Lawns and gardens between the university buildings provide students with a comfortable and natural environment, and the fact that the university is removed from the centre of the city supports a focus on academics. Several cafeterias are located throughout campus and a main cafeteria, where both lunch and dinner are served, is situated in the centre of campus. Accommodation is available in a number of dormitories located both near the university and in the Old Town. The University Library is made up of one main complex and 11 branch libraries spread throughout the campus. The library houses approximately 3 million books, periodicals and other research materials, all organized under an easy to use computerized search program.
Online access is possible from all computers on the university network.
Through inter-library loan, books from any other library in Germany are available within a few days. Students have access to a constantly growing number of personal computers in any of 18 computer labs throughout campus. All computers are IBM clones and equipped with the current programming languages, word-processing programs, Internet access and programs for graphics, statistics, etc. Every student enrolled at the University of Regensburg receives a personal access code for the computers as well as an e-mail account. The computer centre also offers free programming and introductory courses for students of all academic fields.