Location & approach

By car

The campus of TU Dortmund University 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 exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The TU 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.

The 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.

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Location & approach

By car

The campus of TU Dortmund University 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 exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The TU 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.

The 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.

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Publications

Fretting-induced formation of nanocrystalline CoSx tribomaterial at the hip implant taper junction

A. Wittrock, C. Beckmann, M.A. Wimmer, A. Fischer, S.M. Das, C.H. Liebscher, J. Debus

ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 8, 9019-9030 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.5c01185

Determining and predicting the flank wear width and residual stress of coated tools by Raman imaging

N. Denkmann, S. Jaquet, R. Garcia Carballo, F. Rümenapf, N.F. Lopes Dias, W. Tillmann, D. Biermann, J. Debus

WEAR 584–585, 206397 (2026) [Special issue: Tool Wear Prediction of Coated Cutting Tools using Grey Box Models]

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2025.206397

Determining the thickness of plane and curved coatings by Raman scattering combined with laser ablation

A. Wittrock, N.F. Lopes Dias, B. Sprafke, W. Tillmann, J. Debus

Surfaces and Interfaces 77, 108016 (2025)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2025.108016