Corporate Center University Development and Organization
The Corporate Center prepares rectorate decisions on questions concerning university development and drafts proposals for the strategic further development of TU Dortmund University. It manages professorial appointments and supports the rectorate, the academic departments, and the central institutions of TU Dortmund University by collecting, processing, analyzing, and delivering quantitative and qualitative information.
The Section Quality Management focuses on the quality of teaching. The section coordinates a series of evaluation procedures that examine the quality of studies from various perspectives and thus prepare the internal accreditation of degree programs. In addition, the section coordinates projects to improve teaching and studies.
Information on Quality Management in Studies and Teaching (in German)
Statistics performs statistical calculations as well as capacity and utilization analyses and delivers statistical data for internal and external publications.
Organizational Development applies structured methods to document, analyze, and optimize processes at TU Dortmund University. It coordinates and helps to adapt existing business processes to changing requirements, e.g. in the context of change management.
The Section Research Data Management provides individual support to all professorships, work groups, institutes and joint projects in implementing the principles of research data management at TU Dortmund University. In addition, new and demand-oriented solutions from the field of research data management are made available to researchers at TU Dortmund University.
The staff unit’s tasks comprise the further development of appointment management and provision of comprehensive support in appointment procedures – starting from the advertisement of a professorial appointment to its acceptance. The range of tasks includes advising the academic departments and appointment commissions, in particular on how to handle the appointment rules and guidelines of TU Dortmund University.
The staff unit supports the rectorate in its university planning. This includes creating the university development plan and supporting the departmental development plan. Based on systematic analyses of national and international developments, the staff unit develops project proposals for the rectorate's strategic undertakings. This includes, in particular, the implementation and advancement of TU Dortmund University's research strategy.
The team of the staff unit is also responsible for supporting the rectorate in deepening TU Dortmund University's institutional connections in the UA Ruhr. Beyond the UA Ruhr, the staff unit is also involved in expanding research cooperation with non-university research institutions.