LUL offers a large number of desks in different learning and working environments in its branches. You are free to choose your seat in the reading rooms, no prior seat booking is necessary.
Computer workplaces are available in all branches.
How can I log in to the computers?
Depending on which group of persons you belong to, you can log in with your university login or with your library login:
| Category of Persons | Login |
|---|---|
University members | Uni-login |
| External users of LUL | Library-login (you need to activate your library account) |
Uni-login
Identifier assigned by the University Computer Centre to all university members. Further information can be found on the page about the Uni-login.
Library-login
Combination of library number and associated password. It is necessary activate your library account in order to use our computer workplaces. Please keep in mind that after a replacement of your library card you have to activate your library account again.
Campus Augustusplatz
The following seminar rooms can be used from 01 June to 14 July 2025 during the specified periods:
| Room | Day | Time |
| S 428 (40 workplaces) | Monday | 7 am–9 pm |
| Friday | 1 pm–9 pm | |
| S 114 (38 workplaces) | Friday | 7 am–9 pm |
| S 429 (30 workplaces) | Friday | 7 am–9 pm |
The following in the Seminargebäude Campus Augustusplatz can be used from 14 July to 8 August 2025 in the specified periods:
| Room | Day | Time |
| Hörsaal 15 (56 workplaces) | Mon.–Fri. | 7 am–6 pm |
| Hörsaal 16 (56 workplaces) | Mon.–Fri. | 7 am–6 pm |
| Hörsaal 17 (56 workplaces) | Mon.–Fri. | 7 am–6 pm |
Medicine Campus
Extension of the opening hours of the Medicine and Sciences Library
The Medicine and Sciences Library will open one hour earlier from Monday, 16 June 2025 to Friday, 11 July 2025.
Monday-Friday: 7 am-midnight.
Additional workspaces
Two seminar rooms are reserved in the Study Centre (Liebigstr. 27) from 16 June 2025 to 18 July.2025. Please note, the rooms are locked, transponders can be borrowed at the service desk of the Medicine and Sciences Library, preferably for groups.
| Room | Day | Time | Equipment |
| SR 2 (25 workspaces) | Mon–Fri | 10 am–6 pm | chairs with folding table (no tables), not barrier-free |
| SR 3 (25 workspace)s | Mon–Fri | 10 am–6 pm | charis with foldiing table (no tables), not barrier-free |
Further alternative seats in Liebigstraße:
- in the Study Centre (Liebigstraße 27) there are approx. 100 places available in the foyer in front of the large lecture hall, some with power sockets. Accessibility of the building through the inner courtyard: 7 am–9 pm
- in the anatomy department (Liebigstraße 13) there are approx. 15 places in the so-called Strebergang on the way to the dissecting room. Accessibility: 7 am–5 pm
Bibliotheca Albertina
The library opens one hour earlier during the examination period from 23 June–1 August:
Monday–Friday: 7 am–midnight
Saturday, Sunday: 7 am–10 pm
additional workspaces
There are 20 workplaces available in the Library of the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst on the following days. Registration is not necessary.
| Day | Time |
| Tuesday, 1 July and Wednesday, 2 July | 9 am–5 pm |
| Tuesday, 8 July and Wednesday, 9 July | 9 am–5 pm |
Campus Jahnallee
additional workspaces
A seminar room is reserved in Haus 5 (Marschnerstr. 29E) from 14 July to 4 August 2025.
| Room | Day | Time | Equipment |
| SR 026 EG (38 workspaces | Mon–Fri | 10 am–4 pm | seminar tables and chairs, no power supply, barrier-free |
For intensive writing and learning phases, you can book a carrel at three UBL locations. Carrels can be booked for 4 weeks. There is the option of 3 extensions provided that the place has not been pre-booked by someone else. You can check here if carrels are available and at which location and reserve one if necessary.
Please note that due to the high demand, it may happen that all individual workplaces are already allocated and have already been pre-booked several times.
When the maximum number of reservations has been reached, the reservation button is automatically hidden.
Locations and equipment:
| Location | Available carrels | Equipmennt |
|---|---|---|
Bibliotheca Albertina | 7 | WiFi, LAN, lockable cabinet, lockable glass door check availability |
| Campus Library | 4 | WiFi, LAN, lockable glass door |
| Library Medicine/Natural Sciences | 2 | 1 room, 2 workplaces, PC , WiFi, lockable cabinet, whiteboard check availability |
We offer space to study, work or collaborate. At several branches group study rooms are available. These rooms differ in size and equipment. Please see the list below:
| Branch | Number of Rooms (Persons per Room) | Equipment | Reservation |
|---|---|---|---|
Bibliotheca Albertina | 3 (4–6 persons) | Moveable desks, partially with whiteboards | Reservation |
| Campus Library | 9 (2–8 persons) | Moveable desks | Reservation |
| Medicine and Sciences Library | 7 (4–6 persons) | Moveable desks, whiteboards, 2 rooms with screens, 2 PCs | Reservation |
| Library of Education and Sport Science | 4 (4 persons) | Partially with whiteboards, LCD-projector | Reservation |
| Library of Veterinary Medicine | 2 (12 persons) | Whiteboards, 1 PC | Reservation |
Checkroom lockers
Free available checkroom lockers may be used during your stay. Please empty it when the respective branch closes. If a locker is not emptied by closing time or in case of lost key we will open it for a fee you will have to pay. Items not collected will be stored for 6 months and disposed afterwards.
Permanent Lockers
The loan of permanent lockers is only possible with a valid library card. Upon receiving the key for a locker / mobile book cart / workspace for PhD students you accept the terms of use [dt. Schließfachordnung, PDF – 102kB, in German only]. Due to the high demand only one locker / mobile cart or workspace for PhD students may be booked per person.
- Bibliotheca Albertina: You can check here if lockers on loan are available or request one.
- Campus Library: Lockers are assigned in order of a waiting list at the service desk.
- Law Library – Law I and Law II: Lockers are assigned in order of a waiting list at the service desk.
- Library of Education and Sport Science: You can check here if lockers on loan are available or request one.
- Medicine and Sciences Library: You can check here if lockers on loan are available or request one.
Mobile book carts
At Bibliotheca Albertina we offer mobile book carts that can be rented for six months by PhD students of Leipzig University.
Please feel free to contact us at the service desk on the 2nd floor of Bibliotheca Albertina during the service hours or send us an email to info@ub.uni-leipzig.de
At some of our branches we offer parent-child rooms that can be reserved via the website. The rooms have varying equipment, please see the list below. In the sanitary areas near the rooms there are diaper-changing tables and diaper pails.
| Branch | Equipment | Reservation? | |
|---|---|---|---|
Bibliotheca Albertina | Computer workplace, high chair/game table, resting/nursing chair, playpen, toys | Reservation | |
| Campus Library | Workplace, high chair/game table, playpen, toys | Reservation | |
| Medicine and Sciences Library | Computer workplace, high chair/game table, resting/nursing chair, playpen, toys | Reservation | |
| Library of Education and Sport Science | Computer workplace, high chair/game table, resting/nursing chair, playpen, toys | Reservation |
| Equipment | Branch |
|---|---|
Microforms (microfilm, microfiche) | Bibliotheca Albertina |
Records, tapes | Library of Musicology |
Special databases | Bibliotheca Albertina (American Space – Access to e-libraryUSA) Library of Area Studies (Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies – Access to databases of the National Central Library) |