Our facilities
We've invested over £500 million in our campus and facilities. Whether it's our state-of-the-art Parkside Building which includes the largest concentration of TV studios between London and Salford or the simulated operating theatre and hospital wards at our City South Campus, we're making sure you have the best possible space to learn. Take a look at our facilities below.
Curzon Building
Business, Law, Social Sciences and English
The Curzon Building is at the heart of our City Centre Campus. It features modern facilities including our psychology labs, mock courtroom and City Trading Room.
Parkside Building
Arts, Design and Media
The Parkside Building is part of the City Centre Campus expansion and provides a state-of-the art home for the Faculty of Arts, Design and Media (ADM), incorporating the Parkside Media House.
Millennium Point
Computing, Engineering and Built Environment
Millennium Point is home to our engineering and built environment courses, and currently is where some of our computing and digital technology facilities are located. It's also home to Birmingham Thinktank, an award winning science museum.
STEAMhouse
Computing and Digital Technology
Our brand new £70 million building, STEAMhouse, provides a new teaching and learning space for our computing and digital technology students, as well as the chance for students to learn from businesses in residency.
City South Campus
Health, Education and Life Sciences
City South Campus in Edgbaston, to the south of the City Centre, is home to our health and social care courses. Our £41 million building is the home of our innovative simulation spaces for healthcare students, life sciences labs and subject specific spaces for teaching. Our students learn in the most realistic settings – from a mock operating theatre and hospital wards to a fully equipped birthing room and virtual radiotherapy suite.
Alexander Stadium
Sport and Exercise Science
The Alexander Stadium - one of the most iconic venues from the 2022 Commonwealth Games - is now our specialist space for Sports and Exercise Science courses. The University has invested £5 million in developing space in both the East and West stands at the Stadium to house our specialist laboratories and other facilities to offer our students the very best experience for their course.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Music
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s £57 million teaching and performance facility offers unrivalled opportunities for our students.
Ruskin Hall
Acting
Ruskin Hall is a Grade II listed building in the heart of Bournville Village, a leafy suburb just 10 minutes from Birmingham City Centre. Ruskin Hall boasts high-quality rehearsal spaces as well as social and study areas.
Vittoria Street
School of Jewellery
The internationally renowned School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University is the largest in Europe, with unrivalled facilities and expertise to develop your career.
Margaret street
School of Art
Our Grade 1 listed building is a superb combination of Venetian Gothic architecture and modern workshops, learning and social areas, a specialist arts library, and public exhibition space.
Open Days
BCU Open Days are the perfect opportunity to discover just what we have to offer. Talk to the experts who will be teaching you, chat with current students and tour our state-of-the-art facilities. If you can't wait for one of our Open Day, experience a day in the life as a BCU student through immersive 360-degree tours of our campuses.
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