The Student Recreation Centre building covers 5,200 m² on four floors plus a basement, arranged around three large terraces. Each floor has its own theme: leisure on the ground floor, study on the first, work on the second and student representation on the third. The whole building has Wi-Fi internet access.
Jump to a floor:
Need a room? See how to book a room and the opening hours.
Basement: music and bikes
Piano room
The Student Recreation Centre has a piano you can play by booking the room in advance. Find out more under Rehearsal room and piano.
Rehearsal room
A room for playing musical instruments or dancing; it has mirrors.
Bicycle parking
The Student Recreation Centre has parking for 400 bicycles, monitored by security cameras. Find out more under Mobility.
Generación Espontánea cages
The Student Recreation Centre provides a workspace in the basement for the Generación Espontánea teams.
Ground floor: leisure
Information Desk (Punto de Atención)
At the Information Desk you can:
- ask about all our projects, services and activities;
- book a room for your work or meetings;
- use the television and the DVD player;
- borrow all kinds of board games and book the pool and table-football tables.
Information Desk hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 21:00. Find out more under Information Desk.
Leisure and games area
This is the place to relax: eat, chat, work in a group, plug in your laptop, watch television or play one of the many board games.
There are also vending machines for food and drinks, and a machine that changes banknotes into coins.
Generación Espontánea
Generación Espontánea is a Universitat Politècnica de València programme that promotes and supports the extracurricular activities of the university’s groups, teams and associations, helping students develop transversal skills.
First floor: study
Most of the spaces dedicated to study are on the first floor.
Silent study room
A large silent study room for individual study, with 118 seats. See Study rooms and computers.
Computer room
A room with 30 computers connected to the internet, with the full Microsoft Office suite, linked to two multifunction machines (printer, photocopier and scanner) with a prepaid printing system.
Associations room
This space works as a “hotel” for the University’s student associations and for those with an agreement with the UPV. It has 7 desks equipped with a computer, telephone and cupboards, plus a network printer.
The associations based here are IAESTE, ARS (role-playing club), BEST, CSU, AEGEE and ESN. Find out more under Associations.
Sala de Grados (first floor)
A seminar room for 30 people. It has a wireless PA system and a fixed projector, and accepts multiple audio inputs. It also has a screen, a fixed video projector and a whiteboard.
Social Lounge
Here you will find the pool table, the table-football tables, the sofas and the air-hockey table.
Second floor: work
The second floor brings together the group-work and meeting rooms.
Sala Ximo Mora
A very large room with a covered terrace and 20 big tables. It is intended for group or individual work, and also for exhibitions and talks.
Sala de Grados (second floor)
A meeting room available to students, associations and others. It has the same equipment as the first-floor Sala de Grados plus a fixed video projector, so films can be screened.
Meeting room
A multipurpose room with a table, a whiteboard and 25 chairs.
Las Peceras rooms
“The fishbowls”: a multipurpose room with a table, a whiteboard and 40 chairs.
Third floor: student representation
The top floor is home to student representation at the Universitat Politècnica de València. It houses the UPV Student Council (Consejo de Estudiantes de la UPV, CEUPV), with the offices of the student representatives, including that of the Council’s President.
The technical and administrative management of the Student Recreation Centre is also on this floor.
Finally, this floor has the Boardroom (Sala de Juntas), which only student delegations and Generación Espontánea groups can book. Official events, receptions and similar are held here.
What next?
- Book a room (Sala de Grados, meeting room, Las Peceras, Sala Ximo Mora…).
- Borrow equipment and book games.
- Rules of use of the Student Recreation Centre and its facilities.
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