Fees and Prices

Library card: Annual fee

You can only pay the annual fee after you have received your library card.

Library card	Annual fee (valid for 12 months)	Documents for exemption
Students at the University of Cologne	not applicable	Student card
Employees at the University of Cologne	not applicable	Proof of employment (PDF, 88KB)
Guest students at the University of Cologne	not applicable	Guest student car
Students at a public university of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	not applicable	Student card
Employees at a public university of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	not applicable	Proof of employment
Students at a private university of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	20,- €
Students at universities outside of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	20,- €
Apprentices in a state-approved training occupation	not applicable	Proof of apprentice occupation
Private persons	20,- €
Legal trainees in the preparatory service of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia	not applicable	Proof of employment
Pupils at secondary schools (I and II)	not applicable	if necessary pupils ID
Minors (except students at the University of Cologne)	not applicable	Declaration of consent (pdf, 41KB) and photo identification of the parent or legal guardian who signed the declaration of consent
Hartz IV recipients or Cologne passport holders	not applicable	Proof of Hartz IV or Cologne passport
Employees at Max Planck Institutes based in Cologne, Cologne museums and archives	not applicable	Proof of employment
Member of the Cologne Library Society (Kölnische Bibliotheksgesellschaft)	not applicable	Proof of membership
Seriously disabled person	not applicable	if necessary severely disabled person's pass
Substitute card	10,- €

Overdue fees

Late fees are already incurred from the 1st day of the loan period being exceeded. We have to charge the following fees per volume:

2,- € up to 10 calendar days overdue
5,- € up to 20 calendar days overdue
10,- € up to 30 calendar days overdue
20,- € from the 31st calendar day of the missed deadline

Tip: Avoid late fees by regularly checking the loans in your account and using the renewal options.

Interlibrary loan, reservation, book loss, prices Digitisation Centre

This is how you can pay:

in the Main Library at the cash machines with Girocard (EC card) or credit card (except American Express).
in the Department of Human Sciences (HWA) cash payment of fees is not possible! Please transfer the outstanding amount.
by bank transfer - please use this account number only for transfers to USB Cologne:

Universitätskasse Köln
Sparkasse KölnBonn
IBAN DE53 3705 0198 1902 4910 16
BIC COLSDE33

Reason for payment: Please be sure to include your user number so that we can correctly allocate your payment!

Important: If the hash (#) in your user number is not accepted in online banking, you can enter either a dash (-) or a space instead.