Are you interested in a guest stay at our faculty?

A visiting research stay can last from a few weeks to several semesters - depending on your research interests in Basel. You can apply for a visiting research stay via the Office of the Dean of Research at the Faculty of Law. If you are accepted, you will receive an invitation letter from the Dean of Research to apply for a visa or funding.

Please fill out our form and send it to the Offices of the Dean of Research of the Faculty of Law.

Please also note the following information:

Before your stay

• The University of Basel does not charge a fee for a guest research stay.
• The faculty does not pay any contributions to living expenses or fees.
• You are responsible for organizing your accommodation and insurance.
• If you need a visa, please find out independently which documents you need. The best way to do this is to contact a Swiss representation abroad in your country.
• Health insurance is mandatory in Switzerland. All persons resident in Switzerland are subject to compulsory insurance. This also includes foreign nationals with a residence permit of at least 3 months. You can find more information on health insurance in Switzerland here.

During your stay

• You are entitled to use our library. For longer stays and if required, you can also gain access to the legal databases.
• Our library is a reference library; the holdings can only be used on site.
• As a rule, visiting researchers work at free places in our library. Information, e.g. on opening hours, can be found here.
• During the lecture-free period, our faculty is less busy. If you are interested in contact with other researchers, it is better to plan your stay during the lecture period. You can find the semester dates here: https: //www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Termine-Fristen/Semesterdaten.html
• Further useful information for your start with us can be found here.

The Faculty of Law Basel is located at Peter Merian-Weg 8, about a 10-minute walk from the SBB train station. You can reach us by public transport via Peter Merian station (streetcar no. 10 or 11). By bicycle, you do not enter the building via the main entrance, but via the so-called courtyard floor.

Euroairport Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg is connected to Basel SBB railroad station by bus line 50. From Basel SBB station, you can reach all destinations in the city by streetcar and bus.

Canton of Basel-Stadt is a bicycle-friendly city. Bicycle parking spaces are provided throughout the city. You can use public transport by streetcar and bus. With the U-Abo, you can travel on the entire network of the Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (TNW), in the German RVL zones 1, 2 and 3 and on the French Distribus network. You can buy a U-Abo online for one month or one year. For occasional journeys, you can obtain tickets and multi-journey tickets via the BLT tickets app or the SBB app. Further information and timetables can be found here.

There are various cab companies in Basel that you can use without hesitation. However, cabs are by far the most expensive way of getting around the city. You can find guide prices and cab companies here. You can also use Uber in Basel.

Basel is a city of culture, especially because of its many museums. The cultural offerings in the three-country region (CH/D/F) also extend beyond the city limits. Information on cultural institutions and offers can be found here.

If you need medical care, a general practitioner's emergency practice is provided at Basel SBB station. In serious emergencies and around the clock, you can also go to the emergency center of the university hospital.

The library of the Faculty of Law is a reference library. Its holdings are intended for teaching and research and can only be used within the library. The first point of contact for questions about the library is the information desk at the entrance to the library on the second floor. The library mandates 4 reading rooms with 200 individual workstations (including eight height-adjustable desks) with a network connection. Further information and opening hours can be found here.

The Catereria La Strada is located on the first floor of the Faculty of Law. You can eat here from Monday to Friday, 9:00-16:00. A warm lunch is available between 11:30-14:00. Information on the lunch menu and prizes can be found here. A drinking water dispenser, coffee machine, snack machine and microwave are also provided at the entrance to the cafeteria outside of opening hours. In the nearby Gundeli district, you will also find a variety of restaurants.

The guest pass entitles the holder to use the university sports facilities.
A green sports pass for short-term guests can be issued at the University Sports Office with confirmation from the department & upon presentation of official identification.

University Sports office counter:
Walk-in times are on Tuesday and Friday, 10:00-12:00
Otherwise from Monday to Friday appointments by appointment by telephone or e-mail

Contact:
E-mail: unisport@clutterunibas.ch
Telephone: +41 61 207 30 58

There is generally no dress code at the Faculty of Law of the University of Basel, so you are free to choose your own attire when working in the office or library. There is also no dress code for lectures, meetings and conferences, but experience has shown that smart casual or business casual is usually chosen here, and business formal at professor level.

We ask all guest researchers to bring their own laptops for work at the faculty. In the library, individual devices are available for research in the library catalog. A WLAN connection is available in all university buildings (eduroam or guest access). Copying and scanning machines are available in the library. If you have a UNIcard, you can use it to print, scan and copy. If you do not have a UNIcard, you can borrow a scan card from the library for a deposit of CHF 10. You will need a USB stick for scanning.

At the internal lecture series Work in Progress, researchers from the Faculty of Law share current research questions and theses in an input and also discuss unfinished thoughts. The event takes place approximately three times a semester, always at lunchtime and including a small stand-up lunch. The joint lunch before the input offers space for exchange and networking at the faculty. The dates for the event are communicated via the newsletter and notices on floors 3-5 of the Faculty, and you can also find the event here. As a guest researcher, you are cordially invited to participate!