TU Dortmund
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TU Dortmund is a public research university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 1968, with 29,502 students (winter semester 2025/26) across around 90 Bachelor's and Master's programmes in 17 departments spanning natural sciences, engineering, social sciences and cultural studies. A member of the University Alliance Ruhr (with Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen), it has a strong research profile in statistics, computer science and engineering. International students make up 21.6% of enrolment (about 6,370 students from over 120 countries; roughly 43% at Master's level), and 19 Master's programmes or specialisations are taught entirely in English.
English-taught MSc programmes here
Services for international students
Your first stop for almost everything is the International Office — admission letters, visa questions, enrolment, and orientation weeks all run through it. Like every large German technical university, TU Dortmund also runs a career service, psychological counselling, a language centre and university sports.
A verified, per-service guide (what each office does, where it is, what to bring) is being researched and will be published section by section — we only ship what we've checked.
Scholarship directory
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Karl-Schlotmann-Stiftung
A Dortmund foundation scholarship relevant to TU Dortmund students. Amounts, eligibility and deadlines are being verified with the foundation — ask the International Office about it by name in the meantime.
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Deutschlandstipendium
The national merit scholarship (€300/month, one year, renewable) offered through the university itself — applications go via TU Dortmund, typically shortly after the winter semester starts.
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DAAD scholarship database
The definitive searchable database for international-student funding in Germany: daad.de scholarship search.
Verified amounts and deadlines for university-specific scholarships are on the research list — unverified numbers don't get published here.
Campus systems you'll actually use (LSF · BOSS · ILIAS)
German universities split "one student portal" into several systems, and nobody tells internationals which is which. At TU Dortmund:
- LSF
- The course catalogue and timetable system — where you find lectures and build your semester schedule.
- BOSS
- Exam administration — registering for exams (mandatory, with deadlines!) and retrieving grades. Missing a BOSS exam registration is the classic first-semester mistake.
- ILIAS / Moodle
- Course materials and communication — slides, exercise sheets, announcements from lecturers.
Step-by-step walkthroughs with screenshots (and the common pitfalls for each system) are planned as a dedicated guide.