Prof. Dr. Martina Brandt
Mail: martina.brandttu-dortmundde
Chair for Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies
Phone: 0231 / 755 - 2870
Emil-Figge-Straße 50 | Room 2.435

The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dortmund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dortmund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station (“Dortmund Universität”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station (“Dortmund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop “Dortmund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dortmund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dortmund Universität S”.
The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dortmund Universität S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.
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Mail: martina.brandttu-dortmundde
Chair for Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies
Phone: 0231 / 755 - 2870
Emil-Figge-Straße 50 | Room 2.435

Martina Brandt is Professor for Social Structure and Sociology of Aging Societies, Vice Dean of Research at Department 17 and head of the Master's Program on Aging Societies at the TU Dortmund University. As assistant coordinator (research) she was involved in the central coordination of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) until 2014. She researches and teaches in the field of ageing in Europe and is interested in family, health and well-being in the life course, care and social support, social inequality and social policy as well as methods of empirical research on ageing.
P. Lazarevič & M. Brandt (2020). Diverging ideas of health? Comparing the basis of health ratings across gender, age, and country. Social Science & Medicine 267: 1-8.
J. Kaschowitz & M. Brandt (2017). Health effects of informal caregiving across Europe: A longitudinal approach, Social Science & Medicine, 173, 72-80.
M. Wagner & M. Brandt (2018). Long-term care provision and the well-being of spousal caregivers: An analysis of 138 European regions.The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 73: e24–e34.
M. Brandt, J. Fietz, S. Hampel, J. Kaschowitz, P. Lazarevic, M. Reichert & V. Wolter (eds.) (2018). Methoden der empirischen Alter(n)sforschung. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
A. Börsch-Supan, M. Brandt, C. Hunkler, T. Kneip, J. Korbmacher, F. Malter, B. Schaan, S. Stuck & S. Zuber (2013). Data resource profile: the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). International Journal of Epidemiology 42: 992–1001.
See PAIR publications and publications of the Chair for Social Structure and Sociology of Ageing Societies (full publication list).