Campus
The University has a main campus of 76 hectares at Ilam, a suburb of Christchurch: about 5 km from the centre of the city. Adjacent to the main campus stands the University's College of Education, with its own sports-fields and grounds. The University maintains five libraries, with the Central Library (Māori: Te Puna Mātauraka o Waitaha) housed in the tallest building on campus, the 11-storey James Hight building.
The University's College of Education maintains additional small campuses in Nelson, Tauranga and Timaru, and "teaching centres" in Greymouth, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Timaru. The University has staff in regional information offices in Nelson, Timaru, and Auckland.
Canterbury University has six halls of residence housing around 1800 students. The largest of these are Ilam Apartments and University Hall with 850 residents and 550 residents, respectively. Three of these halls (Ilam Apartments, University Hall and Sonoda Christchurch Campus) are managed by UC Accommodation, a subsidiary of Campus Living Villages, while the university maintains ownership of the property and buildings. Sonoda Christchurch Campus has a close relationship with Sonoda Women's University in Amagasaki, Japan. Bishop Julius, College House and Rochester & Rutherford are run independently.
The six Halls of Residence are:
- Bishop Julius Hall - 110 Residents
- Ilam Apartments - 850 Residents
- College House - 150 Residents
- Rochester and Rutherford Hall 175 Residents
- Sonoda Christchurch Campus - 150 Residents
- University Hall - 550 Residents
The Field Facilities Centre administers four field-stations:
- Cass Field Station - Provides a wide range of environments: montane grasslands, scrub, riverbed, scree, beech forest, swamp, bog, lake, stream and alpine habitats; all accessible by day-trips on foot
- Kaikoura Field Station - Provides a wide range of environments: diverse marine habitats, alpine habitats, kanuka forests, rivers, lakes
- Harihari Field Station - Access to native forests, streams
- Westport Field Station - for study of the West Coast of New Zealand, particularly mining
The University and its project-partners also operate an additional field-station in the Nigerian Montane Forests Project - this field station stands on the Ngel Nyaki forest edge in Nigeria.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy runs its own field laboratories:
- Mount John University Observatory at Lake Tekapo for optical astronomical research
- Birdling's Flat radar facility
- Scott Base radar facility
- Cracroft Caverns ring laser facility
The Department of Physics and Astronomy also has involvement in the Southern African Large Telescope.
Read more about this topic: University Of Canterbury