Central Institutes and Service Institutes
Looking for the right reference book for introductory biology? Forgotten the password for your university e-mail address? Left the laptop at home and the presentation is just around the corner? Or are you about to go abroad and need to brush up on your language skills?
The various service institutes at TU Dortmund University can help with all of these problems - here is a brief introduction to them:
Students can use the four locations of the University Library (UB) to search for sources, borrow books, and learn. The UB has about 1 million books as well as a large selection of e-books and e-journals. Students can use the interlibrary loan service and various databases. In addition, the UB offers subject-specific consultation and courses on how to find relevant literature.
The UB's central service point on the North Campus is currently the Emil Figge Library (EFB). The library, located at Emil-Figge-Straße 50, offers 287 learning workstations and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Located in the neighboring Technology Park, the Sebrath Library (SB) at Sebrathweg 7 (library and learning workstations) and Sebrathweg 9 (administration) is the UB's alternate location until the new Central Library building opens in 2028/29. The library at Sebrathweg 7 provides 240 learning workstations. It is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
At the South Campus, the Departmental Library of Architecture and Civil Engineering with 24 learning workstations and the Departmental Library of Spatial Planning with 55 workstations are located in the Storey Building I at August-Schmidt-Straße 6. During the lecture period, both departmental libraries are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday. During the semester break, they are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday through Friday.
TU Dortmund University also has numerous study areas where students can learn and work either by themselves or in groups.
The IT and Media Centrum (ITMC) is the holistic solution partner and service provider for IT tasks at TU Dortmund University. The task of the ITMC is to provide a modern and efficient IT infrastructure for the members of the university. It is a competent and reliable partner for research and teaching.
The ITMC bears conceptual and operational responsibility for the overarching IT services and the overarching electronic media services as well as for the IT security concept of TU Dortmund University.
Independent of the technical and budgetary responsibility of other institutions, the ITMC is also involved in the development and implementation of all major IT projects or in the preparation of major IT procurements outside the ITMC, especially for projects of general and overarching importance. ITMC involvement in IT projects is mandatory with regard to IT security issues.
As a university-wide institution of TU Dortmund University, the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer (CET) bundles all support activities related to entrepreneurial and transfer-related issues and challenges. The goal is to anchor an entrepreneurial mindset among all members of TU Dortmund University, to generate technology- and knowledge-based innovative start-ups, and to strengthen the ecosystem in Dortmund and the region.
We promote entrepreneurial competencies, advise you on funding programs and intellectual property rights, support you in all steps of founding a company, promote cooperations between established companies and start-ups, show you opportunities for transferring your research results, and hold events on numerous start-up-related topics.
Let’s get started together! We are looking forward to meeting you.
To the page of the CET (in German)
The scientific workshops of TU Dortmund University can be used for matters that serve research and teaching, for research projects, bachelor’s and master’s theses. They are service providers for all institutions of the TU Dortmund.