Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. 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 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can 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 offer an interactive route network ma

The H-Bahn

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

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. 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 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can 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 offer an interactive route network ma

The H-Bahn

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

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Research

The Department of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University contributes to international research in numerous areas of computer science. The research includes basic research as well as application-oriented problems. Results are published internationally or are used in products within the framework of cooperations with companies.

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Professorships

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Research Profile

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Institutes and centers

News from the department

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Prof. Dr. Günter Rudolph receives IEEE Pioneer Award 2025

Award for pioneering work: Günter Rudolph receives the IEEE Pioneer Award for Evolutionary Algorithms 2025.

"Impact Cup" awarded for commitment to sustainability

Remarkable success for the Sustainability Commission of the Department of Computer Science: Awarded the Impact Cup 2025!

Alexander van der Staay wins the "Fujitsu NEXT IT Innovation Award" 2024

"Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence as a Service" honored as best Master's thesis

Hans Uhde Prize for Felix Stegmaier

Felix Stegmaier receives Hans Uhde Prize for analysis tool extension - Breakthrough for Rust software analysis

From the bachelor thesis to the research prize

SPEAR project wins 2nd place in the "Forum Junge Spitzenforschung" competition

Till Schallau receives a Software Campus grant

Till Schallau receives funding as part of the Software Campus program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

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"Distinguished Artifact Evaluator Award" presented at EuroSys'25

Alexander Krause was awarded with the "Distinguished Artifact Evaluator Award" at EuroSys'25.

Educational standards: New recommendation for computer science lessons

New educational standards for computer science lessons: GI recommendations set benchmarks for lower secondary level.

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Berkeley professor talks about the sentience of AI

The lecture by Prof. Edward A. Lee was devoted to the question of whether machines could one day become sentient beings.

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