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Center for Higher Education

Directions

You will find the Professorship of Higher Edcuation on North Campus of TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 78, 44227 Dortmund, directly at the S-Bahn station.


Travel Information

By train

TU Dortmund University has its own train station ("Dortmund Universität"). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station ("Dortmund Hauptbahnhof") and Düsseldorf main station via the "Düsseldorf Airport Train Station" (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station "Stadtgarten", usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At "Stadtgarten" you switch trains and get on line U42 towards "Hombruch". Look out for the station "An der Palmweide". From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop "Dortmund Kampstraße". From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop "Dortmund Wittener Straße". Switch to bus line 447 and get off at "Dortmund Universität S".

For individual timetable information about public passenger traffic see the homepage of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (that is the regional public transportation system).

By Car

The campus of TU Dort­mund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld" (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.

On "Vogelpothsweg" take entrance no. 23 to the parking lot and CDI building, where the Professorship of Higher Education is situated.

By Plane

Dortmund Airport offers flights to several destinations in Central Europe. There are regular connections to Katowice, Kraków, London and Munich. For the approximately 20km-trip from Dortmund Airport to TU Dortmund University, you can use a shuttle bus to the railway Station "Bahnhof Holzwickede", from which trains depart to Dortmund main station (please visit Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr for more information). Usually, the fastest way is to catch a taxi at Dortmund Airport.

The premises of the Professorship of Higher Education

The Professorship of Higher Education is situated directly at the train station "Dortmund Universität" (CDI Building, Vogelpothsweg 78). The entrance to CDI Building (a white building) is located behind the passage that you can see from the train station.

You will find the rooms of the Professorship of Higher Education at the first floor (secretariat: room 101, Mrs. Sieweke, Tel.:  +49 231 755 5526).