Resources and facilities

We are investing £92million between 2007 and 2018 on our four campuses to provide you with an excellent learning environment. New facilities include:

  • the John Galsworthy Building and the extended Learning Resources Centre on the Penrhyn Road campus;
  • the new Learning Resources Centre and new teaching and learning space at the Roehampton Vale campus;
  • the Nightingale Centre (LRC), and business school building (due to open in 2012) on the Kingston Hill campus; and
  • refurbished workshops and studios and a new Learning Resources Centre (due to open in 2012) on the Knights Park campus.

There is a specialist library on every campusLearning Resources Centre (LRCs)

Our specialist LRCs on each campus offer library and computing facilities and are open into the evening, with 24-hour opening at Kingston Hill and Penrhyn Road during term time.

Subject-specific resources

Our close links with external bodies and investment in our facilities ensure that you also have easy access to subject-specific resources. For example:

  • film students can use our sophisticated film and media labs;
  • banking and finance students can use our Bloomberg trading room to practise different trading techniques (using live data);
  • pharmacy students can test their skills in our new pharmacy practice lab;
    • St George's hospital onsite training
  • games technology students can use Xbox and PSP consoles in our new games lab;
  • journalism students will have access to a fully equipped newsroom;
  • art and design students can use a digital media workshop with 122 iMac computers; amd  
  • aerospace engineering students will have access to a Learjet 25 aeroplane, a Merlin flight simulator and large-scale wind tunnels.

Online resources

All Kingston University students have access to:

  • our extensive computer network;
  • StudySpace, our learning management system;
  • the student intranet, StudentSpace, both an online source of information and a virtual workspace; and
  • a personal email address, which will help you to keep in touch with friends and family in other parts of the world.