The private housing market
We recommend you to start looking for accommodation as soon as possible, for example on the internet. There are some links on the right that may be helpful.
If you are already in Bochum, you can find a lot of offers in the free local magazine 'Stadtspiegel Bochum' (You cannot buy the 'Stadtspiegel'. It is published on Wednesdays and Saturdays and gets delivered to houses and public places such as shops and cafés) and in the 'Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung' – WAZ (available at kiosks).
It may also be worth looking at the notice boards in the canteen or in other buildings at RUB. Some students put up notices when they are looking for flatmates or when they want to sublet their rooms.
If you are looking for cheap accommodation for your first nights, you can chose one of these hotels/hostels:
Hotel Formule 1
Cruismannsstraße 39
44807 Bochum-Riemke
Tel: 0234/9542020
Hotel Formule 1
Kolpinghaus
Maximilian-Kolbe-Straße 14
Tel. 0234/13089 oder 60190
Kolpinghaus
Jugendherberge Bochum
Jugendgästehaus „Bermudadreieck“
Humboldtstraße 59 – 63
44787 Bochum
+49 (0) 234 4175799-0
Jugendherberge Bochum