PLIQ-Projekt (Kopie 1) - LLP - 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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The project PLIQ (Planning Education for Iraq) started for the first time in August 2009. It is based on an academic cooperation between the German and the Iraqi government from February 2009. The project is part of the DAAD funded program "Strategic Academic Partnership with Iraq".

The Faculty of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University was commissioned to develop teaching content as well as research concepts from the field of spatial planning and to implement them in Iraqi universities. Since 2014, the project has been based at the Chair of LLP (Project Coordinator: Dr. Hasan Sinemillioglu; Project Manager: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dietwald Gruehn).

With the expertise developed over decades, the Iraqi universities in Baghdad, Diyala, Dohuk and Mosul were supported in setting up a study program in spatial planning. The bachelor program "Urban and Regional Planning" was developed in the first phase (2009 - 2011) and introduced in the universities.

The special feature of the bachelor program is that its structure is strongly oriented towards the Dortmund model of spatial planning. In addition to seminars and lectures, in which the basics of theory and methodology are taught, another focus is on practical-oriented services, such as workshops and projects. Communication is very intensive and visits to the region take place regularly to ensure an exchange of expertise. In 2017, the first students at Dohuk University were able to celebrate their successful graduation in the Bachelor's degree program , "Urban and Regional Planning".

In January 2018, TU Dortmund University hosted a symposium on challenges and progress in spatial planning in Iraq. Learn more about the 2018 symposium on our Facebook page or in our summaries on Migration and Urban Housing, The Urban and Rural Divide, Infrastructure and Human Settlement Development, and How can spatial planning meet the country's challenges?

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