Travelling to the university by bus and train

Train services

From the north-west via Koblenz/Trier (RegionalExpress departing every two hours); from the north-east via Mainz (RegionalExpress departing every hour); from the east via Mannheim (fast IC/ICE services several times a day, or hourly suburban (S-Bahn) or RegionalExpress services); from France via Metz or via Strasbourg/Saargemuines.

For more information, contact Deutsche Bahn AG (German Rail).

Bus services

To get from Saarbrücken Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) to the university campus in Saarbrücken, you can take bus number 102 (to "Dudweiler-Dudoplatz") or numbers 112 or 124 (to "Universität"). These services are operated by the Saarbahn+Bus company and run every 30 minutes.

For more detailed information, please refer to the online bus timetable. There are several bus stops on campus: "Universität Campus" (for campus zones A, B and C), "Universität Botanischer Garten" (for the science park or the university library), "Universität Mensa" (for campus zones C, D and E, and for the institutes INM, DFKI and MPI) and "Universität Busterminal" (for the institutes IZFP and KIST)

To find the exact location of the various bus stops, please use the interactive map of the Saarbrücken campus.