Institute of Computer Science
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Staudingerweg 9
D-55128 Mainz
Contact persons
• Assistant to the General Manager
Arrival
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By bus
Various buses and streetcars run from Mainz main station to the campus.
We recommend getting off at the Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg stop, from here you can reach the Institute of Computer Science on foot in just a few minutes. We recommend bus lines 54, 55, 56, 58, and 630 as well as streetcar lines 51, 53 and 59.
The campus bus line 9 runs across the university grounds and stops at the bus stop
Duesbergweg (Hauptpforte, Institute of Molecular Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Medicine), however, this line only runs in short time slots in the morning and afternoon.
Detailed information on timetables and fares can be found on Mainzer Mobilität. It is advisable to call up daily updated connections via this website.
The Institute is located in the middle of the three cross-shaped buildings. An elevator leads from the ground floor to the third and fifth floors.
By car
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Please see the attached site plan for parking in the nearest vicinity of the Institute. The nearest parking ground outside of the campus is located at the end of Dahlheimer-Weg.
Parking on campus is available only with special permission. If you need a permission, please let us know in time so we can organize this. Here, the nearest parking ground is at Ackermannweg.
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 exit "Universität".
From the east (i.e. from direction Würzburg/Darmstadt)
• Travel autobahn A 60 crossing "Autobahn-Dreieck Rüsselsheim" OR travel autobahn A 63 crossing "Autobahnkreuz Mainz" to get to autobahn A 60 direction Bingen.
• Leave 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 autobahn A 66.
• At "Schiersteiner Kreuz" change to autobahn A 643 direction Mainz.
• Follow autobahn A 643 to "Autobahn-Dreieck Mainz" and change here to autobahn A 60 direction Darmstadt.
• Leave 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 1-2 hours)
• duration: 90 minutes
• ticket price: approx. €14
• for schedule information see ORN
Car route from Frankfurt-Hahn to Mainz:
• Take highway B 50 to get to autobahn A 61, on-ramp "Rheinböllen" direction "Ludwigshafen."
• At "Dreieck Nahetal" change to autobahn A 60 direction Mainz.
• Leave autobahn A 60 at exit "Saarstraße."
• duration: 90 minutes