Academic Facilities

UCU offers a range of academic facilities. In addition students can make use of all facilities that Utrecht University has to offer.

On-campus

Virtually all UCU classes and most other educational activities take place on the UCU campus. Each academic building contains areas for individual or small group work.
A library / reading room with frequently consulted books, international journals, and magazines is located in the Voltaire building.
In the quiet areas about 180 computers with standard office software and additional course related software are available for students.
A wireless network is available in most buildings. Wired connections are available in all student rooms.
All academic buildings are wheelchair accessible.
A psychology lab allows students to perform experiments and conduct analysis.
Professional microscopes are available for molecular-biological research.
As part of the Hisparc project there are two cosmic ray detectors on top of the Dining Hall. Hisparc is a country wide network of detectors for measuring high energy cosmic radiation.
The Writing Center assesses language skills of students and offers remedial teaching and testing.

As the largest research university in the country Utrecht University offers excellent research facilities that UCU students actively make use of, for example the laboratories of the UU faculty of Science.
All students have access to the University Library as well as the online catalogs.
Guest lectures and research projects at the academic hospital UMC give an added dimension to medical courses at UCU.

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