Universität is a

Munich U-Bahn The Munich U-Bahn (german: U-Bahn München) is an electric rail rapid transit network in Munich, Germany. The system began operation in 1971, and is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG; Munich Transport Company) ...

station located in the

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

borough of Maxvorstadt. The lines U3 and U6 both call at the station. It is located directly underneath the north-south-running

Ludwigstraße The Ludwigstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues next to the Brienner Straße, the Maximilianstraße and the Prinzregentenstraße. Principal was King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the avenue is named in his honour. The city's grandest ...

, one of central Munich's main traffic arteries and one of the city's ''Prachtstraßen''. The station's location on the western edge of the

Englischer Garten The ''Englischer Garten'' (, ''English Garden'') is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count ...

also makes it one of the prime access routes to the city's largest park.

Name

The station's main purpose is to serve

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

whose main buildings are located along Ludwigstraße, Veterinärstraße and Schellingstraße. The station has two exits: In the south on Schellingstraße and in the north on Ludwigstraße/Akademiestraße. The northern exit is built into the university buildings, allowing direct access to LMU's main building (north-west exit) and the Economics and Law faculties (north-east exit).

Places nearby

* Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität * Ludwigskirche * Englischer Garten

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Munich U-Bahn stations Railway stations in Germany opened in 1971 1971 establishments in West Germany Railway stations at university and college campuses {{Munich-U-Bahn-stub