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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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Calendar

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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: Coming lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ricker

06/06/2025

Pioneering approaches for more environmentally friendly concrete structures - from natural fibre reinforcement to design optimization.

On May 13, 2025, the KOMMEN lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcus Ricker entitled "Ways to a more sustainable use of concrete - progress, challenges, potentials" took place in the Doric Hall of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

In his lecture, Prof. Ricker presented promising approaches to minimizing the environmental impact of concrete structures. Topics were covered that are either currently being worked on at the Chair of Concrete Structures or have been until recently. Specifically, these are the areas of design optimization, textile reinforcement made of natural fibres, slender load-bearing structures and the application of reliability theory for a more efficient use of resources.

Prof. Ricker also emphasized the importance of committee work, as this is where future guidelines and standards are created. For this reason, he is actively involved in several working committees at DIN and the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete. Modern regulations ideally create uniform framework conditions for the development of new technologies and can therefore help to make the construction industry more sustainable in the long term.

At the end of his presentation, Prof. Ricker was optimistic: despite major challenges, it is possible to implement the transformation towards a more sustainable concrete construction method. However, this would require close cooperation between science and practice as well as the coordinated use of modern technologies and materials.

After the lecture, there was the opportunity to exchange ideas over drinks and snacks.