View over Medicinarberget with the university's buildings.
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  2. Campus Medicinareberget

Campus Medicinareberget

The Medicinareberget campus is located near the Sahlgrenska University Hospital area between Guldheden and Linnéstaden. It is home to the Sahlgrenska Academy (the medical faculty) and large parts of the Faculty of Science and Technology.

How to find us

Address

Medicinarlängan: Medicinaregatan 3 and Medicinaregatan 13
Odontologen: Medicinaregatan 12D
Hälsovetarbacken: Arvid Wallgrens backe, buildings 1 and 2, entrance F
Health Sciences Centre, Guldhedsgatan 5A
Natrium: Medicinaregatan 7B
Wallenberg Conference Centre and Medicinareberget Service Centre: Medicinaregatan 20

Opening hours

Hälsovetarbacken, weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Health Sciences Centre, weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Medicinarlängan, weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Natrium, weekdays 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Odontologen, Medicinaregatan 12A–12C weekdays 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Medicinaregatan 12D–12F requires a GU card.

On other days and at other times, you have access with your GU card.

Accessibility

The following entrances are accessible:
Arvid Wallgrens Backe 2A (Building 7)
Arvid Wallgrens Backe 2B (Building 7)
Arvid Wallgrens Backe 4, Entrance E (Building 1)
Arvid Wallgrens Backe 4, Entrance F (Building 2)
Arvid Wallgrens Backe 5, Entrance G (Building 6)
Medicinaregatan 3, from the courtyard
Medicinaregatan 3B
Medicinaregatan 7B
Medicinaregatan 12A
Medicinaregatan 12B
Medicinaregatan 12C
Medicinaregatan 12D
Medicinaregatan 12F
Medicinaregatan 13A
Medicinaregatan 13B
Medicinaregatan 15A
Medicinaregatan 16A
Medicinaregatan 21

Accessible parking spaces are available at Medicinaregatan 1, Medicinaregatan 5C, Medicinaregatan 7B, Medicinaregatan 9D, Medicinaregatan 13B and Medicinaregatan 15B.

Hearing loops

Natrium: the multipurpose hall Stenbrottet, the collaboration hall Korallrevet, as well as in the large lecture hall Orangeriet.

Medicinarelängan: lecture hall Björn Folkow, lecture hall Ivan Östholm, lecture hall Ivan Ivarsson, lecture hall Tore Ahnhoff, lecture hall Ragnar Sandberg, lecture hall Carl Kylberg, lecture hall Nils Nilsson, lecture hall Åke Göransson and lecture hall Waldemar Sjölander.

Academicum: lecture hall Arvid Carlsson.

Hälsovetarbacken: lecture hall 2118 and lecture hall 2119. There is also a mobile hearing loop at Hälsovetarbacken. HVB House 2, Level 2, is responsible for the equipment during the time the student picks up and returns one hearing loop device. Greta Häggblom Kronlöf knows how the equipment should be used and who has the equipment in their room. She has the email: greta.haggblom-kronlof@neuro.gu.se

Accessibility in Natrium

In Natrium, each floor has two accessible toilets, one in each toilet group. They are equipped with safety alarms with red push buttons. Alarms are indicated locally with sound and a red flashing light for each room. Alarms are reset inside each room by pressing the green reset button.

Access

The university's premises are primarily intended for education and research, and the laws and regulations governing the university's activities do not stipulate any obligation to provide or make premises available to the general public.

Directions

The Medicinaregatan and Sahlgrenska huvudentré stops are the closest stops to Campus Medicinareberget. There are plenty of tram and bus lines that take you to all parts of Gothenburg. You can easily find which tram or bus line to take using Västtrafik's travel planner.

If you are driving, the entrance to Medicinareberget is via Medicinaregatan, which turns off from Guldhedsgatan. There are plenty of parking spaces around the hill, and there is also a car park at Medicinaregatan 18 G. Charging stations for electric cars are available at two parking spaces, on the road up to Medicinaregatan 1 and at Medicinaregatan 14. 

Bicycle parking is available in several places on Medicinareberget, including under the roof outside Medicinaregatan 7 B and by the side walkway at Medicinaregatan 21. At Medicinaregatan 9 A, there is bicycle parking where you can charge your electric bike battery. To access it, use your GU card.

Who can be found here?

Sahlgrenska Academy

  • Institute of Biomedicine
  • Institute of Clinical Sciences
  • Institute of Medicine
  • Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
  • Institute of Odontology
  • Institute of Health and Medical Sciences

Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department of Biology and Environmental Science
  • Department of Earth Sciences
  • Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Department of Cultural Heritage
  • Department of Marine Sciences

Find your way around the premises

Library

The Biomedical Library, Medicinaregatan 4, and the Hälsovetarbacken Library, Arvid Wallgrens Backe 5.

Please note that students and staff at the Faculty of Science and Technology also have access to library services at Campus Johanneberg.

Study areas

There are study areas throughout Medicinareberget that all students can use. Study areas are available in the following locations, for example:

  • In Natrium. There are various types of study areas on floors 2 and 3. There are also group rooms that are available when they are not booked for teaching. The same applies to the lecture halls in Natrium
    In the basement, with an entrance between Medicinaregatan 7B and 9A. There are 140 places here, both individual and group rooms.
  • In the Lundberg Laboratory at Medicinaregatan 9C.
  • In the Salt&Syra restaurant (except between 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. when it is lunch time)
  • In Medicinarelängan.
  • At the Biomedical Library
Map with marked study spots and group rooms
Study spaces and group rooms

Food, refreshments and fika on campus

Food truck - turning area Medicinaregatan 3B, outside Academicum
Monday-Friday 11:00-13:30
Tikka Roti

Food truck - Medicinaregatan 8
Monday-Friday 11:00-13:30
Havana Fusion Food Truck
Nenas Food Truck
We satisfy your hunger
Alicia Food Truck
La Chiva Abbas Food Truck
Oss Bröd Emellan

Food truck - Medicinaregatan 13, outside the Medicine and Nutrition Centre, at the end of Medicinarlängan.
Monday–Friday, 11:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Andonis Greek
Tikka Roti
Tapas Fabrik
Taste of Britain
Mat & Sånt

Resting room

Resting rooms for students are located at the following addresses:
Medicinaregatan 11, room 2409 C
Medicinaregatan 13, room 2706 A
Hälsovetarbacken, building 7, room 7009
You will need your key card to unlock the room.

Quiet room

Medicinaregatan 5B, floor 1000, room no.: 1152, one floor down from the wing. The room is also accessible to people with reduced mobility, as it is located next to the lift. Opening hours: 6.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The room can be used by both students and staff who need a moment for meditation, reflection or prayer. The room cannot be booked. It is possible for several people to use it at the same time. Visitors are asked to turn off their mobile phones so as not to disturb others. The room is not intended for organised meetings, group activities, studies, conversations or exercise.

There are two large cupboards in the room where regular visitors can store a prayer mat or other items they need to carry out their quiet activities. After your visit, the room must be restored to its original condition and the doors to the lockers must be kept closed. The lockers will be emptied twice a year: at the turn of the year and at the end of the spring semester.

Practical information about the premises

Safety in our premises

Water/drinking water
Water in the laboratory environment must not be used as drinking water.

Fire alarms
Natrium and relevant parts of Medicinarelängan are equipped with automatic fire alarm systems. Smoke, heat and line detectors or alarm buttons trigger alarms, fire alarm bells and flashing lights.

Evacuation and assembly points
Evacuation plans are posted at Medicinareberget showing evacuation routes, fire extinguishers, evacuation points in case of fire and assembly points.

The evacuation routes are marked with green evacuation signs. Evacuation routes, stairwells and airlocks must be kept clear and must not contain any flammable materials. Lifts must not be used in the event of a fire.

Natrium
Natrium is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system.
Close doors behind you when evacuating, as this will slow down the spread of fire and dangerous smoke.

Watch the film about Natrium: What should you do if a fire breaks out?

Link to safety at the university

Storage

Storage lockers in Natrium
On floors 2 and 3 in Natrium, there are storage lockers that you can lock with your GU card. The lockers are primarily intended for those who have classes in the laboratories where outer clothing is not allowed.

Storage lockers in Medicinarelängan
On the 2nd floor of Medicinarelägan, there are storage lockers managed by the student union SAKS. On the 1st floor, there are storage lockers with time restrictions that you can lock with your GU card.

Lost property

Lost property/unclaimed items should be handed in at the Service Center Medicinareberget, Medicinaregatan 20B.

Report a fault

Fault reports should be sent via email to service.medicinareberget@gu.se.

On-site service and support

Service centre

Service centre Medicinareberget
Medicinaregatan 20B
Opening hours and contact information to service centre

Study guidance

Study Counsellors at the Sahlgrenska Academy

Study Counsellors at the Faculty of Science and Technology
You will find the study counsellors on floor 2 in Natrium.

Student unions

The Sahlgrenska Academy Student Union (SAKS) is the student union for all students at the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University of Gothenburg. Sahlgrenska Academy Student Union: Security, community and benefits  

The Science and Technology Section of the Göta Student Union is aimed at students at the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Gothenburg.
Göta Student Union – Science and Technology Section

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