A variety of teaching methods such as lectures, exercises, practicals, laboratories, simulation games and supervised project work are used in the degree courses to enable students to acquire skills in a wide variety of ways. Teaching is also strongly research-oriented. Numerous research activities and different types of courses organised jointly with partners from industry ensure practice-oriented training. UA Ruhr students can also attend courses at the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

A variety of teaching methods such as lectures, exercises, practicals, laboratories, simulation games and supervised project work are used in the degree courses to enable students to acquire skills in a wide variety of ways. Teaching is also strongly research-oriented. Numerous research activities and different types of courses organised jointly with partners from industry ensure practice-oriented training. UA Ruhr students can also attend courses at the Ruhr University Bochum and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Extensive personal advice provided by the faculty and by the International department for study periods or internships abroad; Courses taken abroad are recognised; A wide range of exchange programmes for study periods or internships abroad; "Internationalization at Home”: International and intercultural activities and encounters on campus; Raising awareness and qualifying students and graduates for work in international contexts; UA Ruhr Liaison Office in North America and Eastern Europe/Central Asia.

Students at the mechanical engineering faculty have access to several hundred workplaces around the campus. The mechanical engineering faculty also has a variety of software and hardware tools, including many production machines, test benches and measuring instruments. Students can also carry out their own patent searches free of charge.

Close cooperation with the following institutions: Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics; Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering, Institute of Robot Research at TU Dortmund, RIF Institute of Research and Transfer, Leibniz Institute of Working Research at TU Dortmund; Several Collaborative Research Centres and Transregios, including on topics such as blockchain and digital ecosystems

TU Dortmund Sustainability Office offering a voluntary certificate programme for students as part of the "studium oecologicum"; Equal Opportunities Office to support the enforcement of gender equality; Department of Disability and Studies (DoBuS) as a contact point to support equal conditions for students with disabilities and chronic illness; Central Advice Centre for Protection against Discrimination and Sexual Violence (SchuDS); Psychological student advice office as a contact point for developing coping strategies in difficult life situations.