The FLI is located in the southern part of the Beutenberg campus, a nationally and internationally renowned scientific hub in the city of Jena.
It is easily recognizable by its long white laboratory building, which stretches along the road. The reception is also located here.
The FLI is located in the southern part of the Beutenberg Campus and is easy to spot from the road thanks to its long, white new laboratory building (Building 1). The reception desk is also located there and will be happy to assist you.
1 Laboratory building / Reception, seminar rooms “Nucleus“, “Golgi“, “Endoplasmic Reticulum“, “Telomere“, parking garage
2 Laboratory building
3 Laboratory building / Lecture hall, seminar room “Peroxisome“
4 Administrative building / Seminar rooms “Mitochondrium“ and “Centrosome“
5 Laboratory building / Seminar rooms “Lysosome“ and “Genome“
6 Laboratory building
7 Laboratory building
8 Laboratory building
9 Administrative building „Villa“ / Seminar room “Ribosome“
Long-distance:
IC/ICE connections via Berlin – Jena – Nuremberg to Jena Paradies station.
From there, continue by tram or bus.
Regional:
East–west connections to Jena West station.
From there, continue by bus.
From Jena Paradies:
Tram line 5 or 35 (direction Ernst-Abbe-Platz) to Holzmarkt (1 stop), then bus line 10, 11 or 12 to Beutenberg-Campus.
Alternative:
Tram line 2, 3 or 34 (direction Winzerla) to Ringwiese, then about 5 minutes on foot uphill along Hermann-Löns-Straße.
From Jena West:
Walk about 100 m to stop Magdelstieg, then bus line 10 (Burgaupark), 11 (Ammerbach) or 12 (Göschwitz-Schleife) to Beutenberg-Campus.
From north/east (Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden):
A9 to Hermsdorfer Kreuz → A4 towards Frankfurt → exit Jena-Zentrum
From south (Nuremberg, Munich):
A9 to Hermsdorfer Kreuz → A4 towards Frankfurt → exit Jena-Zentrum
From west (Frankfurt, Erfurt):
A4 towards Dresden → exit Jena-Göschwitz
FLI (Beutenberg-Campus, Hans-Knöll-Straße) can be reached in about 10–15 minutes from both exits
Please note:
Parking on campus is limited.
Nearest airports:
Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) – about 1.5 hours by train or car
Erfurt-Weimar (ERF) – about 1 hour by car, limited connections
Frankfurt (FRA) and Berlin (BER) – direct IC/ICE train connections to Jena
