20.11.2024
Support for universities in Ukraine
The University Alliance Ruhr's DniPRONrw project will receive 100,000 euros in funding from the NRW Ministry of Culture and Science from 2025.
18.11.2024
DFG funds research training group on proton therapy at the University Alliance Ruhr
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment of Research Training Group 3043 “AMTEC-PRO” at TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen. It will fund the Research Training Group (RTG) from October 2025 for an initial period of five years with a total of around six million euros.
12.11.2024
Council for Ethics and Responsibility begins work
The University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr) is strengthening its cooperation with a joint Council for Ethics and Responsibility. The newly established commission was constituted at the end of October 2024.
30.10.2024
News from materials science: Surprise at the grain boundary
For the first time, an international research team led by Prof. Christian Liebscher from RC Fuure Energy Materials and Systems has been able to observe how solute elements introduce new grain boundary phases using state-of-the-art microscopy and simulation techniques.
28.10.2024
PostdocLab groups at the College start work on projects
Three working groups with researchers from the University Alliance Ruhr take up their projects as part of the College's PostdocLab on AI in science communication, civic education and political socialisation, and conflicts over urban space.
Shaping the future together
At the universities of the UA Ruhr, 14,000 scientists conduct research and pass on their findings to 110,000 students. This makes the UA Ruhr one of the largest and most powerful university alliances in Germany. The academic community at Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund University and the University of Duisburg-Essen stands for innovation, excellence and a living partnership in research, teaching and administration. Strategic management is carried out by the rectors: “We are delighted that the University Alliance Ruhr is continuing to act as a unit in new areas, launching initiatives and sharing common values and views. Together we are shaping the future.”
Research Alliance Ruhr
The UA Ruhr’s top-level international research on pressing issues of the future has been consolidated under the umbrella of the Research Alliance Ruhr since 2021. With four research centers and a college for social sciences and humanities, the Research Alliance is a beacon within the knowledge metropolis Ruhr and serves as an attractive research environment for outstanding scholars.
Research Academy Ruhr
In the Research Academy Ruhr, RUB, UDE and TU Dortmund University have combined their extensive programs for supporting early career researchers since 2017. The more than 10,000 young researchers within the UA Ruhr are supported through transferable skills qualification opportunities and benefit from a diverse range of networking options throughout their career path.
International network
The UA Ruhr universities cooperate with universities and research institutes around the globe. In order to expand their international relations, the three universities set up their first joint liaison office in New York as early as in 2004. A wealth of programs promote international exchange, while the number of degree courses taught in English is also rising.
Excellent together
The UA Ruhr will enter the Excellence Strategy competition with four full proposals for Clusters of Excellence in August 2024. The RESOLV cluster receives further impetus for continuing research on solvents through the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability, while the Research Center Trustworthy Data Science and Security strengthens the CASA cluster in the field of cybersecurity. The Research Center One Health Ruhr won favor with its REASONS draft proposal on water ecology. Furthermore, a draft proposal from the field of particular physics is still in the contest. The aim of the UA Ruhr is to be “excellent together as an alliance”.
Cluster of Excellence RESOLV
Most chemical reactions, important industrial processes and almost all biological processes take place in the liquid phase. The team of the Ruhr Explores Solvation (RESOLV) Cluster of Excellence strives to understand the role solvents play in controlling, mediating and regulating chemical reactions. More than 200 researchers from chemistry, physics and engineering collaborate to achieve this.
Cluster of Excellence CASA
Nowadays, many cyberattacks on organizations or critical infrastructure are carried out by large-scale attackers and, in particular, by public or semi-public organizations. The focus of the Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries (CASA) Cluster of Excellence is on effective countermeasures. Its research is based on an interdisciplinary approach combining computer science, mathematics, engineering and psychology.
MERCUR
Together with the Stiftung Mercator, the UA Ruhr provides funding for joint research projects in the form of MERCUR grants. The Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) has been supporting our unique cooperation since 2010 and has already made €60 million available for collaborative research projects, which have formed the basis for our current cutting-edge research in the Research Alliance and the Clusters of Excellence.
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