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.
News on sustainability at TU
Awards for Three International Projects
![A group photo of various people with Prof. Tessa Flatten in front of a packed hall. Three people hold certificates in their hands. A man with gray hair and glasses holds a white rose next to the certificate. A woman in a gray-black hijab with a geometric pattern and a woman with glasses and short brown hair each hold a white rose.](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/3/7/csm_2024_0516_Global_Gallery_71_MHengesbach_Pr_67512f0044.jpg)
Summer School for Sustainability 2024
![Ein Student und ein wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter aus der Fakultät Raumplanung sowie zwei Mitarbeiter aus dem Nachhaltigkeitsbüro sitzen auf SDG-Würfeln in einer Runde und diskutieren über die Planung einer summer school sustainability.](/storages/nachhaltigkeit/_processed_/4/f/csm_summer_school_sustainability_planning_2_f1456a7f37.jpg)
Sustainability Week 2024
![The photo shows an illustrated sunflower with face and legs. above it is written in german "Nachhaltigkeitswoche 2024"](/storages/nachhaltigkeit/_processed_/f/2/csm_Bildmarke_mit_Text_2_zu_1_09e2be6311.png)
Program of events for Diversity Month May
![Colorful splashes of paint on a white background. Next to it is written: Diversity Month May 2024.](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/c/c/csm_Div_Monat_Mai_2024_2x1__1200_x_600_px__a0572abba2.jpg)
University Alliance Ruhr welcomes international materials scientist
![You can see a portrait photo of Prof. Anna Isaeva with trees in the background](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/b/4/csm_2024_0415_Prof._Anna_Isaeva_04M.Hengesbach_web_fa9449e2e4.jpg)
Supporting Scholars at Risk
![Logo of Academy in Exile: a capital „A“ with the right side merging into a lower case „e“. The short line the merged letters share acts as a lower case „i“.](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/2/a/csm_Logo_Academy_in_Exile_bcb0661fa1.png)
TU Graduates Develop New Recycling Process for Phosphate
![Portrait_FemaleFounders_PhosFad Portrait photo of students Abirtha Suthakar, Fabienne Ryll and Ronja Weidemann from the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering in front of a white house with a flower bed](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/8/7/csm_Portrait_FemaleFounders_PhosFad_c6721639ef.jpg)
Visitors can explore the "Route Mittelalter Ruhr" at audio stations
![Route Mittelalter Ruhr_Exhibition A map, photos and colorful pieces of paper with information hang on a wall](/storages/tu_website/_processed_/4/5/csm_05_RouteMittelalterRuhr_Gliesmann_web_dc17616828.jpg)