1989-1998
Impressions from the 1990s
Overview of facts and figures
19 September 1989
Dr. Klaus Anderbrügge becomes chancellor of the University of Dortmund.
21 March 1990
Founding of the Research Association for Gerontology. This is accompanied by the founding of the Institute for Gerontology at TU Dortmund University.
30 April 1990
President Prof. Dr. Detlef Müller-Böling takes office.
16 December 1991
For the first time, the university honors outstanding members of the university and friends of the university with the newly created university medal.
1992
Founding of windo e.V., the network of university and non-university science and research institutions in Dortmund. windo e.V. now has more than 20 members. The chairwoman of the association is the president of TU Dortmund University.
3 February 1993
The Institute for Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (today: Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISAS - e.V.) is affiliated with the University of Dortmund.
17 December 1993
Ceremony in the Opera House on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the opening of the University of Dortmund.
30 April 1994
Inauguration of President Prof. Dr. Albert Klein.
13 October 1994
The Center for Synchrotron Radiation (Dortmund Electron Test Storage Ring facility, DELTA), which will be used for research into synchrotron radiation, is opened.
8 December 1994
Festive concert for the opening of the Audimax, which is the largest lecture hall at the university and seats 735 people.
1995
The University awards the first Rudolf Chaudoire Prizes to highly qualified young scientists. The generous funds to support research stays abroad are provided by the foundation of the same name in the will of Rudolf Chaudoire, an industrialist based in the Ruhr area.
15 April 1996
Dorothee Dzwonnek becomes chancellor of the University of Dortmund.
1996
The Gambrinus Forum takes place for the first time.
1 January 1997
The Collaborative Research Center “Design and Management of Complex Technical Processes and Systems with Methods of Computational Intelligence” (CRC 531) is established.
15 April 1997
The University awards the Martin Schmeißer Medal for the first time to promote international relations in research and teaching.
23 April 1997
The university awards its dissertation prizes for the first time.
1 July 1997
The Collaborative Research Center “Complexity Reduction in Multivariate Data Structures” (CRC 475) is established.
18 July 1997
The „Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft“ in Germany honors the University of Dortmund as one of six German “reform universities”.
1 January 1998
The Social Academy Dortmund, founded in 1947, becomes part of the University of Dortmund and is integrated as a new Center for Continuing Education (today: Division of Further Education in the Center for Higher Education).
1 July 1998
The Collaborative Research Center “Modeling of Large Networks in Logistics” (CRC 559) is established.
16 December 1998
The university celebrates the 30th anniversary of its opening with a ceremony in the Audimax.