Original: Ruhr University Bochum ( German Ruhr-Universität Bochum , RUB ) , located on the southern hills of central Ruhr area Bochum , was founded in 1962 and is the first new public university in Germany after World War II .
Simplified: History The Ruhr-Universtität was the first public university that was founded in West Germany after World War II ( in 1962 ) .