1979-1988
The university grows
Overview of facts and figures
21 February 1979
First meeting of the Joint Organizational Commission, which has the task of preparing the merging of the Pädagogische Hochschule Ruhr with the University of Dortmund.
1980
The first collaborative research center (CRC 11 “Material flow systems for unit loads”) of the University of Dortmund is established in the division of Mechanical Engineering.
Reinold Knümann, head of the State Building Department, transforms the first machine part into art on campus with the red-painted gear wheel from a decommissioned production plant.
The senior studies program starts as a model trial. Men and women over the age of 50 can complete the program in five semesters, which is designed in particular to prepare them for voluntary work.
1 April 1980
The Pedagogical Institute of Higher Education Ruhr is incorporated into the University of Dortmund.
1 January 1981
The Fraunhofer Society establishes the Institute for Transport Technology and Goods Distribution (Institut für Transporttechnik und Warendistribution), since 1992: Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik) on campus.
14 June 1982
The International Guest House at Baroper Straße 233 - today: Helmut-Keunecke-Haus - built by the Association of Friends of the University of Dortmund is ceremoniously handed over.
1983
A student project – a Unix computer (unido) – is the backbone of the German access to the EUnet, the forerunner of the international Internet.
2 May 1984
Opening of the H-Bahn, the first automated mass transit system in the Federal Republic of Germany to connect the North Campus and the South Campus.
1984
The first campus run takes place.
The international degree program SPRING “Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies” starts as a certificate program.
The “Innovation Promotion and Technology Transfer Center“ (“Innovationsförderungs- und Technologietransferzentrum”) introduced as a pilot project at the universities of the Ruhr region is permanently established as the “Transfer Office of the University Dortmund” (“Transferstelle der Universität Dortmund”).
1985
The Collaborative Research Center “Manufacturing of Coated Screw Rotors” (CRC 316) is established.
At the first “Campus Cantat”, international musicians rehearse for a week on the initiative of Prof. Willi Gundlach for the joint final performance.
6 May 1985
Das TechnologieZentrumDortmund next to the university campus is ceremoniously opened.
1987
The German Network Information Center (Deutsches Network Information Center, DENIC), which has its origins in the University of Dortmund’s computer operations group, issues the first .de domains. One of the first three domains in Germany is: uni-dortmund.de.