Location & approach

By car

The campus of the TU Dortmund University is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the A45 crosses the B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by the bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund main station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

By car

The campus of the TU Dortmund University is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the A45 crosses the B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by the bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund main station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Sustainability at TU Dortmund

TU Dortmund University understands sustainability as an integrative concept that ensures the long-term viability of the global ecological, economic and social system. Sustainability is a joint task in which all TU members participate across departments.

understanding of sustainability

Three-part key visual of the sustainability office with symbols for social, economic and ecological aspects of sustainability. — Sustainability Office

[Translate to English:] — Bicycle mobility

Students sit in a lecture at the beginning of the study. — studium oecologicum

Students build an insect hotel. — Projects

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News on sustainability at TU

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Summer School for Sustainability 2025

One interdisciplinary week about Sustainability

Groupphoto of the participatns of the Summer School for Sustainability 2025

New courses for the studium oecologicum in winter semester 25/26

The studium oecologicum module catalog for the winter semester 25/26 is now available.

Key visual of the studium oecologicum with an icon of an open book.

Spin-off from TU Dortmund University Attracts Biotech Community’s Attention

Professor Daniel Rauh talks about the start-up “KyDo Therapeutics”, which has secured €4.45 million in seed finance.

Porträtfoto: Prof. Daniel Rauh

Public Lecture Series on “Climate: Change, Values, Science”

The digital series will enter its sixth round in the winter semester 2025/26 and is open to all.

In front of a light blue background, a drawn hand holds an hourglass, in the upper part of the hourglass is a globe with the TU Dortmund's Mathetower.

Challenges of a Sustainable Steel Industry

The Social Research Center Dortmund is participating in a new EU project that considers people and technology together.

Photo: A man wearing safety goggles and work gloves holds up a silver metal plate with cutouts and examines it closely.

HumboldtN-School 2025 at the TU Dortmund University

Climate crisis, populism, social inequality: the challenges of our time require innovative approaches to communicating sustainability - especially in…

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UA Ruhr and Hochschule Düsseldorf Create Programs on the Energy Transition

Two of the four English-language Master’s courses directed at specialists from abroad start in the winter semester.

“Impact Cup” Awarded for Engagement in the Field of Sustainability

At the conclusion of the Sustainability Week, the winners from TU Dortmund University and FH Dortmund were celebrated.

Group photo of 14 people: Some people hold a prize in their hand. Prof. Gerhard Schembecker from TU Dortmund University and Svenja Stepper, Chancellor of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, present the Impact Cup to the award winners.

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