Just a short walk from the main city of Winchester, King Alfred is our main student hub. Recently renovated and furnished with state-of-the-art equipment, facilities and technology, it has everything you need to learn, socialise and relax.
Wander down to our award-winning University Centre, where you’ll find the Student Union, Learning Café (offering 24-hour PC access), Food Hall, Terrace Bar, The Lounge, Union Shop and The Vault – our on-site club venue. Or lose yourself in our Martial Rose Library – with 150 PC workstations, over 300,000 books and a huge array of academic journals, e-books and databases, it’s every reader’s dream. We don’t just offer academic texts. We’ve a wide range of fiction and non-fiction available, as well as newspapers and magazines to flick through and enjoy.
An onsite gym, Multimedia Centre and a beautifully restored Victorian Chapel (which won us a prestigious RIBA Award and the Civic Voice Design Award) complement the numerous, environmentally-advanced faculty buildings on campus. In fact, all our recently renovated buildings meet the highest environmental standards, with natural ventilation, energy-efficient lighting, air source heat pumps, solar panels and a wildflower roof.
West Downs houses our £50m new development which received the WAN Award in 2021 (World Architecture News). The West Downs Centre includes the drum a 250 seat auditorium, café, food hall, library and art gallery as well as social learning spaces. It is also home to our self-catering student accommodation. Our centre of research administration and support services, the Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre, is close by, providing an excellent resource for postgraduate services.
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