Campus and facilities

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Spread over three campuses, all just a short bus ride from one another, each site offers something unique. Over the last five years, we've invested £300 million into our state-of-the-art facilities. Creating the most effective and empowering setting for our students and people to discover their potential.

Our campuses

All you need to know about our campuses.

Frenchay Campus

Just four miles north of the city centre (15 minutes by Metrobus), Frenchay is where most of our students study and many choose to live too, making the most of the new purpose-built facilities.

City Campus

City Campus is UWE Bristol’s creative and cultural industries campus made up of sites at Bower Ashton, Spike Island, Arnolfini and Watershed.

Glenside Campus

Glenside Campus is three miles northeast of the centre. Picturesque and well-equipped, it's an inspirational place to study, and is home to many of our allied health, nursing and midwifery students.

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Campus developments

Engineering the future

Our Engineering building is designed to revolutionise the way engineering is taught. Featuring engine test cells, wind tunnels, dedicated collaborative learning spaces and all of the latest high-tech equipment.

Interior of the Bristol Business School on Frenchay campus

Built for business

The Bristol Business School is the largest building on Frenchay Campus. Inside, you’ll find shared social and learning spaces. It’s also home to the Bloomberg city trading room and mock court rooms. Great for putting your new skills to the test.

One of the rooms in the crime scene house.

Crime Scene Science and Policing Space

Get hands on in our bespoke crime scene science and policing learning space, designed for authentic practical teaching sessions. Apply your knowledge to simulations in mock living and business spaces and hone your skills in interactive learning rooms, from suspect interviewing to analysing blood patterns.

Midwifery simulation suite at Glenside campus

Skills and simulation centre

Step onto our real replica hospital ward at Glenside Campus, complete with consultation rooms, maternity and children’s unit. The centre uses all the same equipment that’s used in NHS hospitals so you can learn how to deliver effective healthcare in safe surroundings.

Practical session in progress in the Law mock courtroom

On point legal practice

Situated within the Bristol Business School, our mock court rooms bring learning to life for our students. Equipped with the latest recording equipment, you can practise your skills in a practical setting.

Student with a video camera in the film studios

Set the stage

Our award-winning Film Studio building is home to industry-standard production film making. As well as stop motion animation, CGI studios, sound recording, colour grading studios, editing suites and two large photography suites.

Envirotron

This clever greenhouse is designed to transform research and partnerships in the areas of biodiversity, conservation, environmental change and food security. Using environmentally-friendly LED lighting, the Envirotron enables researchers to experiment with a wide range of conditions.

Fingertips touching of a person and a robotic hand

Robotics laboratories

Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) is a nationally - and internationally - recognised as a centre of excellence for advanced robotics research. And when you join us, you can get hands on with the kind of facilities most robotic engineers dream of.