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

Sustainability contact persons in all faculties

All faculties now have sustainability contact persons who work together with the sustainability office.

Overview of the sustainability network at TU Dortmund University. The diagram is structured like a subway network. In the middle are the AKN (Arbeitskreis Nachhaltigkeit, Working Group Sustainability) and the NHB (Nachhaltigkeitsbüro, Sustainability Office). From the center, lines go to the Rectorate, the Corporates Centers, the Offices, the Departments and the Central Units at TU Dortmund University. From the NHB there are connections to institutions in the city of Dortmund, within NRW and throughout Germany.

TU Dortmund at the bicycle competition 'Saddle up for the climate'

In the first, three-month bicycle competition 'Aufsatteln fürs Klima' ('Saddle up for the climate') of the VCD, the TU Dortmund took 4th place.

fabcing: Scholarship for the promotion of stays abroad

The support and alumni association of BCI fabcing offers a possibility of support for a sustainable stay abroad.

Invitation: Sixth Regulars' table on sustainability

On 29.06.2022, the Sustainability Office invites you to a digital meeting for people interested in sustainability at TU Dortmund University at 7 pm.

Sustainability regulars' table. Three people sit together at one table.

TU-Team again in 1st place at STADTRADELN

For the third time in a row, the TU Dortmund provided the most successful team in the STADTRADELN.

Award ceremony of the STADTRADELN with five members of the "Team Mathe" and the mayor of Dortmund standing together on stage

New bus line and 9-euro ticket

Starting in June, the public transport will offer a 9-Euro-Ticket. TU members are invited to try out the ticket and the new bus line X13.

The H-Bahn runs along a path with green trees.

Sustainability Week by AStA, Studierendenwerk and Campus for Future Dortmund

From 30 May to 3 June, sustainability actions will be offered on campus. Upycling workshops, greener food and much more.

Titelbild der Nachhaltigkeitswoche von Studierendenwerk, AStA und Campus for Future Dortmund. Schrift: Nachhaltigkeitswoche

Science Communication and the Media in the Climate Crisis

TU lecturers highlight challenges in science communication.

cartoon how a burning newspaper is highlighted from flames

                            
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