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The TU Dortmund offers a variety of counseling and support services for families at the TU Dortmund.
The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the Dortmund West interchange, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld and Dortmund-Barop exits on the A40 to the North Campus. The university is signposted at all exits. Navigation systems should find the address Otto-Hahn-Str. 4. There is a large parking lot there.
The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund central station and in the opposite direction to Solingen via Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and the DSW21 transport company also offers an interactive route network map. On the pages of the TU Dortmund University you will find additional information on "Contact and Arrival".
One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.
From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund's main train station, and from there, the S-Bahn takes you to the university. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent "Technologiepark".
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The TU Dortmund offers a variety of counseling and support services for families at the TU Dortmund.