The campus guide when visiting the University of Stavanger.
Visit UiS

There are bicycle parking areas at several locations on campus. (Photo: Mari Hult)
Use MazeMap to find the room or the auditorium you are looking for when visiting UiS! The map also contains other important information about the buildings and outdoor spaces.
We recommend using public transportation or bicycles to get to the university campus. Parking options at the Ullandhaug campus are limited.
The Faculty of Performing Arts is located in Bjergsted, and the Archaeological Museum is situated in Våland in downtown Stavanger.
Opening Hours
The buildings on the campus are open to the public from 07:45 AM to 8:00 PM. After 8:00 PM, a key card is required for access. The alarm is set at 11:00 PM. The alarm doesn't apply to the University Library, which operates with its own opening hours.
Accessibility
Information about accessibility in public buildings can be found at "Bygg for alle" (Buildings for Everyone). Enter the full or partial name of the building you want to know more about in the search field.
Dining locations at Campus Ullandhaug
The dining services provided on campus can offer good and affordable options to most students. Most of the student cantinas are operated by Studentsamskipnaden i Stavanger, SiS Cafe.

Opening hours
Optimisten
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am – 7:30 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Humanisten
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 2:15 pm
Sentralen
Monday - Friday: 8:00 am – 3.00 pm
Entusiasten
Monday - Friday: 7:45 am – 1:15 pm
Bokkafeen
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 am – 6:30 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Student Cantina in Hagbard Line-huset
SiS kafé offers affordable and healthy food. They can offer salads, vegetarian food, pizza, sandwiches and various cold dishes.
The "Book Café" in Kjølv Egelands hus offers tea and espresso-based coffee drinks. You can also enjoy smoothies, wine, beer and other cold beverages in a comfortable atmosphere.
Faculty of Performing Arts
Located in the beautiful green surroundings of Bjergsted Park, close to the centre of Stavanger, Faculty of Performing Arts is neighbour and partner to the city's cultural life.

Other park «residents» include the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, The Stavanger Concert House, and Stavanger Performing Arts School, as well as the Stavanger Concert Society and the Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound.
Faculty of Performing Arts has more than 200 students pursuing a range of courses in classical music, jazz, voice, music education, dance education and music production and recording.
Contact information
Reception:
Phone: +47 51 83 40 00
Fax: +47 51 83 40 50
E-mail: music-dance@uis.no
You might also be interested in
17th Nordic Conference in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
17th Nordic Conference in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, takes place at the University of Stavanger, School of B...
Job Market Candiates 2025
The UiS School of Business and Law presents the following job market candidates for employment.
Launch of a new book: Meeting the Inclusion Challenge in Innovation – Giving Voice to Users
The book Meeting the Inclusion Challenge in Innovation – Giving Voice to Users was presented by some of the authors at t...
Over 1,000 applied for new AI course
1,123 applicants from all over Norway, aged 18 and over, both students and people in work, attended the new online cours...
Would you like to perform at the library?
Are you a student at the Faculty of Performing Arts at UiS? Here's your chance to showcase your artistic work to an enga...
Bjergsted Student Association
Association for students at the Faculty of Performing Arts in Bjergsted.
Advancing the Hydrogen Economy: Unlocking the Potential of Salt Caverns
Hydrogen is increasingly recognized as a pivotal element in the transition to sustainable energy, crucial for mitigating...
Successful completion for PhDs at UiS' partner university
Together with Wallaga University in Ethiopia, UiS is part of the education project INDMEET (Institutional Network for De...
Bjarte Engeset employed in temporary position
Bjarte Engeset is employed in a three-year temporary position as Professor in conducting.
Institutional review board - UiS School of Business and Law (HHUiS-IRB)
The HHUiS-IRB is an institutional board to assess whether research projects carried out by researchers affiliated with t...
"How to Breathe Rock" – an artistic sound work on campus
What role does geology play in our daily lives? Artist Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir explores this in the sound artwork "How to...
The Energy Central UiS
The Energy Central uses geothermal energy to produce and distribute heating and cooling to the entire Ullandhaug campus.
The students Oda, Maren og Susanne learned about workplace motivation and won 40.000 NOK
Three groups of students from the Master of Science in Business Administration participated in the competition. The winn...
Celebrating PhD achievements in circular economy and supply chain innovation
Noorhan Firdaus Pambudi and Kartika Nur Alfina have successfully completed their doctoral projects in the Department of ...
Facts and figures
Find key figures, strategic priorities, and facts about the University of Stavanger.
The organisation
At UiS, the University Board is the highest governing body. The Rector holds the highest academic and administrative res...
Yara's Birkeland Prize 2024 to Song Lu
Yara’s Birkeland Prize for 2024 in chemistry was given to doctor Song Lu for his thesis titled “Transition-metal-mediate...
Design optimisation for floating offshore wind turbines
Anja Schnepf defended her PhD-thesis titled "Design optimisation of Power Cable Configurations for Floating Offshore Win...
Sending invoice to the University of Stavanger
Find information about how to invoice the University of Stavanger.