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University development

The university development plan is the strategic instrument that will take our UAS a big step towards becoming the university of the future over the next five years, together with all our colleagues.

130 years of successful university development
- We are proud of what we have achieved!

The value base

Our mission statement and guiding principles:

  • Teaching and research are at the center of our attention.
  • The quality of our students' education is our top priority.
  • Our application-oriented research and development projects put research results and new scientific findings into practice.
  • Fachhochschule Dortmund is an open-minded university.
  • We consider social responsibility to be a central task of Fachhochschule Dortmund.
  • We intensify cooperation and communication between the people at our university with the aim of creating a constructive working atmosphere and expanding mutual support.

The instrument

The University Development Plan ⋅ HEP PDF-File 960,41 kB  is our joint instrument for leading the university into this new era in a project-oriented and goal-oriented manner - and for our personal development. The measures in the HEP also lay the foundations for the realization of a future university location.


The vision

Fachhochschule Dortmund inspires!


The mission

We focus on students!

We support our students.
We encourage and challenge them individually.
We empower them for their profession.

We teach, research and work in a scientifically application-oriented, qualitative and constructive manner.

We cooperate with scientific institutions worldwide.

We continue to develop for the knowledge of tomorrow.

We are pioneers and enablers and help shape the transformation of society.

We stand for a technology-supported, open-minded university with a focus on people and society.


The goal

We are the university of the future!

Fachhochschule Dortmund is:

  • a pioneer of digital transformation
  • an international campus
  • a project-oriented and flexible university
  • a place of social responsibility

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