The UB 4 has so called closed collections. From these written requests for materials are required. The other sections have closed as well as open collections, where the visitors can take out material from the shelves. The Ideon Research Park is one of the major technology centers in Europe. Here industry meets university.
Industry provides technical research projects and whole research departments.
The university provides new ideas as well as highly skilled research staff. The aim is to create and establish new hi-tech enterprises. Today there are about 150 companies with some 900 employees at Ideon. The academic year consists of two terms. Term length varies according to subject area.