Ruhr the Duisburg Mercatorhalle, the Saalbau Essen or the Dortmunder Philharmoniker. Each year in spring time, there is the Klavier-Festival Ruhr in the Ruhr area with 50 to 80 events of classical and jazz music. With more than 50 museums, Ruhr has one of the largest variety of museums in Europe. Industrial Museum The city of Essen (representing the Ruhr) was selected as European Capital of Culture for 2010 by the Council of the European Union. The Ruhr region has with 22 universities and colleges and more than 250,000 students, the highest density of further education establishments anywhere in Germany. These
University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum The University hospitals of the Ruhr University of Bochum, German "Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum", abbreviated "UK RUB" is a syndicate of six university hospitals and associated facilities of the Ruhr University of Bochum. Founded in 2008 by the merger of formally independent hospitals the UK RUB is now a major provider of health in the Ruhr Metropolitan Region treating over 400,000 patients per year with a strong commitment to research and teaching. The "Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum" emerged from the Bochum Model, where several non state-owned hospitals in Bochum and the surrounding metropolitan