Location & approach

via car

The campus of TU Dortmund University is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits. It is best to park in the large parking lot on Otto-Hahn-Straße.

via train and bus

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen, and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447, and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

via H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the 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 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

via airplane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

via car

The campus of TU Dortmund University is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits. It is best to park in the large parking lot on Otto-Hahn-Straße.

via train and bus

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen, and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447, and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

via H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the 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 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

via airplane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Teaching

Alexander van der Staay wins the Fujitsu NEXT IT Innovation Award 2024

05/22/2025

f.l.t.r. Jochen Brünger, Tim Baum, Alexander van der Staay, Prof. Peter Heusch

"Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence as a Service" honored as best master's thesis

Once a year, Fujitsu NEXT e.V. honors two outstanding theses at bachelor's or master's level. The IT Innovation Award recognizes theses from the fields of computer science, information systems and related disciplines that make a contribution to the further development of information technology through practical relevance and innovative approaches. The award is endowed with prize money of 3,000 euros and is presented by a jury of renowned representatives from science and business.

This year's award-winning master's thesis, Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence as a Service by Alexander van der Staay, was supervised by Prof. Christian Janiesch and Prof. Michael Rosemann from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. The work deals comprehensively with the trust aspects that play a role in the use of AI functionalities via cloud services. The design science research study used agency theory and trust theory to transform trust problems into concrete design principles that help AIaaS providers to design their cloud services in a trustworthy way.

At an evening event in Dresden on 20.05.2025, the award was ceremoniously presented by after a presentation of the master's thesis.

We warmly congratulate Mr van der Staay on this award!