Campus Buildings and Facilities

Campus Borlänge and Campus Falun are located some 30 minutes by bus from each other. What subject you are studying will determine which campus you will be based at. Here we describe the campuses and include information about such things as computers, labs and lunch facilities.

Campus Borlänge

Campus Borlänge is a few minutes walk from the town centre and close to Borlänge Science Park and the building called Framtidsdalen, which is home to a great many innovative companies and organisations. Within a stone's throw of campus are the largest regional indoor shopping centre (Kupolen) and outdoor shopping area (Norra Backen).

Buildings and Facilities

Besides classrooms and lecture halls, the campus houses laboratories for experiments, a library and a cafeteria. There are also computer labs, study areas, group rooms and quiet reading rooms, as well as the Silent Room.

Group Study Rooms in the Library

Group Rooms

Students can book a group room using the university booking system TimeEdit. 
Booking system (TimeEdit)

The rules of usage for students are as follows:

  • You will be allocated 12 hours towards group room bookings over a seven-day period. 
  • Note that you cannot save the hours from one week to use at a later date. 
  •  If you cancel a group room booking, you will be reallocated the number of hours in question.
  • You can book a room on the same day or four days in advance.
  • You should be in the room at the latest 15 minutes after your booked time.
  • Group rooms are intended for use by at least two people at a time.
  • Clean up after yourself and put the furniture back in place.
  • The group rooms are for study purposes.

Eating is now allowed in the group rooms.

Use the digital navigation tool MazeMap to easily find your way to the group rooms.
Maps – Campus Borlänge and Campus Falun

Computer Rooms (Datasalar)

These are accessible 24-hours a day at Campus Borlänge.

Computer Rooms at Campus Falun and Campus Borlänge

Use the digital navigation tool MazeMap to easily find your way to the computer rooms.
Maps – Campus Borlänge and Campus Falun

Silent Room

Students can use the Silent Room to meditate, pray, or find peace and quiet. It is accessible at any time: for group bookings, there is a calendar on the door. In Borlänge, the Silent Room is located close to the Studentcentrum.

Lunch Facilities

Most students choose to bring their own lunches to campus. Close to the reception desk, there is a lunchroom that is equipped with microwaves, sinks and fridges for student use.

Café Duett is the small café located in the campus library. It serves sandwiches, fika, coffee, salads, lunch, drinks and smoothies. 

There are also a number of restaurants and cafés in the nearby Kupolen shopping centre. Close by is IKEA as well, which has well-priced lunches and takeaway food.

Find the nearest student kitchen, café, and restaurant using the digital navigation tool MazeMap.
Maps – Campus Borlänge and Campus Falun

Student Parking

Parking for students is available close to campus but be sure to get a parking permit from the reception desk and place it so that it is visible in your front windscreen. If you are entitled to disabled parking, ask at the reception desk.

Campus Falun

About a 20-minute walk (1.5 kilometres) from central Falun sits Campus Falun. It is close to the Lugnet Nature Reserve and a wide range of sporting facilities including ski trails and walking trails, outdoor and indoor swimming pools, and indoor and outdoor tennis facilities. 

On campus, you can find classrooms and lecture halls, a restaurant and cafeteria, as well as the library.

Buildings and Facilities

Besides classrooms and lecture halls, the campus houses a library, cafeteria and restaurant. There are also computer labs, study areas, group rooms and quiet reading rooms.

University Library

Group Rooms

Students can book a group room using the university booking system TimeEdit. The rules of usage for students are as follows:

  • You can book a room on the same day or four days in advance.
  • You must be in the room at the latest 15 minutes after your booked time.
  • Group rooms are intended for use by at least two people at a time.
  • You must clean up after your and put the furniture back in place.
  • You must use the group rooms for study purposes.
  • You may not eat in the group rooms.

Computer Labs (Datasalar)

On Campus Falun, these are accessible weekdays between 07.00 and 20.00 hours with the exception of Datasal 151, which you can access 24-hours a day.

Use the digital navigation tool MazeMap to easily find your way to the computer rooms.
Maps – Campus Borlänge and Campus Falun

Lunch Facilities

Most students choose to bring their own lunches to campus. In the basement, there is a lunchroom that is equipped with microwaves, sinks and fridges for student use.

Cafés and Restaurants

Vildgåsen is the on-campus restaurant that serves hot and cold lunches, as well as sandwiches and cakes/cookies, and hot and cold beverages.

Café Meli is the small café located in the campus library. It serves light food, both hot and cold, as well as a range of beverages.

Same email address as Vildgåsen above.

Lionheart Café is the student café in the Media Building. It offers a range of produce, including organic food and drinks.

Contact: 076-220 25 37

Studenternas hus Kåre (Student Union) is located in central Falun and on certain days sells light lunches. For more information, see the Student Union webpage (information in Swedish).

Close to campus there are also restaurants and a McDonald's. You can also pick up something light at the nearby ICA Maxi foodstore.

Student Parking

Parking for students is available close to campus but be sure to get a parking permit from the reception desk and place it so that it is visible in your front windscreen. If you are entitled to disabled parking, ask at the reception desk. If you plan to park in the Regiment area, there is parking close to the Media Building, but here too you require a permit that you can pick up at the campus reception desk.

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