Information A - Z
Baloo Lucerne is the new name for the restructured Studiladen (student shop) and remains a student-run business with a shop and its own digital printing facility on the ground floor west of the Uni/PH building. Since the 2024 autumn semester, it now also operates a café and bar. It acts as a link between lecturers and students, providing a wide range of services that cover both academic and social needs.
Further information on the services provided for lecturers can be found on the Studiladen website.
The main entrance is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 7.45 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. The building is generally closed on Sundays and public holidays. Event participants, students and library users must leave the building by 10 p.m. (Mon-Fri) and 4 p.m. (Sat) at the latest. After 10 p.m., the night exit on the north side of the building must be used. All other doors will trigger an alarm when opened.
The CampusCard is a multifunctional chip card that serves as an employee ID, a copy and print card, and a library card for the ZHB.
You will receive your personal CampusCard at the beginning of the semester from the secretariat of the relevant seminar. The card is valid until the end of the contract period and must be returned thereafter. A processing fee of CHF 30 will be charged if the card is lost.
What's on offer
The Mensa 1574 canteen offers inexpensive lunch menus as well as self-service buffets and drinks. The focus is on vegan and vegetarian options. The coffee bar in the foyer offers snacks, hot and cold beverages and a small selection of items from the kiosk. Microwave ovens are available in the room next to the cafeteria for heating up food you have brought with you.
Opening hours
Cafeteria: Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.), coffee bar: 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Outside opening hours, the cafeteria is generally available to students as a study and recreation room.
Payment methods
The cafeteria accepts cash, all major debit cards, credit cards and TWINT.
The media available at the ZHB location on the 1st floor of the UNI/PH building include scientific journals, reference works, source collections, introductory and basic literature, and research literature.
Direct link to the ZHB catalogue: https://rzs.swisscovery.slsp.ch
Lecturers can check here whether the literature used for teaching is available in Lucerne.
Facility Management (FM): Requests and assignments for UNI facility managers should be sent to the central email address hauswart@unilu.ch or to the FM helpdesk (tel. +41 41 229 51 51). The FM helpdesk is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1.15 p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1.15 p.m. to 4 p.m. During the remaining building opening hours, you can reach a facility manager in urgent cases by calling the helpdesk number. The FM does not provide courier or messenger services.
IT Helpdesk: The UNI IT department operates a helpdesk. It is available Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 5 p.m., on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1.15 p.m. to 4 p.m. by email (helpdesk@unilu.ch) and by phone (+41 41 229 50 10).
Human Resources: If you have any questions regarding remuneration for teaching assignments, or if you wish to report changes to your account, address or marital status, or the birth of a child, please contact Human Resources directly: +41 41 229 50 30; personaldienst@unilu.ch.
The emergency number is +41 41 229 50 50. It should only be dialled in emergencies. The alarm will then be activated via the information desk (ground floor). Do not call the police, ambulance or fire brigade directly. The mail room (E.219) doubles as a first-aid room.
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences places strong emphasis on analysing the various mechanisms of social exclusion, discrimination, and disadvantage from a research perspective. It is also committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment for teaching, learning, and working within the faculty. To support this commitment, the faculty has adopted an action plan to promote equality:
Massnahmen zur Geschlechtergleichstellung an der KSF (Measures to promote gender equality at the KSF)
Lecturers are asked to support the faculty's efforts to use gender-neutral language. The following brochure provides helpful tips for using gender-neutral language in lectures:
Sprache und Bild. Ein Leitfaden zur Gleichbehandlung aller Geschlechter (Language and images. A guide to equal treatment of all genders)
All lecture halls (ground floor and basement) and large seminar rooms on the 3rd and 4th floors (72 seats each) are equipped with microphones/speakers, projectors, visualisers and whiteboards. All other seminar rooms are equipped with projectors and whiteboards.
AV
Users are responsible for operating the AV equipment in the lecture halls and seminar rooms. A brief instruction manual is available in each lecture hall and seminar room. Lecturers can obtain the key to the AV equipment from the information desk; if the lecture hall/seminar room is locked, this key can also be used to unlock the room. The key must be returned to the information desk after the lecture. If there are any problems with the system, please contact the Facility Management helpdesk (hauswart@unilu.ch, +41 41 229 51 51). For questions regarding IT, please contact the IT helpdesk (+41 41 229 50 10).
Notebook
All lecture halls and seminar rooms at the University of Lucerne (basement, ground floor, 3rd and 4th floors) are equipped with a notebook that can be used during the lecture. The notebooks are connected to a special network with WiFi access. The devices are equipped with Windows 10, Office 2016 and VLC Player for playing films.
If you would like to use these devices for presentations, all you need is a USB stick with the data you want to use for the lecture. However, you can also connect your own notebook. Mac users should remember to bring an adapter. Please bring your own presenter if required. Adapters and presenters can be borrowed from IT in room 4.A13.
Online registration is mandatory for KSF lectures. Otherwise, it is not possible to attend a lecture and earn credits. The registration period begins two weeks before the start of the semester (on a Monday) and ends on the Friday of the second week of the semester. During this time, you can register or deregister. The registration tool will be locked outside this time window. Further information is available here.
On the first basement floor, there is a locker room with coin-operated lockers (deposit required), primarily intended for external users (see also section "Workspaces" below).
At the start of their employment, new lecturers will receive an email from IT containing information about their lecturer email address (firstname.lastname@doz.unilu.ch) and login credentials for the OLAT e-learning platform and Wi-Fi. These credentials remain valid for subsequent semesters.
OLAT serves as a platform for storing documents related to your lectures and for communicating with students. Direct link to the OLAT learning platform: https://lms.uzh.ch/dmz/
Didactic questions about e-learning: Centre for Teaching, Dr Bernhard Lange, +41 41 229 51 20; bernhard.lange@unilu.ch
Technical questions and advice: IT Department, +41 41 229 50 10 (helpdesk); helpdesk@unilu.ch
The UNI/PH building is located in the immediate vicinity of the train station and bus terminal and is easily accessible by public transport. There are no car parking spaces available. You can park your private vehicle at your own expense in the train station car park. On the south side of the building (near the tracks), you will find covered stands for around 600 bicycles. From there, you can access the building directly. There are 150 covered parking spaces for motorcycles and scooters on the car park level. From there, you can access the entrance to the 2nd floor.
Copying
Copying is possible on all multifunction devices in the public copy rooms of the UNI/PH building. Billing is via the CampusCard and charged to the faculty. Copying for cash is not possible.
Printing
Printing is available on all multifunction devices in the public copy rooms of the UNI/PH building (from your notebook via https://fprint.unilu.ch/#/login). Paper is supplied by Facility Management. Toner refills are provided by the IT department.
For information on remuneration for teaching assignments and for the supervision of written work, please consult the following documents:
Richtlinien Entlöhnung Lehraufträge (Guidelines on remuneration for teaching assignments)
Merkblatt zur Vergütung der Betreuung von schriftlichen Arbeiten (Information sheet on remuneration for supervising written work)
Expenses for travel, meals and accommodation incurred by lecturers are usually not reimbursed. For questions, please contact the seminar secretariats.
Merkblatt Spesen Lehrbeauftragte (Information sheet on expenses for lecturers)
The current semester dates table provides a good overview of the lecture-free holidays and the various deadlines.
The University of Lucerne offers a wide range of taster courses and support programmes: Schnupper- und Förderangeboten
Starting in the autumn semester of 2024, prospective students will be able to register for the Buddy Programme. Prospective students will be accompanied by KSF students to lectures, where they can ask questions and gain an initial insight into student life.
The KSF also offers Schnupperseminare (taster seminars) designed to give secondary school students an insight into university life.
All public areas at UNI and PH Lucerne, including the foyer, library, classrooms and meeting rooms, are equipped with Wi-Fi. The foyer on the ground floor (canteen area) and the break area on the second floor are also WiFi-enabled. Lecturers can access the WiFi with their @doz.unilu.ch address, even if using their own laptop (> see also section on "Login credentials").
In addition to the workspaces in the library, lecturers can use the workspaces in room 1.A04 (doctoral student room ZHB on the 1st floor). Free lockers are available on the 1st basement floor. If you require a lockable cabinet for the entire semester, you can rent a locker on the 1st basement floor for a small fee. Click here to register.
A limited number of lockers are also available for permanent rental to lecturers in the doctoral student room 1.A04. These can be requested by email from Mr Lukas Grajkowski, lukas.grajkowski@zhbluzern.ch, providing the following information: name, date of birth, email address, rental period.
