Winter semester (2025/2026)

• Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

  For more information, see https://https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/studierendensekretariat/studium/einschreibung/index.html.de for the necessary steps to take up an open admission degree course at the Ruhr University Bochum.

• Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students

  For more information, see https://https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/studierendensekretariat/studium/bewerbung_zulassung/hoehere_fachsemester.html.de for the necessary steps to change to a higher study semester with open admission at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

• Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

  03.06.2026 - 15.07.2026

  The online application for the Ruhr-Universität Bochum for a winter semester is usually possible starting from the beginning of June.

• Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

  03.06.2026 - 15.07.2026

  The online application for the Ruhr-Universität Bochum for a winter semester is usually possible starting from the beginning of June.