Dortmund University (German: Universität Dortmund) is a medium-sized university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 20,000 students, and over 3,000 staff. It is situated in the Ruhr area, the fourth largest urban area in Europe. Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctor) in a variety of subjects. ... Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Map of the Ruhr Area The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ...

History

Dortmund University was founded in 1968, during the decline of the industrial industry in the Ruhr region. Its establishment was seen as an important move in the economic change (Strukturwandel) from heavy industry to technology. The University's main areas of research are the natural sciences, engineering, pedagogy/teacher training in a wide spectrum of subjects, special education, and journalism. Dortmund University was originally designed to be a technical university, but in 1980, it merged with the adjacent Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr that housed mostly humanities. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The lunar farside as seen from Apollo 11 Natural science is the study of the physical, nonhuman aspects of the Earth and the universe around us. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... Pedagogy is the art or science of teaching. ... Special education, also known as special ed, describes an educational alternative that focuses on the teaching of students with academic, behaviorial, health, or physical needs that cannot sufficiently be met using traditional educational programs or techniques. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Campuses

Following the Zeitgeist of the late 1960s in Germany, the university was built "auf der grünen Wiese" (on the meadows) about 2 miles outside of downtown Dortmund. It consists of two campuses, North and South, which since 1984 have been linked by an automated hanging monorail system, the H-Bahn, that crosses the quaint nature reserve in between the campuses in a height of about 50 feet. One of the most prominent buildings in the university is the Mathetower (Maths Tower), which houses the faculty of Mathematics. Look up Zeitgeist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary (help· info) is originally a German expression that means the spirit (Geist) of the time (Zeit). It denotes the intellectual and cultural climate of an era. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The KL Monorail in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a modern straddle-beam monorail A monorail is a transit system, resembling a metro or railroad with a track consisting of a beam (guideway), not a single rail as is commoly thought, as opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ...

Departments and Faculties

Dortmund University's Mathetower

1. Department of Mathematics
2. Department of Physics
3. Department of Chemistry
4. Department of Computer Science
5. Department of Statistics
6. Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering (BCE)
7. Department of Engineering
8. Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
9. Department of Spatial Planning
10. Department of Civil Engineering/Architecture
11. Department of Economics/Business and Industrial Sociology
12. Department of Pedagogy and Sociology
13. Department of Special Education/Rehabilitation Sciences
14. Department of Social Sciences, Philosophy und Theology
15. Department of Cultural Studies
16. Department of Art- und Sport Sciences

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Student Life

Dortmund University students can use their student ID as semester-long ticket within the VRR public transport network covering more than 3,000 square miles of the Ruhr area megalopolis and beyond up to the Dutch border. VRR area The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (abbreviated VRR) is the public transport association covering the area of the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in Germany. ... Map of the Ruhr Area The Ruhr Area (German Ruhrgebiet, colloquially Ruhrpott or Kohlenpott) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, consisting of a number of large (former) industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south, Rhine to the west, and Lippe to the north. ... Megalopolis (Greek: large city, great city) can mean: The city of Megalópoli (Μεγαλοπολη), Megalopolis, Greece. ...

The university has also a student radio station called eldoradio*.

Partner Universities

• מכללת בית ברל (Beit Berl College), Doar Beit Berl, Israel
• Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestinian Territories
• Budapesti Mûszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary
• Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA
• Chungnam National University (충남대학교), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
• Dalian University of Technology (大连理工大学), Dalian, People's Republic of China
• Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
• Hoseo University (호서대학교), Asan, Republic of Korea
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, IA
• Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
• Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
• National University of Taiwan (國立台灣大學), Taipei, Taiwan
• Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA
• Politechnika Szczecińska, Szczecin, Poland
• Ростовский государственный университет (Rostov State University), Rostov-on-Don, Russia
• Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学), Shanghai, People's Republic of China
• Sulaimani, Kani Askan, Iraq
• Tohoku University (東北大学), Sendai, Japan
• Tongji University (同济大学), Shanghai, People's Republic of China
• Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
• Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
• University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• University of Dohuk, Dohuk, Iraq
• University of Ghana, Kumasi, Ghana
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
• University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
• University of the Phillippines Diliman, Quezon, Philippines
• University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
• Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
• Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学), Xi'an, People's Republic of China

• Within the Erasmus programme:
  • Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, Ireland
  • Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Venice, Italy, Italy
  • Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Stockholm, Sweden, Sweden
  • Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Miskolci Egyetem, Miskolc, Hungary
  • Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  • Universiteit Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Prague, Czech Republic

• As member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities:
  • Ålborg Universitet, Aalborg, Denmark
  • Joensuun Yliopisto, Joensuu, Finland
  • Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany, Germany
  • Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  • Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Compiègne, France
  • Universiteit Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom

• Within the Network of Euroregional Universities:
  • Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany
  • Universiteit Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
  • Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
  • Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

• Cooperations with other German universities:
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum
  • Universität Witten-Herdecke, Witten
  • Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg
  • Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen
  • Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen
  • Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal
  • Technische Universität München, Munich
  • Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
  • Universität Siegen, Siegen
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
  • Universität Kassel, Kassel
  • Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart
  • Universität Rostock, Rostock
  • Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen
  • Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen

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Honorary doctorates

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External links

Official homepage of Dortmund University