Locations
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KIT Library South
Open 24 hours a day. Service hours: Mon–Fri, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Access outside of service hours is permitted only with a library card.
Services
- Info Desk (see service hours) or security staff (outside service hours)
- Check-out and return stations (self-checkout)
- Withdrawal from the university (during service hours)
- Library card issuance for individual users (during service hours)
- Over 950 individual and group workstations, some available on a walk-in basis and others reservable in advance.
- Parent-child room, KidsBox, changing table, internet PCs with connected printers, workstations for visually impaired users, workstations with monitors
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-Wi-Fi)
- Overhead scanner, ScanTent, mobile charging stations, some group study rooms equipped with screens (old building, 3rd floor), charging station
- Lockers, rental of rolling file cabinets and ergonomic work aids
- Drink and snack vending machines, drinking water dispensers
- Lost and found items at the Info Desk or with security (outside of service hours)
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
- Rotating exhibitions and courses
Contact
Bldg. 30.50 + 30.51
Straße am Forum 2
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43109
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KIT Library North
KIT Library North celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2026! Visit our anniversary campaign page.
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–12 p.m. and 1 p.m.–3 p.m.
Access to Campus North is only possible with a KIT Card (for KIT employees and students). Non-KIT members must obtain a visitor pass at the Campus North gate.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check out items at the self-checkout station and return them at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- 15 individual and group workstations in the reading room
- Internet-enabled computers with connected printers
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-Wi-Fi)
- Scanner, black-and-white copier
- Lost and found at the Info Desk
- Accessible restrooms
Contact
Building 303
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
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Phone +49 721 608-25800
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Learning Center
Mon–Sun 7 a.m.–10 p.m. (with KIT Card)
Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–10 p.m., Sat and Sun 9 a.m.–10 p.m. (without KIT Card)
Services
- Info Desk
- Lockers keys available at the Info Desk:
Pickup Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m., return via mailbox - Approx. 120 individual and group workstations
- 3 large standing desks, each with 6 stools (ground floor)
2 study pods with screen connections for groups of up to approx. 6 people (ground floor)
During semester breaks, adjacent seminar rooms can generally be used as additional study spaces - Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Lockers (Atrium, 1st–2nd floors), standing desks
- Vending machines (basement), drinking water fountains (Atrium, 1st–2nd floors)
- Lost and Found at the Info Desk
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
Contact
Building 30.28
Wolfgang-Gaede-Straße 6
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-45284
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InformatiKOM I
Mon–Sun 7 a.m.–10 p.m. (with KIT Card)
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m. (without KIT Card)
Services
- Media Center:
- Equipment rental and 3D printing for KIT members
- Cutting rooms with PCs and digital makerspace (by appointment only) for KIT members
- Info Desk Media Center: Mon – Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Contact: medienzentrum∂bibliothek.kit.edu
- Approx. 250 individual and group workstations
- 12 (reservable) group workrooms on the 2nd floor, 10 study pods, 6 Hubble Spaces, 3 terraces with seating
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Lockers (coin-operated), small mobile tables
- Drink vending machines on the 3rd floor
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
- Rotating courses
Contact
Building 50.19
Adenauerring 12
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43109
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Subject Library Architecture
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check-out and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- Withdrawal from the university for students in the Department of Architecture
- 21 individual workstations
- Scanner workstations for architecture students
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Scanners
- Lockers, rental of ergonomic work aids for use in the library
- Lost and found at the Info Desk
- Upcoming Courses
Contact
Building 20.40, Room 106
Englerstr. 7
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-42884
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Subject Library Architecture (KIT)
Subject Library Chemistry
Currently closed for renovations; otherwise, Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Short-term borrowing with a loan slip (2 hours) and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- Withdrawal from the university for students in the Department of Chemistry
- 3 individual study booths
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Scanner
- Cafeteria in the building, outside the library
- Lost and Found at the Info Desk
Contact
Building 30.45
Engesserstr. 15
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43125
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Subject Library Chemistry currently closed
Subject Library Informatics
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check-out and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- 74 individual workstations and 3 group study rooms with a total of 26 workstations (bookable only by computer science students)
- Sofa area
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Mobile charging stations, HDMI cables, group study rooms with whiteboards and screens
- Lockers, standing workstations
- Lost and found at the Info Desk
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
Contact
Building 50.34
Am Fasanengarten 5,
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43979
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Subject Library Informatics (KIT)
Subject Library Mathematics
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check-out and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- 88 individual workstations
- Internet PCs
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- 3 standing desks for use in the library
- Lost and found at the Info Desk or with the custodian (basement)
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
Contact
Building 20.30
Englerstr. 2
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43313
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Subject Library Mathematics (KIT)
Subject Library Physics
Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m.
Sat 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check out using a loan slip and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- 77 individual workstations and 1 group room with 4 workstations
- Internet PCs with connected printers
- Wi-Fi (KIT network, eduroam, KA Wi-Fi)
- Desk attachments for use in the library
- Lost and found at the Info Desk
- Wheelchair-accessible entry via the adjacent Physics Tower; accessible restrooms in the adjacent Physics Tower
Contact
Building 30.22
Physics Low-Rise Building, 2nd floor, Room 229
Engesserstraße 7
76131 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 608-43439
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Subject Library Physics
HKA – Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (Library)
Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–10 p.m. (Group Rooms and Study Room)
Services
- Info Desk
- Check-out and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours)
- Withdrawal from enrollment for HKA students
- Approx. 106 individual and group workstations
- Wi-Fi (HKA, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- ScanTent
- Lockers, desk attachments for use in the library
- Lost and Found at the Info Desk
- Accessible entry, accessible restrooms
Contact
Building SH
Steinbeis-Haus
Moltkestraße 30
76133 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 925-2866
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DHBW Karlsruhe
Mon–Thu 8 a.m.–8 p.m., Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Service hours: Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Services
- Info Desk
- Check out at the self-checkout station and return at the Info Desk (during opening hours), return via the return box (outside of opening hours)
- Withdrawal from enrollment for DHBW students
- Approx. 40 individual and group workstations
- Internet-connected PCs with printers for DHBW members
- Wi-Fi (DHBW Karlsruhe, eduroam, KA-WLAN)
- Copiers/scanners for DHBW members
- Lockers, standing desks for use in the library
- Drink and snack vending machines
- Lost and found at the Info Desk
- Accessible entrance is located to the left of the main entrance (Building A, North Wing, next to the bike racks); door opens via doorbell or DHBW student card; accessible restrooms
Contact
Building A
Erzbergerstraße 123
76133 Karlsruhe
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Phone +49 721 9735-610
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karlsruhe.dhbw.de