Contact and directions

The IMS can be reached by S-Bahn from Stuttgart main station (lines S1, S2, S3; stop Universität, 10 min from main station). The trains depart every 10 minutes during the day and every 5 minutes during peak hours.

If you arrive at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof by train, take the S-Bahn S1 (direction Herrenberg), S2 (direction Filderstadt) or S3 (direction Flughafen) to the S-Bahn station "Universität" (10 minutes). You can find the corresponding S-Bahn line plan here.

At S-Bahn station "Universität", please choose the exit called "Universitätszentrum". Follow the main staircases (or the escalators) to the top level (ignoring smaller branching staircases). Once you have reached the top level, you should be facing the Pfaffenwaldring 9 (see the facade). Turn right and walk along that building complex (you will have the green area to your right). At the end of the building complex, keep left and pass the 6-floor concrete building Pfaffenwaldring 5C (the "Haus der Studierenden"). Then turn right, passing between 5A and 5C (5A looks like 5C, but lower). You will be directly heading toward IMS then (Pfaffenwaldring 5B, looks like 5A). 

Please note that you can buy tickets to the university using the DB long-distance service. With a so-called City-Ticket the journey between main station and university on the day of arrival and on the day of departure is included. In the tariff system of the VVS (Verkehrsverbund Stuttgart) you need a ticket for one zone from the city centre.

Several buses stop at the university (Nr. 82; 84; 91; 92; 746; 747; 748 - and the airport feeder road X60). Here, too, it is best to consult the pages of the transport authority.

And if you are lost, a taxi (phone +49-711-566061) will bring you to us (Pfaffenwaldring 5 b, 70569 Stuttgart).

If you are travelling to us by car, the map below will help you find your way around. Coming from the motorway, drive towards Stuttgart-Vaihingen (A831) at the Stuttgart junction. Take the exit »Universität«.

Take the S-Bahn S2 (direction Schorndorf) or S3 (direction Backnang) from Stuttgart Airport to the S-Bahn station »Universität« (approx. 15 minutes).