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News from TU Dortmund University
UA Ruhr Offers Action Days Against Anti-Semitism and Racism
From 28 October to 15 November, the three universities are organizing more than two dozen events.
Semester Kick-off in Stadium at Start of New Academic Year
In the best tradition, TU Dortmund University welcomed its new students in the stadium of the BVB football team on 7 October.
Highly Promising Substance Against Rare Cancer Licensed Out
Drug researchers from the UA Ruhr have together identified the active substance and filed a patent application.
“The Best Time to Start a Business is Now”
Tech investor Andreas von Bechtolsheim spoke on campus about lessons learned from 40 years of experience in Silicon Valley.
TU Members Put Science Communication on Their Agenda
The new issue of the science magazine “mundo” looks at how researchers are engaging with the public in a variety of formats.
Second Cohort of Senior Fellows Begins Research Stays
The international researchers will work on joint projects with partners from the UA Ruhr during the winter semester.
TU Dortmund University Awards Prizes to Three Young Startups
The founders of Simplyfined, InTolerApp, and SLAPStack received a total of 14,000 euros at the TU Start-up Award.
New Microdegree Program Entrepreneurship Starts in Winter Semester
TU Dortmund University offers students eleven certificate courses on subjects ranging from sustainability to data management.
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TU Dortmund University has a unique, internationally visible profile with its lived cooperation of strong natural and engineering sciences as well as social sciences and humanities.
It offers an excellent environment for cutting-edge research in basic and applied areas as well as the best possible conditions for an academic career.
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TU Dortmund University Submits Full Proposals for Clusters of Excellence
In total, the University Alliance Ruhr is applying for the Excellence Strategy with four research projects.
Modeling the Transition of Energy and Transport
The German Research Foundation has approved the new Transregio of TU Dortmund University and Ruhr University Bochum.
Further 4.7 Million Euros for Particle Physics Research
TU physicists receive new funding for their work at the LHC, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
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Together everyone achieves more: Acting on this maxim, TU Dortmund University joined forces with the Ruhr Universität Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen to form the University Alliance Ruhr (UA Ruhr) back in 2007. The approximately 110,000 students can take advantage of courses offered at all three universities. In order to bundle top international research, the UA Ruhr established four joint Research Centers and a College for Social Sciences and Humanities under the umbrella of the "Research Alliance Ruhr" in 2021.