24H Reading rooms
24H Reading Rooms
Sapienza has five 24-hour reading rooms. Access is reserved to regularly enrolled Sapienza students holding the student card.
Scheduled closures
- Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering: closed on August 8-23
- Faculty of Law - Private law: from April 16 until the relocation of the library collections has been completed
- Foreign languages: August 8-16 (closed); during the remaining opening days in August, the reading room will be open: Monday to Friday 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM
- Earth Sciences: closed from August 8 to September 6 due to unscheduled maintenance work on the air-conditioning system. ***UPDATE (August, 27)***: The reading room will reopen as normal from Monday August 31 (included).
- Oriental studies: August 8-16 (closed); during the remaining opening days in August, the reading room will be open: Monday to Friday 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 9:00 AM- 7:00 PM
- Umberto I General Hospital (updated): open on August 3-7 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM; closed on August 8-16; open on August 17-28 from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM (closed on Saturday and Sunday). On August 3-28 the profiling of new users is suspended; new users are granted access following manual daily registration by the staff and subject to verification that they are duly enrolled on one of the University’s degree programmes
Where are the Reading Rooms?
- Umberto I General Hospital (entrance from viale del Policlinico 155 and viale Regina Elena 324 gates see map)
- Earth Sciences Library (Geology Building, CU005, access from piazzale Aldo Moro)
- Faculty of Law - Private law (Plesso Tecce - CU018, access from piazzale Aldo Moro)
- Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering Library (Sala Ghizzetti, Via Antonio Scarpa 16, RM007 Building)
- Oriental studies (Marco Polo compound, Circonvallazione Tiburtina, 4 - edificio RM021)
- Foreign languages (Marco Polo compound, Circonvallazione Tiburtina, 4 - edificio RM021)
Opening Hours
Monday-Friday
- Umberto I General Hospital: always open.
- Earth Sciences: 9 am - 8 pm.
- Faculty of Law - Private law: 8 am - 8 pm.
- Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering Library: always open.
- Oriental studies: 9:00 am - 8:00 pm, 8:30 pm - 12:00 pm.
- Foreign languages: 9 am - 12 pm.
Saturday and Sunday
- Umberto I General Hospital: always open.
- Earth Sciences: 8 am - 8 pm.
- Faculty of Law - Private law: 8 am - 8 pm.
- Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering Library: always open.
- Oriental studies: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm - 7:00 pm.
- Foreing languages: 9 am - 7 pm.
How to Access Campus and the 24H Reading Rooms
To access the study rooms it is necessary to own the student card. For Safety reasons, only Sapienza students can access to 24h reading rooms.
The study room Umberto I General Hospital is accessible by an automatic control system. If the student card is not owned, a magnetic tag will be issued in place of the card. Students can activate the student card or receive the magnetic tag visiting the study areas every day from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. where there will be the designated staff. The tag, as well as the student card, are strictly personal and not transferable to others.
Available seating places
- Umberto I General Hospital: 60 places
- Earth Sciences Library: 102 places
- Faculty of Law - Private law: 30 places
- Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering: 70 places
- Oriental studies: 124 places
- Foreing languages: 63 places
Services
The reading rooms are equipped with wi-fi and electrical outlets for the use of personal devices. Please, check the Reading Room Regulations.