What is Ruhr-Universität Bochum?
[[File:Audi max bochum.jpg|thumb|Audimax of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.]] The '''{{lang|de|Ruhr-Universität Bochum}}''' is one of the biggest universities in Germany. It is in the [[Ruhr Area|Ruhr-Area]], in the city of [[Bochum]]. == History == The Ruhr-Universität was the first public [[university]] founded in [[West Germany]] after [[World War II]] (in 1962). Later in the 1960s, education expanded in West Germany and more universities were founded. The Ruhr-University was the fourth largest university in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s with more than 40,000 students. But after the state of [[North Rhine-Westphalia|North Rhine-Westfalia]] decided to charge study fees, many students left the university and school examiners do not start studying anymore. Actually the fees were 1,000 Euro in the year (about 1,100 [[United States dollar|US $]]), but the Ruhr-Area is traditionally a working class region. Summer Semester 2011 was the last semester with tuition fees. The number or students now is more than 40 000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About us|url=https://uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en|access-date=2024-01-13|website=uni.ruhr-uni-bochum.de}}</ref> The university of Bochum was one of the first to have Bachelor and master's degrees instead of the traditional German Diplom and Magister degree. == Present situation == Academically it is an upper middle-class university with a lot of international affairs, especially with Eastern Europe and Asia. The Ruhr-University Bochum lost some subjects when the state reduced its [[budget]]. The main focuses in research are [[Neuroscience|neurosciences]], [[engineering]], [[European law]], [[Plasma (physics)|plasma physics]], [[Solid state|solidstate physics]], [[biochemistry]], [[economics]], [[Middle Ages]] and modern history, [[philosophy]] and [[Language|languages]]. == Subjects == * [[Mathematics]] * Applied Computational [[Sciences|Science]] * [[Physics]] and [[Astronomy]] * [[Chemistry]] and [[Biochemistry]] * [[Biology]] and Neuro Sciences * Geosciences ([[Geology]