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By car

The most convenient highway exits are on the B 1/A 40 (Dortmund-Barop) (closer to the North Campus) and on the A45 (Dortmund-Eichlinghofen). The university is signposted at both exits. In the local road network you will find signs to Campus Nord, where the Campus Treff is also located. From Emil-Figge-Strasse, entrance no. 18 and from Vogelspothsweg entrance no. 23 lead to parking spaces near the venue.

By train

From Dortmund main station, take the S-Bahn "S1" in the direction of Solingen on track 7 to the stop "Dortmund-Universität" (price level A). The S-Bahn runs every 15 minutes during peak hours on weekdays and takes about 6 minutes. From Düsseldorf, the S-Bahn runs every 30 minutes. Directly at the S-Bahn station you will find the CDI building, which houses the Center for Research on Education and School Development.

The H-Bahn

One of the university's landmarks is the H-Bahn, which has two terminuses on the North Campus. One is located directly above the S-Bahn station and is easily accessible from it by elevators. The other is located in the center of Campus North at the bridge between the University Library and the Mensa, right next to the Audimax. The H-Bahn runs from here to the South Campus and the Eichlinghofen district.

By plane

Dortmund has an airport connected with some destinations in Central Europe. There are regular flights, for example, to Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Katowice, Krakow, Leipzig-Halle, London, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Poznan, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich. For the approximately 20 kilometers from the Dortmund airport to the campus, you can take the bus to the main train station and from there the S-Bahn. Faster is usually the use of a cab. Far more international flight connections are offered by the Rhine-Ruhr Airport in Düsseldorf, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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To overview

Location & approach

By car

The most convenient highway exits are on the B 1/A 40 (Dortmund-Barop) (closer to the North Campus) and on the A45 (Dortmund-Eichlinghofen). The university is signposted at both exits. In the local road network you will find signs to Campus Nord, where the Campus Treff is also located. From Emil-Figge-Strasse, entrance no. 18 and from Vogelspothsweg entrance no. 23 lead to parking spaces near the venue.

By train

From Dortmund main station, take the S-Bahn "S1" in the direction of Solingen on track 7 to the stop "Dortmund-Universität" (price level A). The S-Bahn runs every 15 minutes during peak hours on weekdays and takes about 6 minutes. From Düsseldorf, the S-Bahn runs every 30 minutes. Directly at the S-Bahn station you will find the CDI building, which houses the Center for Research on Education and School Development.

The H-Bahn

One of the university's landmarks is the H-Bahn, which has two terminuses on the North Campus. One is located directly above the S-Bahn station and is easily accessible from it by elevators. The other is located in the center of Campus North at the bridge between the University Library and the Mensa, right next to the Audimax. The H-Bahn runs from here to the South Campus and the Eichlinghofen district.

By plane

Dortmund has an airport connected with some destinations in Central Europe. There are regular flights, for example, to Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Katowice, Krakow, Leipzig-Halle, London, Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Poznan, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich. For the approximately 20 kilometers from the Dortmund airport to the campus, you can take the bus to the main train station and from there the S-Bahn. Faster is usually the use of a cab. Far more international flight connections are offered by the Rhine-Ruhr Airport in Düsseldorf, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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NEPS Network Supports the Evaluation of LIfBi

10/27/2026 -

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Foto eines Blocks vom LIfBi und eines Namesnschild von Professorin Nele McElvany

The NEPS Network supported the periodic evaluation of LIfBi on October 23, 2026. Nele McElvany participated as a collaborating partner.

Every eight years, the institutes of the Leibniz Association undergo a scientific evaluation that assesses the quality of their research, its societal relevance, and their strategic orientation. On October 23, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg underwent its scheduled evaluation.

The LIfBi is the founding and coordinating institution of the National Education Panel Study (NEPS), the largest longitudinal education study in Europe. Since 2008, the NEPS network has been tracking children, adolescents, and adults over many years and, with 70,000 participants, provides key data for educational research in Germany.

Professor Nele McElvany was appointed chair of the NEPS Network Committee alongside the President of the University of Bamberg, Professor Kai Fischbach; the President of GESIS – Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Professor Christian Wolf, and the Director of the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN), Professor Olaf Köller, were interviewed by the international and interdisciplinary review panel as representatives of the collaborating partners regarding the collaboration with the LIfBi and future development prospects.

The evaluation provided a framework for jointly taking stock of the long-standing collaboration within the NEPS network. The IFS has been a central network partner since the inception of NEPS: It has consistently been responsible for Phase 4 (the transition from lower to upper secondary school) under the leadership of Professor Nele McElvany and is also part of the scientific leadership of Phase 5 (general upper secondary level and transition to higher education). The close cooperation between the LIfBi and its partner institutions was a central focus of the discussion. The cooperation partners reaffirmed their commitment to the continuation and further development of the National Education Panel.