The University offers a wide variety of great places to study - whether you want to study alone or in a group, in silence or in quiet discussion, during the day or at the evenings and weekends. If you are within travelling distance to a HWU campus library, you are welcome to visit.
Cameron Smail (Edinburgh campus) Library
Arranged over 4 floors, the library offers 1200 seats, including:
The open areas are a mix of formal and casual seating, lounge chairs and study pods. Study facilities include:
During Semesters the library is open:
For floor plans of the Edinburgh campus library, see:
For information on PCs, WiFi, software, printing/copying/scanning and any other IT essential, see:
NEW! Returning students will need to get their cards activated for non-staffed hours. Bring your card to the library Service Desk.
New! Virtual Tour of the Edinburgh campus library:
The university also offers further informal study spaces across campus, including crush areas, central catering areas, the Student Union, the James Watt Centre, the Learning Commons (1 & 2) and the GRID. The library staff information points at Learning Commons 1 and the GRID. Further information is available at:
To find out more about study spaces, see:
For information about opening hours, see:
There are various arrangements in place that allow HWU students in the UK to access other university and public libraries within the UK and Ireland, see: