City Campus

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

Your city, your campus

A powerhouse of creativity, City Campus is dedicated to our creative and cultural industries courses. Spread across four unique sites, this campus takes you from the green hills of the Ashton Court estate and deer park to the iconic Bristol harbourside in the heart of the city.

Identified as a UK creative hotspot, you’ll hone your craft in inspirational venues across Bristol, including two international contemporary art centres, Arnolfini and Spike Island.

Our partnerships underpin the learning experiences of our creative community, providing spaces where students, staff and professionals can share ideas and develop their talents.

City Campus sites

Bower Ashton

Hub of the City Campus for all students studying creative disciplines.

Arnolfini

City Campus shares this iconic building on Bristol Harbourside, home to Arnolfini gallery.

Spike Island

City Campus has partnered with Spike Island, an internationally renowned contemporary art centre.

Watershed

The leading film culture and digital media centre in the South West and home to UWE Bristol’s Digital Cultures Research Centre.

Getting to and from our campuses

Maps and directions, bike routes, bus routes and train services to and from our campuses.

Travel information

Tours

Virtual Tour

You don't need to visit us in person to get a real feel for our diverse campuses. Take a Virtual Tour and discover it all for yourself from wherever you are.

Virtual Tour

Self-guided tours

Unable to make one of our open days and fancy glimpsing university life. Download one of our tours on our self-guided tours page and come and see us at a time that suits you.

Self-guided tours

City Campus facilities

Design studios

Our new state-of-the-art Design Studios at Bower Ashton feature flexible workshop spaces, design studios, the Fabrication Centre, the Centre for Fine Print Research and dedicated collaborative learning spaces - we're sure you'll be impressed.

Fabrication facilities

Got a big idea? Our fabrication facilities - and enthusiastic support staff - will help you make it real. From amazing lasers to 3D printers to traditional crafts and skills, our facilities will help you bring your ideas to life.

Fashion facilities

You can access facilities across the whole of Bower Ashton Campus whilst studying fashion, exploring fabrication, print and digital design to produce incredible work.

Student working in the printmaking studio

Printmaking studios

Our Printmaking studios at Bower Ashton contain a diverse range of equipment and processes waiting to bring your ideas to life in print.

Animation studios

Imagine getting access to the kind of kit that lets you create Pixar-style computer-aided animation. Or impressing Aardman with your stop frame answer to Wallace and Gromit films. Stop imagining and make it happen.

Film Studio

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.

Media studios

Join our School of Creative and Cultural Industries and you'll learn your craft in a multimedia newsroom and studio that's the professional deal.

Drama students acting on stage in a studio

Drama and performing arts facilities

The facilities and equipment in our workshops and studios will help you get your creative career off to a flying start whether you're most at home on stage, creating the scene or directing the show.

Sewing, embroidery and knit facilities

We provide a diverse range of expertise and support to all students who wish to sew or make using soft materials or fabrics in our sewing rooms and digital embroidery room.

View facilities by subject area

Find out about facilities available to you in your subject area.

City Campus ambassador tour

Campus can seem pretty huge when you first arrive, but it won’t take long to get your bearings. We’ve got a short video tour to help you find your way around City Campus – take a look!

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