Transportation Information

There is no airport in Regensburg. The closest one is Munich Airport but you can also fly to Nuremberg or Frankfurt. Trains leave regularly from all these airports to Regensburg.
At www.bahn.de you will find schedules, connections and prices.

Arrival at Munich Airport:

If you arrive at Munich Airport, there are two ways to get to Regensburg: 

• Shuttle service:
  

  There is a commercial shuttle service running from Munich Airport to Regensburg. You can find more information at: http://www.airportliner.com. Costs: EUR 42. Advance booking necessary! Have the shuttle drop you at the bus stop "Universität Mensa" and follow the signs to the Auslandsamt!

• Bus and train to Regensburg:
  If you take the train from the Munich airport to Regensburg, you do not need to go to the central train station in Munich. Take bus 635 from in front of the airport's central area (Z) to the train station in Freising (the trip takes approximately 20 minutes) and change here to a train to Regensburg. All trains running between Munich and Regensburg stop at Freising. This will save you time and money. Costs for train and bus are EUR 21. A taxi from the Regensburg train station to the university costs about EUR 10.

For a more detailed description of how to get from Munich Airport (Terminal 1) to Regensburg look HERE.

If you are coming via Autobahn A3 (from Nuremberg or Passau), take the exit "Universität/Klinikum", follow the signs to "Universität". You will turn left into a small street with a tunnel. Inside the tunnel turn left at the second turn ("Tiefgarage West" towards the end of the tunnel) and park in the garage.

Different garage sections are marked in different colours. Park your car in the yellow area. Exit the garage through the door in the yellow area that says "Verwaltung". (It's at the left hand side towards the end of the garage.

Take the elevator up to the 1st floor (ground floor, the button in the elevator reads "F0"). You'll find us there around the corner, room 0.18a (map: administration building).

If you come via Autobahn A 93, please continue towards the intersection "Autobahnkreuz Regensburg" and change to A3, direction Passau/Linz/Regensburg Ost. Then follow the instructions above.

How to get to campus

At www.bahn.de you will find schedules, connections and prices.

Once you have arrived in Regensburg, please leave your heavy luggage at the station!!! The lockers are at "Gleis 1".

• Exit the station building towards the city centre. As you exit, you'll see a small park and a yellow church across the street, to your right.

• Cross the street, enter the park and pass the little yellow church.

• The bus stop for buses to the University is at the corner to your right, immediately at the beginning of the bridge ("Galgenberger Brücke").

Either take

a) bus number 6, direction "Universität/Klinikum". Get off at the stop "Universitaet Mensa"
b) bus nr 11, direction "Universitaet/ Burgweinting". Get off at the stop "Universitaet Mensa".

How do I get to the Akademisches Auslandsamt?

Once you are on campus, go to the International Office (Akademisches Auslandsamt) where you will receive your keys. The Akademisches Auslandsamt is on the ground floor of the administration building (Verwaltungsgebäude), rooms no. 18a or 16, in the centre of the campus (campus map + floor plan administration building).

Office Hours:

During the arrival days, the Akademisches Auslandsamt is usually open for incoming students from 9 am to 5.30 pm. (Please refer to room offer, which is part of your information package!)

During the semester it is open from 9:30 am to 11:30 am only.

If you arrive later than 5.30 pm or on the weekend, you will have to stay in a hotel or in the youth hostel .

The Akademisches Auslandsamt will send you a list of hotels in Regensburg .

If you arrive very early (e.g. with the bus from Poland), you can wait on campus until our office opens. The most convenient place to wait is in the upper foyer of the Audimax building (across from the administration building, see map).