Study rooms are an essential support instrument for the student community. In the last few years, some measures have already been taken to extend opening hours and increase the number of seats, but they are insufficient given the increase in new enrollments in recent years. It is still necessary to take action to avoid and prevent overcrowding, especially when these spaces are used the most, such as during the exam session.

One solution could be to renew the call for spaces to be used as study rooms, open to public and private entities, as in 2018 and 2021. This call has already led to the opening of the Centro Universitario Padovano in Via Zabarella and of the Arcella center in Via Guernieri. 

Alternatively or together with this call, it would be possible to turn classrooms usually used for lectures into study rooms during those periods of high request (i.e. the exam session). The identification of such places, to be destined to individual study (in absence of other planned activities, such as exams) in the University buildings would result in a significant reduction of the load on libraries and study rooms. It is vital to remember, in this regard, that the gap between available seats for studying in Padua and in the other cities where UniPd is present (counting both libraries and study rooms) and the total number of students is enormous: for around 70,000 students fewer than 6,000 seats for studying (both individually and in groups) are available.

To facilitate the access to study rooms that require the university badge, it would be ideal to replace the current magnetic readers with barcode readers. Physical badges often take a long time to arrive, while the badge on the MyUniPD app, which can be immediately activated, has a barcode.