The University Library provides academic literature and information for teaching and research, in printed and electronic form. The library is also open to pupils and other academically interested people from the city and the region.
There are five reading rooms with over 1300 seating capacity. They include the reading room of the Central Library, Nikolakloster, Economics & Business Administration, Computer Science/Mathematics and Juridicum.
All opening hours of the Central Library, helpdesks and reading rooms.
The holdings in the reading rooms can be used without a library card. A library card is required to order books and borrow them for home use.
For students and university staff: the CampusCard also serves as a library card.
School pupils and other individuals who are not affiliated with the university may apply for a library card.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, you are welcome to call us at +49 851 509-1630, send a message to the library, contact us via WhatsApp, or visit our virtual information desk on Zoom.
Training Sessions and Guided Tours
The University Library of Passau offers a variety of training sessions and guided tours for students, academic staff, school students, and interested members of the city and regional community.
Passau Search Portal
The catalog of the University Library Passau is combined with simultaneous searches in the Union Catalog of Bavaria and Berlin-Brandenburg, as well as a comprehensive interdisciplinary article database.
Ordering and account functions in the Passau Search Portal include: ordering or reserving borrowable materials, placing interlibrary loan requests, renewing loan periods in your library account, and more.
Borrowing books from the reading room collections
Students, school pupils and other non-university members may borrow a maximum of five books at a time from the reading room stock. Loan period for 14 days, no renewal possible! Please return books on time to avoid overdue fines.
Extended loan periods apply for employees of the University of Passau, see loan periods.
Borrowing from the closed stacks
If you request books and other media with available status (shelf-marks starting with 00/, 02/, 03/ or 04/), they will be placed in the shelves in the collection area at the ground floor in the entrance area of the Central Library. The loan period is four weeks. Renewals are possible, unless someone else has reserved the title in the meantime. Requested items are kept in the collection area of the Central Library for you to pick up for precisely one week, before being moved back to their shelf locations.
The University Library has licensed a wide range of electronic resources for use within the university network. Members of the university with a ZIM user ID can also access databases, e-books, and e-journals remotely.
Users without a ZIM user ID can access most electronic resources via dedicated research PCs available in each reading room.
Our emails help you avoid overdue fines and notify you when requested materials are ready for pickup, among other important updates.
Use of the library is free of charge; however, you will be fined if you fail to return books on time, and you will have to reimburse the library for damaged or lost items. Moreover, there may be fees for interlibrary loans.
