Dortmund University of Technology

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Dortmund University of Technology
Technische Universität Dortmund
Official logo of the Dortmund University of Technology
Official logo of the Dortmund University of Technology
Established: 16 December 1968
Type: Public
Rector: Eberhard Becker
Staff: 3,451
Students: 21,827 (as of 1 December 2006)
Location: Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Former names: Universität Dortmund
Website: www.uni-dortmund.de

Dortmund University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Dortmund) is a 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.
The university is highly ranked in terms of its research performance in the areas of physics, electrical engineering and chemistry.

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[edit] History

The University of Dortmund 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. The University of Dortmund was originally designed to be a technical university, but in 1980, it merged with the adjacent Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr that housed mostly humanities.

In 2006, The University of Dortmund hosts the 11th Federation of International Robot-soccer Association (FIRA) RoboWorld Cup. The university's robot soccer team, the Dortmund Droids, is run by faculty and students within lab projects of the local computer science department. The team became vice world champion in the RoboWorld Cup 2002 and finished third in 2003.

[edit] Campuses

Following the Zeitgeist of the late 1960s in Germany, the university was built "auf der grünen Wiese" (on the meadows) 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 hanging monorail system, the H-Bahn, that crosses the quaint nature reserve in between the campuses in a height of about 50 feet (15 m). One of the most prominent buildings in the university is the Mathetower (Mathematics Tower), which houses the faculty of Mathematics.

[edit] Faculties

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

[edit] 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 (7,800 km²) of the Ruhr area megalopolis. The university has a student radio station called eldoradio* which can be listened to also via livestream (link: see below).

[edit] Department of Computer Science

The first point of registration for .de-domains was at the Dortmund University Department of Computer Science.

The first .de-domain (currently the most popular ccTLD in terms of number of registrations) was www.uni-dortmund.de.

[edit] Partner Universities

[edit] Honorary doctorates

Former president of Germany, Johannes Rau was awarded an honorary degree from the university in 2004.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°29′33″N, 7°24′51″E