Thanks to its relatively recent date of construction, most parts of the university are built and equipped in a manner suitable for disabled students. The University Library with its main library complex and its 11 branch libraries houses approx. Due to its modern set-up it may be counted among the best research libraries within Germany. Well over a third of the total stock is directly accessible to the user. Books may be read in one of the 14 reading rooms and many can be checked out for a duration of up to four weeks.
Online access is provided from all computers on the university network.
The search of titles is possible for items on stock in Regensburg as well as for those in any other university library in Germany. Through inter-library loan, books from any other library in Germany are available within a few days. The rare book collection of the library also deserves mention. The library is striving to extend its opening hours, the large branch libraries now open from 8.00 - 22.00 on weekdays and 9.00 to 18.00 on Saturdays. As a service institution, the Computer Centre provides the university with data processing capacity for research and for teaching and administration purposes.