Research
By pooling complementary strengths, the University Alliance Ruhr has become a dynamic and powerful network with international appeal. Together, they are researching pioneering solutions for the major challenges facing humanity.
The UA Ruhr in the Excellence Strategy
For the competition as part of the federal and state governments’ Excellence Strategy, the UA Ruhr has submitted four projects with the aim of acquiring funding from 2026, among them two applications for the continuation of existing Clusters of Excellence.
Research Alliance Ruhr
Top-level international research at the UA Ruhr has been consolidated in four research centers and one college under the umbrella of the Research Alliance Ruhr since 2021.
About 50 new professorships will be established here. The four research centers are concerned with important issues of the future relating to health, sustainability, digitalization and the energy transition, while the College promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and international cooperation in the social sciences and humanities of the UA Ruhr.
Early Career
The UA Ruhr supports its researchers on their career path - from doctoral candidates to junior professors - in the Research Academy Ruhr. The graduate programs also offer extensive subject-specific development opportunities.
Competence Fields
The UA Ruhr has established structures for long-term inter-university research in four competence fields:
Research Institutes
The UA Ruhr comprises four joint research institutes.
