Occupational Psychology MSc: Facilities

Kingston University has made major investments in buildings and equipment at the Business School campus over recent years.

Kingston Business School building

Kingston Business School has a brand new £26 million home. The new building boasts a variety of modern teaching rooms, many dedicated solely for use by postgraduate students.

There are plenty of break-out spaces for staff and students to learn together or read quietly and a light bright airy atrium with sofas and tables and chairs. The variety of learning and studying spaces makes the new Business School both a stimulating and peaceful place to study.

The building brings together all the Business School's tutors, teaching and student facilities together in one building for the first time.

Learning Resource Centre (LRC)

The high-tech LRC houses a wide range of resources and services, including texts, periodicals, journals and dissertations, audio-visual materials and over 500 study places. Remote access to LRC databases means you can access facilities online from anywhere in the world.

We further improved the LRC in 2008 with a £5 million extension. The new Nightingale Centre includes a learning cafe, more PCs and extra study areas.

Computer and online facilities

The LRC and seven laboratories house 250 computer workstations. 

Using IT to support your studies is crucial. Kingston has an innovative internet-based interactive learning management system called StudySpace. This allows you to access course materials and contact fellow students and staff while away from the campus.

Study and teaching facilities

As a London university with a quiet secure place to study, a leafy green campus and easy access to the city centre, Kingston provides the best of all worlds for Business School students.

Lecture rooms and theatres are modern and well equipped. The graduate centre provides study space dedicated to postgraduate and research students.

Other campus facilities include:

• Free parking
• Tennis courts
• Student shop
• Cashpoint machine
• Health and counselling services
• Sports and recreation societies
• Career and financial advice

There is a wide range of facilities at our Penrhyn Road campus, where psychology teaching takes place. You will have access to a modern environment with the latest equipment. Our new state-of-the-art psychology laboratories are equipped with PCs with statistical analysis and experimental control software. They include:

• specialised labs for participant observation – with video monitoring and recording apparatus;
• a sound-attenuated psychoacoustics lab;
• a cognitive lab; and
• a physiological lab.

The on-site Learning Resource Centre offers:

• subject libraries, plus a free inter-library loan scheme to other libraries in the Greater London area;
• online database subscriptions; and
• a growing selection of resource materials.

The Computer Resource Centre provides:

• a reliable network;
• a set of core and specific software, with support for all core and some specific software;
• a variety of labs, for generic and specialised use; and
• academic and administrative technical support.

You can also use the dedicated Graduate Centre on campus. This includes:

• IT facilities;
• A seminar room; and
• social space.

Resources in London

Kingston is just a 25-minute train journey away from central London. Here you can access a wealth of additional libraries and archives, including the British Library.