Job and training opportunities
Early Career Researcher Group Leader position "Solvent-controlled electrosynthesis"
Postdoctoral researchers
RESOLV hosts its own network for postdocs in Solvation Science. Please read here for more information:
Please check the RUB job portal for our current vacancies.
Doctoral researchers
The integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) offers a graduate program that combines cutting-edge research with a curriculum of lectures, colloquia, and workshops.
PhD Positions and IGSS Memberships
We are searching for highly motivated students with a top-level Master's or Bachelor's degree (A-grade, at least 1.5 in the German grading system), who enter our graduate school either at iGSS Track I or Track II . If you are interested, please go to
Master students
Do you hold a Bachelor in Science (BSc) in chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics or engineering? The international Master's program "Molecular Sciences – Spectroscopy and Simulation" (iMOS) offers a two-year program with the unique chance to acquire cutting-edge skills in laser spectroscopy and microscopy, computer simulation, and quantum chemistry. Applications for the 2026 class, starting October 1st, 2026, will be accepted from December 2025 until June 15th, 2026. If also applying to iGSS Track II, please plan ahead and apply no later than May 15th. Please contact imos@rub.de for more information outside of the typical application period.
To review the application process, please visit the program page at Ruhr University Bochum.
Internships
Our last call for current Master and PhD students for Your Step into Solvation Science with the Student Challenge accepted applications until March 1st, 2026. Students who submitted successful research proposals won a 3-month internship, to be completed by December 2026.
Current undergraduate students (enrolled in a BSc or combined study programme) are encouraged to apply for the annual Solvation Scholars Undergraduate Exchange to conduct a two- to three-month internship at RESOLV. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from November 15th, 2026 to January 15th, 2027.