Faculty News

On January 28, Ruhr University Bochum honored its Deutschlandstipendium scholarship recipients as part of the 2026 Deutschlandstipendium Award Ceremony.

Prof. Dr. Clara Saraceno receives a Proof of Concept Grant from the European Research Council. The Chair of Photonics and Ultrashort Pulse Lasers, headed by Prof. Saraceno, develops unique laser systems that generate very short pulses at very high powers.

At the Faculty Colloquium on 21 January, Managing Director Dr. Corinna Heldt welcomed participants to two engaging presentations on current research topics from the fields of plasma technology and electronic circuits.

The extension of the junior professorship “Secure Mobile Networking” of Dr.-Ing. Christian Zenger was approved by the Faculty Council following the interim evaluation on 12 November 2025.

The members of the VDE/VDI-Society Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (VDE VDI GMM) have elected a new board. Prof. Martin Hoffmann will lead the professional association in the coming years.

From shoot to screen: how the BERUFE.TV video by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit was made.

Every year, the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) publishes the so-called CHE University Ranking, which presents and compares study programs and conditions at different universities in Germany.

Die Habilitationskommission hat Dr. Christoph Baer am 21.01.2025 die Lehrbefähigung erteilt.

Das RUB-Start-up PicoShape hat beim diesjährigen Batch #7 des HIGH-TECH.NRW Accelerators den zweiten Platz belegt und sich damit einen Teil der insgesamt 20.000 Euro Preisgelder für die drei besten Teams gesichert.

Das Start-up mechIC hat beim KUER.NRW Businessplan-Wettbewerb 2025 den ersten Platz belegt. Mit einer Rekordbeteiligung von 43 Teams und 103 Gründerinnen und Gründern war die diesjährige Wettbewerbsrunde so stark besetzt wie nie zuvor.