Visiting our Faculty

By train and/or bus

The City of Mainz has one main and multiple other train stations. Schedule information is provided by Deutsche Bahn.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 institutes of Faculty 08 - Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science:

Institute of Physics

Staudingerweg 7

Institute of Nuclear Physics

Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45

Bus lines

Bus stop

Walk ca.

69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during semester break

Staudingerweg 3 min.

9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee

54 direction Lerchenberg

55 direction Finthen

58 direction Wackernheim

68 direction Klein-Winternheim

F.-v.-Pfeiffer-Weg 5 min.
6 / 6A Richtung Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn Backhaushohl 8 min.

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Natural Science Building

Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21

Bus lines

Bus stop Walk ca.

69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during

semester break


Botanischer Garten 3 min.

6 / 6A direction Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn

Botanischer Garten 3 min.

54 direction Lerchenberg

55 direction Finthen

56 direction Münchfeld

57 direction Gonsenheim/Wildpark

58 direction Wackernheim

64 direction Budenheim

65 direction Hartenberg

68 direction Klein-Winternheim

Universität 8 min.
9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee

54 direction Lerchenberg

55 direction Finthen

58 direction Wackernheim

68 direction Klein-Winternheim
F.-v.-Pfeiffer-Weg 8 min.

Institute of Mathematics | Institute of Computer Science

Staudingerweg 9

Bus lines

Bus stop

Walk ca.

69 direction Universität/Fachhochschule - limited schedule during semester break

Duesbergweg 2 min.

68 direction Klein-Winternheim

Ackermannweg 4 min.

6 / 6A direction Bretzenheim bzw. Marienborn

Backhaushohl 8 min.
9 direction Mainz Isaac-Fulda-Allee

54 direction Lerchenberg

55 direction Finthen

58 direction Wackernheim
F.-v.-Pfeifferweg 6 min.

By Car

Please see the attached site plan for parking in the nearest vicinity of the campus. Parking is also available at the near-by football stadium, which is about 200 meters from the University’s main entrance.

Parking on campus is available only with 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 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 3 hours)
  • duration: 90 minutes
  • ticket price: approx. €10
  • 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