Buildings and laboratories

The School of Informatics is located within the central campus, near George Square. If you are enrolled in one of our joint degrees, some of your classes might take place in Kings Buildings, a 25-minute walk from George Square.

The location of Appleton Tower and the Informatics Forum can be found on the campus map for the central area.


Appleton Tower labs and other space

Levels 3 to 9 of Appleton Tower have computer labs containing DICE desktop machines for Informatics students, tutorial rooms, and smaller study spaces.

The Informatics lab space is available to all Informatics students from 08:00 - 22:00, 7 days a week, with swipe card access required to Appleton Tower and each of the levels within the building:

Level 3 swipe access: 8am - 10pm Monday - Sunday
Level 4 swipe access: 8am - 10pm Monday - Sunday
Level 5 swipe access: 8am - 10pm Monday - Sunday
Level 6 swipe access: 8am - 10pm Monday - Sunday
Level 7 swipe access: 8am - 10pm Monday - Sunday

The Desktop and Friend Finder app helps you find a lab with free desktops. If you want to, you can share your location in the labs with friends, so you can find each other.


LocationSpacesMachinesAdditional information
Level 3   
3.014624Robotics Lab
3.093636Computer/Practical Lab
3.114 Open to students on robotics courses only, except during scheduled class bookings.
Level 4   
4.058 Quiet Study space
4.078 Quiet Study space
4.098 Study space
4.123618Computer Lab
4.14A134Quiet Study space/Tutorial Room
4.14114Tutorial Room
Level 5   
5.0120 Tutorial Room
5.01a1 Meeting Booth
5.028 Quiet Study Space
5.038 Group Study Space
5.0442 Teaching Studio
5.055252Computer Lab
5.0715 Teaching Suite
5.081212South Computer Lab (restricted access)
Level 6   
6.06102102Computer Lab
Level 7   
7.0120 Tutorial room
7.021414Quiet Study space/Computer Lab
7.03168InfBASE
7.1418 Meeting/Tutorial Room

If you discover any building related issues within Appleton Tower such as faulty plug sockets, lights, lifts, sinks/toilets/showers please report them to building-issues@inf.ed.ac.uk

Contact Building-Issues

When reporting a fault, please try to give the exact location of the fault (including floor level, room number) so the Facilities team can find it easily.

For anything relating to printers or computing equipment, please contact Computing Support via the Help pages:

Contact Computing Support

 


If you are in a critical emergency, you should call 999 in the first instance for Police, Ambulance, or Fire services.

The University has Security that is available 24/7 on the number: 0131 650 2257

University Security

For non-emergency police service, call Police Scotland on: 101

For non-emergency medical service, call NHS 24 on: 111


The fire alarm is tested every Wednesday at 11am. No one is required to evacuate a building during a fire alarm test unless the sounders sound for more than 30 seconds. If the fire alarm goes off at any other time you must leave the building.

Appleton Tower has two main stairs located in the east and west ends of the building, either of which can be used in the event of an emergency evacuation. The building has two emergency evacuation lifts, which can only be operated by trained personnel. After you leave the building, please gather in the assembly point, which is the car park towards Windmill Lane/40 George Square Tower


Level 9 of the Appleton Tower is for UG4/5 students from September to May and for MSc students from May to August. To gain access to Level 9, you will need to apply. Applications are open for UG4/5 around September and for MSc students around May. We inform UG4/5 and MSc students that applications are open by email.


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