Study spaces
We have spaces and facilities across the campus to help you study, including library study spaces, blended learning spaces, or open access computers for you to use.
Study spaces: opening hours and facilities
- Arts and Social Sciences Library
- Beacon House Study Centre
- Brambles Study Centre
- Bristol SU Richmond Building
- Chemistry Library
- Education Library
- Grace Reeves Study Centre
- Hawthorns Study Lounge
- Medical Library
- Physics Library
- Queen's Building Library
- Senate House Study Centre
- Veterinary Sciences Library
- Wills Memorial Library
School and faculty study spaces
Silent spaces
If you need a quiet space, there are silent study spaces across campus, including:
- Arts and Social libraries study rooms
- Register with library support to book.
- Beacon House Study Centre
- Richmond Building (seating in the foyer and the links spaces on the first and second floors)
- 34 Tyndall’s Park Road (for PGRs only).
There is also a sensory room in Senate House available to book.
Non-silent study spaces
Non-silent spaces are somewhere to do quiet learning, group study or join in with online sessions.
If your home wifi is poor or slow, then non-silent study spaces allow you to participate in online meetings, seminars and any other form of online learning where you need to be able to speak.
There are non-silent areas that do not need to be booked, in:
Find an available teaching space for non-silent study
We are in the process of reviewing this service. We cannot always guarantee that the rooms will be available for study at the advertised times.
- Search for a room by building to see if the room is free or booked over the next 3 hours. It is a good idea to start your search with the building you are in.
- You can use the space until a booked event is due to start.
- Rooms are not bookable. You may find that they have been taken at short notice by academic staff. Most of the time, they will be available.
Equipment and facilities
Equipment and facilities available will depend on the individual room or space. All spaces have Wifi access, desks and chairs. Not all spaces have a powerpoint for every desk.
Find a study seat
Use our Find a Study Seat service for desk availability in our spaces.
Find the nearest
Disabled access
Find out detailed information about the accessibility of our facilities.