EXPLORE OUR CAMPUS SELF-GUIDED TOURS 18 Environment Building WELCOME TO YORK WE ARE A WORLD-LEADING, RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE VERY BEST ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE AND LEARN. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY EXPLORING OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND DISCOVERING THE EXCELLENT FACILITIES WE HAVE TO OFFER. Our friendly, inclusive, cosmopolitan and researchers as well as areas for university is set in 500 acres of group work and open collaborative landscaped campus in the city of York. zones. The £11m Berrick Saul Building, The campus is divided into two areas, built in 2009, represented a significant East and West, and has a safe and investment in the humanities by the friendly atmosphere. University. It has excellent facilities for 11 Heslington Hall In recent years, we have invested postgraduate students and is a hub for heavily in our facilities to enhance the interdisciplinary research in the arts and student experience and support our humanities and for events. To further academic endeavours and ambitions. expand our teaching facilities, we For York students this has meant recently opened our £13.8m Spring Lane major improvements to existing buildings Building. The facility offers a variety of such as Derwent College and numerous modern teaching spaces, including a new developments. 350-seat lecture theatre, 26 seminar This ongoing programme of rooms, informal breakout spaces and investment encompasses teaching rooms study areas. and lecture theatres, IT facilities and Our Faculty of Sciences has seen laboratories, as well as facilities for major investment in facilities and 28 Ron Cooke Hub culture, sport, social activities and laboratory space. We have invested over student accommodation. £29m in professional-standard facilities Teaching and research environments for our Department of Chemistry, for students, staff and researchers have including laboratories. We have also been enhanced by the University invested £22m in state-of-the-art Library’s £20m renewal programme. facilities for our Department of Biology. Open 24/7, it provides world-class Alongside these improvements, we technology and media-rich learning in funded a £12.5m new building for our close proximity to specialist support and Environment Department. The physical collections. An extra 500 study Environment Building houses new spaces have been created for students laboratories, and teaching and 13 Spring Lane Building 30 Department of Theatre, Film and Television 14 Berrick Saul Building 33 Constantine College innovative social spaces. It also features Goodricke College, one of the oldest which will include a pharmacy, shops a living wall and outdoor eco garden. colleges, moved into new and cafés. Students’ Union (YUSU) offices and accommodation on Campus East. In June 2015 we added a new athletics social spaces have been expanded and Langwith College moved to the new track and field to Campus West, offering upgraded and The Courtyard, YUSU’s site in 2012 and provides self-catering aspiring athletes access to an eight-lane central licensed venue, features a facilities for 650 students in a village- track and grass infield, built to meet UK covered, heated outdoor seating area. style setting. The facilities also include athletics and international specifications. Other campus cafés, bars and the Glasshouse, a YUSU-run bar and The track complements our existing restaurants have been revitalised to restaurant. They were joined in facilities at York Sport Centre and our offer an even wider choice of food in September 2014 by Constantine York Sport Village on Campus East. York contemporary, relaxing surroundings, College. Named after the Emperor Sport Village is a £9m development and all with free wifi access. These existing Constantine the Great (272–337) and is one of the region’s most advanced facilities are enhanced by a major new built from sustainable sources, sports complexes, offering a 25-metre refurbishment of Vanbrugh Piazza, Constantine College is our recognition competition standard pool, 120-station creating a hub for the entire of York’s Roman origins. gym and a 1km cycle circuit, with a community and allowing performance, In addition to the college 250-metre outdoor velodrome. arts, events and student enterprise to accommodation, Campus East is also Running parallel to our campus be showcased in the heart of Campus home to four of the University’s investment is a commitment to West. Known as Greg’s Place, in academic departments: Computer sustainable development, balancing recognition of the support for the Science, Theatre, Film and Television, environmental protection and project by former Chancellor Greg Law and Management. Central to enhancement with social responsibility Dyke, the lakeside site provides the Campus East is the Ron Cooke Hub and financial viability. The original ideal backdrop for social gatherings. which includes an ‘Enterprise Zone’ for campus was built in the grounds of The camaraderie of college life is an student-run businesses. Work has Heslington Hall, an Elizabethan country important part of the student experience recently started on two new house, and maintains a parkland feel with at York, and each of our colleges has its developments on Campus East: our natural planting, water and native tree own distinctive character and ethos. Piazza Building, which will house a and plant species. The landscape at We have completed major upgrades 350-seat auditorium and lakeside Campus East reflects this – it features to kitchens, bedrooms and living areas. restaurant, and a new retail space green corridors, a lake and woodland. 34 Cycle circuit at York Sport Village 6 Athletics track and field CAMPUS WEST TOUR Explore Campus West by taking the red and blue routes around campus The main tour of Campus West, marked in red, takes around 35 minutes and starts and ends at Market Square, although you could easily pick it up at any point en route. NATIONAL SCIENCE LEARNING CENTRE CAMPUS NORTH ALCUIN COLLEGE HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL YORK SCIENCE PARK 26 25 HARRY FAIRHURST 8 Central Hall BUILDING Barbara Scott J B MORRELL Court 2 LIBRARY SALLY BALDWIN BUILDINGS 24 Donald Barron Court SEEBOHM ROWNTREE BUILDING SIR JACK LYONS 1 CHEMISTRY BUILDINGS CONCERT HALL i CAMPUS Genesis 6 CENTRAL 16 MARKET SQUARE 23 BIOLOGY BUILDINGS C Genesis 1–5 H U R C H L A N E BERRICK SAUL SPRING LANE 17 VANBRUGH COLLEGE BUILDING BUILDING e Courtyard 3 Greg’s Place 14 13 St Paul’s Church 19 Wentworth College 15 CAMPUS CENTRAL HALL EAST DERWENT COLLEGE CAR 8 PARK G JAMES COLLEGE 12 ENVIRONMENT BUILDING 9 18 EXHIBITION CENTRE HEALTH CENTRE HESLINGTON HALL 19 11 4 7 WENTWO RTH ROGER KIRK CENTRE STUDENT CENTRE COLLEGE i NURSERY 10 THE QUIET PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS THE STABLES BUILDINGS PLACE CAMPUS WEST 5 23 Chemistry Building Post JAMES COLLEGE NE Office W 22 T O CAMPUS PSYCHOLOGY N SOUTH BUILDING W More House A Y Dalham Farm T E E R Athletics track T 6 and field Astrocampus M A I N S Eden’s Court YORK SPORT CENTRE 20 Sports fields St Lawrence 10 The Quiet Place Court Ingram Court E Younger AN Irwin R L Court OO Court T M ES W FOOD AND DRINK 21 Lindley Court There are many cafés on campus HALIFAX COLLEGE AY Wood where you can stop off for W BY Court Sports Pavilion W RO refreshments during your tour. AR G Ainsty Court Hickleton Court Copyright University of York 2017 © Crown copyright/database right 2010 4 CAMPUS WEST TOUR To get to Campus East from the University MAIN TOUR Explore Campus West by taking the red and blue routes around campus Library, you can either take a number 66 bus Campus West or follow the red dotted walking route from 1 Market Square Heslington Hall. The tour around Campus 2 University Library East takes about 45 minutes and is marked in purple on page 6. 3 Vanbrugh College NATIONAL SCIENCE 4 Student Centre (YUSU) LEARNING CENTRE 5 James College CAMPUS 6 NORTH ALCUIN COLLEGE York Sport Centre HULL YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL 7 YORK SCIENCE PARK Exhibition Centre/Physics 26 The secondary tour is marked in blue and 25 and Electronics HARRY FAIRHURST adds around 60 minutes to the main tour BUILDING 8 Central Hall of Campus West. 9 Barbara Scott J B MORRELL Health Centre Court 2 LIBRARY SALLY BALDWIN 10 The Quiet Place BUILDINGS 24 11 Heslington Hall Donald Barron Court SEEBOHM ROWNTREE 12 Derwent College BUILDING SIR JACK LYONS 1 CHEMISTRY BUILDINGS 13 CONCERT HALL i CAMPUS Genesis 6 Spring Lane Building MARKET SQUARE CENTRAL 23 16 14 Berrick Saul Building 15 Greg’s Place BIOLOGY BUILDINGS C Genesis 1–5 H U R C H L A N E BERRICK SAUL SPRING LANE Secondary tour 17 VANBRUGH COLLEGE BUILDING BUILDING e Courtyard 16 Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall 14 St Paul’s Church 3 Greg’s Place 13 17 Biology Buildings 15 CAMPUS 18 Environment Building CENTRAL HALL EAST 19 Wentworth College DERWENT COLLEGE CAR 8 20 Sports fields PARK G JAMES COLLEGE 12 ENVIRONMENT 21 BUILDING Halifax College 9 22 Heslington Village 18 EXHIBITION CENTRE HEALTH CENTRE HESLINGTON HALL 23 19 11 Chemistry Buildings 4 7 WENTWO RTH 24 ROGER KIRK CENTRE STUDENT CENTRE Seebohm Rowntree Building COLLEGE NURSERY 10 i 25 Alcuin College THE QUIET PHYSICS & ELECTRONICS THE STABLES 26 BUILDINGS PLACE Hull York Medical School CAMPUS WEST 27 to 34 Campus East (see page 6) 5 Post JAMES COLLEGE NE Office W 22 15 Greg’s Place T O CAMPUS KEY PSYCHOLOGY N SOUTH BUILDING W More House A Bus stop Y Dalham Farm T E E Pay and display parking R Athletics track T 6 and field Astrocampus M A I N S Eden’s Court Reception YORK SPORT CENTRE i Information point Tour of Campus West Secondary tour 20 Tour of Campus