Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the Dortmund West highway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to Campus South, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 to Campus North. 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 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also 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 offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

The H-Bahn is one of the landmarks of TU Dortmund University. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 runs every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this route in two minutes.

By airplane

From Dortmund Airport, you can take the AirportExpress to Dortmund Central Station in just over 20 minutes and from there take the S-Bahn to the university. Düsseldorf Airport, which is around 60 kilometers away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

ServicePortal UniMail

Contrast Deutsch

Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the Dortmund West highway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to Campus South, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 to Campus North. 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 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also 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 offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

The H-Bahn is one of the landmarks of TU Dortmund University. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 runs every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this route in two minutes.

By airplane

From Dortmund Airport, you can take the AirportExpress to Dortmund Central Station in just over 20 minutes and from there take the S-Bahn to the university. Düsseldorf Airport, which is around 60 kilometers away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

ServicePortal UniMail

New profile on measuring gender (in)equality for the Federal Foundation for Gender Equality

08/25/2025

Together with Lukas Zielinski and Clara Overweg, Andreas Weiland has published a profile on measuring equality for the German Federal Foundation for Gender Equality

In doing so, they addressed the question "How can we measure gender (in)equality?" (in German). They take a critical look at various gender gaps and how they can be measured using gender equality indicators. Specifically, they deal with

the gender pay gap: https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/gender-pay-gap/

the gender care gap: https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/gender-care-gap/

the gender health gap: https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/gender-health-gap/

the gender gap in the labor market: https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/gender-gap-arbeitsmarkt/

the Gender Pension & Wealth Gap: https://www.bundesstiftung-gleichstellung.de/gender-pension-gender-wealth-gap/.

In addition to the current scientific status with regard to these gender-specific inequalities, the underlying constructs for their measurement, as well as intersectional perspectives and possible limitations of the specific equality indicators also contribute.

The text is not aimed exclusively at an academic audience, but also at interested readers with no prior sociological training as well as interested readers from practice and politics