University Quarter
Study spaces (for UvA students and staff only): Daily from 08:30 - 00:00.
University Library
Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam
P.O. Box 19185 1000 GD Amsterdam
Telephone: 020 525 1405
Fax: 020 525 2311
Some parts of the building are NOT wheelchair accessible:
There is virtually no parking space in the vicinity of the library. It is, however, easy to reach by public transport from Amsterdam Central Station: trams 2, 4, 11, 12, 14, 24, stop: either Spui or Muntplein.
There are over 750 study spaces, of which 110 equipped with a PC, in seven study rooms.
Do you want to book a meeting room or a study carrel at the Library Singel? That is possible via UvA Spacefinder (in Mapiqweb). They can be booked one week in advance.
Log in with your UvAnetID to check which meeting rooms and study carrels may be booked right now and make a reservation. You’ll immediately get a confirmation mail. If you later find that these spaces are occupied, just show the email to your fellow student.
When visiting departments with books in open stacks, coats and bags must be placed in lockers. There are free lockers in the cloakroom on the ground floor, to the left of the entrance. The euro needed to lock it, will be returned on reopening the locker.
The collections of:
are housed in the Singel University Library.
There are 43 study spaces and 7 PCs for library use.
Books wit LCC-codes within the range PR to Z are NOT accessible to wheelchair users.