Comprehensive and well-positioned German studies with a lot of research-related teaching, also due to various (third-party funded) projects. Numerous e-learning and blended learning offers accompany the seminars. There is also very good supervision and guidance, also in teaching/learning matters. Many inter(sub)disciplinary, practice-oriented courses allow students to focus on a specific occupational field.

In the Master's area, the German Studies programme in Bochum offers a specialist education alongside a focus on professional applications (MEd: Teaching/Education; MA: Extracurricular professional fields).

The institute organises various Erasmus partnerships, institute partnerships and double degrees (M.A.). An internationalisation officer coordinates the institute's international activities. Flexible learning agreements are concluded with outdoing students; Outgoing students' academic achievements gained abroad are generally credited and flexibly integrated into the Bochum curriculum. Bochum has many international students, especially in the master's degree, who benefit from additional exercises and support services.

Digital media can be used by teachers and students in all teaching rooms; Internet access is also available in all course rooms. Eduroam ensures that not only students and staff of RUB, but also guests from other universities can access the internet easily. The faculty also has PC workrooms that are used for courses. The university library has all relevant subject databases, which can be used by students.

The institute is extremely research-intensive with key research areas in all work units and sub-disciplines: Journal literature, literary anthropology, media history, digital humanities, classics in context (medieval studies), language history/grammatography, linguistic imitation and concealment strategies, etc. Numerous teaching/learning projects are offered, for example in cooperation with partner schools ("language construction") and using the online platform Moodle ("fit for punctuation"). Research content is incorporated into teaching, including in the form of research-based learning projects.

Exemplary guidance concept and services offered by the German Studies academic office ("Best practice course of study" at RUB): www.studienbuero-germanistik.de, www.beratungsportal-germanistik.de; Practical career orientation in cooperation with alumni; Course completion planning and support for long-term students through a mentoring programme; Universitätsallianz Ruhr (UA Ruhr): Cooperation with the German studies departments in Duisburg-Essen and Dortmund; Establishment of a confidential counselling centre for anonymous advice; Inclusion multipliers, Equal Opportunities Office and Diversity Officer