Roehampton Vale campus

Friars Avenue, London SW15 3DW

Students studying all Engineering courses (except for Civil and Construction Engineering) are based here.

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Interior view of the Hawker Wing teaching room at Roehampton Vale campus

Students attending a machine lab demonstration

Learjet in hanger at Roehampton Vale campus

Learning Cafe attached to the learning resources centre

Exterior view of the Hawker Wing at Roehampton Vale campus

An engineering focus

We redesigned Roehampton Vale to provide teaching rooms and laboratories exclusively for engineering students. The engineering focus gives it a real sense of community.

Situated on the outskirts of Kingston, the campus is about three and a half miles from Kingston town centre and close to Richmond Park.

Practical resources

The modern factory-style building houses the latest technology and industry-standard equipment, including:

large-scale wind tunnels;
specialist computer-aided design laboratories;
an auto lab – with a selection of vehicles, such as a Lotus Exige and a Daytona motorbike; and
aircraft engineering 'kit' – such as a Learjet 25 and the University's flight simulator.

You also have access to the Graduate Centre, a dedicated space for postgraduate students. This includes high specification PCs and a range of software.

New developments

The £4million Hawker Wing, which opened in 2007, provides three floors of extra space for students and staff at Roehampton Vale, including improved learning and teaching facilities.

Other recent investments include:

seminar rooms;
a graduate centre;
a workshop;
a 190-person lecture theatre; and
an enhanced Learning Resources Centre with specialist engineering resources and databases, including British Standards Online, and a learning cafe.