Locations
Here you will find the locations and regular opening hours of the main library and all branch libraries.
On public holidays in Saxony-Anhalt, all ULB libraries are closed. The same applies to Easter, Whitsun and the Christmas period up until New Year’s Day.
Closing days
- 03.10.2026
- 31.10.2026
- 23 December 2026 from 6.00 pm – 03.01.2027: the branch libraries for Earth Sciences (Ha 19), Classical Studies (Ha 26) and IZEA (Ha 179) up to and including 06.01.2027
- 26 March 2027 – 29 March 2027
- 01.05.2027
- 06.05.2027
- 16 May 2027 – 17 May 2027
- 03.10.2027
- 31.10.2027
- 23 December 2027 from 6.00 pm – 2 January 2028: the branch libraries for Earth Sciences (Ha 19), Classical Studies (Ha 26) and IZEA (Ha 179) up to and including 06.01.2028
For information on short-term special arrangements, please refer to the Announcements the ULB website or the websites of the branch libraries.
Head office
Venue hire / Booking
- Mon - Fri 08:00 - 18:00
- Sat 10:00 - 14:00
- Sun closed
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50 August-Bebel-Straße
06108 Halle (Saale) - 0345 55 22 207
- ortsleihe@bibliothek.uni-halle.de
Main Reading Room
- Mon - Fri 08:00 - 20:00
- Sat 10:00 - 20:00
- Sun 14:00 - 20:00
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50 August-Bebel-Straße
06108 Halle (Saale) - 0345 55 22 209
- lesesaal@bibliothek.uni-halle.de
Reading room for historical collections and maps
- Mon - Fri 08:00 - 20:00
- Sat - Sun closed
Access to items in the historical collections and the loan of historical items are only possible between 8.00 am and 3.00 pm.
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13 August-Bebel-Straße
06108 Halle (Saale) - 0345 55 22 154
- historische-sammlungen@bibliothek.uni-halle.de
Further information
Overview of branch libraries
The Near East, Ethnology
Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Pharmacy, Physics, Sport
Health, Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, History and Ethics of Medicine, Animal Experimentation and Animal Welfare, Medical Sociology, Occupational Medicine
Educational Studies, Theology, Media and Communication Studies, Jewish Studies
Law
English and American Studies, Ethnology, Foreign Languages, German Studies, History, Indo-European Studies, Japanese Studies, Art History, Near Eastern Archaeology, Philosophy, Political Science, Prehistoric Archaeology, Psychology, Romance Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology, Linguistics, South Asia
Earth Sciences
Classical Studies
Economics
Music
Internal Medicine, Anaesthetics, Surgery, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Transfusion Medicine, Urology, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Radiology, Physiotherapy, Dentistry, Pharmacology
The European Enlightenment
from the Alvensleben Library
Branch of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt
Use of the reading room by arrangement with the Haldensleben Town and District Library
Further information
Note: This list contains the library call signs of all currently active branch libraries. To find out what the call signs of former branch libraries stood for, please also refer to the list of Sigel of the Saxony-Anhalt Central Catalogue.