Access and Opening Hours
Opening hours
How to reach us
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
From Monday to Friday:
9am - 12pm and 2pm - 5pm
Extraordinary closures
Easter
Friday 15 April 2022
Saturday 16 April 2022
Monday 18 April 2022
Ascension day: Thursday 26 May 2022
Pentecost: Monday 6 June 2022
National day: Monday 1 August 2022
Inventory: From Monday 5 September until Friday 16 September
Christmas :
Saturday 24 December 2022
Monday 26 December 2022.
New Year :
Saturday 30 December 2022.
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.”
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