The University of Dortmund is to change its name to Technische Universität Dortmund to highlight its technical profile in research, teaching and technology transfer.
The red cabins of Dortmund’s H-Bahn: the university’s monorail system carries more than 5,000 passengers a day. Picture courtesy H-Bahn Dortmund.
Announcing the change, the Rector Professor Dr Eberhard Becker said, “The TU Dortmund will become a distinctive trademark in the competition for research funds, excellent scientists and highly qualified students.”
The university says that with the renaming it takes another step towards distinguishing itself as a modern, innovative technical institution, with high-ranking research and technology- transfer competence. Around three-quarters of the university’s leading research departments are in engineering and natural sciences.
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