EXPLORE OUR CAMPUS

SELF-GUIDED TOURS
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WELCOME TO YORK
WE ARE A WORLD-LEADING, RUSSELL GROUP UNIVERSITY
COMMITTED TO PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH THE VERY
BEST ENVIRONMENT TO LIVE AND LEARN. WE HOPE YOU
ENJOY EXPLORING OUR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND
DISCOVERING THE EXCELLENT FACILITIES WE HAVE TO OFFER.

Our friendly, inclusive, cosmopolitan and researchers as well as areas for

university is set in 500 acres of
landscaped campus in the city of York.
The campus is divided into two areas,
East and West, and has a safe and
friendly atmosphere.
11 Heslington Hall In recent years, we have invested
heavily in our facilities to enhance the
student experience and support our
academic endeavours and ambitions.
For York students this has meant
major improvements to existing buildings
such as Derwent College and numerous
new developments.
This ongoing programme of
investment encompasses teaching rooms
and lecture theatres, IT facilities and
laboratories, as well as facilities for
28 Ron Cooke Hub
culture, sport, social activities and
student accommodation.
Teaching and research environments
for students, staff and researchers have
been enhanced by the University
Library’s £20m renewal programme.
Open 24/7, it provides world-class
technology and media-rich learning in
close proximity to specialist support and
physical collections. An extra 500 study
spaces have been created for students
group work and open collaborative
zones. The £11m Berrick Saul Building,
built in 2009, represented a significant
investment in the humanities by the
University. It has excellent facilities for
postgraduate students and is a hub for
interdisciplinary research in the arts and
humanities and for events. To further
expand our teaching facilities, we
recently opened our £13.8m Spring Lane
Building. The facility offers a variety of
modern teaching spaces, including a
350-seat lecture theatre, 26 seminar
rooms, informal breakout spaces and
study areas.
Our Faculty of Sciences has seen
major investment in facilities and
laboratory space. We have invested over
£29m in professional-standard facilities
for our Department of Chemistry,
including laboratories. We have also
invested £22m in state-of-the-art
facilities for our Department of Biology.
Alongside these improvements, we
funded a £12.5m new building for our
Environment Department. The
Environment Building houses new
laboratories, and teaching and

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 30 Department of Theatre, Film and Television
innovative social spaces. It also features
a living wall and outdoor eco garden.
Students’ Union (YUSU) offices and
social spaces have been expanded and
upgraded and The Courtyard, YUSU’s
central licensed venue, features a
covered, heated outdoor seating area.
Other campus cafés, bars and
restaurants have been revitalised to
offer an even wider choice of food in
contemporary, relaxing surroundings,
all with free wifi access. These existing
facilities are enhanced by a major new
refurbishment of Vanbrugh Piazza,
creating a hub for the entire
community and allowing performance,
arts, events and student enterprise to
be showcased in the heart of Campus
West. Known as Greg’s Place, in
recognition of the support for the
project by former Chancellor Greg
Dyke, the lakeside site provides the
ideal backdrop for social gatherings.
The camaraderie of college life is an
important part of the student experience
at York, and each of our colleges has its
own distinctive character and ethos.
We have completed major upgrades
to kitchens, bedrooms and living areas.
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Goodricke College, one of the oldest
colleges, moved into new
accommodation on Campus East.
Langwith College moved to the new
site in 2012 and provides self-catering
facilities for 650 students in a village-
style setting. The facilities also include
the Glasshouse, a YUSU-run bar and
restaurant. They were joined in
September 2014 by Constantine
College. Named after the Emperor
Constantine the Great (272–337) and
built from sustainable sources,
Constantine College is our recognition
of York’s Roman origins.
In addition to the college
accommodation, Campus East is also
home to four of the University’s
academic departments: Computer
Science, Theatre, Film and Television,
Law and Management. Central to
Campus East is the Ron Cooke Hub
which includes an ‘Enterprise Zone’ for
student-run businesses. Work has
recently started on two new
developments on Campus East: our
Piazza Building, which will house a
350-seat auditorium and lakeside
restaurant, and a new retail space
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which will include a pharmacy, shops
and cafés.
In June 2015 we added a new athletics
track and field to Campus West, offering
aspiring athletes access to an eight-lane
track and grass infield, built to meet UK
athletics and international specifications.
The track complements our existing
facilities at York Sport Centre and our
York Sport Village on Campus East. York
Sport Village is a £9m development and
is one of the region’s most advanced
sports complexes, offering a 25-metre
competition standard pool, 120-station
gym and a 1km cycle circuit, with a
250-metre outdoor velodrome.
Running parallel to our campus
investment is a commitment to
sustainable development, balancing
environmental protection and
enhancement with social responsibility
and financial viability. The original
campus was built in the grounds of
Heslington Hall, an Elizabethan country
house, and maintains a parkland feel with
natural planting, water and native tree
and plant species. The landscape at
Campus East reflects this – it features
green corridors, a lake and woodland.
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 6 Athletics track and field CAMPUS WEST TOUR
Explore Campus West by taking the red and blue routes around campus

The main tour of Campus West, marked in

red, takes around 35 minutes and starts
and ends at Market Square, although you
could easily pick it up at any point en route. NATIONAL SCIENCE
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FOOD AND DRINK

There are many cafés on campus
where you can stop off for
Sports Pavilion
refreshments during your tour.

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 To get to Campus East from the University
MAIN TOUR
Library, you can either take a number 66 bus Campus West
or follow the red dotted walking route from 1 Market Square
Heslington Hall. The tour around Campus 2 University Library
East takes about 45 minutes and is marked
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in purple on page 6.
4 Student Centre (YUSU)
5 James College
COLLEGE
6 York Sport Centre
7 Exhibition Centre/Physics
YORK SCIENCE PARK
The secondary tour is marked in blue and and Electronics
adds around 60 minutes to the main tour 8 Central Hall
of Campus West. 9 Health Centre
10 The Quiet Place
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12 Derwent College
CHEMISTRY BUILDINGS 13
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St Paul’s Church
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EAST
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DERWENT COLLEGE
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21 Halifax College
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HESLINGTON HALL 23 Chemistry Buildings
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THE QUIET
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Post
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Pay and display parking

Reception

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Tour of Campus West
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Tour of Campus East (see page 6)
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 CITY OF YORK
If you come to the University of York you’ll
be spending a good part of your time living,
socialising and possibly working in the city.
As well as being home to some of the
country’s most beautiful parks and
buildings, York is a friendly, welcoming
place, with a compact city centre where you
can walk or cycle everywhere.
Right in the heart of York is King’s
Manor, a collection of largely medieval
buildings, and home to our Department of
Archaeology, and the Centres for Medieval
and Eighteenth Century Studies. Nearby is
York Minster Library, which is particularly
valuable to students of medieval literature
and history.

BUS SERVICES
Bus number 56 goes from Heslington Hall,
the University Library and Campus East to
King’s Manor (in term-time every hour,
Monday to Friday).
Bus number 66 goes from Heslington Hall,
the University Library and Campus East to
York Railway Station (in term-time every
ten minutes from 6.30am to 11.30pm).
There are free shuttle buses which operate
between Halifax College, Campus South,
Heslington Hall, Science Park, York Sport
Village and Campus East.

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We hope you enjoy your visit and get a feel Central Hall
for what it’s like to be a student here at the
University of York. Most buildings are
accessible to wheelchair users and if you
have any specific questions or requirements
please contact the Information Centre on
+44 (0)1904 320000 before you come. The
campus is constantly being upgraded and
developed and we apologise for any
inconvenience caused by changes to the
tour routes.
For directions to the campus and an
interactive map visit york.ac.uk/maps.

Campus East
STUDENT RECRUITMENT King’s Manor
AND ADMISSIONS
+44 (0)1904 324000
york.ac.uk/study

UNIVERSITY OF YORK
+44 (0)1904 320000
york.ac.uk
 @UniOfYork
 /universityofyork
uniofyork

The information in this booklet is correct at the

time of going to press in April 2017
Photo credits: John Houlihan, Ian Martindale, Lee Brown
and Suzy Harrison

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