Institute for Higher Education Didactics: The central academic institution for teaching and studying

The Institute for Higher Education Didactics is a central scientific institution of the Fachhochschule Dortmund and bundles existing and new topics of university didactics, which are aimed at students and lecturers alike. In doing so, it is guided by the values of the teaching mission statement.

Photo of four students at a group table. The focus is on two female students sitting next to each other and looking at a laptop. Two other students are engrossed in a conversation. — The Institute for Higher Education Didactics develops numerous offers for students and teaching staff

The goal: to improve the quality of teaching and studying

The primary goal of the Institute for Higher Education Didactics is to further develop, secure and improve the quality of teaching and studies in a future-oriented manner. By bundling various areas of expertise under one roof, topics and content are linked with technologies and didactic methods.

With its three departments Innovative Teaching, ILIAS Competence Center and Department for Study Support Services, the Institute for Higher Education Didactics offers lecturers and students information, further training and counseling on various topics relating to teaching and studying.

Dr. Angela an der Heiden introduces the Institute for Higher Education Didactics at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

Der Fächer - Yearbook for good teaching, learning, knowledge transfer and cooperation

Issue 03/24

Issue 02/23

Issue 01/22

Apprenticeship Day

With this event, we want to offer researchers, lecturers, students and external experts the opportunity to exchange views on current challenges and innovative approaches in higher education.

The next Teaching Day will take place on May 20, 2026.

Review of the 4th Day of Teaching at the Fachhochschule Dortmund on November 3, 2023 at the DASA in Dortmund on the topics of educational equity - diversity - sustainable...

The departments of the Institute for Higher Education Didactics

The Advisory Board of the Institute for Higher Education Didactics

In order to integrate the Institute for Higher Education Didactics into the structure of the university and to develop topics from the faculties in a future-oriented manner, the Institute for Higher Education Didactics has an advisory board. This is made up of the following people: