West German University Press

In 1999 the university press was founded as a spin-off of Ruhr University Bochum with funds from the Northrine-Westfalian Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research, under the so-called Program for financially safeguarding the founding of enterprises from within universities. As a preparation, in 1998 the model of Harvard University Press was studied in Cambridge MA, some elements were taken over for the founding process in Germany.

The University Press cooperates with its university and its academic community on several levels within the framework of about 20 cooperation contracts. Chairs and institutes edit book series in the press. The bodies of the University Press are the Board of Trustees, the Faculty Board, the management as well as quality assurance councils. All bodies are made up of authors of Ruhr University Bochum.