Dortmund as a site for research
Not only the 17 departments and the Central Scientific Institutions of the university, but also the institutes affiliated with or connected to TU Dortmund University provide an excellent environment for research in Dortmund.
Institutes affiliated with or connected to TU Dortmund University
The MPI is one of the world’s leading research institutions in the life sciences. Here, basic biological processes such as cell division, signal transduction in cells and the mode of action of medically relevant biomolecules are investigated (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP), founded in 2019, aims to investigate and develop the technical foundations and interdisciplinary aspects of IT security and privacy (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The Fraunhofer IML is Europe's first address for the development and application of new internal and external logistics solutions (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The Fraunhofer ISST designs and develops IT solutions for distributed, complex and interacting IT systems for healthcare, logistics and industry (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
As an affiliated institute of TU Dortmund, ISAS develops methods for the multi-parameter analysis of biological materials in order to improve the prevention and early diagnosis of diseases and to enable new therapies (affiliated institute of TU Dortmund University).
The IfADo researches the potential and risks of modern work from the workplace to the individual cell, thus improving design of work (affiliated institute of TU Dortmund University).
The ILS, a member of the Johannes Rau Research Foundation NRW, also provides advice on the future-oriented development of cities on the basis of its own spatial scientific basic research (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
INVITE GmbH is a public-private partnership between TU Dortmund University and Bayer Technology Services GmbH as well as the University of Dusseldorf (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The competence fields “technical logistics” and “information logistics” at TU Dortmund University are concentrated on the LogistikCampus. In cooperation with the Fraunhofer IML, an interdisciplinary research center for logistics with scientific and technical know-how has been established here (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The BAuA conducts research and development in the field of safety and health at work, promotes the transfer of knowledge into practice, advises policy makers and carries out official tasks – in hazardous substances legislation, in product safety and in the health data archive (institute connected to TU Dortmund University).
The DIS is dedicated to the research and teaching of civic art (affiliated institute of TU Dortmund University).
The Archive of Architecture NRW preserves collections from the fields of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and urban planning as well as civil engineering in North Rhine-Westphalia. The TU Dortmund University is a professional partner of the association.
The FfG investigates demographic developments and design options of an aging society in a scientific, interdisciplinary and application-oriented manner (affiliated institute of TU Dortmund University).