Study Areas & Group Rooms

At the ZHB site Uni/PH building we offer a total of 670 seats for learning and working. Of these, 96 are located in the reading room (Eulensaal). As a general rule, these workstations cannot be reserved.

Only students of the University of Lucerne and the University of Teacher Education (PH Lucerne), who are writing their Master's thesis, doctoral thesis or postdoctoral dissertation, have the option of reserving one of the 24 steats in the “Silentium”, the room designated for silent study. These seats can be requested via form.

Using the Roominfo, you can figure out how many free seats are available in the library and where they are located.

The current utilization of the library is indicated by the color coding of available (green), occupied (red), and temporarily vacated (yellow) seats.

If you leave your seat only temporarily for a break, you do not have to worry, that it will be released immediately. The following break regulations apply:

• If a seat has been occupied for at least 20 minutes, the display switches to pause mode (yellow) for 60 minutes after the seat has been left.
• If a seat has been occupied for less than 20 minutes, the display reverts to free (green) as soon as the seat has been left.

Personal data is neither recorded nor stored by the motion sensors. The sensors transmit their data wirelessly and, compared to WLAN and mobile phones, with significantly less radiation and greater energy efficiency.

There are 4 group rooms for 2 to 7 people available at the ZHB in the Uni/PH building. 

The rooms can be booked up to two weeks in advance at zhbluzern.ch/raumbuchung. 

Your name and email address are required to make a reservation. One group can book a room between 30 minutes and two hours. Each group can reserve a room for a maximum of two hours per day. If a group has not arrived at the room 15 minutes after the registered time, the reservation is cancelled.

Individual bookings are not permitted.

Locations of Group rooms

For individuals or smaller groups of up to 4 people, there are 5 chat pods, which can be used for discussions or online meetings. 

The rooms can be booked up to two weeks in advance at zhbluzern.ch/raumbuchung. 

Your name and email address are required to make a reservation. The bookable time period is between 30 minutes and two hours. A chat pod can be reserved for a maximum of two hours per day.  If a chat pod is not occupied 15 minutes after the registered time, the reservation is cancelled.

Locations of Chatpods

The “Silentium”, the room designated for quiet study, provides seats for students writing their Master's thesis. These seats are allocated for a period of ten months.

The seats are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, according to the date on which the application forms are received.

Locations of Working Spaces

These seats, which include the use of a locker, can be reserved for six months. The places will be allocated according to the date of receipt of the registration forms.

Doctoral and post-doctoral students at the University of Lucerne or the University of Teacher Education Lucerne can apply for a place in the “Silentium”, the room designated for silent study, using the online form.

Locations of workspaces