Welcome to University Sports Bochum

Seven days a week all the sports opportunities you can think of: Over 95 sports, around 430 courses, our 1.100 square meters Gym „Unifit“ and events offer various opportunities to explore new aspects in the world of moving.

As „Partner University of High Performance Sports“, we enable participation in University Sports Contests and we support the dual careers of top athletes.

We are the point of first contact on campus for all questions about sport beyond the classroom and we will be happy to take care of any of your sporty questions.

Important Dates

Course program summer semester break 2025

Program start: Mo., July 21 2025
No university sports on the following public holidays: Fr., October 03, 2025
End of program: Su., October 12, 2025

Mannschaftsfoto der Spielgemeinschaft Lacrosse

(22.07.2025) Competitive sport

Inter-university victory at the adh-Open Lacrosse 2025

As a cross-university consortium of the universities of Bochum, Duisburg-Essen, Folkwang, Bremen and Wuppertal, the lacrosse team, organized by chairwoman Carina Jadjewski, won the tournament at the adh-Open 2025.

Das Team Hochschulsport beim Betriebsausflug in Duisburg

(17.07.2025) World University Games

Impressive start to the World University Games 2025 - Bochum University Sports at the Open Ceremony in Duisburg

Over 20,000 enthusiastic spectators attended the sold-out opening ceremony of the FISU World University Games 2025 in Duisburg's Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena. The biggest international multi-sport event for students kicked off with an impressive show. University Sport at Ruhr-Universität Bochum was also on site in the run-up to the official celebrations.