Offers of the Welcome Services for International Researchers
The Welcome Services for International Researchers regularly organize events, such as campus, stadium, and museum tours, game nights as well as visits to the Christmas market.
You can find information on future events and impressions from past events on this site as well as on the International Office's Instagram page.
If you are interested in receiving information on our events regularly, you can register for our mailing list.
Events of the Welcome Services
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BVB Stadium Tour -
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Brewery Tour -
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Zeche Zollverein -
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Games Evening -
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Campus Tour -
Campus Tour -
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Games Evening -
Games Evening -
Games Evening -
Brewery Tour -
Brewery Tour -
Brewery Tour -
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Game Night -
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Zeche Zollverein -
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Soccer Museum -
Game Night -
City Tour
Upcoming Events
Exciting get-togethers, informative guided tours, or joint activities - here, you can find diverse offers to connect, experience new things, and to take part in an exchange with other researchers. We are looking foward to seeing you!
23 October 2025, 5:00 p.m.
Are you new to campus and would like to orient yourself? Our campus tour for international researchers will show you all the places you need to know - from cafés and quiet study spaces to sports facilities everything is covered. You will also receive exciting insights and helpful tips in order to be comfortable quickly and get well-connected.
30 October 2025, 4:00 p.m.
For the first time, the city of Dortmund is hosting a "Welcome Reception for International Researchers". They are inviting all international doctoral students, researchers, newly appointed professors as well as guest researchers including accompanying persons and family members who arrived at TU Dortmund or other local research institutions in the winter semester of 2024/25.
Starting at 4:00 p.m., you will have the opportunity to participate in a guided tour through the city or in a behind the secens tour of the Dortmund Theater.
After that, at 5:00 p.m., there will be reception for all guests at Dortmund's city hall. The program surrounding the event promises an exciting afternoon with music, food, and drinks.
You can register until 28 October 2025 on this website.
15 November 2025, 5:00 p.m.
In Dortmund, soccer is about more than just sports - it shapes the city's attitude toward life. That is why we regulary organize stadium tours of the Signal Iduna Park. Experience exciting behind the scenes insights at the legendary stadium and dive into the passion for soccer that makes Dortmund so special.
Registration for this event will be possible soon.
3 December 2025, 5:00 p.m.
Christmas markets are an integral part of German culture and loved by everyone. Dortmund's Christmas market is one of the most famous and prettiest of its kind in Germany. Let's enjoy the Christmas season, pause for a moment while drinking "glühwein" (hot spiced wine), and try some delicious cookies - a great opportunity to get to know other researchers in a relaxed atmosphere and to experience the unique feel.
Registration for this event has not opened yet.
29 January 2026, 5:30 p.m. (online via Zoom)
During this informational event, you will learn about when you have to pay income taxes in Germany on the money you earn from your research, if you have to file income tax as well as which specific rules exist for spouses who work in different countries. This short overview helps you to gain a better understanding of the German tax system and to navigate through it. This event for international researchers is an offer in cooperation with the UA Ruhr.
Registration will be possible soon.
Past Events
At the beginning of every semester, we organize a campus tour specifically for international researchers. It allows them to learn about the campus and TU Dortmund University's history as well as to meet other researchers.
Soccer or football is a big part of everyday life in Dortmund. Thus, regular tours of the Signal Iduna Park, the Dortmund stadium of the BVB, are a must. There, our international researchers get the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes of the stadium and the sport.
Game nights are hosted on a regular basis in cooperation with the Game Lab of the American Studies Department. On these evenings, international researchers have the opportunity to try out a variety of analog and digital games as well as to get to know each other.
You can find impressions from our last games evening on our Instagram page.
International researchers of the UA Ruhr visited the site of Zeche Zollverein together. Starting at the famous shaft tower - or as it is also dubbed, the "Eiffel Tower of the Ruhr area", the group participated in a guided tour of the historical coal mine and its museums. They had the opportunity to learn more about the fascinating history of the Ruhr area's industrial past and its transformation. It also gave them the opportunity to get to know each other and to exchange ideas across different departments and universities.
You can find impressions from this event on our Instagram page.
Germany and Dortmund in particular is known for its beer and the history surounding it. A visit to the historical Hövels brewery allowed our international researchers to not only learn more about the beer brewing process but also to connect with each other in a cozy setting.
Another important part of German culture, which, according to many fans is intertwined with beer culture, is soccer or football. That is why we offer guided tours of the soccer museum on a regular basis, apart from the stadium tours. Together, we embark on a journey through 140 years of German soccer history.
Are you new to Dortmund and have no idea where to find anything? Then the City Tour for International Researchers is just the right thing for you. It is a chance to not only learn more about the city but also to connect with other researchers who are new to Dortmund as well.
