Portal of locations & institutions
Campus Library Südstadt
The Campus Library Südstadt was opened in 2004. It holds the collections of the faculties of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Medicine, Economics, Social and Political Sciences, Law, and Sports Science, as well as the teacher training programmes of the aforementioned faculties. In addition, the building offers various opportunities for working and learning.
Campus Library Innenstadt
Centre for Patents and Standards
Rostock University Library’s Centre for Patents and Standards (PNZ) offers information and services in the field of industrial property rights such as patents, utility models, trademarks, and designs. The PNZ supports students and researchers of the universities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with research and training.
University Archive
The University Archive is a department of the University Library and is responsible for the cataloguing, indexing, and permanent preservation of the archival administrative records of the University of Rostock from 1419 to the present.
Kustodie
The Kustodie is part of the University Archive and is responsible for the cataloguing, management, and conservation of the historically grown art and object collections as well as the monuments of the University.
Special Collections
The University Library has valuable historical collections and special collections. These special collections include manuscripts, incunabula, old prints, rarities, Judaica, music sheets, maps, portraits, and graphics, as well as estates, special collections, and historical libraries.
The digital historical collections of the University Library and other institutions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can be found on the Rostocker Dokumentenserver, which is constantly being expanded.
Richard Wossidlo Centre
The Richard Wossidlo Centre was established in 2015 to bring together the historical and regional print and manuscript collections of the University, to make them accessible for research, and to provide them.
Teacher Education Library
The physical media of the Teacher Training Library are distributed over three locations. The Subject Library Education, History offers the humanities. In addition, you will find the educational science book collections and journals. The natural sciences are located in the Campus Library Südstadt. The faculties of Music and Performing Arts are located in the Library of the University of Music and Theatre Rostock, Beim St.-Katharinenstift 8.
Library Administration
The Administration Building of the Library is located in Schwaansche Straße 3 b. In the building, you will find the management and administration of the Library.