University of Sunderland - Campuses

Campuses

There are currently two main campuses, City Campus and the Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's. St Peter's opened during the 1990s on the northbank of the River Wear, the site of St. Peter's Church and monastery built by Benedict Biscop in 674AD. In September 2002, the campus was renamed "The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter's" after the local businessman who was one of the university's primary supporters. The Sunderland Business School is similarly named "The Reg Vardy Centre", and another building, primarily used by the School of Computing and Technology, is "The David Goldman Informatics Centre".

St Peter's Campus includes the following: North Shore (formerly Campus and Manor Quay), Wearbank House, Reg Vardy Centre, St Peter's Library, David Goldman Informatics Centre, Prospect Building (including Sir Tom Cowie Lecture Theatre), David Puttnam Media Centre, North Sands Business Centre. The David Puttnam Media Centre, housing television and radio production facilities for the School of Arts, Design and Media and student radio station 107 Spark Fm, and Spark TV, opened in 2003 at St. Peter's. It was officially opened in March 2004 by Estelle Morris. Former Education Secretary Morris was Pro Vice-Chancellor from 2005-2009.

In 2006, the Chester Road Campus was renamed City Campus, and work started on refurbishment of the Edinburgh Building administrative centre, the creation of the Gateway one-stop-shop for student support, and the redevelopment of Murray Library, and the Design Centre. The £12m CitySpace development opened in 2009, and in September 2010 the £7.5m Sciences Complex opened, followed by the opening of the University Quad, in December 2010.