The RC FEMS informs about important activities and developments concerning the research center. Whether you are a member or an outside interested party, feel free to keep up to date by regularly checking our news or scroll through past reports to learn more about what is going on in our research center.
27-06-2025
Bochum and Dortmund will apply jointly as Consortium of ExcellenceThe two universities aim to test new forms of cross-university structures, which will also be transferable to the UA Ruhr.
01-04-2025
Andrea Kirsch investigates oxides as future energy materialsThe researcher joined the Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems in March – thanks in part to a "NRW Returning Scholars Grant".
04-02-2025
Research Project on Next-Generation Superconductors StartsWith a multi-million-dollar investment, an international team of scientists will design and test new superconductors based on quantum geometry concepts.
14-01-2025
The UA Ruhr Annual Review 2024 is here!The University Alliance Ruhr is pleased to once again present the great diversity of its collaborations in this annual review.
19-12-2024
State of North Rhine-Westphalia secures funding for the Research Alliance Ruhr48 million euros per year will be available in future for the continuation and further expansion of the four research centers and the college.
02-12-2024
Successful Development of the Research Alliance Ruhr: 27 Professors Already AppointedIn total, more than 50 new research professorships will be created within the centers and the college.
29-11-2024
UA Ruhr impresses in DFG Funding Atlas 2024Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen are once again among the strongest research universities in Germany.
29-10-2024
Surprise at the grain boundaryFor the first time, an international research team has been able to observe how solute elements introduce new grain boundary phases using state-of-the-art microscopy and simulation techniques.
11-10-2024
International Advisory Board Visits the Ruhr AreaThe International Advisory Board of the UA Ruhr has now met for the first time in person and visited the UA Ruhr universities.