On this webpage, Ruhr University Bochum will post up-to-date information regarding on-going emergencies on campus.
Medical emergency or accident
You are on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) and need medical assistance for yourself or another person?
First inform the RUB control room: +49 234 32 23333 (from a cell phone) or 23333 (RUB internal).
Depending on the type of emergency, the RUB control room will inform the fire department or the police and may forward you to these authorities. The RUB control room is manned around the clock!
Please also contact the control room if an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is required.
In a RUB building outside the RUB campus, please dial the emergency telephone number of the fire and rescue service 112 or the police 110. If possible, also inform the RUB control room about the emergency (0234 32 23333).
Provide first aid and remain available by telephone.
Poison control center: 0228 19 240
Fire and technical emergency
Have you discovered a fire or want to report a technical emergency?
First inform the RUB control room: 0234 32 23333 (from a cell phone) or 23333 (RUB internal). The control room will coordinate all further steps with you.
Get yourself and other people to safety.
Social and psychological emergencies
This contact point can be reached by telephone at any time free of charge:
Telephone counseling: 0800 1110111
RUB students can also contact the Psychological Counseling Service:
RUB employees can also contact the Social Counseling Service:
- Social Counseling Service (German, Login required)
Important links
- Recommendation on how to place an emergency call at RUB
- Security / accompanying service
- Hospitals in Bochum and the surrounding area
For eye injuries: Knappschaftskrankenhaus
For hand injuries and burns: Bergmannsheil - Find a transit doctor
- Further behavioral instructions for emergencies
- Download RUB emergency manual (German, Login required)
Contact us
Occupational safety and environmental protection unit
Email: Arbeitssicherheit@rub.de
Phone: 0234 32 22311
https://einrichtungen.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/occupational-safety-and-environment-protection