Maintenance Work on the Power Supply: Scheduled Power Outages during the Week of November 10–14, 2025
During the week of November 10–14, 2025, Freie Universität Berlin will carry out mandatory maintenance work on the university’s medium-voltage switchgear systems. These measures are intended to ensure a reliable power supply and to detect potential malfunctions at an early stage.
What does this mean for you?
On the maintenance days, the power supply to certain buildings will need to be shut down completely. These buildings will remain closed on these days and may not be accessed.
Impacted Buildings and Dates
- Scheduled power outage period: 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- On-site maintenance work: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday, November 10, 2025
The following buildings are closed:
- Habelschwerdter Allee 45 (Rostlaube) mit Philologischer Bibliothek
- Habelschwerdter Allee 30
- Thielallee 50
- Thielallee 52
- Habelschwerdter Straße 34a
FAQs
During the maintenance work, the impacted buildings will be completely closed and cannot be accessed. Please check your usual communication channels (e.g., information from your instructors or department, as well as Campus Management) to find out whether your class will take place at a different location, online, or be canceled.
Office hours cannot take place in the closed buildings on that day. Please consult the websites of your instructor or department for information on whether office hours will be offered online or at an alternative location.
Access to the buildings will not be possible during the maintenance work. Please coordinate with your supervisor to determine whether you can work from home or use another workplace on campus.
Please secure your systems and equipment well in advance of the power shutdown. There will be no power supply available between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Refrigerators will generally maintain their temperature during that time, provided they remain closed.
If you have questions regarding technical issues, please contact the facilities management office or the Central Control Room (zentralwarte@fu-berlin.de, Tel.: +49 30 838 55555).
The libraries in these buildings will remain closed on the maintenance days (for example, the Philological Library). Please use another library or access electronic resources online on those days. Loan periods may be adjusted automatically; up-to-date information is available on the respective library websites and here.
No, unfortunately, you may not. For safety reasons, the buildings will be completely closed on the specified days. Access will not be possible, even for just a brief moment, as technicians will be carrying out work on the electrical infrastructure.
Please contact the Central Control Room of Freie Universität Berlin, which is available around the clock: zentralwarte@fu-berlin.de, Tel.: +49 30 838 55555
In case of emergencies or technical malfunctions
Central Control Room, Freie Universität Berlin (24/7)
- Tel.: +49 30 838 55555
- Email: zentralwarte@fu-berlin.de




