Dear new library users,

The library’s main task is to provide the students and staff of the University of Bayreuth with scientific information. University members are automatically registered as library users. Their Campus-Card serves as library card.
Members of the public (age 16 and above) from Upper Franconia (except Bamberg and Forchheim, including their administrative districts) and Northern Upper Palatinate can register themselves as users at the University Library Bayreuth.

More information on our terms of admission (in German).

The University Library consists of the Main Library (including the Humanities Departmental Library), four Departmental Libraries on campus and one Departmental Library (Music Theatre Studies) in Thurnau.
The Main Library houses the central services of the library, such as cataloguing, acquisitions and interlibrary loan. Information desks are available in all library locations on campus. Media can be borrowed in all libraries in Bayreuth.

The different libraries can be found on the campus map.

You are welcome to join our training courses which take place regularly.

Using the library and loaning books is free of charge. Fees and fines can be incurred for overdue media, for ordering articles via interlibrary loan, for scans etc. These fees are paid with money you charge on your library card.
Overview of library fees and fines

Please note our information about your stay in the library.

Using the internet in the library