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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DRUG DISCOVERY

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

09/17/2025 -

TU News

Porträtfoto: Prof. Daniel Rauh — Prof. Daniel Rauh is co-founder of KyDo and professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology at TU Dortmund University.

“KyDo Therapeutics” is a spin-off from TU Dortmund University that has just concluded its first round of financing and successfully secured €4.45 million. The young company develops novel covalent-allosteric inhibitors that are potentially the first of their kind to be used in cancer treatment. KyDo has its scientific roots in Professor Daniel Rauh’s Chair for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology. In this interview, Professor Rauh talks about scientific innovation, the path to launching the spin-off and Dortmund as a strong location for drug discovery.

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