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.

Dreiteiliges Key Visual des Nachhaltigkeitsbüros mit Symbolen für soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Aspekten der Nachhaltigkeit. — **Sustainability Office**

[Translate to English:] — **Bicycle mobility**

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

Studierende bauen ein Insektenhotel. — **Projects**

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News on sustainability at TU

10/16/2023

The Role Start-ups Play in Structural Change of the Rhenish Lignite Mining Region

A team led by Prof. Steffen Strese and Prof. Tessa Flatten recently published the first “Bioeconomy-Start-up Pulse” report.

The illustration for the "Bioeconomy Startup Pulse 2023" shows two people handling an oversized microscope, test tubes and drawing a DNA spiral.

10/12/2023

Basic Research for More Efficient Heat Pumps

Prof. Andreas Brümmer is co-speaker of a new DFG Research Unit at Chemnitz University of Technology.

A photo of a man with glasses in a suit.

10/09/2023

Lecture series: Transformation to a climate-neutral industry

Registration for the Humboldtⁿ Sustainability Initiative lecture series is still open until Oct. 12.

Key Visual des studium oecologicum mit Icon eines aufgeschlagenen Buches.

09/29/2023

Lecture Series "Klima: Wandel, Werte, Wissenschaft" in WS 23/24

The lecture series enters its fourth round and once again brings an exciting interdisciplinary program open to all.

09/27/2023

New bike parking lots on campus!

Two new secure bicycle parking lots are now available.

Fahrräder vor Herbstbäumen am Campus Nord

09/26/2023

Invitation 19th regulars' table sustainability

The Sustainability Office invites to the regulars' table for people interested in sustainability at TU Dortmund University on 26.09.2023.

Drei Personen sitzen gemeinsam an einem Tisch.

09/26/2023

United Against Abuse of Power

The universities in North Rhine-Westphalia have adopted a declaration to prevent abuse of power.

In the foreground are a laptop and a tablet on a table, in the background is a blackboard. On it are stylized form of an outstretched hand in a protective shield.

08/30/2023

studium oecologicum - seminar "Critical Sustainability" of TU Berlin

The seminar "Critical Sustainability" of the TU Berlin will be offered again in the winter semester 23/24 in the module catalog of the studium…

                            
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