Teaching and Study Spaces

Teaching takes place in a variety of locations across the University. You can access a personalised timetable, which will provide details on where you need to go for your classes. 

Access your timetable wherever you are by adding your Office 365 calendar to your phone, computer or other device:

How to access your personalised timetable

Many classes will take place on the King's Buildings campus:

Maps of King’s Buildings

At the King's Buildings campus, your library is the Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library:

Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library

The main print book collections here are for:

• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Engineering
• Geosciences
• Mathematics
• Physics and Astronomy

As a student, you will have full access and borrowing rights in all University of Edinburgh libraries.

Many of the resources you will be asked to read will be available in digital formats.

The libraries can provide useful places for quiet study as well as computing facilities. 

The University offers a range of study spaces with varying facilities to suit your needs. Informal study spaces are available across the King’s Buildings campus. The largest informal study spaces are located in:

• The Nucleus
• Murchison House
• The Noreen and Kenneth Murray Library
• James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) Learning and Teaching Cluster 

Some group study spaces are available on a first-come-first-served basis, others can be booked in advance. You can book group study rooms up to a week in advance via MyEd.  

Guide to King’s Building informal study spaces PDF (221 KB)

Guide to booking study spaces PDF (922 KB)

The University has open-access computers available in many locations around campus. Students can log in and use these with their University credentials.

Live availability of computers at KB