Monday - Friday

09:00 - 23:00

Saturday and Sunday

11:00 - 17:00

For some Plexus facilities different opening hours may apply. See:

• Student Affairs Front Office
• Plex-Fit gym
• University Shop
• Meeting Point

 
Deviating opening hours 2025/2026
 

Wheelchair-accessible parking space

Close to the entrance.
Parking location on the map

Entrance

Automatic opening door followed by automatic draft door, 85 cm wide, threshold of 2.5 cm. Both have a second, manual door to achieve a passage width of 170 cm. There is a front doorbell at the main entrance at 140 cm height.

Assistance

Reception, after the draft door on the left.
071 - 527 3010

Entrance Plex-Fit gym

The entrance is located through the gate with the horse's head, in the back left corner of the courtyard. There is an automatic door (108 cm wide), it has a 9 cm threshold with ramps. This is followed by an automatic draft door (95 cm wide). The draft door has a second, manually operated door that allows the passage to be widened to 140 cm.
When leaving the premises, the draft door opens automatically. For the exterior door, a button must be pressed, which is located at a height of 125 cm.

Wheelchair-accessible toilets

Ground floor: room 0.22, 30 metres from main entrance.
First floor: room 1.06, 10 metres from lift.

Lift

Directly opposite the main entrance, 10 metres away.

• Student Affairs Front Office
• Student Support Services
  • Student psychologists
  • Psychologists  for PhD candidates
  • Student counsellors
  • Career Services
  • Student well-being
  • Introduction weeks: EL CID | OWL | HOP
• University shop
• Plexus Living Room
• Room hire (university and external)
• Plex-Fit gym
• Facilities for student organisations
• Meeting Point

See the Plexus Organisation Guide for detailed contact information.

Study rooms and co-working room 

In addition to the library, Plexus also offers plenty of places to study. Come and study in peace in one of the self-study rooms, or work together on a group assignment in the co-working room. Don’t forget to bring your student LU-Card to get access to our rooms.

Study rooms

In the study rooms you can study in peace in a study-oriented environment.

• 0.10 Cockpit (computers available)
• 0.20 Last Minute
• 1.01 Tuxzaal (computers available)
• 1.11 Niet Spieken

Co-working room 

In our Cos co-working room (1.02) you can collaborate on assignments with fellow students (max. 16) or prepare lectures together. The co-working room is located on the first floor. You do not need to reserve in advance. As the saying goes: first come, first served.

Opening hours

The study rooms have the same opening hours as the rest of the building.

Students, staff and external parties can hire rooms at Plexus for reasonable rates. Submit a reservation request online via the reservation form. For more information please contact the secretariat by email at reserveringen@plexus.leidenuniv.nl or by telephone: 071 527 80 08.

Availability

Monday to Friday: from 09:00 until 22:30 hours
Saturday and Sunday: from 11:30 until 16:30 hours

Included facilities

The following are included in the room-hire tariff for the Spectrum, the Kikkerzaal, the Skyline, and the Last Minute rooms:

• whiteboard
• flipchart
• beamer
• speakers
• conference cam
• (standard) cleaning

Other equipment may be available upon request and at own expense.

Coffee/tea

We can provide coffee and tea on request.

Standard rates

• Pot of coffee € 10,10
• Pot of tea € 7,00

Reduces student rates

• Pot of coffee € 6,20
• Pot of tea € 4,40

For any other catering wishes we kindly refer you to UFB page about catering possibilities.

Room rental tariffs

¹ Depending on required room set up.
² Only available evenings and weekends.
³ Free of charge for SEA staff members
⁴ Free of charge for authorised boards of in-house student organisations

Posible costs for additional caretaker

Rooms can be hired outside regular opening times. In that case at least one caretaker per 50 visitors needs to be present, for which additional fees will be charged. In some circumstances an additional caretaker may be required during regular opening times as well, to which the fees below also apply.

Fee per caretaker per hour

Weekdays 9:00 - 20:00: € 41,55
Weekdays 20:00 - 23:00 and Saturdays: € 57,50
Sundays: € 71,35

Prices are subject to change and can vary according to specific requirements .

Visitors need to buy a day parking ticket at a parking meter to park in the Kaiserstraat. Outside the city centre, the municipality charges a more favourable hourly rate.

Car park Parking Leiden Haagweg is easily accessible from the access roads to Leiden. A free shuttle bus will take you to any location in the centre of Leiden and pick you up again at any time. You can also walk: the car park is about 15 minutes' walk from the city centre.