Location & approach

By car

The TU Dortmund campus is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, while the Dortmund-Dorstfeld and -Barop exits on the A40 lead to the North Campus. The university is signposted at the exits. There is a charging station for electric cars on the North Campus, Vogelpothsweg.

By bus and train

The Dortmund University S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S1 S-Bahn line runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf Central 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 Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association website, and DSW21 also offers an interactive route map.

H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of TU Dortmund University 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 runs every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

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

Plan of site & interactive map

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are located on two campuses, the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some university facilities are located in the adjacent Dortmund Technology Park as well as in the city center and the wider urban area.

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Location & approach

By car

The TU Dortmund campus is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, while the Dortmund-Dorstfeld and -Barop exits on the A40 lead to the North Campus. The university is signposted at the exits. There is a charging station for electric cars on the North Campus, Vogelpothsweg.

By bus and train

The Dortmund University S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S1 S-Bahn line runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf Central 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 Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association website, and DSW21 also offers an interactive route map.

H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of TU Dortmund University 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 runs every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

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

Plan of site & interactive map

The facilities of TU Dortmund University are located on two campuses, the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some university facilities are located in the adjacent Dortmund Technology Park as well as in the city center and the wider urban area.

> Go to interactive map

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Career opportunities

Studierende in verschiedenen Arbeitssituationen auf dem Gebiet der Elektrotechnik

Electrical engineering and information technology are disciplines in which the technical system is often considered as a whole and the tasks are then analyzed and solved from a comprehensive system-related perspective. The main tasks here are the planning or design, realization or operation of electronic or information technology systems and devices or their assemblies and elements.

If your personal inclinations lie in the creative design of completely new technical solutions or in the investigation of new technical contexts, then your field of activity should be in research and development.

Highly qualified managers who are prepared to take on a great deal of responsibility are often found in production and operations. Customer-oriented work for a technical product solution that precisely meets the respective requirements is possible in the areas of project planning and sales.

Career opportunities in electrical engineering and information technology

The German electrical engineering and electronics industry is one of the strongest German export sectors in terms of turnover and employees and is currently ranked fourth worldwide behind China, the USA and Japan *). Companies in the German electrical engineering and electronics industry make an important contribution to the internationalcontribution to the international competitiveness of key and future technologies. The industry's high level of innovation is also reflected in the amount of research expenditure, which is around 8 billion euros per year *). In electrical engineering in particular, there is a general shortage and - even with cyclical fluctuations - an increasing demand for qualified engineers. For this reason, current first-year students are promised excellent career opportunities at the end of their studies. A survey shows that electrical engineering companies in particular want to significantly increase the number of engineers they employ. And this trend is technologically and structurally based and will continue.

*) Source: Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWI)