The city, plainly

29 English-taught master's at 3 universities in Dortmund. The upside is cost: the all-in monthly student budget runs about 18% below the Germany middle.

What it costs to live here

Monthly, for a typical student. Rents and living costs, source-cited.

Living
€732
food · transport · phone
Sources: numbeo.com · retrieved 2026-08-06

Dortmund vs the alternatives

Whole-city monthly student budget benchmark · same method for every city (room median + living, rounded €25).

CityMonthly benchmarkStudents on recordThe trade
Paderborn1,000
Dortmund
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1,050
Bielefeld1,075
Leipzig1,075
Regensburg1,100

The universities here

Every institution in Dortmundon record, from SparkPath's verified catalog.

What you can study here

The city's strongest fields, by programmes on record.

Business, admin & law
12 programmes on record12 of the country's 620 business, admin & law programmes.
Computer science & data
6 programmes on record6 of the country's 323 computer science & data programmes.
Engineering
5 programmes on record5 of the country's 337 engineering programmes.
Social sciences
3 programmes on record3 of the country's 133 social sciences programmes.
Natural sciences
2 programmes on record2 of the country's 332 natural sciences programmes.
Other
1 programme on record.

What people ask

From Google's People Also Ask — answered strictly from the data on this page.

How many universities are there in Dortmund?
There are 3 universities on record in Dortmund, Germany with English-taught master's programmes.
Is Dortmund a university town?
Yes — Dortmund has 3 universities in our corridor, which is a strong student-city footprint for Germany.
What universities are in Dortmund?
TU Dortmund University, International School of Management (ISM), Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

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