A library card is required for borrowing media, using electronic resources and using the internet at the computers in the library building. The library card is free of charge.

For UdK students, the CampusCard is used as a library card. Registering the CampusCard as a library card is necessary.

All other users receive a separate library card..

Please use the joint online registration form of the University Libraries of the UdK Berlin and the TU Berlin to apply for a library card or to register the CampusCard.

The following documents are required

• a valid German identity card or passport with German registration confirmation (“Meldebescheinigung” or electronic residence permit (eAT) 
• the CampusCard for UdK students
• for students from other universities in Berlin or Brandenburg, the student ID card
• for pupils the pupil ID card
• Persons under the age of 18 require a declaration of consent from their legal representative for registration
• proof of employment for employees of the UdK Berlin
• for people with disabilities, – a severely disabled person's card or compensation for disadvantages
• for legal entities, please fill out the written application (in german only).

A library card can only be issued if an e-mail address is provided.

It is also possible to register, or renew a library card during service hours at the joint circulation desk of the UdK and TU libraries. You can find the service hours here

The library card is valid for 3 years and entitles you to use the other libraries, documentation centers and archives of the Technische Universität Berlin as well.

The due dates of loaned media can be found in the library account. To retrieve  the information please use the Knowledge Portal of the Arts (My Account) with the following data:

The library card number, which you will find on your library card:

• on the CampusCard of UdK students the letter-digit sequence beginning with 'UDK...'
• on all other library cards the number sequence above the barcode starting with '169,,,,'

TU students log in with their TUB account.

Information regarding your password for the library account can be found here.

To use the self issue machines a PIN is required. Your zip code is preset as your PIN.

If you lose the UdK-CampusCard or library card registered for library use, please report this immediately to: leihstelle@ub.tu-berlin.de so that your library account can be suspended to prevent misuse.

A replacement fee of 5 euros for a new library card will be added to your account by the library. The regulations applicable to the loss of the UdK-CampusCard can be found here.

The terms of use are laid down in the general regulations (in germany only) of use and in the framework fee regulations (in german only).

Special case:

Users who require media from the UdK library's stock but are unable to obtain a library card, e.g. because they are not a resident in Germany, please contact us via email ub-info_ @udk-berlin.de with your request.

In the University library you can borrow books and return them via the self-service machines. If there are any fees, you can pay them at the pay machine.

You can borrow books for 4 weeks and extend them as often as you like until a maximum of 180 days is reached, unless there is a reservation for the book. Audiovisual media can be borrowed for one week (except in the case of special lending restrictions). If there is no reservation, you can extend as often as you like until 28 days are reached. Journals cannot be borrowed. To renew  the loan period of your media online please log in to “Mein Konto” in  the “Wissensportal der Künste” .

To renew  the loan period of your media online please log in to “Mein Konto” in  the “Wissensportal der Künste” .

• online in the “Wissensportal der Künste” via the link “Mein Konto” (my account).
• personally or
• extend by phone.

This is possible at any time, unless a medium is not extendable or pre-ordered. The extension is valid from the current day, not the due date!

Attention! You are also responsible in case that your attempt to renew your media via  „Wissensportal der Künste“ was not successful. In such cases you are obliged to contact the university library by telephone, in person, by e-mail or by fax. Unfortunately, we cannot consider your complaints after the the dunning has been issued.

If the loan period is exceeded, the return of the media will be reminded  in written form.

(The first two reminders can be sent by e-mail)