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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.

Public transport

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. 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 plane

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, 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

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.

Public transport

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. 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 plane

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, 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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Review: Stay Lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing Hartz

02/10/2025

Inspiring insights into a career "from the gut"

On January 14, Prof. Dr.-Ing Christian Hartz welcomed our department for his lecture, which gave the numerous students and other guests an insight into his professional career and personal life story.

Prof. Dr. Hartz began his lecture with a personal journey into his youth. Growing up in East Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall left its mark on him and turned his path upside down: the career path he had been on became abruptly uncertain. Despite these upheavals, Prof. Dr. Hartz decided to study civil engineering at the TU Berlin.

His career took on an international dimension. He worked at SAP for six years before joining the architectural firm SOM in Chicago. Together with his family, he spent several years in the USA before an appointment at TU Dortmund University finally brought him back to Germany in 2019. Since then, he has been a permanent member of the department's teaching staff.

Prof. Dr. Hartz emphasized that he had never written a traditional application in his entire career. The decisive opportunities had "fallen to him". He had always made his professional decisions based on his gut feeling - and in the long term, these decisions had always been the best of his life.

To conclude, Prof. Dr. Hartz addressed the students directly: "If you don't really stand behind what you're doing, it's no good."

After the lecture, a cozy finale with a buffet and drinks provided an opportunity for conversation.

The department would like to thank Prof. Dr. Hartz for this open and personal insight into his career and for the valuable impulses.