Contact & Directions

By car

Coming from Nuremberg (B4)

Follow the B4 from Nuremberg and take exit "Universität Südgelände", leave roundabout at the the second exit. Follow Kurt-Schumacher-Straße for about 1.5 km, then turn left onto Schottkystraße and follow the signs to "Fraunhofer Institut".

Via A3  

From the A3 motorway take exit "Erlangen-Tennenlohe", follow signs for Erlangen, after 2 km take exit "Universität Südgelände", leave roundabout at exit "Fraunhofer Institut", after 1.5 km turn left and follow the signs for the institute.

Travelling with electric / hybrid car: Visitors of IISB can use the charging station at the IISB main entrance for free. Please contact the reception desk.

By public transport

From Erlangen main station

Bus line 287 (direction Sebaldussiedlung) to stop "Technische Fakultät" or bus line 295 (direction Tennenlohe) to stop"Erlangen Süd". From there 10 minutes walk to the IISB. Alternative: taxi (15 min.).

From Nuremberg main station/ Nuremberg Messe

From Nuremberg Messe: Subway line U1 in the direction of Fürth to the stop "Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof" (Nuremberg main station). Change to Regionalexpress R2 (direction Jena) or S1 (direction Forchheim) to "Erlangen Bahnhof". Continue with bus line 287 (direction Sebaldussiedlung) to stop "Technische Fakultät" or bus line 295 (direction Tennenlohe) to stop "Erlangen Süd". From there 10 minutes walk to the IISB. Alternative: taxi (30 min.).

From Nuremberg airport

Bus line 30 (direction Erlangen) to "Erlangen Süd", from there 10 minutes walk to the IISB. Alternative: taxi (15 min.)

For more details see "Site map IISB Erlangen"

To the timetable information of the VAG Nuremberg

By car

Coming from interstate A4:

Take the exit AS Siebenlehn onto B 101 to Freiberg. At the intersection of B 173 and B 101 turn left into Schillerstraße until you pass the post office. Turn right into Poststraße , which becomes Berthelsdorfer Straße, go straight and through the railway tunnel.

Turn left after the tunnel and into the second intersection into the industrial park “Gewerbegebiet Süd”. Take another left turn into St.-Niclas-Schacht street and go straight until you arrive at the GIZEF II building.

Coming from highway B 173 (Chemnitz):

Turn right after the movie theater Kinopolis at the city entrance into Karl-Kegel-Straße. Cross the highway B101 (Südkreuz) into Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße, go straight until you get to the railway tunnel. Turn right in front of the railway tunnel into Berthelsdorfer Sraße. Turn into the second intersection into the industrial park “Gewerbegebiet Süd”. Take another left turn into St.-Niclas-Schacht street and go straight until you arrive at the GIZEF II building.

For more information see "Regional connections".