Collections and Donations

The university library's collection is centered around the four faculties Architecture and Urbanism, Civil EngineeringArt and Design and Media, their respective courses of study and current topics in teachin, studying and research. In addition, the library holds historical collections, special collections and donations. The library maintains its collection by selecting study and research literature according to the needs of the user and the subjects.

Historical collections

The university library holds a historical collection of around 8,000 volumes collected since 1860, the majority  of which come from the 19th and 20th century. The provenance seals of these books and periodicals were indexed in a project spanning several years. These works are available worldwide in the Digitale Sammlungenfollowing a digitalization and indexing project funded by Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) that ran between 2009 and 2012.

Spezialsammlungen

Schenkungen und Sammlungen