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Research at TU Dortmund University

Around 2,500 researchers from TU Dortmund University successfully develop technological innovations and achieve important advances in methods and knowledge. Acclaimed researchers in outstanding individual and collaborative projects attest to the strength of research in Dortmund.

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If you would like to find out more about scientists and their research topics at TU Dortmund University or are looking for future cooperation partners for joint projects, you can use an expert search to get an overview of the diverse research landscape at TU Dortmund University.

Research News from TU Dortmund University

05/26/2025

European Physical Society Honors Prof. Doris Reiter

The physicist receives the Emmy Noether Award for her outstanding research and commitment to science communication.
Photo of Dr. Doris Reiter
05/22/2025

Ruhr Region Secures Three Clusters of Excellence in Tough Competition

The partners of the University Alliance Ruhr succeed in the Excellence Strategy and will continue their cooperation.
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05/16/2025

DFG Announces Selection of Clusters of Excellence on 22 May

The Presidents of the UA Ruhr will discuss the results in a webinar at 8 pm. All TU members are invited to attend.
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05/16/2025

Researchers Detect Tiny Atomic Motion in Crystals

The team led by Dr. Alexey Scherbakov from the Department of Physics is now presenting its new method in Nature Materials.
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05/12/2025

Nearsightedness in School Students Often Goes Undetected

To study the rise in nearsightedness, Professor Sarah Weigelt and her team examined around 1,500 children.
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05/08/2025

Innovative Ideas for Energy Transition and Climate Protection Assessed

Felix Nal won the first prize in the “Forum Junge Spitzenforschung” science competition with an energy-retrieving turbine.
Photo: A man in a light blue shirt holds a colorful wind turbine in his hand and speaks into a microphone in front of an audience.
04/15/2025

MERCUR Funding Continues – Now Under its Own Steam

UA Ruhr now funds bi- and trilateral research projects without Stiftung Mercator. The first call is open until 15 May.
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04/11/2025

Experiments at CERN honored with the “Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics”

Four groups from the Department of Physics work at the particle accelerator LHC, which received the 3-million-dollar prize.
Particle accelerator "Large Hadron Collider (LHC)"
04/07/2025

How the Routine Killing of Animals Works

Sociologist Dr. Marcel Sebastian has published a new study on emotional labor in slaughterhouses.
Mehrere Schweine in Massentierhaltung
04/03/2025

TU Physicists Investigate Dynamic Phenomena of a Time Crystal

The team led by Dr. Alex Greilich recently published its findings in Nature Communications.
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03/31/2025

TU Postdoc Chosen for EU’s Marie Curie Fellowship

Competing with more than 10,000 proposals, Dr. Aleksandr Mikherdov convinced with his research on supramolecular chemistry.
Portrait Dr. Aleksandr Mikherdov
03/14/2025

Examining Hybrid Collaboration in Everyday Working Life

The Federal Government and the EU are funding a new research project initiated by Prof. Frauke Mörike and Prof. Jens Gerken.
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03/13/2025

Researchers Use Light to Detect Magnetic Structures

TU physicists describe in Nature Communications how terahertz pulses could be used to read hard drives in picoseconds.
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02/27/2025

Prof. Manuel Wiesche Takes Top Position in Economist Ranking

WirtschaftsWoche ranks the business informatics scientist as one of the most research-intensive economists in Germany.
Portrait photo of Manuel Wiesche
02/27/2025

Raising Awareness of Geopolitical Influence in Africa

Prof. Susanne Fengler leads a new research project in seven African countries, funded by the Daimler and Benz Foundation.
Portrait of Prof. Susanne Fengler
02/26/2025

TU Dortmund University Tackles Research Assessment Reform

After joining the CoARA network, the university is developing its own measures and reviewing joint processes with UA Ruhr.
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Research at TU Dortmund University is particularly visible nationally and internationally in five profile areas:

  • From Elementary Particles to Products Along Value Added Networks
  • Innovations for Sustainability and Health
  • Data, Models and Simulations to Shape Our Future
  • Educational and Labor Worlds of Tomorrow
  • Society and Transformational Processes in the 21st Century

Large collaborative and outstanding research projects stand for the research achievements of TU Dortmund University.

A core concern of TU Dortmund University is to promote young researchers – for example through a graduate center and the alliance with the Research Academy Ruhr.

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