Latest news and announcements
Enrollment started
Enrollment is now open for all open-admission programs at Ruhr University, such as the bachelor's degree program in physics.
What carpet knotting has to do with astronomy
The universe at your fingertips: Students have implemented their ideas in six projects and are presenting them at the Planetarium Bochum.
Poster Session SOWAS Internship 2023
On Wednesday 12/07/2013, all interested parties are invited to attend this year's poster session on projects from the 2023 SOWAS internships....
Bochum between heaven and earth - All events of the faculty
Since February, the BMBF's Science Year has also been running in Bochum on the topic of "Our Universe" and invites you to many exciting events. Starting on June 27, the campaign "Mars finds...
Rediscovering Our Universe - Students Present Their Projects at the Planetarium
"Pitch Your Science" is the motto under which 20 students of the Ruhr-Universität have developed projects for science communication. On July 15 and 16, the project now invites to the Bochum...
Euclid space telescope successfully launched into space
German research institutes are at the forefront of research into dark matter and dark energy - including the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Physics Colloquium on 03.07.2023: "Complex Quantum Phases in Flat-Band van-der-Waals Systems: Making, Controlling and Measuring by Quantum Transport".
On Monday, July 3, 2023, at 12:00 pm c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Thomas Weitz (Georg-August University Göttingen) on the topic...
IceCube particle detector detects neutrinos from the Milky Way
The results open up a new view of our cosmic home.
Young researchers benefit from international exchange
Two plasma physicists explain the many benefits of Franco-German collaboration and how their students grow from the experience.
Physics Colloquium on 6/26/2023: "Building Radio Detectors to Search for Astrophysical Neutrinos."
On Monday, June 26, 2023, at 12:00 pm c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker is Prof. Dr. Anna Nelles (DESY Zeuthen, Erlangen) on the topic "Building...
Mars finds city
In the Science Year 2023 - Our Universe, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is sending citizens of all ages on a journey to the limits of human imagination.
Physics in summer: vacation workshops for young people
As part of the Year of Science 2023, the Alfried Krupp School Laboratory of Science at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is offering various workshops for children and young people during the summer...
Physics Colloquium on 6/19/2023: "Soccer, Physics Modeling, Social Habits and COVID Data."
In the Physics Colloquium, Dr. Bechtle links soccer, COVID, and social behavior using physical models.
New images on campus
Glimpses of the universe are shown in two large-format pictures that have recently been adorning the walls on the stairways to the university library.
Physics Colloquium on 12/06/2023: "Insights into the Underlying Physics and Possible Applications of Superconducting Spintronics."
On June 12, Prof. Dr. Sebastián Bergeret will speak about the utility of special superconducting states of matter in the field of spintronics.
Cohesion in miniature
If there were no bonds between atoms, our world would not exist. Materials scientist Ralf Drautz is concerned with this special cohesion.
Physics Colloquium on 05.06.2023: "Partonic Imaging of Hadrons: Status and Perspectives - In Memory of Prof. Dr. Maxim Polyakov".
On Monday, June 5, 2023, at 12:00 pm c.t., the next date of our Physics Colloquium will take place. The speaker will be Prof. Dr. Marc Vanderhaeghen (Johannes Gutenberg University...
Bochum researchers involved in "Euclid" space mission
The Euclid space telescope is intended to solve one of the greatest mysteries of physics. Bochum researcher Hendrik Hildebrandt is contributing a crucial piece of the puzzle for the evaluation of the data.