Campus of the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society

Directions

West Campus
Università della Svizzera italiana
Via Buffi 13
6900 Lugano
(location: link google maps)

BY TRAIN

From Lugano railway station, you can reach the Lugano Campus by bus, on foot or by bike.

• By bus
  Bus TPL Line 6, direction Cornaredo. Alight at the Università stop.
  Travel time: around 8-10 minutes’ ride in normal traffic conditions.
  Other lines that stop at Università: Bus TPL Line 5, Bus ARL Line 461
   
• On foot
  See route on map (possibility to take the funicular from inside the station towards the city centre).
  Travel time: approximately 20 minutes.
   
• By bike
  Bikesharing: Publibike FFS – USI
  Bicycle path in Lugano. See map
  Travel time: approximately 6 minutes.

BY CAR
A2 highway: take the Lugano Nord exit. See the route on this map. 

• Parking nearby
  Campus Ovest car park (access by Viale Cassarate)
  Ospedale Italiano Car park (access by Via agli Orti)
  Public parking in Via Buffi (white zone)
  Parking spaces with charging stations for electric vehicles (Via Buffi)
   
• Park and Ride:
  Parking spaces located in the outer districts of Lugano that allow easy access to the city centre by public transport (bus or bicycle).
   
•  Car sharing
  Mobility, Lugano Università USI (Station number 4303)

​BY AIR
Milano-Malpensa, Milano-Linate and Milano-Orio al Serio Airports are within a radius of 60-100 km from Lugano. There are trains to and from Milano-Malpensa Airport.

1. Main Building
2. Black Building
3. Auditorium / Mensa
4. Red Building
5. Theology
6. Lab / EOC
7. East Campus Lugano
8. Library
9. Aula magna
10. Blue Building
11. L'ideatorio (Villa Saroli)

The West Campus Lugano is open from Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 19:00, and 24 / 7 for members of the academic community.

It is accessible to people with disabilities. Surrounded by gardens it also offers, among other things:

• a cafeteria;
• study areas equipped with computers, and with Internet access and printers;
• wireless connection throughout the campus;
• an ATM;
• a copy center;
• a bike sharing station.

Campus security is provided by the security service, and backed up by a video surveillance system.

Further information about the West Campus and its infrastructure is available on InfoDesk, the practical information portal for the academic community.

The nucleus of the West Campus Lugano is an ancient neoclassical building – the Main Building – which originally housed the city hospital. With the growth of the University, new, modern buildings have risen around it.

The campus development has been possible thanks to the generosity of the Daccò Foundation and the USI Foundation for the Lugano Faculties, which are among the main supporters of our University. The campus has been designed following two main inspirations:

• plurality: the different architects tried to keep a balance between tradition and innovation, in perfect harmony with the true meaning of University, which is a dialogue between diversity, looking towards the same direction (uni-versitas);
• openness towards the community: all obstacles that separated the campus from the neighbouring area (such as walls, gates or hedges) were removed. A pathway of benches was built as to embrace Lugano, and to represent through its simple yet sincere concrete, a University that does not want to be an "Ivory Tower", but on the contrary looks forward to an open dialogue with the community.