27 Master's degrees offered by the university

This Geosciences degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum provides a strong foundation for careers in industry, hydrogeology, government agencies at the state or federal level, and other areas within the geosciences. It can also serve as a stepping stone for students who plan to continue their studies in a PhD program.

This Philosophy degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because it offers an insight into 2500 years of European intellectual history and to a systematic investigation of the fundamental issues of thinking.

This Cognitive Science degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because it is an English-language, strongly research-focused and comprehensively interdisciplinary degree programme, systematically integrating philosophy, psychology, neuroinformatics and empirical neuroscience.

This Ethics - Economics, Law and Politics degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because it integrates both the normative competence of practical philosophy and social ethics and the descriptive knowledge of political science, law and economic science in a future-oriented manner and provides the foundation for interdisciplinary research and application-oriented studies.

Join this highly competitive program from Ruhr University Bochum tailored specifically for international research exchange. Instructors from physical chemistry and theoretical chemistry, physics, materials science, & lasers and photonics add practical, theoretical and computational methods to your knowledge.

This Physics degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because we are “Human – Multi-Faceted – Research-Driven”: the degree programme offers advanced scientific training in a specialist field of physics.

This Transformation of Urban Landscapes degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because as an intercultural and interdisciplinary “school of thought”, it communicates transformation competencies that help student to influence the development of urban landscapes in a sustainable manner.

This Chemistry degree programme from Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because the chemists have the chance of manufacturing their research objects themselves, thus integrating sophisticated craftsmanship into natural science.

The international Stem Cell Medicine Master program offered by the Ruhr University Bochum invites you to chart the course for the medicine of the future

The Sustainable Energy and Hydrogen Infrastructures course at Ruhr University Bochum provides you with the essential skills to plan future-oriented sites and infrastructure for sustainable energy systems, with a particular focus on hydrogen technology. 

This Development Management degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because the innovative character of the IEE degree is not only the spectrum of methods that it offers to the student but also its practical orientation throughout the programme; students are confronted with the practical problems of planning, monitoring and evaluation of development programmes and projects.

This English and American Studies degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because it makes a specialisation in cultural science, literary studies or linguistics possible (e.g. by providing specific research modules).

This Sport and Exercise Sciences for Health and Performance degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because it focuses the teaching format of research-oriented teaching, which makes it easier for students to link the materials covered in lectures with methodologies by performing explorative and autonomous research projects.

This Human Rights and Democratisation degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique, because it is organised jointly by 41 European universities and, consequently, offers the opportunity to study the European idea.

The Management of Smart and Sustainable Energy Systems course at Ruhr University Bochum offers you the unique opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge and valuable skills that are more in demand than ever in today’s globalized world. 

Are you wanting to be part of one of the first German universities to to offer a international masters degree in Stem Cell Medicine?  The Stem Cell Medicine course at Ruhr University Bochum will prepare you for a career in one of the most fascinating, modern and promising fields of medicine.

This European Culture and Economy (ECUE) degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because international students have the chance to gain an insight into and to study the complexity of Europe in an interdisciplinary manner, working in small groups of max. 35 participants.

This Computational Engineering degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because it is the longest-established CompEng degree programme in Germany, providing, within an international, informal setting, a comprehensive, labour market-targeted training in computer-aided construction and mechanics.

This Materials Science and Simulation degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because it integrated both multi-scale simulation techniques and state-of-the-art experimental analysis processes and promotes hands-on application of the acquired skills in a project-focused team within an interdisciplinary field.

This International Humanitarian Action degree programme at Ruhr University Bochum is unique because the Master’s degree programme International Humanitarian Action is a Joint European Master’s Degree that provides an excellent inter-university and interdisciplinary academic qualification for people who are working or wish to work in the field of humanitarian action.