Welcome

On 16 December 2018, the TU Dort­mund celebrated its golden jubilee. Fifty years ago, the Department of Spatial Planning was founded together with the Uni­ver­sity of Dort­mund. Teaching began on 1^st October 1969 with 74 first-year students on the diploma course in spatial planning. Under the influence of the 1968 movement, today's Department of Spatial Planning soon developed the proj­ect study pro­gram, which was intended to focus on the social and societal dimension of spatial planning and to facilitate an anti-authoritarian form of "re­search-based learning". Since then, this concept has been practised by many generations of students and is regarded by a majority of alumni as a central element of the pro­gram.

Fifty years of spatial planning means, above all, 50 years of scientifically sound and at the same time application-oriented study programmes. They mean 50 years of inter­dis­ci­plin­ary re­search and teaching interlinked closely with practice. For more detailed insights into the history of the Department, we recommend the anniversary volume of the Department of Spatial Planning:

Gruehn, Dietwald; Reicher, Christa; Wiechmann, Thorsten (eds.) (2019). 50 Jahre Dort­mun­der Raum­pla­nung. Berlin: Jovis Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86859-550-5.

The TU Dort­mund Uni­ver­sity has a special profile with 17 departments in natural and engineering sciences, social sciences and cultural sciences. The various scientific disciplines are united by a uni­ver­si­ty spirit in which interdisciplinarity and cooperation are practiced.

The range of courses includes around 80 degree programmes, in­clu­ding a broad range of teacher train­ing for all types of schools. In re­search, the TU Dort­mund is particularly strong in four profile areas: (1) materials, production technology and logistics, (2) chemical biology, active substances and process engineering, (3) data analysis, modelling and simulation, and (4) education, schools and inclusion.