For general undergraduate The Enquiry Centre enquiries please contact: t: +44 (0)115 951 5559 Visiting Our UK Campuses e: undergraduate-enquiries@.ac.uk w: www.nottingham.ac.uk Self-guided campus tours www.nottingham.ac.uk Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours Contents Welcome

Welcome 02 Our other campuses 18 This self-guided tour booklet is designed to If you wish to view a particular school or The – a history 03 assist you in walking around The University speak to a member of academic staff regarding The city of Nottingham 19 of Nottingham’s three UK campuses – subject-related queries, please contact the University Park Campus 05 Refreshments 21 University Park Campus, Jubilee Campus academic school directly to arrange a suitable Tours of University Park Campus 07 How to find us 22 and Sutton Bonington Campus – highlighting time. For contact details of all academic schools, Map of University Park Campus 09 Useful contacts 22 key buildings and places of interest you may please visit our website: www.nottingham.ac.uk wish to visit during your time with us. Our Jubilee Campus 11 award-winning campuses are packed with With a few exceptions, all buildings are Tour of Jubilee Campus 13 interesting things to see. Why not use our accessible to wheelchair users. If you would Map of Jubilee Campus 14 information on key attractions later in this like specific information or have individual guide to make sure you don’t miss anything? requirements please contact the Enquiry Sutton Bonington Campus 15 Centre on +44 (0)115 951 5559. Map of Sutton Bonington Campus 17 While on the self-guided tour, you can wander into most of the main buildings to look at general We hope you enjoy your time with us and Front cover image: Students relax by the lake on University Park Campus. areas, although you will not be able to enter get a real feel for what it’s like to be a student at private offices, laboratories, computer resource The University of Nottingham. rooms, teaching rooms or the farm at Sutton Bonington Campus.

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The University of Nottingham • University Park is often regarded as one – a history of the most attractive campuses in the UK. • Our award-winning campuses integrate beautiful parkland and countryside with impressive traditional and modern Nottingham’s first civic college was opened Since then the University has continued to grow. architecture. in the city centre in 1881. After the First The Medical School, the first to be established in World War, the college expanded rapidly and the 20th century, opened in 1970 and in 1995, • Nottingham is the first and only foreign outgrew its original building. A generous gift the School of Nursing was formed, following the university to establish and run a campus from Sir Jesse Boot, of 35 acres of land at merger of the Mid-Trent College of Nursing and Highfields, presented the solution. The land Midwifery. The £50-million phase-one Jubilee independently within mainland China. was to be devoted to the college but was also Campus development opened in 1999, and to be a place of recreation for the people of subsequently the prestigious National College for Nottingham. This value is still held today as School Leadership has been co-located on visitors freely enjoy the landscaped woodlands the campus. and parks that were created on the expanded 330-acre site. Since then, developments to Jubilee Campus have included a research and innovation park In 1928, the college moved to what is now and , the UK’s tallest freestanding public University Park Campus. Initially it was work of art. accommodated in the elegant Trent Building, with its distinctive tower, and was officially opened Other developments in the UK have included the by King George V in November of that year. establishment of a Graduate Entry Medical School An endowment fund was set up to support the in Derby in 2003, and the opening of the School further development of the site and to provide new of Veterinary Medicine and Science at Sutton courses and scholarships. Bonington Campus in September 2006.

Even in its early days on this site, the college Away from home, the University has launched attracted high-profile visiting lecturers including two overseas campuses in China and Professor Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi and Malaysia, confirming its reputation as an HG Wells. international institution.

In 1948, the college was awarded the Royal Charter, becoming The University of Nottingham, with the ability to confer degrees in its own name. During this period, the Institute of Education was founded and the School of Agriculture was established when the Midland College of Agriculture at Sutton Bonington merged with the University.

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Halls of residence The Sports Centre University Park Campus (12 in total, highlighted in purple on map) (building 34 on map) There are 12 catered halls of residence on campus, The University has outstanding sporting facilities for (see pages 9-10 for map) each with its own charm and aesthetic appeal. both indoor and outdoor activities. The Sports Centre These provide meals for residents three times a day offers a grass training area, floodlit astro-turf and and are located within a short walking distance of 3G rubber crumb pitches, facilities for badminton, all academic buildings on University Park Campus. volleyball, basketball, five-a-side football, netball, Self-catered accommodation is located off campus, hockey, and archery. The University of Nottingham’s 330-acre Creative Energy Homes but is still within easy reach of lectures. University Park Campus is set in extensive (to the left of the sign marking the North Practice rooms are used for martial arts, table woodland, parks and playing fields with Entrance on the map) The Hallward Library tennis, dance, aerobics and circuit training. There impressive traditional and modern architecture. This project is a showcase of seven innovative, (building 9 on map) is also a snooker room, squash courts and an energy-efficient homes of the future which are The Hallward Library houses the collections in arts ultra-modern specialist fitness centre containing One of the largest and most attractive campuses powered by renewable energy. The project aims and humanities, law and social sciences. Recently cardiovascular and resistance machinery and a free in the UK, University Park Campus features to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote refurbished, Hallward has been acclaimed since its weights area. Directly opposite the Sports Centre contemporary teaching facilities, 12 halls of new ways of providing affordable, environmentally opening in 1973 as one of the finest library buildings is the 25m tournament swimming pool with eight residence, a conference and exhibition centre, sustainable housing. in the country. It offers first-class study conditions lanes and a moveable floor at one end. There are an award-winning library and excellent indoor with a high proportion of individual working places also a number of tennis courts across the campus. and outdoor sports facilities. The campus is the Lakeside Arts Centre and a coffee bar. The library’s Learning Hub provides social and academic base for most of our 34,000 (buildings 49 and 50 on map) some of the most technologically advanced flexible UK-based students. Visitors are welcome to enjoy The Lakeside Arts Centre houses the acclaimed study resources in Europe. the gardens, walks and trees – you can pick up one Djanogly Art Gallery (free entry), one of the finest of five guides from the Trent Building reception. small gallery spaces in the country. This hosts The Orchard Hotel a varied programme of exhibitions throughout (next to the Conference Key attractions the year, in addition to the Djanogly Recital Hall, Centre on map) Trent Building which provides an intimate venue for professional Opened in 2012, The Orchard Hotel provides (building 11 on map) performers. The University’s purpose-built arts top-class accommodation with extensive facilities The Trent Building is the oldest building on centre offers a pleasant environment in which to including a roof garden, brasserie and gym. The University Park Campus and its Great Hall has relax, unwind and enjoy the views of the lake. hotel has been built to the highest environmental played host to many important visitors including standards featuring state-of-the-art technology Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi. Walk into The Portland Building to minimise carbon emissions including a green the central courtyard where you can appreciate (building 15 on map) roof, photovoltaic panels, energy-efficient lighting, the splendid architecture of this stately structure. At the hub of student life on University Park heating and ventilation systems. Campus is the Portland Building, housing the Mooch Students’ Union, which is one of the largest and (in the Portland Building – building 15 on map) most active in the UK. Here you will also find Mooch, the Students’ Union bar, is a modern, light the Students’ Union Shop, Boots, Blackwells and airy bar which serves food and snacks and Bookshop and Natwest and Santander banks. The opens out onto a terrace. recently refurbished Portland Food Court offers dishes from around the world. The University boating lake (in front of the Trent Building) The Millennium Garden A large section of University Park was landscaped (behind buildings 6 and 7 on map) into a lake and parkland for the people of The Millennium Garden was designed as a ‘secret Nottingham to enjoy in addition to the students garden’, a quiet and reflective area for staff and who study here. Members of the public are students to enjoy, study and relax amid the hustle welcome to wander around the lake and have a go and bustle of University Park. Based on the theme at boating in the summer months. of time, it is bold and exciting, fusing the vibrance of seasonal blooms with the calming trickle of landscaped water features and fountains. Outside the Hallward Library on University Park Campus. 05 06 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

Tours of University • University Park has been awarded a Green Park Campus Flag Award for the 10th year running. This prestigious award recognises quality parks and open spaces. • The campus celebrates Nottingham’s Nobel Whichever subject area interests you, we The Yellow Tour – 30 minutes Prize winning academics with the Sir Peter would suggest that you take the time to Follow the yellow route to enjoy a beautiful walk Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre and follow one of the four tours, as this will give around Highfields Park. Allow 30 minutes to meet you a good idea of the size and beauty of the ducks on the lake and the squirrels in the the Sir Clive Granger Building, home to the University Park Campus. All tours start at the woodland, and to enjoy the gardens and floral School of Economics. Trent Building (building 11 on map) and cover area. There are also spectacular views of the various buildings and areas across Trent Building. • University Park Campus has 12 halls of the campus. residence accommodating 3,000 students.

All tours are colour coded on the map to help you Getting to Jubilee and Sutton find your way around. Please see page 21 for full Bonington Campuses details of cafes and restaurants on the campus. If you wish to travel to Jubilee Campus, there is a Toilet facilities are available in each building. free shuttle bus service from University Park. The journey takes approximately 10 minutes. Pick-up The Orange Tour – one hour and drop-off points are marked on the maps (pages This is the longest of the tours and you should 9-10, 14 and 17) by the and symbols. allow at least an hour. You will see the Trent and Portland Buildings (the central buildings on The bus runs every 15 minutes during term-time University Park Campus), the Sports Centre to and every 30 minutes outside term-time. the west of the campus, some of the halls of Alternatively, you can make your own way there residence, then the science and engineering – see page 22 for directions. buildings to the east of the campus. A similar service is available to and from Sutton The Blue Tour – 45 minutes Bonington Campus; this journey takes approximately Allow at least 45 minutes to walk past the Law and 25 minutes. Please ask at Trent Building reception Social Sciences Building, around the Millennium for a bus timetable. Alternatively, you can make your Garden, down the hill to some of the halls of own way there – see page 22 for directions. residence, and then back up to see Hallward Library and the Portland Building.

The Green Tour – 30 minutes Take this tour if you are interested in seeing the science and engineering area of the campus and the Medical School. Allow 30 minutes to wander past some of the laboratory buildings, and then over the bridge in the Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (building 43 on map), which leads to the Medical School.

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Map of University Park Campus

T Academic schools and departments (A-Z) Other services (A-Z) Named buildings (A-Z) Jubilee riumph R Architecture and Built Environment 14/17 Careers and Employability Service 15/27 Boots Science Building 44 Lenton Lodge 2 To M1 Campus Chemical and Environmental Engineering 29/30/31/36 Childcare Services 1/3 Centre for Biomolecular Sciences 43 Pavement Research Building 35 jcn. 26 Chemistry 28 Coates Road Auditorium 51 Coates Building 36 Pope Building 27 (4.5 miles) Civil Engineering 31/35/36/39/41 Computing Services 53 Engineering Science Learning Centre 54 Sir Clive Granger Building 16 oad

d To Jubilee Cultures, Languages and Area Studies 11 Cripps Health Centre/Chemist/Dentist 19 Highfield House 10 Sir Peter Mansfield Building 18 r

a Campus and Economics 16 Estates Office 21 Innovative Technology Research Centre 38 The Hemsley 8 v Innovation Park Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faith/Prayer Rooms e 37 15 Lakeside Arts Centre 49/50 The Orchards 6 l English Studies 11 George Green Library 24 Lenton Eaves 4 Tower Building 37 ou Geography 16 Graduate School 10 Lenton Fields 3 Vaughan Parry Williams Pavilion 47 B Pedestrian/cycle Health Sciences 46/48 Greenfield Medical Library 46 Lenton Grove 5 Wolfson Building 41 n route to Jubilee o Humanities 5/33/55 Hallward Library 9 Lenton Hurst 52 t

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D 4 Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering 31/36/38/39/41/42 12 0 Medicine 37/46/48 Recital Hall 33 1 20 5 To Jubilee 6 MRC Institute of Hearing Research 40 Security Control 11 6 Campus A Music 33 Sports 32/34/47 A (1 mile) Pharmacy 26/44 Student Services Centre 15 NORTH Physics and Astronomy 18/22/25 Students’ Union/Retail/Food Court 15 ENTRANCE Politics and International Relations 7 University of Nottingham Sports and 4 14 17 Psychology 29 Social Club Sociology and Social Policy 7 To city oad y R Lenton & centre Wortley (2.5 miles) A52 Derb 52 48

C ripp G Beeston Lane s Hill 4 A Nottingham University To King’s 5 2 Hospitals NHS Trust Meadow Lincoln C Campus 25 l Queen’s Medical CrippsCripps i (0.5 miles) Derby ft Sports Hallhall o Centre (QMC) To M1 19 53 n Jcn 25 2 pitch SSherwoodherwood B o (5 miles) Sports 37 u l 46 t 1 pitch e e 28 v e a r A52 32 Sports 22 r t d Medical S The 18 oad Swimming Rutland y Centre Downs Priory Pool PD 54 School e Island 43 e Coates R bb v Main visitor A ri 51 D car park 34 ll PD 24 27 36 Cloister Street Ha 42 05 1 CP n nto 0 Le 20 39 44 To city 6 31 A Fitness 3 Hugh centre Libr (3 miles) Centre Millennium Stewart 16 21 35 41 8 ary R 56 23 Orchard Garden 26 30 6 38 Hotel oad East Midlands 40 oad Conference 9 Centre 29 Science R 7 G i ve Dunkirk Abbey Nightingale P A6464 W East Dri To King’s House 15 33 Lenton 12 Meadow oodside R House Campus Ring R P ad Portland Ro (0.5 miles) 55 13 49 n oad to Building s oad ee 10 PD B To M1 Academic buildings CCavendishavendish 50 Jcn 24 B Ancaster HHallall e 11 (11 miles) Residences es 5 to SOUTH n ne L La Trent a Other services n gh ENTRANCE e ou hr t T Building Building under construction Cu Willoughby N Footpaths venue Highfields Jubilee A Park rd CP Conference parking va ule P Highfields Park visitor parking Bo ity G Florence rs PD ive Pay & Display visitor parking Boot Lakeside Walk Un 05 Nottingham Blue-badge parking 60 WEST A Tennis Centre 0 metres 200 G Gatehouse ENTRANCE NET Phase Two tram route One Way Hopper bus stop Broadgate Public bus stop Public/Hopper bus stop Tram stop Highfields Sports Ground i Public transport information 47

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Jubilee Campus The environmentally friendly nature of Jubilee (see page 14 for map) Campus has earned the University numerous awards, including the Millennium Marque Award for Environmental Excellence, the British Construction Industry Building Project of the Opened in September 1999 by Her Majesty the The Business School South Year, the RIBA Journal Sustainability Award and Queen, Jubilee Campus houses the Schools (building 7 on map) the Civic Trust Award for Sustainability. of Computer Science, Contemporary Chinese Opened in September 2004, this building Studies, Education and the Business School, is the Business School’s flagship MBA facility, along with the International Office and the accommodating dedicated MBA seminar National College for School Leadership. rooms, academic staff offices, computer labs, state-of-the-art lecture theatres, the business Just over two miles from the city centre, the library, and some of the school’s research centres. campus offers state-of-the-art technology and modern facilities including on-site accommodation The Djanogly Learning Resource Centre for 750 students. Built on a site that was (building 3 on map) previously used for industry, its green credentials The library is a striking circular building situated are impeccable. The campus sits around a series on an island platform in the middle of the campus of man-made lakes, which provide cooling water lake. It was designed by the architect Sir Michael for the buildings in the summer. Hopkins, and was named after the philanthropists Sir Harry and Lady Djanogly, who gave a Buildings feature a number of low energy and significant contribution towards the cost of sustainability technologies including lighting its construction. sensors to reduce energy consumption, photovoltaic cells which convert sunlight into Halls of residence electricity, ground- and water-source heating There are three halls, highlighted in purple on and cooling, biomass boilers and roofs which are the campus map. Melton Hall is self-catered covered with a carpet of low-growing alpine plants and is home to around 150 postgraduates. to provide insulation. Newark and Southwell Halls are both lively undergraduate halls; Newark Hall is the largest, Significant phased development of the campus offering 400 rooms, while Southwell is home to is planned, and the first phase of a research and 200 students. Both halls provide excellent facilities innovation park opened in 2008, as well as the and support services. Building – a building that brings together the University’s overseas interests. The Aspire sculpture (marked by on map) You can take the shuttle bus from University Park Towering 60 metres above the campus, the Aspire Campus to Jubilee Campus; pick up points are sculpture is the UK’s tallest freestanding work marked by and on the map on pages 9-10. of art and a new landmark for Nottingham and Alternatively, to make your own way there, see Britain. Standing for the aspirations of the city and page 22 for details. the people of Nottingham, and for the ambition, knowledge and world-leading innovation of The Key attractions University of Nottingham, Aspire has changed Man-made lakes the Nottingham skyline forever. As well as providing cooling water for the buildings in the summer, the man-made lakes on For further information visit campus are home to a variety of wildlife, including www.aspire.nottingham.ac.uk swans, mallard ducks, Canadian geese, moorhens, Outside the Amenities Buidling, coots, herons and koi carp. Jubilee Campus. 11 12 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

Tour of Jubilee Campus Map of Jubilee Campus

Western W Boulevard ollaton Rd. Crown A6514 Island MAIN ENTRANCE 24hr Security Gatehouse Melton Hall PD G The University shuttle bus drops you off right The next building you come to accommodates the Wollaton R To St Peter’s Court (0.5 miles) SC oad A609 outside The Exchange (building 2 on map), which School of Computer Science (building 4 on map). To Raleigh Park (200 yards) is the ideal point to start your walking tour. Ilkeston R Continuing to walk past the School of Computer oad A609 Please see page 21 for full details of cafes and Science, you come to The Atrium (building 5 on 1 To city restaurants on the campus. Toilet facilities are map). This immense, light and airy atrium offers a centre

available in each building. choice of three food counters where you can order Middleton Boulev The Exchange hot or cold food.

3 T The Sir Harry & riumph As you enter The Exchange, you will find Cafe Lady Djanogly Progressing along the lakeside promenade with Learning Resource SC Terazzo and just next door to the cafe is the Centre

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Students’ Union Shop. On the opposite side of the A6514 University Park Hall Campus glazed atrium inside The Exchange, you will find you will come to the Dearing Building, home of the (0.5 miles) 4 SC Blackwells Bookshop, which can provide you with School of Education (building 6 on map). Academic schools and departments 5 B Sports ample reading material, and next to the bookshop This is where the postgraduate teacher-training Contemporary Chinese Studies 9 Centre Computer Science 4 SC courses and undergraduate programmes are Engineering 13/16/18 Railway is a NatWest bank with both interior and exterior Dearing Education 2/6/10/15 6 Newark 30 taught and administered. International Office 10 Building cash machines. Hall SC Nottingham University 1/7/10 Business School 17 As you exit The Exchange through the glass- As you pass the School of Education, you come Other services YANG Fujia Banks/Retail 2 Building 18 fronted doors facing the lake, you are immediately to the last of the school buildings on the campus. Cafes 2/5/7/11/30 10 16 Careers and Employability Service 10 7 confronted with the impressive and unusual This is the Business School South (building Faith/Prayer rooms 11 Graduate Centre 11 11 architecture of the Djanogly Learning Resource 7 on map). As you walk around this building, Libraries 3/7 Auditorium 8 13 along the tree-lined boulevard, you will see the Sports 30 B Centre (building 3 on map), set on its own island Student Services Centre 11 IPD in the centre of the lake. It houses the library for iconic zinc clad Sir Colin Campbell building which Students’ Union 10 University of Nottingham Innovation Park 12 the Schools of Computer Science and Education, hosts the reception and support facilities for the Aerospace Technology Centre 18 9 Energy Technology Building 16 SC Sir Colin and is available 24 hours a day during exam time. Innovation Park. Turn left and you will pass the Institute of Mental Health 17 B Campbell Nottingham Geospatial Building 13 Amenities Building (building 11 on map), the Building YANG Fujia Building (building 10 on map) and Academic buildings University of As you exit the Djanogly Learning Resource Nottingham Residences National College Centre, turn left and follow the path to the next Newark and Southwell halls of residence. Behind for Teaching and Innovation Park Other services Leadership Reception Newark Hall is the Sports Centre (building 30 on NG7 2TU building, which is one of the two Nottingham Under construction University Business School buildings (building 1 map) housing a large sports hall, squash courts, University of Nottingham on map). a fitness suite and practice room used for martial Innovation Park (UNIP) PD University of Nottingham Sports ground 15 arts and fitness classes. Innovation Park (UNIP) boundary In order to take in the rest of the campus, you will Footpath 14 N need to retrace your steps back past the Business To get back to the shuttle bus stop, make your PD Pay & Display visitor parking UNIP Pay & Display visitor parking IPD Tennis T way to the front of The Exchange and the bus will r courts i School and continue straight ahead along the u 0 metres 100 Blue-badge parking m

pick you up from where you started the tour. p lakeside promenade with the Djanogly Learning G Gatehouse h R o Resource Centre on your right and The Exchange B Barrier-access control a d Pedestrian/cycle route to on your left. SC Secure cycle parking Jubilee To city Campus Hopper bus stop centre Pedestrian/cycle route Public bus stop to University Park Campus (0.5 miles) To KMC Public/Hopper bus stop Campus 200 A6 (1 mile) Building public entrances To ad University Ro rby Aspire sculpture Park De Campus 24-hour ambulance/fire/police (0115) 951 8888 24-hour security contact (0115) 951 3013 04/2013 © Crown Copyright Licence no. 100030223 13 14 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

Continue past Food Sciences (home to the Turn around and return to the centre of the Sutton Bonington Campus Biosciences Division of Food Sciences, building campus. On your left will be the Amenities Centre, 14 on map), which is used for research in food home to the Mulberry Tree Cafe and a shop. Ahead (see page 17 for map) chemistry, food physics and microbiology, and of you is the site for a brand new Amenities Centre includes a containment laboratory for working with (opening September 2014) to house new catering genetically engineered micro-organisms. facilities and student services. Ahead of you is the Rushcliffe Restaurant (building 12 on map); Next is the South Laboratory (building 18 on you can return to the reception from here, passing Located in the beautiful countryside of South Sutton Bonington Campus Tour map) which is home to the Biosciences Division through the student bar. of Animal Sciences and has modern teaching and , Sutton Bonington is home Start your tour at the West Entrance at the research laboratories covering molecular, cellular To complete your tour, across the road from the to the School ­­of Biosciences and the School of reception enquiry office in Main Building (building and tissue studies. West Entrance you can visit the Sports Centre Veterinary Medicine and Science. It occupies 11 on map). In the interests of your safety and (building 26 on map), comprising a four-court a spacious 100-acre site with its own teaching security, you should report your arrival to reception With the South Laboratory on your left, proceed badminton sports hall, two squash courts, a buildings, sports centre, student guild, social staff, who will be pleased to offer any assistance. along the road towards the South Entrance practice room for martial arts, table tennis and amenities and halls of residence. Please follow the route indicated (in yellow) on and you will arrive at the Gateway Building for exercise classes as well as a fitness suite and the map and do not enter areas where access is academic staff and students of both schools. The bouldering wall. Outside are synthetic and grass The campus benefits from state-of-the-art teaching forbidden. and research facilities including purpose-built plant building comprises seminar rooms, lab space and pitches for football, rugby and hockey and a 120-seat computer room. It is insulated on its and food science buildings, specialised laboratories, The Main Building houses the Learning Resource tennis courts. external walls with straw from the University Farm. a 24-hour learning resource centre, extensive library, Centre, the Biosciences School Office and a University Farm and Dairy Centre. Newly opened Student Services Centre. Walk through the Main The next building houses the School of in 2011 were the Bioenergy and Brewing Science Building, turning left past the Charnwood Room; Veterinary Medicine and Science (building 27 on Building and the Gateway Building. outside you can see the James Cameron-Gifford map). In 2006, this was the first vet school to open Library, one of the best of its kind in the country, in the UK in 50 years. There is also a 400-seat There is also a suite of controlled-environment with resources supporting all the subject areas lecture theatre. Opposite are recently built campus glasshouses in which conditions such as covered by the School of Biosciences and the halls of residence and the Graduate Centre. temperature, atmospheric moisture and carbon School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. dioxide concentration can be controlled by a central computer while crop stands are able to Across the car park is the North Laboratory grow in natural soil. (building 5 on map), housing the Biosciences Division of Nutritional Sciences (no visitor The University Farm (no visitor access), which access), which includes a new Clinical Skills Unit predominantly surrounds the campus, has for dietetics (no visitor access). With the lab on over 100 acres of arable and dairy enterprises your right, turn right around the corner. The first (including 200 robotically-milked cows) and building on your left is the new BioEnergy and around 25 hectares of organic crops and land Brewing Science Building, home to the Food in environmental stewardship. The farm is and Biofuel Innovation Centre. The building commercially run with facilities for research and provides research and teaching facilities in teaching in crop and livestock production and brewing science, food processing (pilot plant) business management. and bioenergy production. Beyond the lake is an extensive glasshouse complex, including the You can take the shuttle bus from University Park Tropical Crops Research Unit. Campus to Sutton Bonington Campus; pick-up points are marked by and on the map on Next is the Plant Sciences Building (building 8 on pages 9-10. Alternatively, to make your own way map). This is also home to the Arabidopsis Stock there, see page 22 for details. Centre, one of two international centres housing over one million genetic plant stocks (no visitor access). Please see page 21 for full details of cafes and restaurants on the campus. Toilet facilities are available in each building. The BioEnergy and Brewing Science Building on Sutton Bonington Campus. 15 16 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

Map of Our other campuses Sutton Bonington Campus

To Nottingham To Dairy To Kegworth/ Centre Melton Lane B M1 jcn 24 (0.1 miles) School of Biosciences 11 Dairy (see inset) Reception As well as the three campuses featured in The stunning and highly innovative campus, covering Centre School of Veterinary 27 Medicine and Science 25 Reception this booklet, The University of Nottingham has a substantial 160-acre area of landscaped parkland, Other services To Melton Bio Resource Unit 31 other sites in Nottingham and further afield. draws on themes from University Park Campus Lane Central Stores 10 Computer Room 11/29 in the UK. The development provides facilities for Graduate Centre 30 Lecture Room Block 13 The University of Nottingham Medical School almost 5,000 students, including a library, teaching Muslim Prayer Room 3 Retail/Cafe 17 Rushcliffe Restaurant 12 The Medical School is adjacent to University Park facilities, computer access and support services. Sports 26 Student Services Centre 11 Campus and, together with the University Hospital, Students’ Union 19 The Hub Bar 20 Veterinary Laboratories forms the Queen’s Medical Centre or QMC For further information visit Agency (VLA) 1 (see map on pages 9-10). Medical and nursing www.nottingham.edu.cn Named buildings (A-Z) Hounsfield Facility 32 Arboretum James Cameron-Gifford 34 students spend much of their time in the Medical College R Library Keith Campbell Building 31 School and at hospitals throughout the region. Malaysia Campus The Limes 33 The Willows 10 oad The nearby Nottingham City Hospital is home With an excellent location near Kuala Lumpur, B Exit only Residential Barton B to the physiotherapy course and entrants to the a lively and cosmopolitan city of 1.5 million M Costock M Dishley F N Eviton 25 Graduate Entry Medicine course are based at the people, this purpose-built ‘garden campus’ lies on Hathern E Kegworth G Royal Derby Hospital Centre. a 125-acre site near Semenyih, 35km south-east SP Kingston L 3 Lockington D of Kuala Lumpur city centre. B Normanton H Ratcliffe I Rempstone J King’s Meadow Campus Stanford A St Michael’s Flats 24 The campus provides a high-quality living Bioenergy & Thrumpton N King’s Meadow Campus is situated one mile from Brewing Wymeswold K Zouch University Park Campus and accommodates a environment for students in addition to PD SC Science C 7 range of support and administrative services. state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities. Plant B K It features an academic plaza with outdoor 1 North Sciences Farm Laboratory Office J 8 33 amphitheatre, a student garden village, shopping WEST 5 International campuses ENTRANCE facilities and a sports centre with swimming L Library 19 Food Nottingham is an international institution and has 1 Permit access only 13 Sciences 14 pool and mini-stadium. 34 12 31 two overseas campuses – in China and Malaysia – Main 20 where students are taught in English, to University PD Railway Building 10 B For further information visit 35 Sports South 32 of Nottingham standards. Nottingham is the first pitch 11 www.nottingham.edu.my VP Laboratory and only foreign university to establish and run a I 18 SC RECEPTION campus independently within mainland China. The H College R Stables 26 17 Gateway Malaysia Campus was the first branch campus of G Building 29 a British university in Malaysia, and one of the first oad F D Academic buildings anywhere in the world. Residences E 30 Other services Sports ground 27 Farm buildings China Campus A Veterinary Medicine Glasshouses C and Science The University admitted its first intake of students to Tennis Building under construction courts the China Campus in 2005. Located in the Higher Footpaths Landcroft Lane N PD Pay & Display visitor parking Education Park in Ningbo, an historic port city on B B VP Visitor parking China’s eastern coast, the campus can be reached B Barrier-access control MAIN (SOUTH) Blue-badge parking from Shanghai in approximately three hours by car. ENTRANCE 0 metres 100 One way Permit access only Building main entrances Public bus stop ALL VISITORS Hopper bus stop MUST REPORT SC Secure cycle parking TO RECEPTION 24-hour ambulance/fire/police To Sutton (0115) 951 8888 Bonington ON ARRIVAL 24-hour security contact & A6 To St Michael’s (0115) 951 3013 24 Flats 04/2013 © Crown Copyright Licence no. 100030223 17 18 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

The city of Nottingham • Three of Britain’s most significant literary figures – Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and Alan Silitoe – were born, or lived, in Nottingham. • The city has over 1,000 shops, including independent retailers, designer boutiques Nottingham is one of the UK’s most riding rollercoasters at the annual Goose Fair (one and high-street favourites. cosmopolitan cities. Its compact centre of Europe’s most famous fairs), it’s all here for you. combines proud history with cutting-edge – one of the largest • Nottingham is well connected. Situated modernity – from the world’s oldest pub to comtemporary art spaces in the UK – brings in the heart of , more than designer boutiques. the work of the world’s comtemporary artists to Nottingham. 20 million people are within two hours’ A changing cityscape travelling distance. Offering all the buzz of a big city while retaining Stage and screen its sense of community, Nottingham is one of For performing arts, Nottingham takes centre the UK’s most desirable places to work, study stage. is renowned for and play. The last decade has seen Nottingham fresh and innovative theatrical offerings, the prosper. Major investment has been pumped into lovingly restored 18th-century Theatre Royal the city’s economy, transforming the cityscape. showcases world-class theatre, ballet and opera, Business is booming with companies such as and the Royal Concert Hall attracts some of the Boots and Capital One locating their national biggest names in music, comedy and drama. headquarters here. Meanwhile, the independent comes highly recommended by Quentin Tarantino, City life who held the British premiere of Reservoir Nottingham’s social life is second to none. Dogs there and it now boasts a screening room The city enjoys a legendary club scene and designed by Nottingham’s own Sir Paul Smith. much of the action happens within the stylish Lace Market/Hockley area, where great venues Retail therapy like Baa Bar, Brass Monkey and Dogma have Nottingham has established itself as one of the emerged. Nearby, Just the Tonic and Glee UK’s most successful shopping centres. With host contemporary comedy. For music, the dozens of designer boutiques, big high-street 10,000-capacity Capital FM Arena hosts some labels and a variety of second-hand and vintage of the world’s biggest acts, while is bargains, there’s something for every budget. renowned for its packed calendar of rock and indie gigs. Escape to the country Within easy access of Nottingham are areas of Good sport outstanding natural beauty like the Peak District Nottingham has a fantastic array of sports National Park, as well as historical buildings like facilities. From ice-skating at the National Ice Newstead Abbey (former home of Lord Byron), Centre to watching Test Match cricket at the Southwell Minster and (a key world-renowned , tennis at the filming location for the latest Batman movie). And, Nottingham Tennis Centre or the ‘beautiful game’ famously, there’s Sherwood Forest – once home at either of the city’s famous football clubs, you’ll to the world’s best-loved outlaw, the legendary never be short of quality sport. Robin Hood.

Culture vultures You can download our lively and informative city Nottingham revels in its cultural diversity. Whether guide from listening to live music at a local festival, enjoying www.nottingham.ac.uk/ugstudy/downloads Shakespeare alfresco at or Outside Broadway Cinema, Nottingham city centre. 19 20 Visiting Our UK Campuses Visiting Our UK Campuses Self-guided campus tours Self-guided campus tours

Refreshments How to find us

University Park Campus Coates Cafe (building 36 on map) Details about how to get to our campuses can Useful contacts (map on pages 9-10) Hallward Library Cafe (building 9 on map) be found at Law and Social Sciences Cafe www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/campuses National Rail Enquiries Portland Building (15 on map) (building 7 on map) t: +44 (0)8457 48 49 50 w: www.nationalrail.co.uk Man’s Gourmet (top floor) Medical School ‘A’ Floor Cafe Travelling by car Chinese and Malaysian food. (building 46 on map) The Built Environment Cafe University Park Campus – NG7 2QL Nottingham City Transport (local buses) Love Chicken Joes (top floor) (building 17 on map) Leave the M1 motorway at junction 25 to join t: +44 (0)115 950 60 70 Halal food. Sir Clive Granger Cafe (building 16 on map) the A52 to Nottingham. After approximately four w: www.nctx.co.uk miles, turn right at the Toby Carvery roundabout Item Seven (top floor) Jubilee Campus (map on page 14) onto A6464 Woodside Road. Turn left at the next Trent Barton Buses (local buses) Afro-Caribbean food. roundabout to enter the University’s West Entrance. t: +44 (0)1773 71 22 65 Amenities Building (11 on map) w: www.trentbarton.co.uk Chicago Town Pizza, Pasta Pronto and Cafe Aspire Jubilee Campus – NG8 1BB Starbucks (all top floor) Hot dishes made to order, snacks, salads, Leave the M1 motorway at junction 25 to join t: +44 (0)8719 19 90 00 Costa Coffee (C floor) speciality teas and coffees, smoothies and the A52 to Nottingham. After approximately speciality sandwiches. five miles turn left at the QMC roundabout onto w: www.eastmidlandsairport.com Juice Bar (C floor) A6514 Middleton Boulevard. Turn right at the next Soup, hot savouries, sandwiches and drinks. The Atrium (5 on map) roundabout onto the A609 Wollaton Road. The You can follow us through our social media Atrium Food Court main entrance is on the right. channels, all of which can be accessed via Students’ Union Shop (B floor) Hot dishes of the day, teas, coffees and snacks. www.nottingham.ac.uk/connect Sandwiches, snacks and drinks. Sutton Bonington Campus – LE12 5RD Portland B (B floor) The Business School South (7 on map) Leave the M1 motorway at junction 24 to join the Fresh baguettes, American deli, paninis, Library Cafe A6 to Kegworth and Loughborough. Follow the Hot/cold drinks, baguettes and pastries. B679, taking a right turn after crossing the canal. sandwiches, snacks, pizza and pasta, hot/cold Continue for half a mile and, just after crossing drinks, and fresh juice. Also serves Kosher food. Exchange Building (2 on map) the railway, turn right for Sutton Bonington. The Trent Building (11 on map) Cafe Terazzo campus is half a mile away on the left. Trent Cafe (lower ground floor) Baguettes and hot dishes of the day. Baguettes, sandwiches, paninis, hot snacks, speciality coffees and fresh soups. Starbucks (next to building 9 on map) If you require this publication in an Lakeside Arts Centre (50 on map) Sutton Bonington Campus Gallery Cafe (map on page 17) alternative format, please contact us: Home-cooked meals, salads and cakes. The Bistro (11 on map) t: +44 (0)115 951 4591 DH Lawrence Pavilion (49 on map) Open for lunch, 12-2pm, serving hot and cold Pavilion Cafe food to eat in or take out. e: [email protected] Deli sandwiches and à la carte world cuisine. The University of Nottingham has made every effort to ensure that Mulberry Tree Cafe (17 on map) the information in this brochure was accurate when published. Coffee shops around campus Snacks, sandwiches and light refreshments Please note, however, that the nature of the content means that it is subject to change from time to time, and you should therefore Biology Cafe (building 23 on map) available throughout the day. consider the information to be guiding rather than definitive. Cafe Remedy (building 46 on map) Printed June 2013 Cavendish Cafe (Cavendish Hall) © The University of Nottingham 2013. All rights reserved. Design: www.campbellrowley.com 21 22