The summer school is taking place at the TU Dortmund University, Germany. To discover more about the university and its surroundings, have a look at About Dortmund.
The lectures will be held at the Mechanical Engineering Building, Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, D-44227 Dortmund, Auditorium HS 1.
Please be aware, that the marker on Google Maps is an approximation.
For non-EU citizens: Please check if a Visa is needed for entering Germany. Detailed information about the procedure can be found here: http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/EN/EinreiseUndAufenthalt/Visabestimmungen_node.html
By plane: Dortmund can most conveniently be reached from two airports: Dortmund itself and Düsseldorf.
From Düsseldorf airport: The train S1, direction to Dortmund, stops at the University (Dortmund Universität). As an alternative, you can take any train to Dortmund main train station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, Hbf) and from there the S1 back to the University. From this train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to the lecture building at Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, room HS 1 (Mechanical Engineering building/Maschinenbau).
From Dortmund airport: Take the Airport Express (Bus) to Dortmund main train station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, Hbf), travel time is approx. 40 min. From here take the train S1, which stops directly at the University (Dortmund Universität). From the train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to the lecture building at Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, room HS 1 (Mechanical Engineering building/Maschinenbau).
By train: The University has its own train station for line S1 (S-Bahn, look for a white S on a green circle). From Dortmund main station the S1 leaves every 20-30 min and needs 7 min to the University (Dortmund Universität). From the train station it is a 10-15 min walk across the Campus to the lecture building at Leonhard-Euler-Str. 5, room HS 1 (Mechanical Engineering building/Maschinenbau).
By car: The campus of the Technische Universität Dortmund is situated close to the motorway intersection Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B1 / A40. The best motorway exit you find on the A 45 is "Dortmund-Eichlinghofen" and on the B 1 / A 40 "Dortmund-Dorstfeld". There are signs at both exits leading you to the university.
The banquet dinner for summer school participants is on Wednesday, 5th of September, starting at 19.30 o'clock. Location is the famous Pferdestall (horse barn) restaurant at the former coal mining facility Zeche Zollern. Tickets for the banquet dinner will be issued with your name badge on registration.
There is a direct bus connection from the Dortmund University near Technologiezentrum: bus line 462, direction Dortmund Huckarde. From the lecture room you will need to walk to the bus stop (5-10 mins), see on Google Maps. Busses leave at 19.08, 19.28 and 19.48 o'clock, and travel for about 30 min. Hop off at DO-Industriemuseum Zollern. To access the Pferdestall you need to enter the museum premises through the main gate and keep to the left.
Some pictures of the museum and restaurant:
View
of the entrance to Zeche Zollern on Google Maps.
Pferdestall,
located to the left of the entrance.