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air passengers

The travelling distance between the airports in Düsseldorf, Köln/Bonn, Frankfurt/Main, Dortmund and Münster/Osnabrück and the Ruhr-University is two and a half hours at the most. The university is most easily accessible from Düsseldorf airport.

International Airports:

  • Düsseldorf (IATA-Code: DUS, about 45 km distance)
    From the train station „Düsseldorf Flughafen“ you can reach Bochum in 30 minutes. For further information click here or see the Deutsche Bahn website.
  • Köln/Bonn (IATA-Code: CGN, about 85 km distance)
    From the train station at Köln/Bonn airport you can reach Bochum in about 1.5 hours. For further information click here or see the Deutsche Bahn website.
  • Frankfurt am Main (IATA-Code: FRA, about 240 km distance)
    From the train station at Frankfurt/Main airport you can reach Bochum in about 2 hours. For further information click here or see the Deutsche Bahn website.

 

Further Airports:

  • Dortmund (IATA-Code: DTM, about 35 km distance)
    From Dormtund airport you can reach the train station Dormtund by shuttle bus (journey time about 25 minutes, total journey time to Bochum about 40 minutes). For further information click here.
  • Münster/Osnabrück (IATA-Code: FMO, about 95 km distance)
    From the airport Münster/Osnabürck you can reach the train station Münster by shuttle bus (journey time about 25 minutes, total journey time to Bochum about 2 hours). For further information click here.
  • Weeze (IATA-Code: NRN, about 100 km distance)
    From the airport Weeze you can reach the train station Weeze by shuttle bus (journey time about 10 minutes, total journey time to Bochum about 2 hours). For further information click here.

 

train passengers

At Bochum’s main train station, ICE, IC, EC, regional trains and local city trains arrive and depart in quick succession. You can easily reach the Ruhr-University, which has its own station, by catching the underground (U-Bahn) train U35 (CampusLinie). On workdays, the U35 (going to Bochum Hustadt) departs in five-minute intervals and takes 10 minutes from the main train station to the university station.

For public transport in Bochum and the Ruhr region see:

 

travelling by bus

Bochum also can be reached by bus. The bus station is next to the train station. For bus connections between European countries see:

 

car users

Motorists can easily reach the Ruhr-Universität via the motorway network. The fastest route is via the motorway junction Bochum/Witten, where the motorways A43 and A44 meet. Simply take the exit for Bochum-Querenburg, follow the signs to “Ruhr-Universität” and then look at the (electronic) information boards.
The adress you can enter into your navigation system is "Universitätsstraße 150".

For parking at and around the campus see here.