Recognition Agreement

To be able to get courses offered at our department recognized for courses that you have taken abroad, you need a recognition agreement.

You can find more about the recognition here (bachelor) und here (master).

Recognition Agreement Form (in German)

Recommended approach:

First, search the course offerings of the host university for courses that interest you and that fit well with the courses offered at the Department of Business and Economics. It is important that the course fits into your studies - i.e. that you could choose the course at TU Dortmund University.

Recognition of courses will depend on both a comparison of content and formal characteristics of the courses concerned.

Regarding the comparison of content, students should contact the teaching and research area offering the course in question. It is usually best to contact the lecturer directly. Students can then check whether the teaching area is willing to recognize the course offered abroad for their own course. To do this, you should show describe the contents of the course offered abroad as clearly and in as much detail as possible. You should also send a copy of the recognition agreement form.

For the formal comparison, please contact the Departmental Examinations Office. We advise sending the recognition agreement signed by the teaching and research area as well as detailed course descriptions for the courses concerned to by email.

You then send the completed recognition agreements to the Departmental Erasmus coordinator. Then you can enter the courses you will receive credit for in Table B in the Learning Agreement and get the signatures required.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Departmental Erasmus Coordinator, Dr. Debra Hanning, the Departmental Examinations Office, or the International Office.

Dr. Debra Hanning

A person from the Academic Advice team is handing over a queue ticket to a student.

Departmental Examinations Office

IBZ building surrounded by trees against blue sky. H-Bahn on the right.

International Office

Master's welcome

Location & approach

By car

The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" (closer to Campus Süd), and from B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld" (closer to Campus Nord). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.

To get from Campus Nord to Campus Süd by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at Campus Nord and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.

By bus, subway and train

TU Dortmund University has its own train station ("Dortmund Universität"). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station ("Dortmund Hauptbahnhof") and Düsseldorf main station via the "Düsseldorf Airport Train Station" (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 20 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.

You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station "Stadtgarten", usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At "Stadtgarten" you switch trains and get on line U42 towards "Hombruch". Look out for the Station "An der Palmweide". From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop "Dortmund Kampstraße". From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop "Dortmund Wittener Straße". Switch to bus line 447 and get off at "Dortmund Universität S".

The H-Bahn (Suspended Monorail System)

The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on Campus Nord. One ("Dortmund Universität S") is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the "Technologiepark" and (via Campus Süd) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at Campus Nord and offers a direct connection to Campus Süd every five minutes.

By airplane

The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.

At campus

The departments of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".