Technical University of Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

Technische Universität Dortmund
Official logo of TU Dortmund University
Former names	Universität Dortmund
Type	Public
Established	16 December 1968; 55 years ago(1968-12-16)
Budget	€ 307 million[1]: 38
Rector	Manfred Bayer
Academic staff	2,535[1]: 33
Administrative staff	1,324[1]: 33
Students	34,235[1]: 18
Location	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany 51°29′33″N7°24′51″E / 51.49250°N 7.41417°E /51.49250; 7.41417
Campus	Urban/Suburban
Affiliations	UA Ruhr – University Alliance Ruhr
Website	www.tu-dortmund.de

TU Dortmund University(German:Technische Universität Dortmund) is a technical university inDortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's and master's degree programs. It is situated in theRuhr area, the fourth largest urban area in Europe. The university pioneered the Internet in Germany, and contributed to machine learning (in particular, tosupport-vector machines, andRapidMiner).

The University of Dortmund (German:Universität Dortmund) was founded in 1968, during the decline of the coal and steel industry in the Ruhr region. Its establishment was seen as an important move in the economic change (Strukturwandel) from heavy industry to technology^{[by whom?]}. The university's main areas of research are thenatural sciences, engineering,pedagogy/teacher training in a wide spectrum of subjects,special education, and journalism. The University of Dortmund was originally designed to be a technical university, but in 1980, it merged with the adjacentPädagogische Hochschule Ruhrthat housed mostly humanities.

In 2006, The University of Dortmund hosted the 11thFederation of International Robot-soccer Association(FIRA) RoboWorld Cup. The university's robot soccer team, theDortmund Droids, became vice world champion in the RoboWorld Cup 2002 and finished third in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 November 2007, The University of Dortmund was renamed as TU Dortmund University (Technische Universität Dortmund in German) through the adoption of a new constitution by the senate on 18 October 2007.^[2]The University is part of the cooperation program "University Alliance Ruhr", together with theRuhr University Bochumand theUniversity of Duisburg-Essen.^[3]

On 4 April 2019, Ursula Gather, Rector of TU Dortmund University abolished the institutes for German Language and Literature as well as English and American Studies.^[4][5][6]

Following theZeitgeistof the late 1960s in Germany, the university was built "on the meadows"(auf der grünen Wiese)about 2 miles (3.2 km) outside of downtown Dortmund. It consists of two campuses, North and South, which, since 1984, have been linked by an automated hangingmonorailsystem, theH-Bahn, that crosses the nature reserve between the campuses at a height of about 50 feet (15 m). One of the most prominent buildings of the university is theMathetower(Mathematics Tower), which houses the Faculty of Mathematics.

1. Faculty of Mathematics
2. Faculty ofPhysics
3. Faculty ofChemistryandChemical Biology
4. Faculty ofComputer Science
5. Faculty of Statistics
6. Faculty ofBiochemicalandChemical Engineering(BCI)
7. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
8. Faculty ofElectrical Engineeringand Information Technology
9. Faculty ofSpatial Planning
10. Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
11. Faculty of Business and Economics
12. Faculty ofEducation,Psychologyand Sociology
13. Faculty ofRehabilitation Sciences
14. Faculty ofHuman Sciencesand Theology
15. Faculty ofCultural Studies
16. Faculty of Art and Sports Sciences
17. Faculty of Social Sciences

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Over 1,000 third-party funded projects, including a range of collaborative projects, such as (transregional) Collaborative Research Centers, Research Units, Research Training Groups, a "Cluster of Excellence" and several Horizon 2020 research consortia. Nearly 300 professors teach and research at TU Dortmund University.

The university is particularly known for research in its four profile areas: Materials, Production Technology and Logistics, Chemical Biology, Drug Research and Process Engineering, Modeling, Data Analysis, Modeling and Simulation and Education, Schooling and Inclusion, in which it celebrates research successes beyond disciplinary limits, and at an outstanding international level.

TU Dortmund (along with the universities of Paderborn and Karlsruhe) brought the Internet to Germany in the 1980s.^[7]

The first point of registration for.de-domains was at the Dortmund University Department of Computer Science in 1986. The nationalDomain Name Systemservice was started in 1988.^[8]The involvement of Dortmund University employees in internet registry and administration ended in 1993.^[9]To this day, the university has registered the domainudo.edu^[10](udo being short for Universität Dortmund), although the.edu-domain is today restricted to United States-affiliated institutions.

One of the four German competency centers for machine learning (Competence Center Machine Learning Rhine-Ruhr, ML2R), is located at the TU Dortmund.^[11]The machine learning softwareRapidMinerbegan at the TU Dortmund's artificial intelligence unit.

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QSWorld2024[12] 851–900 44 THEWorld2024[13] 401–500 37–41 ARWUWorld2022[14] 901–1000 46–47 QSEurope[citation needed] QSEmployability[citation needed] THEEmployability[citation needed]

In theQS World University Rankingsfor 2024, the university was positioned within the 851–900 range globally, making it the 44th at the national level.^[12]Its performance in theTimes Higher Education World University Rankingswas relatively higher for the year 2024, landing within the 401–500 bracket globally, and ranking between 37th and 41st nationally.^[13]In theAcademic Ranking of World Universities(ARWU) for 2022, the university was categorized in the 901–1000 band globally, while nationally it fell within the 46th to 47th position.^[14]

The university is highly ranked in terms of its research performance in the areas ofphysics,electrical engineering,chemistryand economics.^[15]

Formerpresident of Germany,Johannes Rauwas awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 2004.Carl Djerassiwas awarded an honorary doctorare for hisscience-in-fictionin 2009.Donald Tusk,President of the European Council, was awarded an honorary doctorate on 16 December 2018 for his contribution to European politics and the debate on European values.

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