Closures and Holidays
Summer Opening Hours 2025
Reduced Summer Opening Hours
From Monday, 30 June to Sunday, 31 August 2025, the following UB locations have reduced summer opening hours :
| Location | Summer Opening Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday - Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm |
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| UB Law | Monday - Saturday |
| Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm |
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| UB Theology & Religious Studies | Monday - Friday 9:00am - 1:00pm |
Reduced Info Desk Hours
From Monday, 30 June to Sunday, 31 August 2025, the following UB locations have reduced info desk hours, but are open during regular opening hours:
| Locations | Info Desk Staffed |
|---|---|
| UB German Studies & Nordic Language and Literature | Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Monday - Friday |
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| UB Romance Language and Literature | Monday - Friday 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
All other UB locations remain open at regular hours.
Reduced Access with UZH Card during summer vacation of public schools
From Monday, 14 July to Sunday, 17 August 2025, the following UB locations in the UZH main building have reduced access with UZH Card:
Locations |
Access with UZH Card |
Monday - Friday Saturday and Sunday |
* Access with UZH Card is also possible during opening hours of the Natural History Museum.
Holidays
UB locations are closed on these public holidays.
UZH members with a valid UZH Card have access to certain locations daily, i.e. also on public holidays. Access works via an automatic door opener.
| Date | Holiday | Exceptions / comments |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 17.04.2025, from 4:00pm | Maundy Thursday | * |
| Fri, 18.04.2025 | Good Friday | * |
| Sat, 19.04.2025 | Holy Saturday | * |
| Sun, 20.04.2025 | Easter | * |
| Mon, 21.04.2025 | Easter Monday | * |
| Mon, 28.04.2025 | Sechseläuten | Closed: UB Asian and Oriental Studies (ZUB), UB Educational Science (FRE), UB Ethics, UB Ethnographic Museum, UB Law, UB Medicine Careum, UB Romance Language and Literature (closed from 12:15pm, info desk not staffed in the morning), Regularly open from 9:00am - 5:00pm (if not mentionend otherwise), but info desk is not staffed: UB Asian and Oriental Studies (RAA), Restricted access with UZH Card only until 6:00pm: UB Art History, UB Asian and Oriental Studies (RAA), UB Economics, UB History, UB Philosophy, UB Slavonic Studies, General and Comparative Literature & Comparative Language Science The remaining locations are regularly open or regularly accessible with UZH Card. |
| Thu, 01.05.2025 | Labor Day | * |
| Wed, 28.05.2025, from 4:00pm | Eve of Ascension Day | * |
| Thu, 29.05.2025 | Ascension Day | * |
| Sun, 08.06.2025 | Whit Sunday | * |
| Mon, 09.06.2025 | Whit Monday | * |
| Fri, 01.08.2025 | Swiss National Day | * |
| Mon, 15.09.2025 | Knabenschiessen | * |
| Wed, 24.12.2025 | Christmas Eve | * |
| Thu, 25.12.2025 | Christmas | * |
| Fri, 26.12.2025 | Boxing Day | * |
| Sat, 27.12.2025 | ||
| Sun, 28.12.2025 |
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| Wed, 31.12.2025 | New Years Eve | * |
| Thu, 01.01.2026 | New Year | * |
| Fr, 02.01.2026 | Berchtoldstag | * |
* UZH members with a valid UZH Card have access to certain locations daily, i.e. also on public holidays. Access works via an automatic door opener.
For information about special closures of individual locations see Locations.