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Your guide to finding study spaces on campus

25 May 2026

With final assignments and exams approaching, find your ideal study spot with our guide to study spaces across Ilam and Dovedale campuses.

HOW TO APPLY

Libraries

Puaka-James Hight has extended hours from Friday 23 October – Friday 6 November, see below times: 

  • Monday – Friday 8am – 11pm (including Labour Day)

  • Saturday and Sundays – 10am – 11pm

  • Saturday 31 October – 8:30am – 11pm

  • Saturday 7 November – 8:30am – 9pm

Puaka-James Hight is a popular study spot and it can fill up quickly. You can also check out MacMillan Brown or EPS.

There are also desk pods available for study on levels 6 and 7 of Puaka-James Hight.

All three libraries have bookable study spaces – find out more here.

No longer need your study room booking? Please cancel it so someone else can use the space.

More places to study

Study spaces can get busy as exams approach, so please be mindful of others. If you're using a pod, booth or study nook with spare seats, make room for someone else to join you. Sharing these spaces helps everyone find a spot to study.

Some buildings may require your Canterbury Card for access, so make sure you have it with you.

Ilam campus

  • Jack Erskine (basement): 24/7 access

  • EPS Library: Monday–Thursday, 8.30am–9pm; Friday, 8.30am–5pm; Saturday–Sunday, 1pm–5pm, Wednesday 21st October, Closed.

  • C Block exterior: 24/7 access

  • Undercroft: 24/7 access

  • Ti Kōuka (Haere-roa): 8am–5pm

  • Rehua: 7.30am–5.30pm

  • Ernest Rutherford: 7.30am–5.30pm

  • Beatrice Tinsley: 7.30am–5pm

  • North and South Arts lecture theatres: 7.30am–5.30pm

  • Te Ao Mārama (level 1): 8am–5pm

  • Len Lye (levels 1 and 2): 7.30am–5.30pm

  • Rātā Engineering Core: 24/7 access

Dovedale campus

  • Ōtākaro Annex (pop-up study space): 7.30am–5.30pm

  • Space next to Collective Café: 7.30am–7pm

  • Quiet space (SS40, Education Students' Association, next to the parents' room): 7.30am–5pm

Labour Day hours

  • Puaka-James Hight: 8am–11pm  

  • EPS: 8.30am–9pm

  • Rātā Engineering Core and Jack Erskine will be open as usual, using swipe access  

  • Undercroft: 8am–11pm

Strike action notice

Please note due to strike action on Wednesday 21 October, the EPS and Macmillan Brown Libraries will be closed from 1pm to 5.15pm, while Puaka-James Hight Central Library will remain open for study only. Library information desks will be unstaffed, and no library services will be available during this time.

For more campus study spots, check out the Study and Discussion Rooms page

 


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