Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of the biggest universities in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr-Area, in the city of Bochum.
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[edit] History
The Ruhr-Universtität was the first public university that was founded in West Germany after World War II (in 1962). Later in the 1960s education expanded in West Germany and more universities were founded, but Bochum has a bright selection of subjects because it was the beginning of education expanding.
The Ruhr-University was one of the fourth largest universitiy in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990's with more than 40,000 students. But after the state of North Rhine-Westfalia decided to earn study fees, many students left the university and school examiniers do not start studiing anymore. Actually the fees are 1,000 Euro in the year (about 1,100 US$), but the Ruhr-Area is traditionally a working class region.
The university of Bochum was one of the first to have Bachelor and Master degrees instead of the traditional German Diplom and Magister degree.
[edit] Present situation
The Ruhr-University has about 28,000 students. Academically it is an upper middle-class university with a lot of international affairs, especially with Eastern Europe and Asia. Bochum lost some subjects by when the state's budget was made less.
Its deep points in research are neurosciences, engineering, European law, plasma physics, solidstate physics, biochemestry, economics, Middle Ages and modern history, philosophy, and languages.
[edit] Subjects
- Mathematics
- Applied Computational Science
- Physics and Astronomy
- Chemestry and Biochemestry
- Biology and Neuro Sciences
- Geosciences (Geology, Geophysics, Mineralogy, Palentology)
- Geography
- Civil Engineering
- Electro Engineering
- Nanotechnology
- Psychology
- Medicine
- Philosophy
- History (Old, Middle Ages and New History, History of Arts)
- Archeological Sciences
- Chinese (language and literature, there are regional studies for eastern asia, too)
- Eastern Asian Studies (China, Korea and Japan)
- English Language and Literature, American and Candian Literature
- Romanic Languages and Literature (Italian, Frensh, Spain, Portoguese)
- Slavic Languages and Literature (Russian, Polish)
- German Languages and Literature
- Compairing Literature Sciences
- Latin and Old Greek
- Near and Middle Eastern Studies (Arabian Stuies, Indian)
- Roman-Katholic Religious Studies
- Protestants (Lutherian) Religious Studies
- Economy
- Laws
- Social Sciences (Sociology, Social Psychology, Politics, Socail-Economical studies)
- Enviromental Studies
- Developement policy
- Working Sciences
- Sports
- Music Sciences
- Educational Sciences
[edit] Weblinks
- German sites http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
- English version: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/index_en.htm
