Location & approach

By Car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway 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 S-Bahn line 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 bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer 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's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. 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.

Site plan

The facilities of the Technical University of Dortmund are spread over the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. In addition, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent Technology Park. More detailed information can be found in the maps.

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Location & approach

By Car

By bus and train

The H-Bahn

By plane

Site plan

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Doctoral Qualification and Postdoctoral lecture Qualification

Doctoral qualification

The doctoral degree of the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology is awarded on the basis of a scientific paper (dissertation) and an oral examination. The doctoral commission of the department is responsible for the doctoral procedure.

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Postdoctoral lecture qualification

The postdoctoral lecture qualification is a university and professional qualification. It enables the person concerned to teach and research independently at a university.

Postdoctoral lecture qualification Regulations of the University of Dortmund, as of 02.07.1993