar’s office and the examinations office.
It follows the format “>First name<.>Last name<@ruhr-uni-bochum.de”, e.g. Max.Mustermann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.
You can access your emails via the RUB eCampus. Please note: The login name for retrieving your mails is your LoginID. You can find further information on how to use your mailbox here.
eCampus
You can use the RUB eCampus to manage your studies online. You use the platform to register for lectures, seminars and exams, create your individual timetable, print your Studienbescheinigung (student registration confirmation certificate) and manage your personal data.
Log in with your RUB LoginID & password and, if applicable, your smartphone.
If you have enrolled for an economics degree, an engineering degree or the “Applied Computer Science” degree programme, you will use an additional platform called “FlexNow” to register for exams or to print an overview of your credits. The relevant information is available here.
Plese send an email to helpdesk-ecampus@rub.de
With a smart card reader you can access FlexNow and E-Campus even from outside the campus and download a current Transcipt of Records. If this is not possible, you can contact the staff of the examination offices by email.
You can print a certificate of study at home via eCampus.
The Infopoint is currently not available by e-mail, this service will probably be available again in KW22.
If you need a certificate of study, you can send an email with your RUB email address and your matriculation number:
You will receive a certificate of study as a PDF file.
If you have paid neither your social contribution fee (Sozialbeitrag) on time nor the late fee in case of late payment, you will not be able to print out a certificate of enrolment.
In this case, you have received an email to your RUB email address on 15 March with all the information about the late fee.
The SemesterTicket NRW for the winter semester 2019/2020 is recognised beyond the actual period of validity until 30.4.2020, provided that the period of validity would end on 31.3.2020. This also applies to the VRR ticket.
For first semester students in the summer semester 2020 (start: 1.4.2020) the matriculation certificate (if no NRW-Ticket is available yet) will recognised as a ticket until 30.4.2020 in conjunction with a passport.
If you have neither paid your social contribution fee (Sozialbeitrag) on time nor the late fee in case of of late payment, you will not be able to print out the NRW-Ticket.
In this case you will have received an email to your RUB email address on 15 March with all the information about the late payment.
The NRW ticket can also be printed out without a chip card. You can find all information here.
Alternatively, it can be downloaded as a pdf file and carried on your smartphone. The ticket is only valid in combination with an official photo ID (identity card or passport). Further information on transport and control guidelines here.
