Extensive language lessons in Russian and Polish, further Ukrainian courses, reading courses in other languages; Wide range of academic teaching in the fields of culture, literature and linguistics, individual profile development; Changing interdisciplinary programmes on current topics in lecture series and colloquia; Current additional programmes such as the DAAD guest chair "Eastern European Cultures in their Intertwining Histories"

Extensive language lessons in Russian and Polish, further Ukrainian courses, reading courses in other languages; Wide range of academic teaching in the fields of culture, literature and linguistics, individual profile development; Changing interdisciplinary programmes on current topics in lecture series and colloquia; Intensive preparation and supervision of the Master's phase in the "research-based learning" module; Current additional programmes such as the DAAD guest chair "Eastern European Cultures in their Intertwining Histories"

Numerous Erasmus partnerships with universities in Poland; Teaching cooperation with the University of Łódź (hybrid course with classroom phases in Bochum and Łódź); Close cooperation with Charles University in Prague as part of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation's degree course "Russian Studies" taught in English and Russian (student and lecturer exchange, organisation of joint summer schools); Currently initiating further partnerships with Russian-language universities in Central Eastern Europe and Asia

Slavic game studies; Multilingualism and Slavic migration and minority languages in Germany; Russian intellectual history; Queer literature in Poland and Russia, DAAD Guest Chair "Eastern European Cultures in their Intertwined Histories" 2023-25; Various scholarship programmes for refugee academics from Ukraine and Russia

What sets us apart: Individual, social and cultural diversity; Doctoral candidates from different countries and subject areas; International and interdisciplinary projects: Numerous German Research Foundation (DFG) projects, DAAD guest chair, Fedor Stepun Fellowship for Researchers at Risk, Boris Nemtsov Summer School of Journalism and Sociocultural Studies; Regular programmes for the Alfried Krupp student laboratory, e.g. on multilingualism or "Queer in life". In the footsteps of the German and Russian LGBTQ community"; Participation in various RUB activities, e.g. Diversity Day