Student life
Anyone who learns and studies also requires recreation, relaxation and creative exchange: there are many possibilities on and around the campus to take part in activities alone or with others, in addition to lectures and study work.
The RUB makes this possible in many different ways – artistic development in the Musical Centre, physical activity with university sports or inspiration in the Botanic Gardens. There are works from important artists from all over the world on permanent display: as architectural art, in the numerous special exhibitions at the Musical Centre, in the University Library, the Audimax or, of course, in the art collections of the RUB with its locations Campus and “Max Imdahl, Arts of Today”. It is always worth paying a visit to these facilities. Additionally, the culture initiative, Boskop, the Asta and various other student initiatives organise concerts, stage performances, festivals and faculty parties that draw attention with colourful placards and creative mottos.
Getting involved
As a campus university, the RUB provides ideal conditions for getting involved and help to shape university culture and politics. Anyone who would like to represent student interests can, for example, stand for the student parliament, join a faculty council or one of the other numerous other bodies. In addition, active students are always being sought for the on-campus student radio, the university cinema or the cultural office boSKop who are interested in the cultural life at the RUB. Involvement pays, and not only personally, because there is also the opportunity to gather a lot of useful experience with a view to one’s own professional future while still at university.
The Ruhr Metropolis
Furthermore, there is the massive attraction of the city and its surroundings, with its countless opportunities for recreation, in one of the most culturally concentrated and most interesting regions in Europe, which is also the European City of Culture in 2010.