Freie Universität Berlin
Ihnestr. 26
14195 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 838 53091
Fax: +49 (0) 30 838 57096
Office hours:
Monday and Thursday: 10.00 - 16.00
Should you have any questions regarding the Berlin Graduate School of Transnational Studies and the PhD Programme please contact us via email:
info@transnationalstudies.euThe BTS is a joint endeavour of the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Hertie School of Governance (HSoG) and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).
The Coordinators' Office is located at the FU. Seminars and other activities will take place at all three BTS partner institutions.
Click on the name of the partner institution for directions and site maps of the HSoG and WZB. Directions to the Coordinators' Office can be found below:
Use the exit Unter den Eichen of the city motor way A 103/B1. Drive two kilometres and then turn right onto Habelschwerdter Allee, then turn left onto Landenbergstraße. Drive 500 metres and turn left at Corrensplatz, then turn right onto Garystraße. Drive 600 metres and turn right onto Ihnestraße. Plenty of free parking spaces are available in the surrounding area.
The Dahlem Campus
The BTS FU Campus is located at the Otto-Suhr-Intitute on the Dahlem Campus. Various institutes and departments are spread across the campus. The Department of Political and Social Science including the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Sciences, the Department of Business and Economics, the Department of Law and the main library are all situated on the Dahlem Campus.
From Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Train Station)
Take the train S9 (direction Spandau) from platform 16 on the upper level to Zoologischer Garten. From Zoologischer Garten take the subway line U9 (direction Rathaus Steglitz) to Spichernstraße and change to subway line U3 (direction Krumme Lanke) and get off at Thielplatz. From here it is just a two minutes walk to the BTS building (Ihnestraß 26); travel time is approximately 30 minutes.
From Tegel Airport
Take bus 109 to the stop Jakob-Kaiser-Platz, change there to the subway line U7 (direction Rudow) and go eight stops to Fehrbelliner Platz. At Fehrbellinger Platz change to the subway line U3 (direction Krumme Lanke) and go six stops to Thielplatz; travel time is approximately 40 minutes.
From Schönefeld AirportTake the train S9 (direction Spandau) to Treptower Park. At Treptower Park change to the circle line (Ringbahn) S41 and travel west to Heidelberger Platz. At Heidelberger Platz change to the subway line U3 (direction Krumme Lanke) and go five stops to Thielplatz; travel time is about one hour.
You can find more information on the public transport system at www.bvg.de.
For a detailed map of Berlin, visit www.berlin.de/stadtplan.