- The Carl Pirath Award 2007 from Deutsche Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft e. V. went to Tobias Bruckmann, Chair for Transport Systems and Transport Engineering.
- “Highly Commended Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2007 was Prof. Rainer Leisten together with G. S. Sureshchandar, Chair of Production Economy and Industrial Economics.
- Prof. Alf Kimms was awarded 6th place in a nationwide comparison of all professors of business administration in Germany in 2005 (Handelsblatt Ranking “The Best Brains in Business Administration, 28 Nov. 2005).
- Prof. Alf Kimms was also ranked among the Top 8 “Young Professors (under age 40) in the economic sciences in Germany (WirtschaftsWoche No. 37/2007).
- Dr. David Betge, Chair for Production Economy and Industrial Economics, received the Haniel Award 2006.
- Prof. Holger Hirsch, Chair for Energy Transport and Energy Storage, was awarded the IEC 1906 Award 2006.
- The Degree Thesis Award 2005 of the Society for Operations Research went to Julia Drechsel, Chair for Logistics and Transport Operation Management.
- The University of Duisburg-Essen was named the best University in Logistics 2007 as a result of the “Logistics Masters Competition for students (ranked 1 out of 120), Springer Transport Media (Logistik Inside) and CeMat, Logistik Inside, Issue 1, 2007.
- The EEEfCOM Innovation Award 2006 went to the Research Team of the Chair for Communications Technology.
- The KT Technology Transfer Award 2007 went to the Team of Researchers of the Chair for Communications Technology.
- Zijan Bai, Chair for Communications Technology, was awarded the IKT Academic Award 2007.
