EWS Labs, College Labs vs. Departmental Labs

Summary

Engineering Workstations, or EWS, refers to any lab workstation that is located within the EWS Labs and supported by Engineering IT. Engineering IT maintains two types of labs: College and Departmental.

EWS College Labs

EWS College Labs are labs that are shared between all units and departments in the College of Engineering. These are referred to as "College Labs", or "General Labs".
College Labs are able to be reserved for courses and events. Courses must have an affiliation or be cross-listed with Engineering; events must be sponsored by an Engineering unit or RSO. Engineering IT maintains the schedules for these labs and accepts reservation requests at http://go.illinois.edu/EWSReserve.
When not reserved, these labs are available for open use by any student in Engineering (or enrolled in an Engineering course). To see the current reservation schedule for a lab visit https://my.engr.illinois.edu/excal/.
The College Labs are:
  • Digital Computer Lab L416, L426, and L440.
  • Engineering Hall 406B1 and 110A .
  • Grainger Library 4th Floor center and east wings.
  • Mechanical Engineering Lab 1001 and 1009

For more information about the locations visit EWS Lab Hours & Locations.

Engineering IT manages the physical lab facilities for the College Labs; questions and concerns may be sent to https://go.illinois.edu/ewshelp

Departmental Labs

Engineering IT also provides workstations for departmental instructional spaces. These are referred to as "Departmental Labs" and are designed to support the specific requirements of the department. For example, an EWS departmental lab may be a general-purpose computer lab for all students in that department's programs, or a specialized computer lab designed to support a specific course, or a single computer attached to an instrument to gather data, or anywhere in between.
Scheduling and reservations for departmental labs is the responsibility of the department. Engineering IT provides workstations and technical support for departmental labs, but does not manage the lab itself.


Keywords:
ews lab labs engineering workstation reservation 
Doc ID:
85546
Owned by:
Khlaf A. in Engineering IT
Shared Services
Created:
2018-09-10
Updated:
2026-03-31
Sites:
University of Illinois Engineering IT