Economics is aimed at all those who enjoy and are interested in learning about business contexts and the overarching questions of a modern economy. During the study programme, there are many opportunities for students to get involved, both for themselves (language courses, work placements, additional certificates, working student positions, stays abroad) and for others (departmental student body, tutoring). Students can always get involved as active members of the faculty (evaluations, committee work, attendance of guest lectures, participation in workshops, etc.)

Students in the Faculty of Economics have many opportunities to gain intercultural experience during their studies and to spend time abroad: Faculty's own Erasmus Coordinator and cooperation agreements with 28 European universities; Worldwide exchange programmes of TU Dortmund; Summer Schools; Teaching collaborations; Courses taught in English in the Bachelor's programme; Option to complete the Master's completely in English

Karlstad University, Karlstad/Schweden; Universiteit Twente, Twente/Niederlande; Gdansk University of Technology, Danzig/Polen; Marmarma Üniversitesi, Istanbul/Türkei; Univerza v Mariboru, Maribor/Slowenien; Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid/Spanien; Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt/Österreich; Università di Bologna, Bologna/Italien; École Supérieure de Commerce d'Amiens, Amiens/Frankreich.

The faculty has several training clusters with modern computer workstations, a combined conference, presentation and training cluster as well as several seminar rooms with technical equipment for hybrid teaching. In addition to the permanently available basic software, further software can also be provided or installed as required for particular events. Databases such as WRDS, Dafne, Osiris, Compustat, etc. are available for research and teaching.

The faculty is committed to diversity of methods, an interdisciplinary approach and a theoretical foundation. It has strong research expertise in the field of management, finance and economic theory. Two research clusters pool the activities within the faculty, firstly in the field of empirical economic research,; where the faculty provides the spokesperson for the UA Ruhr competence field of the same name. In addition to the empirical group, the second focus is on entrepreneurship and technology/innovation management as well as digital transformation.

With the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Transfer, TU Dortmund has an exceptional institution in the field of start-up qualification and advice as well as property rights and transfer. The CET supports and accompanies start-ups in all phases, offers courses and workshops on the topics of entrepreneurship, technology and innovation and stimulates the transfer of technology and knowledge from academia into industry. In addition to advice and technical expertise, the CET also offers infrastructure for the concrete implementation of projects.