List of Planning Schools - ROP - TU Dortmund

Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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List of the 20 planning schools analyzed

1	Africa	Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Department of Planning
2	Africa	South Africa	University of Cape Town	School of Architecture Planning and Geomatics
3	Asia	India	School of Planning and Architecture Delhi
4	Asia	Indonesia	Bandung Institute of Technology	School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development
5	Asia	Japan	The University of Tokyo	Department of Urban Engineering
6	Australia & Pacific	Australia	RMIT University	School of Global Studies, Social Sciences and Planning
7	Australia & Pacific	Australia	University of Melbourne	Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
8	Europe	Austria	TU Wien	Fakultät für Architektur und Raumplanung
9	Europe	Germany	TU Dortmund	Fakultät Raumplanung
10	Europe	Italy	Torino Politecnico	Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze, Progetto e Politiche del Territorio
11	Europe	Poland	Adam Mickiewicz University	Faculty of Human Geography and Planning
12	Europe	United Kingdom	University of Liverpool	Department of Geography and Planning
13	Latin America	Brasil	Universidade Federal do ABC	CECS - Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
14	Latin America	Chile	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
15	Latin America	Mexico	University of Guadalajara	Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño
16	North America	USA	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Department of Urban and Regional Planning
17	North America	USA	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
18	North America	USA	The Ohio State University	City and Regional Planning Section at the Knowlton School
19	North America	USA	University of Cincinnati	School of Planning
20	North America	USA	University of Illinois at Chicago	College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs