City South Facilities

City South Campus in Edgbaston, to the south of Birmingham City Centre, is home to our Health, Education and Life Sciences courses. Our exciting campus offers a wide variety of food and drink facilities, including restaurants and cafés. There is ample study space for both individual and group study and there are various on campus services available to answer your queries. Check out some of our facilities below.

Food and Drink

City South Campus is home to a variety of restaurants and cafés all serving delicious hot and cold food and drink that you can sit in and enjoy or take away with you.

Students’ Union Lounge

Students’ Union Lounge

Located at the rear of the original building, the Students’ Union Lounge food options include panini and filled jacket potatoes, with a breakfast menu and pre-order service available. Fairtrade teas, coffees and juices are available. Open 8am to 6pm weekdays.

City South Café

City South Café

If you’re feeling really peckish head to City South’s café. Food options alternate, with daily specials including soups and heartier meals like fish and chips. You can enjoy your food in the café’s seating area or take your purchase away. City South Café is based in the original building. Open weekdays 8am to 5.30pm.

Costa Coffee

Costa Coffee

Located on the Ground Floor of the original building, to the left of the IT Suite, you will find a Costa Coffee. Here you can buy food and drink to take away including panini, toasties, coffees and cold drinks. Or you can enjoy your purchases in the sofa seating area opposite. Costa Coffee is open from 8am to 6pm.

Starbucks

Starbucks

A campus essential. Grab yourself a coffee between lectures to give yourself a study boost. A range of hot and cold food and drink are also available. You will find Starbucks in the main entrance area as you come through the barriers. Open weekdays 8.30am to 3.30pm.

BCUSU Shop

BCUSU Shop

The best place to get your snack fix and top up on stationary as well as buy your essential BCU hoodie. The BCUSU Shop is open from 8.30am to 3.30pm weekdays and is on the Ground Floor at the rear of the original building next to the Students’ Union Office.

Vending Machines and Microwaves

Vending Machines and Microwaves

Vending machines containing a variety of food and drink are located on the Ground Floor of the original building next to the City South Café. Next to the vending machines are the microwaves where you can heat your own food. Both facilities are accessible at all times.

Study Spaces

You will find plenty of social and quiet study space at City South Campus located across all floors of the building.

IT Suite

IT Suite

Located on the Ground Floor is the IT Suite containing 64 computers. Laptop hire is also available with 48 laptops. There is an IT Helpdesk and social study space as well as printers for your printing, copying and scanning needs. Additional PCs are available in the Atrium area.

Shared Work Areas

Shared Work Areas

On the Ground Floor of the new extension you will find a variety of shared work areas on offer for group work. Pods are available with screens for your personal laptop to connect to for when you may be working on shared work projects with fellow students.

Social Study Space

Social Study Space

Throughout the original building you will find a variety of social study space for group or independent study. Social study spaces are available on all levels of the original building and primarily on the Ground and First Floor of the extension.

Mary Seacole Library

Mary Seacole Library

The Mary Seacole Library, on the Ground Floor of the original building, is one of the largest specialist health education libraries in the UK. The library also offers Life Sciences and Education materials, as well as comfortable study areas.

Specialist facilities

We have a range of specialist facilities for our students to use. Check out some of our facilities here. 

Sports Therapy Clinic

Sports Therapy Clinic  

Our fully functional sports therapy facilities features a teaching space and a clinic room, which allows students to host real-life clinics with patients from their first year.

Mock Wards

Mock Wards

You could be forgiven for thinking you’re in a real hospital in our mock wards! They’ll enable you to get a feel of what a ward is really like before you head out for your first placement.

SPACE

SPACE

Skills Practice and Care Enhancement – SPACE – is a room resourced with equipment and a technician, and is dedicated to you practising your clinical skills in a supportive environment.

Library facilities

Library facilities

Our Mary Seacole library is one of the UK's largest specialist health education libraries with an extensive of range of information and reference materials set out in a relaxing environment. You also have access to the library in The Curzon Building at the City Centre Campus.

Biomechanics Lab

Biomechanics Lab

Our Biomechanics lab is one of the most advanced in the UK. Featuring Qualisys motion capture cameras and Kistler Force Plates, this advanced space will allow you to explore kinetics of human movement.

Mock Operating Theatre

Mock Operating Theatre

Our mock operating theatre lets our Operating Department Practice students practise their skills in a realistic environment.

Student Services

If you ever have a question about student life, the University or your course then head to one of our student services desks located around the campus.

Careers+

Careers+

Careers+ is your University careers service, helping you reflect on your skills, explore your options and achieve your goals. Based in Bevan, they offer one-to-one support, group sessions and a wide range of online resources.

School Offices

School Offices

Each School within the faculty has their own dedicated School Office, where you can find answers to your academic queries such as assessments and coursework.

Cash Machine

Cash Machine

A free to use cash machine can be found next to the Students’ Union Lounge towards the rear exit of the building on the Ground Floor.

Students’ Union Office

Students' Union Office

There is a dedicated Students’ Union Office located on the Ground Floor of the original building for all student enquiries. BCUSU advisers hold advice sessions Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. You can get advice on everything from Health and Wellbeing to Housing and more.