Please find usefull directions how to get to the Institute of Physics and a campus map here:
Link to Visitor Information
By train and/or bus
The City of Mainz has one main and multiple other train stations. Schedule information is provided by Deutsche Bahn.de or the RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund). The easiest way to come to Mainz University is to get off the train or bus at Mainz Main Station ("Hauptbahnhof") and take one of the bus lines to the university.
For your ride from Mainz Main Station to the university, you should buy a so-called "Kurzstrecken-Ticket" which is valid within three bus stops. This "short-distance ticket" is cheaper than a normal bus ticket. You can buy it directly from the bus driver or use an automatic ticket machine. Information on public transport within and around Mainz is provided by Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG). The following bus lines will bring you to the institute: 69, 9, 54, 55, 58, 68.
By Car
To enter the campus by car and parking is permitted only with a special permission. If you need a permission, please let us know in time so we can organise this.
From the west (i.e. from direction Bonn/Cologne)
• Travel autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" direction Darmstadt.
• Leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• Take the exit "Universität".
From the east (i.e. from direction Würzburg/Darmstadt)
• Travel on the autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Rüsselsheim" OR travel autobahn A 63 crossing "Autobahnkreuz Mainz" to get to autobahn A 60 direction Bingen.
• Leave the autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• Take exit "Universität".
From the north (i.e. from direction Kassel)
• Follow the autobahn A 66.
• At "Schiersteiner Kreuz" change to autobahn A 643 direction Mainz. • Follow the autobahn A 643 to "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" and change here to autobahn A 60 direction Darmstadt.
• Leave the autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
By Plane
There are two airports near Mainz:
Airport Frankfurt/Main
•train (EC, ICE, IC, RE, RB) or S-Bahn (line S8) transit from Frankfurt/Main to Mainz main station
•duration: 30-40 minutes
•ticket price: €4-8 (depending on the train)
•for schedule information see Deutsche Bahn
Airport Frankfurt-Hahn (Hunsrück)
•bus transfer to Mainz main station: ORN from terminal 3 (leaves Frankfurt-Hahn every 3 hours)
•duration: 90 minutes
•ticket price: approx. €10
•for schedule information see ORN
•duration: 90 minutes
Link to Visitor Information
By train and/or bus
The City of Mainz has one main and multiple other train stations. Schedule information is provided by Deutsche Bahn.de or the RMV (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund). The easiest way to come to Mainz University is to get off the train or bus at Mainz Main Station ("Hauptbahnhof") and take one of the bus lines to the university.
For your ride from Mainz Main Station to the university, you should buy a so-called "Kurzstrecken-Ticket" which is valid within three bus stops. This "short-distance ticket" is cheaper than a normal bus ticket. You can buy it directly from the bus driver or use an automatic ticket machine. Information on public transport within and around Mainz is provided by Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG). The following bus lines will bring you to the institute: 69, 9, 54, 55, 58, 68.
By Car
To enter the campus by car and parking is permitted only with a special permission. If you need a permission, please let us know in time so we can organise this.
From the west (i.e. from direction Bonn/Cologne)
• Travel autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" direction Darmstadt.
• Leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• Take the exit "Universität".
From the east (i.e. from direction Würzburg/Darmstadt)
• Travel on the autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Rüsselsheim" OR travel autobahn A 63 crossing "Autobahnkreuz Mainz" to get to autobahn A 60 direction Bingen.
• Leave the autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
• Take exit "Universität".
From the north (i.e. from direction Kassel)
• Follow the autobahn A 66.
• At "Schiersteiner Kreuz" change to autobahn A 643 direction Mainz. • Follow the autobahn A 643 to "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" and change here to autobahn A 60 direction Darmstadt.
• Leave the autobahn A 60 at exit "Mainz-Finthen".
• Follow the street sign "Saarstraße/Innenstadt" straight ahead through the traffic circle "Europaplatz".
By Plane
There are two airports near Mainz:
Airport Frankfurt/Main
•train (EC, ICE, IC, RE, RB) or S-Bahn (line S8) transit from Frankfurt/Main to Mainz main station
•duration: 30-40 minutes
•ticket price: €4-8 (depending on the train)
•for schedule information see Deutsche Bahn
Airport Frankfurt-Hahn (Hunsrück)
•bus transfer to Mainz main station: ORN from terminal 3 (leaves Frankfurt-Hahn every 3 hours)
•duration: 90 minutes
•ticket price: approx. €10
•for schedule information see ORN
•duration: 90 minutes
