Committed to sustainability

Ruhr University is committed to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. A task force is currently developing a sustainability strategy. Here you will find answers to your questions about the development of this strategy.

A lot is already happening at Ruhr University at student and employee level. Here we report on measures that we have implemented on campus, in various institutions and areas, for example in research or teaching.

You are looking for a project, an event, an initiative? Would you like to exchange ideas, contribute your own or join a group of like-minded people? You can find more information here.

For the third time in a row the Ruhr-Universität Bochum has improved its position in the QS Sustainability Ranking, making it one of the top 300 universities worldwide. The universities are assessed in three areas: environmental impact, social impact and governance.

Starting in the summer semester of 2023, students at Ruhr University will be able to acquire a sustainability certificate. The interdisciplinary programme is for all regularly enrolled students. A fixed component is the lecture series "Climate Change and Sustainability".

The first Sustainability Week took place at Ruhr University from 16 to 20 October.

We regularly inform and report on current research results, projects and activities in the field of sustainability in our dossier "Sustainable till 2030" in our online news portal and in our research magazine Rubin.