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 map.

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 Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. 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.

Site plan

The facilities of the Technical University of Dortmund are spread over the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. In addition, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent Technology Park.

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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 map.

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 Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. 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.

Site plan

The facilities of the Technical University of Dortmund are spread over the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. In addition, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent Technology Park.

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Institute for General Didactics and School Pedagogy (Institut für Allgemeine Didaktik und Schulpädagogik / IADS)

The Institute for General Didactics and School Pedagogy (Institut für Allgemeine Didaktik und Schulpädagogik / IADS) at TU Dortmund University in research and teaching concerns itself with the school as an institution and organization, its history and differentiation in modern national, international and transnational education systems. This involves the interrelation between school theory, school reform, and school improvement, the modelling of general didactics, as well as theories, concepts, and methods of teaching and learning in an inclusive school shaped by migration and diversity. As a societal framework of reference, school has to assure itself of an education following a democratic and child rights´ perspective in order to strengthen the quality of learning and educational success. This also requires a research- and evidence-based teacher education which enables future teachers to develop professional competencies and a critical-reflective mindset by closely linking theory and practice. In addition, the Institute for General Didactics and School Pedagogy follows an intercultural and international comparative perspective on school and school systems.

The professors and their teams at the Institute for General Didactics and Schools Pedagogy are actively involved in national and international school development, improvement and research networks and represent the field of general didactics and school pedagogy in a broad range of topics. Teaching and research areas are: Current and historical aspects of school development, heterogeneity at school and performance assessments supporting learning, professionalism of teachers and teaching quality, profiles and concepts of good schools, intercultural education, international school models and transnational educational spaces, intercultural and international comparative school development research as well as teacher professionalization processes.

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