How to get to us:

Your way to the IMS

You will fins us in Otto-Berndt-Straße 2 in 64287 Darmstadt. Our institute is located on the 2nd floor on the south side of the building. Click here for the route planner!

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Office: Ursula Willner, Telefon +49 6151 16-23251,

Postal address: Postfach 10 06 36 – 64206 Darmstadt

From motorway junction ‘Autobahnkreuz Darmstadt’, follow the signs towards the city centre Darmstadt/Stadtmitte on Rheinstraße/B26 into the City-Ring-Tunnel.

In the City-Ring-Tunnel, take the exit left, then at the end of Hügelstraße, bear right at the traffic light onto Nieder-Ramstädter Straße. Follow the road for about 1km (0.6 miles), turn left onto Heinrichstraße and follow the signs to TU-Lichtwiese.

Information about parking facilities on the Campus Lichtwiese can be found on the Mobility Management site.

To get to Campus TU-Lichtwiese by public transport, take the bus to TU Lichtwiese/Mensa, or the Odenwaldbahn (VIAS) to Darmstadt TU-Lichtwiese Bahnhof.

From Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station)

Take bus line K towards TU Lichtwiese to the final stop at TU Lichtwiese/Mensa. The trip takes approximately 18 minutes. While the university is in session, you can also use bus line KU.

From Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station)

Every two hours, respectively at each hour in the afternoon and early evening RB 82 (Odenwaldbahn) travels directly from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof to Darmstadt TU-Lichtwiese station in approximately 25 minutes.

The international airport Frankfurt Rhein-Main is located 25 km (15.5 miles) from Darmstadt. At the airport, regional bus lines depart from arrivals area B at Terminal 1 and arrivals areas D+E at Terminal 2. We recommend the express bus AirLiner (Terminals 1 and 2), which offers a convenient and fast 30-minute connection from the airport to Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (main station), Luisenplatz and darmstadtium Congress Centre.

From Darmstadt main station and Luisenplatz, Bus K takes you to TU campus Lichtwiese.