The Students’ Union Building
Owned and operated by the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU), SUB is the living room of campus and a hub for student life. SUB is your space to chill, study, hang out with friends, snack or do nothing. It has the things you want and need, including a food court, pharmacy, print shop, convenience store, medical clinic, quiet study spaces, a live event theatre as well as a UAlberta bookstore and an optometrist.
SUB offers UAlberta students many amazing services including Student Group Services, The Landing, the Peer Support Centre, Safewalk, InfoLink, the Campus Food Bank, Student Accessibility Services, the Career Centre and much more.
SUB Maintenance Bulletin
Drainage Stack Related Outages: The University is currently working on urgent repairs to a broken drainage stack in the building. Washrooms and all sinks on floors 3-8 are out of order until repairs are completed (currently estimated to be completed mid-Winter Term 2027). Managed By: University of Alberta
Interfaith Space Closure: The interfaith space on the third floor of SUB will be closed until the aforementioned drainage stack repairs are completed in Winter Term. A similar interfaith space is located in HUB mall, and will remain accessible. Managed By: University of Alberta
RATT Temporary Closure: Room At The Top is temporarily closed due to the aforementioned urgent plumbing repairs in the SUB tower. Dewey's remains open Monday to Friday. Managed By: University of Alberta
SUB Hours
SUB is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Access is by ONEcard from 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM.
On statutory holidays in the summer (Victoria Day, Canada Day, Alberta Heritage Day), only the lower level and first floor will be open.
SUB is closed during the period from Christmas Day to New Year's Day.
What's in SUB?
Discover the Students' Union Building (SUB), your living room of campus designed to cater to your needs. Spanning eight floors, SUB has almost everything you need from study areas and food options to student services and event spaces.
SUB Through History
Over its 50+ year history, SUB has always evolved to meet student needs, with expansions, renovations and ongoing upgrades.
The Sustainability & Capital Fund
The SCF is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ approach to dealing with two critical issues: how to create a more sustainable future given the urgent need to address climate change, and how to deal with the cost of maintaining student spaces.