Room Booking

If you are arranging an event which is not part of our routine academic or administrative business, or doesn't fall under one of the exemptions listed in the guidance, please fill out the form with information about your event.

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• Events and Speaker Form

The full Events and Speaker Policy is available in the Policy Zone.

AccessAble provides detailed information on the accessibility for University buildings on the Kings College Campus, the Foresterhill Campus, and the Halls of Residence

The Central Teaching Pool is the main suite of rooms available for teaching activities at the University. The Pool is managed by the Central Timetabling Team.

Rooms available include:

• Lecture theatres
• Tutorial and seminar rooms
• Computer rooms
• Flexible teaching spaces
• Laboratories

For a list of rooms with their capacities please see the Room List. You can request a room via the online form. Queries should be sent to roombookings@abdn.ac.uk.

Additional Notes

Please try to give at least 3 working days notice for any room requests. During busy periods last minute requests may not be seen in time.

All evening and weekend bookings are restricted to the MacRobert building, Taylor and New King's wherever possible and must end by 10.00pm.

Catering is not permitted in teaching rooms. If catering is required please let us know so we can look for suitable accommodation for you.

Security are advised of all room bookings to ensure rooms are unlocked as required. If a room you have booked is locked on arrival, please contact Security on +44 (0) 1224 27 3327.

Lecture Theatres and Classrooms

The Central Timetabling Team manage a variety of lecture theatres and classrooms available for external hire.

Please send enquiries to roombookings@abdn.ac.uk and include:

• Date of booking
• Start and finish times
• Capacity required
• Purpose of booking
• Type of room required

Evening and weekend bookings are restricted to the MacRobert Building.

All bookings are made in line with the standard conditions of booking.

Conference and Events Venues

Campus Services manage external bookings for the following venues:

• Elphinstone Hall
• Linklater Rooms
• King's Conference Centre
• The Students' Union Building
• The Old Town House

To book, please contact the Conference and Events team:

Tel: +44 (0) 1224 272660
Email: conf.events@abdn.ac.uk
Web: www.abdn.ac.uk/confevents

Aberdeen University Student Association (AUSA) is based in The Students' Union Building. Enquiries should be made to AUSA (ausa@abdn.ac.uk).

If there are no rooms available in The Hub, societies can use rooms from the Central Teaching Pool, subject to availability. AUSA provides the Central Timetabling Team with a list of approved contacts for each society - usually the President, Secretary and Treasurer.

Room bookings requests are accepted only from the approved named contacts. You can request a room via the online form.

For multiple requests please email roombookings@abdn.ac.uk with the full details.