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By public transportation (S-Bahn, H-Bahn, bus)

You can reach the North Campus of TU Dortmund University by taking the S1, the H-Bahn or the various city buses (445, 447, 462, 465, NE8).

Coming from the S-Bahn stop “Dortmund Universität” or the H-Bahn stop “DO-Universität S”, walk up the stairs, past the glass university library and cross the bridge that leads to the orange canteen building.
The bus stops “Dortmund Universität” are located under the bridge, you can reach them via various stairs.
The H-Bahn stop “Campus Nord” is located directly on the bridge.

From the Mensa bridge, walk in the direction of the Mensa building and continue past the Mathetower with the green TU logo on the roof to Martin-Schmeißer-Platz. Cross the square and walk up the stairs. When you turn right at the advertising pillar, you will already see the large house number Emil-Figge-Straße 66. Use the entrance marked G1, the rooms of the Equal Opportunities Office are located on the first floor on the right.

With car

From the direction of Essen (Bochum, Dortmund West interchange):

From the A40, take the Dortmund Dorstfeld exit (43). Turn left onto Hauert and then left again onto Emil-Figge-Straße.

You can use the parking lots at entrances 9, 10 or 12 and walk from the back to building G1.

Alternatively, turn right at the traffic lights onto Vogelpothsweg and use the parking lot at entrance 21. You can then reach our offices on foot via the same route as described under “By public transport”.

From the direction of Dortmund (Unna, Kamener Kreuz):

From the A40, take the Dortmund-Barop exit (44) and then turn directly left. Drive to the traffic circle and take the first exit onto Emil-Figge-Straße.

You can use the parking lot at entrance 21. Turn left at the traffic lights onto Vogelpothsweg. You can then reach our offices on foot via the same route as described under “By public transport”.

Alternatively, you can use the parking lots at entrances 9, 10 or 12 and walk to building G1 from the back. Continue straight ahead at the traffic lights on Emil-Figge-Straße; the parking spaces are on the left-hand side.

Site plan

The facilities of Dortmund University of Technology are spread across the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent Technology Park. You can find more detailed information on the site plans.

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Location & approach

By public transportation (S-Bahn, H-Bahn, bus)

You can reach the North Campus of TU Dortmund University by taking the S1, the H-Bahn or the various city buses (445, 447, 462, 465, NE8).

Coming from the S-Bahn stop “Dortmund Universität” or the H-Bahn stop “DO-Universität S”, walk up the stairs, past the glass university library and cross the bridge that leads to the orange canteen building.
The bus stops “Dortmund Universität” are located under the bridge, you can reach them via various stairs.
The H-Bahn stop “Campus Nord” is located directly on the bridge.

From the Mensa bridge, walk in the direction of the Mensa building and continue past the Mathetower with the green TU logo on the roof to Martin-Schmeißer-Platz. Cross the square and walk up the stairs. When you turn right at the advertising pillar, you will already see the large house number Emil-Figge-Straße 66. Use the entrance marked G1, the rooms of the Equal Opportunities Office are located on the first floor on the right.

With car

From the direction of Essen (Bochum, Dortmund West interchange):

From the A40, take the Dortmund Dorstfeld exit (43). Turn left onto Hauert and then left again onto Emil-Figge-Straße.

You can use the parking lots at entrances 9, 10 or 12 and walk from the back to building G1.

Alternatively, turn right at the traffic lights onto Vogelpothsweg and use the parking lot at entrance 21. You can then reach our offices on foot via the same route as described under “By public transport”.

From the direction of Dortmund (Unna, Kamener Kreuz):

From the A40, take the Dortmund-Barop exit (44) and then turn directly left. Drive to the traffic circle and take the first exit onto Emil-Figge-Straße.

You can use the parking lot at entrance 21. Turn left at the traffic lights onto Vogelpothsweg. You can then reach our offices on foot via the same route as described under “By public transport”.

Alternatively, you can use the parking lots at entrances 9, 10 or 12 and walk to building G1 from the back. Continue straight ahead at the traffic lights on Emil-Figge-Straße; the parking spaces are on the left-hand side.

Site plan

The facilities of Dortmund University of Technology are spread across the larger North Campus and the smaller South Campus. In addition, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent Technology Park. You can find more detailed information on the site plans.

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Gender, the

Gender is an important category of analysis in the social science and cultural studies and a central starting point in gender equality policy. It describes gender identity or rather social gender roles.

Tied to it are behaviors, activities, characteristics, living conditions, and opportunities that a particular society deems appropriate for different genders. For example, depending on gender, political involvement, living conditions such as exposure to violence, distribution of money, stereotypes, role assignments, or dominant images in the media may differ.

Gender is seen as socially constructed, i.e. it is socially and politically conditioned, historically changeable and culturally different. It is thus not a "private matter" but a part of the social structure, e.g., through institutional anchors such as the state registration of gender.

The term gender was adopted into German because in German 'Geschlecht' is primarily associated with the biological sex, which in English is called sex. (Learn about the critique of the separation of sex and gender in our entry about ⇒ sex).

Last updated: April 2025

Sources (in German)

Becker-Schmidt, R.; Knapp, G.A. (2000): Feministische Theorien zur Einführung. Junius Verlag.
Degele, N. (2008): Gender/Queer Studies – Eine Einführung. Wilhelm Fink.
Meissner, H. (2008): Die soziale Konstruktion von Geschlecht – Erkenntnisperspektiven und gesellschaftstheoretische Fragen. In: Gender…politik…online.
Smykalla, S. (2008): Was ist Gender? (Informationsblatt). GenderKompetenzZentrum, Zentrum für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Last accessed 10.04.2025.

The glossary is meant to evolve through mutual exchange with readers.

We regularly put the definition of a term up for discussion under #klargestellt. Do you have questions or suggestions? Join the discussion and contribute to a better understanding of the terms! We welcome your feedback to: shk.gleichstellung@verwaltung.tu-dortmund.de

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