Access to Grainger Hall

Grainger Hall Fall & Spring Semester Hours

  • Monday - Thursday: 7 am to 9 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 6 pm
  • Sunday: Noon to 7 pm

Business Library Fall & Spring Semester Hours

  • Monday - Wednesday: 8 am to 1 am
  • Thursday: 8 am to 11 pm
  • Friday: 8 am to 8 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 6 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 1 am

The Business Library is open later than Grainger Hall most days of the week.

In order to get into the building when the doors are locked, UW-Madison students must have a Wiscard ID issued after July 2008 and an access PIN code.

If your ID is older than July 2008, you must get a new WisCard at the Memorial Union. How to get a new Wiscard

Then request an access PIN code, using the Building Access Request Form.

Procedure for using your Wiscard and access PIN code:

Go to the door just east of the main University Ave. entrance.

Scan your Wiscard at the reader.  The reader should BEEP.

Enter your four digit PIN code, followed by the # sign.

This door leads into the Undergraduate Computer Lab. Use the stairs in the lab to get to the Business Library on the second floor.