The Working Group for Human Rights is open to all those who wish to campaign for the protection of human rights worldwide. We contribute to human rights education, draw public attention to human rights violations and campaign at the highest level for the elimination of abuses. To this end, we organize information stands and events, such as film evenings at the Dortmunder Auslandsgesellschaft or the “Human Rights Slam” at Subrosa. We also collect signatures for the release of non-violent political prisoners. In order to maintain our neutrality, we concentrate on reports of human rights violations abroad. Exceptions to this are, for example, the topics of flight and asylum. Overall, we are closely aligned with the aims and methods of Amnesty International, from which we also obtain our information and material. (However, we are also happy to work with other organizations). In fact, the Human Rights Working Group was previously known as the Amnesty International University Group.
We meet every first Tuesday (7pm) and every third Thursday (8pm) of the month respectively in the Amnesty-Office Dortmund, Siegfriedstraße 12, 44137 Dortmund. Come along, we look forward to seeing you!
If you cannot afford the semester ticket and the student body dues whatsoever, then…
… the hardship application might help. Students facing financial hardship may be exempt from paying these fees. These hardship applications can be filed out online on the general students’ committees (AStA TU Dortmund) homepage. This means that if you face existential financial problems due to the fees for the semester ticket and the student body dues, you can apply for a hardship compensation for summer semester 2024 from the general students’ committee. Please note that the deadline varies based on whether you have been matriculated already, or whether you are a first semester student.
The deadline for people who are already matriculated is on Friday, January 26 th 2024, 12 o’clock midday. Deadline conformity will be determined by when the application with all the needed documents arrived at haertefaelle@asta.tu-dortmund.de (via the submission portal). Deadlines for first semester students are listed in the chart below.
Within the following weeks, the applicants need will be reviewed. If the application is accepted, the part of the semester fee, will be transferred to the student’s office for you. No matter if your application has been accepted or denied, you will be notified via e-mail about its status.
Please note that only after you have received our e-mail, you should transfer the amount of money that is said to the student office. Should you transfer partial amounts of the fee before, the matriculation or renewal of matriculation may be strongly delayed, and you might, for example, receive the semester ticket later.
If you do not receive an e-mail from us after the 11 th of February 2024, then please immediately contact us (the AStA) via e-mail or phone. Please do not contact us before!
Please remember that the 110-€ for the Studierendenwerk can under no circumstances be payed for by us!
The outstanding balance (110,-€ if the application is accepted and the complete balance if it’s denied respectively) has to be payed to the student office until the deadline of the 23 th of February 2024. On average you will have two weeks remaining to do so.
Please note that the hardship compensation is designed to help students in need!
For anyone who wants to know the details on how the financial need is determined, you can find the latest guidelines for the hardship compensation here. (only in german)
For anyone who cannot hand in the application online, you will need to send an e-mail with your reasoning to haertefaelle@asta.tu-dortmund.de, so an alternative can be arranged.
Deadlines
Renewal of matriculation
First semester students
Change of tertiary institution
Start: Application filing
Receiving the demand to pay
Receiving the demand to pay
Deadline: Application filing
26 th of January 2024 12:00 o’clock midday
3 rd March 2024 12:00 o’clock midday Or seven calendar days after receiving the demand to pay respectively. Judged by the period favorable to the student
Seven calendar days after receiving the demand to pay
E-Mail from AStA telling you how much you need to pay:
Each file can have a maximum size of 5 MB. For larger files you can simply use a cloud service e.g. upload to https://sciebo.de and add the link to your text. A maximum of 10 files are allowed!
If you have problems using the application form with the Safari browser please use Firefox or Chrome!
If you do not receive a copy of your message to the email address you specified within 5 minutes after sending, you should send the message again or write an email directly to haertefaelle@asta.tu-dortmund.de.
Since the winter semester 2014/15, students of the TU Dortmund can get a free ticket for plays at the Dortmund Theatre. Since November 2023, the TU-ticket can only be booked online. Students of the TU Dortmund have to register here for the free ticket. For this, the current certificate of enrolment is required. The registration is valid for the denoted semester on the certificate.
The offer is valid from one week before the performances, if the performance is not sold out. Guest performances and special events are excluded. For premieres, students can only get a free ticket from one hour before the performance, if it is not sold out.
You get more information at the box office nearby the opera house (Platz an der alten Synagoge) or at the ticket hotline 0231/50 27 222.
You find the program and more information to the different houses of the Dortmund Theatre here (only in German): https://www.theaterdo.de/
Due to a cooperation between the City of Dortmund, the University Library and the AStA, students of the TU Dortmund can get a free pass to use the city library (Stadt- und Landesbibliothek) near the main station and all branch locations in different neighborhoods in Dortmund. To get the free pass, you have to present a current study certificate or your semester ticket at the library together with your ID card/passport. Take advantage of the wide range of literature for your free time or your study. Also interesting is the big newspaper archive and the working spaces nearby the main station. The also have a big variety of non-German literature.
As a student at the TU Dortmund you have the chance to use the bike-sharing service Nextbike for free in the whole Ruhr Area. You only have to install the app „Nextbike“ and register with your TU-Mail address. Wait for the confirmation mail and let’s go! The rent time is limited to one hour per rent. But you can rent a bike as often as you want on the day. You find Nextbike stations at the campus nearby the AStA (EF50), at the HG2, at the OH14, at the H-Bahn station „Technologiezentrum“ or at the S-Bahn station „Universität“.
The AStA offers a wide range of materials and rooms for loan to the student councils, AGs and committees of the TU Dortmund student body.
The materials and rooms can only be reserved online. For better planning of the rental, a reservation should be made at least one week in advance. Our cultural team will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the rental of materials. An overview of the deposit can be found in the respective description.
We ask for your understanding that loans cannot be made externally or to private individuals.
The management of the advertising pillars on campus have been transferred to the AStA by the TU Dortmund. Therefore, billposting is only permitted after approval by the AStA. Requests from organizations and especially companies without any connection to the student body will generally not be approved. Unapproved posters will be removed again for a fee!
All student groups, autonomous units and student bodies can book the advertising pillars themselves in the booking system.
Bookings of the advertising pillars should not be longer than one week, so that everyone has the opportunity to use the advertising pillars. If you notice shortly before the event that the week before or after the previously booked time is still free, you are always welcome to contact the cultural department of the AStA again personally.
Please check the booking system to see who has just booked a slot on the booking system and do not tape over them.
The advertising pillars and their slots as they are in the booking system are meant to have three slots on the advertising pillars. This does not mean that there is slot 1 at the top, slot 2 in the middle and slot 3 at the bottom, but that you simply book a free slot on the advertising pillars. Therefore, please take into consideration when other events are hanging, which have not yet run and are also reserved in the booking system, not to paste over them.
Be considerate of each other and be fair.
Advertising in the Studierendenwerk: Information for the Student Body
Since flyers cause technical problems with the dishwasher, we now no longer allow flyers to be placed on the tables in the main cafeteria. For this purpose, flyer racks are now available behind the cash registers in the main cafeteria. In order to use these and place flyers there, permission must be obtained from University Catering. Please direct your request to promotion@stwdo.de. The respective flyer has to be attached to the e-mail. We ask you to remove the displayed flyers directly after the event or after one week.
There is also the possibility to display advertisements related to the study or the daily study routine on the monitors free of charge. Please send your advertisement to kultur@asta.tu-dortmund. The team will then briefly check your ad to see if you are also from an AG, a student council or an autonomous unit and then forward the ad. Ads that are received by the Studierendenwerk by Wednesday can be published the following week. The technical data for this are: Size: Full-HD, 1920×1080 Pixel File format: jpg, png or gif Color: RGB mode
Furthermore, the promotion stands are available free of charge for the above mentioned purposes. The promotion stands can be booked from Monday to Thursday from 7:30 – 17:15 and on Friday from 7:30 -16:15. Reservations should be made at least 4 weeks in advance and should not exceed three consecutive days. Requests to reserve promotional booths should be sent to promotion@stwdo.de. For this purpose, please let us know the specific content and, if necessary, send us a viewing copy of the promotional materials.
Advertising in the AStA Office
We have a monitor for advertisement in the entrance of the AStA office. You can show your advert there. You can run your ad there. We do not hang up paper posters anymore. The format is 4K MP4 with measurement 5461*3072 pixel. Ads that do not contain moving images can also be send as a PDF or PNG. Please send ads for the AStA monitor to presse@asta.tu-dortmund.de.
The AStA bicycle repair shop is a free of charge self-help service for all students and university members who want to repair their own bikes. The service is for those of you who dare to work on their own bike but don’t have the room and the tools they need. Even if this is your first time working on derailleur gear or lighting system – we’re always happy to help. This is your opportunity to get into it without having to worry about your bike not working anymore afterwards.
The repair shop is located at Haus Dörstelmann on Campus Süd. You can easily get there from Hörsaalgebäude I and from Archeteria. Just pass the Rudolf-Chaudoire-Pavillion towards Baroper Straße and turn right. After a few meters, turn left to driveway 43 and follow towards the end of the parking lot. On the right side of Haus Dörstelmann, you find the entry to the repair shop.
We’re the (freely translated) autonomous department for gay, bisexual and transgender students at the TU Dortmund University. During the lecture period we organize weekly events such as talks, parties or games nights. Due to the current pandemic we give our best to transfer that program to the digital space and are meeting online only.
Beyond that, we’re busy networking with other people and organizations within Dortmund and NRW. We will gladly offer you personal and confidential counseling regarding topics such as coming-out and discrimination. You’ll find more information and all events on our homepage.
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