Honors

The University Medal of TU Dortmund University has been awarded since 1991. So far, 19 friends and supporters of the university have been honored for their special commitment:

• Ruth Westerwelle
• Josef Metzen †
• Erich Siegmund
• Gunther Lorf †
• Georg Kottmann
• Hans Jaeger †
• Hans Uhde †
• Wolfgang Burgard
• Udo Lipke †
• Helmut Kohls
• Hans-Jürgen Freundlieb
• Frans A. van Vught
• Bodo Harenberg
• Klaus Günzel
• Walter Echtermeyer
• Rolf Kinne
• Bernd Jochheim
• Karl Heinz Siepe
• Rolf Reppel
• Helmut Jenkins †

Since 2008, the Badge of Honor of TU Dortmund University has been awarded to persons who have rendered outstanding services in the field of research and teaching at TU Dortmund University. In May 2008, the members of the last curratorium of the university were awarded the Badge of Honor.

2008

Honoring the members of the curratorium

• Prof. Dr. Gerd Bollermann, MdL (2000-2010), since 2010 district president of the district government Arnsberg
• MdB Ursula Burchardt, German Bundestag (1990-2013), Chairwoman of the Committee for Education, Research, Technology Assessment (2005-2013)
• Prof. Sven Caspersen, Aalborg University, founding father and long-time partner and promoter of the university network ECIU
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Volker Claus, University of Stuttgart, Institute for Formal Methods in Computer Science
• Heinrich Frommknecht, retired Chairman of the Board of the SIGNAL IDUNA Group, long-time member of the Board of the Society of Friends
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rolf Kinne, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology
• Dr. Gerhard Langemeyer, Lord Mayor of the City of Dortmund (1999 - 2009)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mayr, long-standing managing director at the IWT Institute for Materials Technology, University of Bremen
• Dr. Gerd Niebaum, Niebaum Rechtsanwälte, long-time supporter of the Gambrinus Forum
• Prof. Dr. Jörn Rüsen, long-time president of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen, Germany
• Uwe Samulewicz, Sparkasse Dortmund, long-time supporter of scientific projects, high-profile scientific events and participation in endowed professorship
• Dr. jur. Manfred Scholle, Chairman of the Board of Gelsenwasser AG (2004-2011), Chairman of the Board of the Dortmund Foundation
• Eberhard Weber, DGB Chairman Dortmund District (1990-2009)
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Bodo Weidlich, Chairman of the Board of the Society of Friends of the Technical University of Dortmund
• Reinhard Schulz, Chief Executive Officer of the Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce (2004-2015)

2010

• Guido Baranowski, Managing Director of TechnologieZentrumDortmund
• Dr. Jochen Opländer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Wilo Foundation

2011

• Dr. Gert Fischer, Member of the Board of the Rudolf Chaudoire Foundation

2015

• Prof. Werner Abegg, founder and former director of the Dortmund University Orchestra
• Prof. Werner Seiss, former director of the Dortmund University Orchestra
• University Music Director Prof. Ingo Ernst Reihl, Director of the Dortmund University Orchestra
• Holger Ellwanger, director of the student orchestra

2016

• Klaus Fehleman; former city director

2017

• Prof. Dietrich Wegener, long-time chairman of the commission for ensuring good scientific practice

2019

• Prof. (retired) Bernd K. Gasch, rectorate representative on the association board of the Research Society for Gerontology (FfG)
• Prof. em. Willi Gundlach, former director of the University Choir Dortmund (1976-1995) and the Chamber Choir of the TU Dortmund (1978-2005)
• Dr. Reinhard Fehling, former director of the University Choir Dortmund (1998-2013)
• Heinke Kirzinger, director of the University Choir Dortmund (since 2013)
• Ulrich Arns, Director of the Chamber Choir of the TU Dortmund (since 2007)

Honorary citizens to date have been Dr. Helmut Keunecke †, Günter Samtlebe †, Dr. Dr. h.c.. Alfred Voßschulte †, Helmut Kohls, Anneliese Brost †, Dr. h.c. Erich Schumann † and Prof. Bodo Weidlich.

• Prof. Dr. Martin Schmeißer †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. em. Ulrich Bonse †
• Prof. Dr. Erich te Kaat

The list of honorary doctors currently includes 62 honorary doctorates in the individual departments.

Department of Mathematics:

• Prof. Dr. Dr. paed. h. c. Heinrich Winter †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Charles K. Chui

Department of Physics:

• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Werner Martienssen †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. c. mult. Jack Steinberger †
• Ministerialrat (ret.) Dr. Dr. h. c. Hermann Schunck
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Dosch

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. mult. c. Jan Thesing †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. H. Eugene Stanley
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Craig M. Crews

Department of Computer Science:

• Dipl.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Konrad Zuse †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Lotfi Zadeh †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Juris Hartmanis †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Monika Henzinger
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dorothea Wagner

Department of Statistics:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h. c. Frank Hampel †
• Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Manfred Deistler

Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Franz Broich †
• Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Helmut Wiehn
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. techn. h. c. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Dieter Behrens †
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Fumitake Yoshida †
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Jerzy Buzek
• Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Ignacio E. Grossmann
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Constantinos Pantelides

Department of Mechanical Engineering:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Erich Bahke †
• Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Heinz Sossenheimer †
• Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Klaus Czeguhn
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günter Spur †
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Manfred Geiger
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans-Peter Wiendahl †

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology:

• Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Wilhelm Kiwit
• Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Hartmut Rogge
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h. c. mult. Teuvo Kohonen  †

Department of Spatial Planning:

• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. pol. h. c. John Friedmann †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Gerd Albers †
• Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Erika Spiegel †

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering:

• Em. Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Robert von Halasz †
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Jürgen Joedicke †
• Em. Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Georg Burkhardt †
• Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günter Breitschaft †
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Fritz Haller †
• Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Johannes Rau †

Department of Economics and Department of Social Sciences:

• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Erwin Grochla †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Reimut Jochimsen †
• Dr. Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Alfred Voßschulte †
• Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Rolf Stober
• Prof. Dr. Prof. h. c Dr. h. c. Klaus Macharzina

Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Uwe Otto †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Ingrid Gogolin

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences:

• Dr. med. Dr. paed. h. c. Wolfgang Ulbricht
• Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. h. c. Kurt-Alphons Jochheim †

Department of Human Sciences and Theology:

• H. E. Dr. h. c. Donald Tusk
• Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Paul Mikat †
• Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. phil. h. c. Carl Graf Hoyos †

Department of Cultural Studies:

• Dr. phil. h. c. Will Schaber †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. phil. h. c. Martin Ostwald †
• Dr. Dr. phil. h. c. Richard Bamberger †
• Dr. phil. h. c. Hans Hafenbrack
• Dr. phil. h. c. Fritz Pleitgen †
• Prof. em. Dr. Dr. phil. h. c. mult. Peter Freese †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Carl Djerassi †
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Ed Folsom

Department of Arts and Sports Sciences:

• Prof. Dr. phil. h. c. Emil Schumacher †
• Prof. Dr. phil. h. c. Joshua Rifkin
• Prof. Dr. h. c. Hans Breder †
• Dr. h. c. Jean-Claude Zehnder
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Martin Warnke †