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03/19/2026

Podcast Deep-Dives into Opportunities for Doctoral Researchers

In Episode 4, Christiane Wüllner and Doris Reiter explain how career development succeeds through collaboration.
Photo: Prof. Doris Reiter and Dr. Christiane Wüllner stand in a room in front of colorful neon signs.
02/12/2026

Podcast Explores What the Excellence Strategy Has Achieved for German Universities

In the third episode, successful science blogger Dr. Jan-Martin Wiarda looks at how the competition has evolved.
Portrait photo of Dr. Jan-Martin Wiarda in front of gray background. Dr. Wiarda wears a dark suit.
01/15/2026

Podcast highlights how the Ruhr Area’s First Cluster of Excellence was Born

In the second episode of “Think.Try.Transform.”, Elmar Weiler and Martina Havenith-Newen talk about the ideas behind RESOLV.
Photo: Prof. Weiler and Prof. Havenith-Newen smile at the camera with coffee cups in their hands.
01/14/2026

Ruhr Innovation Lab hosts Funding Days in First Week of February

The digital event series will advise researchers on applying for third-party funding from funding agencies.
Photo: A row of cubes lies on a desk between a coffee cup and a keyboard. The cubes display various icons and words: Ruhr Innovation Lab, research funding, a banknote, a checklist, a light bulb, and a group of figures.
12/16/2025

Podcast of the Ruhr Innovation Lab launched featuring both presidents

In the first episode, Martin Paul and Manfred Bayer talk about their vision for the planned Consortium of Excellence.
Recording situation for a podcast: Three men are sitting at a round table.
11/12/2025

Application as Consortium of Excellence Submitted

Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University have submitted their application for the title of Consortium of Excellence.
Photo: Prof. Martin Paul, Rector of Ruhr University Bochum, and Prof. Manfred Bayer, Rector of TU Dortmund University, with the logo of the “Ruhr Innovation Lab.”
09/29/2025

Rectors Present Ideas for Ruhr Innovation Lab

Together, Manfred Bayer and his Bochum colleague Martin Paul introduced the concept for the planned Consortium of Excellence.
Photo: Prof. Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University, and Prof. Martin Paul, President of Ruhr University Bochum, stand in front of a green building and smile for the camera.
06/27/2025

Bochum and Dortmund will apply jointly as Consortium of Excellence

The two universities aim to test new forms of cross-university structures, which will also be transferable to the UA Ruhr.
Collage of the RUB's Audimax lecture hall with blue and white RUB flags flying in front of it and the TU Dortmund's Math Tower with its logo on the roof.
05/22/2025

Ruhr Region Secures Three Clusters of Excellence in Tough Competition

The partners of the University Alliance Ruhr succeeded in the Excellence Strategy and will continue their cooperation.
Collage of three motifs: particles, electrons, photons in an accelerator, hadron collider or synchrophasotron, AI / section of a laboratory vessel containing a reddish-yellow liquid / rear view of a server with numerous cables
05/16/2025

DFG Announces Selection of Clusters of Excellence on 22 May

The Presidents of the UA Ruhr will discuss the results in a webinar at 8 pm. All TU members are invited to attend.
Logo of the Excellence Strategy: Three cones of light form a crown, word mark of the Excellence Strategy
02/02/2024

Important Step Towards Excellence

With combined strength, the University Alliance Ruhr has reached the second round in the Excellence Strategy competition.
Collage of the Math Tower at TU Dortmund University, the Audimax at RUB University, and a colorful tower at UDE University.