How to Find Us
Student Offices:
Vladimir Prelog Weg 4
HCI Building, Floor J, Room 474
CH-8093 Zurich / Switzerland
The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences is situated in the fourth finger of the chemistry building HCI at Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 4 on the Honggerberg Campus, which is located on the outskirts of the city of Zurich.
from Zurich main train station (Zürich Hauptbahnhof)
At the main station, take tram No. 11 (tram stops "Bahnhofstrasse" or "Bahnhofquai" in the direction of "Messe/Hallenstadion" to the stop called "Bucheggplatz" (takes about 10 min). Please change there to connecting Bus No. 69 to "ETH Hönggerberg" (which is the terminal bus stop).
from Zürich Airport
After reclaiming the baggage, follow the signs "Bahn/Railway" to ticket counters and machines. Press the left (red) key at the bottom where it says "Zurich City" (make sure that the display shows "1 Std"). The machine prompts for 6.20 CHF and accepts coins as well as 20.- CHF banknotes, and gives change. The ticket is valid during the next 2 hours for any train to Zurich as well as for the trams and buses within the city (streetcar, Strassenbahn). If you plan to stay the whole day, a day ticket (valid 24 hours) for 12.40 CHF is more suitable. Take any train in the direction of Zürich Hauptbahnhof that stops at Zürich Oerlikon (e.g., the trains called S 2 / S 5 / S 7 or S 16 or some IR- and RX-trains) to the station called "Zürich Oerlikon" (about 5 min) and change to the connecting Bus No. 80 at the bus stop "Oerlikon Nord" in the direction "Triemlispital". Leave the bus at the stop "ETH Hönggerberg" (after about 10 min).
from Bern or Basel:
Highway "Autobahn"
Drive on "Zurich NORDRING" in the direction "St. Gallen/Schaffhausen" through the tunnel "Gubrist" and leave the highway at the exit "Affoltern-Regensdorf". Highway "Autobahn" from St. Gallen or Schaffhausen:
Stay on the highway called "Zürich NORDRING" in the direction of "Bern/Basel" ignoring all exits called "Zürich City". Leave at the exit "Affoltern-Regensdorf".
From the exit "Affoltern-Regensdorf":
Follow the sign "Zürich Affoltern", then drive straight ahead (along the street called Wehntalerstrasse). At the 2nd traffic light (it is on a plaza called "Zehntenhausplatz"), turn right following the sign "ETH/Höngg" into the Schauenbergstrasse.