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

Good to know

News on sustainability at TU

Important Step Towards Expansion of Suspension Railway

A transport study confirms that the extension of the “H-Bahn” suspension railway makes economic sense.

An H-train car stops at a stop on campus and snow is falling.

Invitation to the 1st Network Meeting Sustainability - NeNa

Sustainable research networking event for department chairs and postdocs on February 10, 2023 at 4:00pm in MB III, South Campus.

Logistics network simulated by a computer.

Lecture by Karsten Schwanke on climate change

About 300 visitors were online or on site for the lecture of the well-known meteorologist and moderator Karsten Schwanke.

Mr. Schwanke gives his lecture.

New team member in the TU Sustainability Office

The Sustainability Office has a new employee.

A picture from Nina Hänisch

Survey on daily mobility

Das Nachhaltigkeitsbüro führt eine Umfrage durch, wie Studierende und Mitarbeitende täglich zum Campus pendeln.

[Translate to English:]

Joint maintenance action in Rombergpark

On January 18, a hands-on activity for active nature conservation will take place in Rombergpark.

In a meadow people remove plants

First certificates issued in the studium oecologicum

Dr. Henning Moldenhauer from the Sustainability Office presented the first certificate in the summer semester of 2022 to Aileen Böcker.

A man stands next to a student holding a certificate in her hands.

Kick-off of the Humboldtⁿ Sustainability Initiative

As part of the first Humboldtⁿ meeting on May 31, 2022, the poster exhibition "Humboldtⁿ focused: under pressure." was opened.

                            
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