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a future-oriented additional qualification for your degree, for more interdisciplinarity, profiling and practical relevance?
Sustainability is the future topic of our time. Economy and society are looking for people who can shape challenging ecological transformation processes with creativity and competence.
With the certificate, you will gain transdisciplinary insights, key competencies and a scientifically reflected attitude towards selected fields of action of sustainable development already during your studies.
The certificate comprises 15 ECTS and can be obtained by all regularly enrolled RUB students (Bachelor, Master, Staatsexamen and PhD). For further information:
A quick overview
Basic module
5 ECTS
Introduction to scientific and socio-political basics (interdisciplinary lecture series combined with a specific seminar or project work).
Advanced module
5 ECTS
Room for in-depth study from different subject perspectives (choose between elective or selected subject modules).
Practice module
5 ECTS
Space for practical or challenged based skills training (study program relatet internships or elective modules with a high practical component).
The people behind
Think tank, task force, mission statement – the Ruhr-Universität Bochum is on the way to more sustainability in all areas of campus life. The certificate is an important step towards making the topic of sustainability visible and anchoring it in the teaching of all faculties. To ensure that the plan succeeds, an interfaculty project group is working on its implementation.
Team Members
Henning Feldmann (Professional School of Education), Martina Flörke (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Birgit Frey (Optionalbereich), Dorothee Meer (Philology), Stephanie Heimgartner (Philology), Skadi Heinzelmann (Biology), Wilhelm Hofmann (Psychology), Ute Lange (Educational Science), Astrid Seckelmann (Geography), Fabian Schäfer (Management and Economics)
Organizationally, the certificate is currently supervised by the Optionalbereich of the RUB.
Coordination Office
Birgit Frey
GAFO 04 / 914
(+49) 234 / 32 – 29223
zertifikat-n (at) rub.de