On this webpage, Ruhr University Bochum will post up-to-date information regarding dangerous situations on campus. Here, you will also find important information on what to do in a personal emergency.
How do I make an emergency call?
On RUB campus
RUB Control Room
+49 234 32 23333
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.
You can also make emergency calls on RUB Campus using the alarm buttons in the elevators.
From RUB buildings outside the campus
Fire and rescue service/ambulance: 112
Police: 110
If possible, also inform the RUB Control Room about the emergency afterwards.
Every emergency call has to contain the following information
WHERE? building / floor / room
WHAT? type of incident (fire, accident, medical emergency etc.)
HOW MANY? e.g., number of persons affected, special circumstances
WHO? name and phone number of the person calling
WAIT for questions!
Medical emergency
Provide first aid and remain available by telephone.
If possible, ask someone to wait in the street for the ambulance so that the paramedics can be directed as quickly as possible to the person needing help.
Please contact the RUB Control Room (+49 234 32 23333) if an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is required. Locations of all RUB defibrillators can be found online (access only from RUB).
The Control Room can also send an in-house paramedic to the emergency site.
Poison control center NRW (“Giftnotrufzentrale”): +49 228 19 240
Fire and technical emergency
Get yourself and, if possible, other people to safety and inform the RUB Control Room. Inform the incident command center if you know that there are still people in the building. Go to the assembly point.
Accompanying service
Anyone who feels unsafe or uncomfortable on the way to the parking garage, bicycle rack or bus stop on the campus of Ruhr University Bochum can request accompaniment from the accompanying service. This service can be reached by telephone around the clock every day. It is free of charge for all RUB students, employees, researchers, lecturers and guests.
- Accompanying service: +49 234 32 27001
Sexualized harassment, exhibitionism, (digital) violence, stalking
In acute cases, call the Control Room on +49 234 32 23333. Depending on the threat situation, the RUB Control Room will forward you directly to the police. File a complaint with the police. The Legal Department will support you.
Furthermore, the following advisory services are available:
Communicative attacks on science and university policy institutions
Social or mental health emergencies
- Psychological Student Counseling Service (for RUB students)
- Psychosocial Counseling (for RUB employees)
- Crisis Intervention Team (for RUB members)
Additional services
Important links
- Recommendation on how to place an emergency call at RUB
- Hospitals in Bochum and the surrounding area
for eye injuries: Knappschaftskrankenhaus
for hand injuries and burns: Bergmannsheil - Accident insurance consultants/medical examiners
- Further information regarding emergencies (currently available in German only)
- Download the RUB Emergency Manual (login required)
Contact us
Occupational Safety and Environmental Protection Unit
Email: Arbeitssicherheit@rub.de
Phone: +49 234 32 22311
Web: https://einrichtungen.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/occupational-safety-and-environment-protection