This 2004 introduction to noncommutative noetherian rings is intended to be accessible to anyone with a basic background in abstract algebra.This introduction to noncommutative noetherian rings is intended to be accessible to anyone with a basic background in abstract algebra. It can be used as a second-year graduate text, or as a self-contained reference. Extensive explanatory discussion is given, and exercises are integrated throughout. This edition incorporates substantial revisions, particularly in the first third of the book, where the presentation has been changed to increase accessibility and topicality. New material includes the basic types of quantum groups, which then serve as test cases for the theory developed.This introduction to noncommutative noetherian rings is intended to be accessible to anyone with a basic background in abstract algebra. It can be used as a second-year graduate text, or as a self-contained reference. Extensive explanatory discussion is given, and exercises are integrated throughout. This edition incorporates substantial revisions, particularly in the first third of the book, where the presentation has been changed to increase accessibility and topicality. New material includes the basic types of quantum groups, which then serve as test cases for the theory developed.This introduction to noncommutative noetherian rings, accessible to anyone with a basic background in abstract algebra, can be used as a second-year graduate text, or as a self-contained reference. Extensive explanatory material is given, and exercises are integrated throughout. New material includes the basic types of quantum groups.1. A few Noetherian rings; 2. Skew polynomial rings; 3. Prime ideals; 4. Semisimple modules, Artinian modules, and torsionfree modules; 5. Injective hulls; 6. Semisimple rings of fractions; 7. Modules over semiprime Goldie rings; 8. Bimodules and affiliated prime ideals; 9. Fully bounded rings; 10. Rings and modules of fractions; 11. Artinl%