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Library opening hours
From Monday to Friday: 8am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
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From Monday to Friday:
9am - 12pm and 2pm - 5pm
Legal secretaries
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Extraordinary closures
2025
Easter
Friday 18 April 2025
Saturday 19 April 2025
Monday 21 April 2025
Ascension day: Thursday 29 May 2025
Pentecost: Monday 9 June 2025
National day:
Friday 1 August 2025
Saturday 2 August 2025
Inventory: From Monday 1 September until Friday 6 September 2025
Christmas :
Wednesday 24 December 2025
Thursday 25 December 2025
Friday 26 December 2025
Saturday 27 December 2025
New Year :
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Thursday 1 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026
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