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Library opening hours
From Monday to Friday: 8am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Services and library informations
From Monday to Friday:
9am - 12pm and 2pm - 5pm
Legal secretaries
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9am - 12pm and 2pm - 5pm
Extraordinary closures
2026
Inventory 1:
From February 9 until February 13
Easter
Friday 3 April
Saturday 4 April
Monday 6 April
Ascension day: Thursday 14 May
Pentecost: Monday 25 May
National day:
Saturday 1 August 202
Inventory 2: From 31 August until 4 September
Christmas :
Thursday 24 December
Friday 25 December
Saturday 26 December
New Year :
Thursday 31 December
Friday 1 January 2027
Saturday 2 January 2027
The Institute is located on the campus of the University of Lausanne in Dorigny, 6 kilometeres from the centre Lausanne.
The building is situated just off the route cantonale just behind the Synathlon building and between the Internef building and the Unicentre building.
By air: The closest airport is Geneva-Cointrin (approx. 60 km away) from, which one can travel to Lausanne’s main railway station by train.
By train: Exit Lausanne’s main railway station (CFF), cross “Place de la Gare” and locate the metro station. Take the metro m2 one stop to the station “Lausanne-Flon.” At the Lausanne-Flon metro station, transfer to the Metro m1. Take the Metro m1 to the station “UNIL-Chamberonne” (6th stop) and follow the sign which indicates “Institut Suisse de droit comparé.”
TL's bus route no.1 now passes close by the institute. You can take the bus to Lausanne Gare (in the direction of Ecublens VD, EPFL/Colladon) and get off at the stop "Ecublens VD, allée de Dorigny
By car: From the A1 or A12/A9 motorways, follow signs for Lausanne-Sud, then take the exit Université-EPFL. Take the first exit at the roundabout (route de la Chamberonne). The car park (pay & display) of the Swiss Institute of Comparative law is to the left. Follow the signs for “Institut suisse de droit compare”.
Address:
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
Dorigny
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
GPS coordinates: 46.52117 / 6.583