of several buildings. Some of the original 1960s buildings are to be rebuilt, instead of refurbished, due to PCB contamination. The overall campus concept envisions a modern facility and the placement of Bochum as a "knowledge city". Organization Ruhr-University is financed and administered by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, 42,718 students are enrolled, and the university employs around 5,600 staff (411 of which are professors), making it one of the ten largest universities in Germany as of 2014. Kurt Biedenkopf, who later became prime minister of the state of Saxony, was rector of the university from 1967 to 1969. The university is organized into twenty-one different faculties. These are: Faculty of Protestant Theology Faculty of Catholic Theology Faculty of Philosophy, Education and Journalism Faculty of History (including the departments of History, Art History and Archaeological Sciences) Faculty of Philology Faculty of Law Faculty of Economics Faculty of Social Science Faculty of East Asian Studies Faculty of Sports Science Faculty of Psychology Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Faculty of Mathematics Faculty of Physics and Astronomy Faculty of Geosciences Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Computer Science ECUE - European Culture and Economy Interdisciplinary institutions Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS) International Graduate School of Neuroscience Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) Points of interest Botanischer Garten der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, a botanical garden with Chinese garden Hegel-Archiv, the archives of the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Medical historical collection of the Ruhr-University Art collection, including Antiquity Museum of the Ruhr-University Audimax and Klais-Organ of the Ruhr-University Musisches Zentrum (Artistic center) Notable alumni Afu Thomas (Thomas Derksen), German internet celebrity in China Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, CEO of German Aerospace Center, former president of the Technical University of Braunschweig Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman of Boston Consulting Group, former global CEO Stefan Sommer, former CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen Florian Steger, medical historian and ethicist See also List of colleges and universities ConRuhr References External links Bochum Educational institutions established in 1962 Bochum 1962 establishments in West Germany