ULB Central Library
Krummer Timpen 3, 48143 Münster
Directions | Subject experts
Library
Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sat – Sun: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. *
Deviating times:
- Open stacks (basement levels) |
Infos - Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
Sat – Sun: 10 a.m. – 7.30 p.m. *
- Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 9.30 p.m.
- Registration / library card matters |
Infos - Mon – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
and by arrangement
- Mon – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Information |
Infos - Mon – Fri: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Manuscript reading room |
Infos - Mon: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
Tue – Fri: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Mon: 12 noon – 5 p.m.
- DigiLab |
Infos - Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
- Thesis office |
Infos - Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
or by appointment
- Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
- *To meet the increased demand for learning and working places during the exam periods, the Central Library is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the weekend as well around the respective end of lectures. The open stacks in the basement levels are open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekends during these periods.
In 2025, these extended opening hours apply from 6 Jan to 9 Feb and from 23 June to 27 Jul.
Closing days of the ULB Central Library 2024
- 1 January (Mon), New Year
- 12 February (Mon), Carnival Monday
- 29 March – 1 April (Fri – Mon), Easter
- 1 May (Wed), May Day
- 9 May (Thu), Ascension Day
- 19 & 20 May (Sun & Mon), Pentecost
- 30 May (Thu), Corpus Christi
- 3 October (Thu), anniversary of German unification
- 1 November (Fri), All Saints' Day
- 21 – 31 December (Sat – Tue), Christmas holidays / energy-saving mode
Closing days of the ULB Central Library 2025
- 1 January (Wed), New Year
- 3 March (Mon), Carnival Monday
- 18 – 21 April (Fri – Mon), Easter
- 1 May (Thu), May Day
- 29 May (Thu), Ascension Day
- 8 & 9 June (Sun & Mon), Pentecost
- 19 June (Thu), Corpus Christi
- 3 October (Fri), anniversary of German unification
- 1 November (Sat), All Saints' Day
- 24 – 26 December (Wed – Fri), Christmas
- 31 December (Wed), New Year's Eve