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.

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Location & approach

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New postdoctoral researcher at the chair

Welcome to the chair, Andreas Weiland!

07/15/2025

Dr. Andreas Weiland joined the chair team on 01.07.

Andreas Weiland has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Life Course Sociology at TU Dortmund University since July 2025. Since May 2023, he has also been co-PI of the project "Age-Wealth; Life Course, Wealth and Retirement Income in East and West Germany", which is based at the University of Bamberg. His research interests include the emergence of inequalities along the life course, as well as the comparative perspective on their socio-political embedding. A particular focus is on gender inequalities, pensions and wealth