We have recently invested £25 million into the facilities in our S-Building, home to our Chemical Engineering Department. This offers students state-of-the-art facilities with the chance to experience real-life industrial processes.
We have world-class laboratories which allow you to gain practical and hands-on experience with industry-scale equipment. We have over 50 experimental rigs in our labs that offer an enhanced learning experience. They allow you to develop key practical skills. We are also proud of our interactive virtual reality facility called the Igloo. This uses unique simulation software to allow you to explore, as a team, the operation of real-life industrial processes within a safe and accessible environment.
For taught sessions, we also have an 87-seat IT laboratory. This is loaded with all the required software needed for your course. It can also be used for private study and project work.
In addition to this, STEMLab is a state-of-the-art laboratory facility that opened in 2017. It forms part of a wider £25M investment in the West Park of our campus, the home of our Engineering Schools, which includes an adjacent student learning and teaching hub. STEMLab offers new ways to learn and collaborate. It has drop-in engineering workshops, teaching laboratories, workshops, computer-aided design and rapid prototyping facilities, a design studio and informal learning spaces. These enhanced facilities further increase our ability to train and develop skilled graduates who are targeted by major employers from across the world.
