• Address
  C/ Eric Kandel, 2
  Tecnogetafe
  28906, Getafe, Madrid
  (Spain)
• Contact
  E-mail: contact.materials@imdea.org
  Phone: (+34) 91 549 34 22
  Fax: (+34) 91 550 30 47
  Web: www.materials.imdea.org
• Jobs and internships
  E-mail: jobs.materials@imdea.org
  Web: jobs.materials.imdea.org

The headquarters of IMDEA Materials Institute is located at the Scientific and Technological Park of the Polytechnic University of Madrid in Tecnogetafe. The Intitute has a total floor area of 9000 m² devoted to office space for management and researchers, seven main laboratories (processing of nanocomposites, processing of advanced structural materials, chemical and microstructural characterization, thermo-mechanical characterization, nanomechanics and computational materials science), as well as a conference area to host scientific workshops.

Tecnogetafe is a scientific and technological park created by a joint venture of the Regional Government of Madrid and the Municipality of Getafe, located at sixteen kilometers to the south of Madrid city. With an area close to 1 million of square meters, it is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and houses both industrial enterprises as well as research centers, as the research center for composite materials of EADS (FIDAMC).

Tecnogetafe also includes the Scientific and Technological Park of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, which counts with several researcher centers (aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, mines engineering) and Centesil, a new research center devoted to the processing of Si wafers for solar energy generation.

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By car

From Atocha Train Station:

• Head southeast toward Paseo de la Infanta Isabel (130 m)
• Exit the roundabout onto Paseo de la Infanta Isabel (42 m)
• Take the ramp onto Paseo de la Infanta Isabel (260 m)
• At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (280 m)
• Continue onto Paseo de Sta María de la Cabeza (1.9 km)
• Continue onto A-42 (signs for Toledo/R-5/Badajoz/Plaza de Fernández Ladreda) (13.2 km)
• Take exit 15b toward M-50/todas direcciones (600 m)
• Continue on the right and take the second exit on the right M-50/R-4 Córdoba/A4/A3 (2.1 km)
• Continue onto M-50 and take exit 48 (300 m)
• Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Tecnogetafe (400 m)
• Follow signs for Tecnogetafe until reaching a roundabout, take the second exit (1 km)
• At the next roundabout take the first exit right onto Calle Eric Kandel, where IMDEA Materials Institute is located.

From Barajas Airport (Terminals T1, T2 y T3):

• Join the M-14 via the ramp on the left towards Madrid /Av.América/A-2/M-40/A-3/A-4/A-5.
• Take the left exit towards M-40/M-40 R-3/A-3/R-4/A-4/A-42/R-5 direction until you reach Exit 25 to take the A-42 towards Toledo. Keep driving along A42 highway (13.2 Km)
• Take exit 15b toward M-50/todas direcciones (600 m)
• Continue on the right and take the second exit on the right M-50/R-4 Córdoba/A4/A3 (2.1 km)
• Continue onto M-50 and take exit 48 (300 m)
• Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Tecnogetafe (400 m)
• Follow signs for Tecnogetafe until reaching a roundabout, take the second exit (1 km)
• At the next roundabout take the first exit right onto Calle Eric Kandel, where IMDEA Materials Institute is located.

From Barajas Airport (Terminal T4):

• Go straight until you reach a fork where you must keep right to follow the signs to Madrid.
• Continue straight to take at a junction Eje-Aeropuerto/M-12 left towards Madrid/M-11/M-40 (In this highway will have to pay a toll).
• Take the M-40/M-40 Highway exit, continue in this sense and get to the fork, bear right and follow signs for M-40/E-90/A-2 / and merge onto highway Zaragoza/R-3/A-3/R-4/A-4/A-42/R-5 M-40/M-40.
• Take exit 25 to merge onto A-42 toward Toledo (10.5 Km)
• Take exit 15b toward M-50/todas direcciones (600 m)
• Continue on the right and take the second exit on the right M-50/R-4 Córdoba/A4/A3 (2.1 km)
• Continue onto M-50 and take exit 48 (300 m)
• Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Tecnogetafe (400 m)
• Follow signs for Tecnogetafe until reaching a roundabout, take the second exit (1 km)
• At the next roundabout take the first exit right onto Calle Eric Kandel, where IMDEA Materials Institute is located.

Public Transport

From Getafe:

IMDEA Materials Institute and TecnoGetafe Technology Park are served by Line 7 (L7) of the Community of Madrid’s Intercity Bus Service. This service leaves from in front of the Metro/Cercanías station Getafe Central. (The estimated duration of the trip is 20 minutes).

Those wishing to arrive to IMDEA Materials Institute should get off at the first stop, which is approximately 50 metres from the entrance to the Institute. Note that the tabletable for this service will run with a reduced frequency in the month of August.

• Regular timetable (excluding August) of the L7 bus service from Getefe Central to Tecnogetafe, as of April, 2024. 

From Atocha: 

IMDEA Materials Institute also provides its own daily bus service for employees and guests from Atocha station with the following timetable:

Monday to Thursday

8am: Atocha Station to IMDEA Materials Institute

6pm: IMDEA Materials Institute to Atocha Station

Friday

8am: Atocha Station to IMDEA Materials Institute

3pm: IMDEA Materials Institute to Atocha Station

This service leaves from the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (in front of the “El Brillante” restaurant).