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Wolverhampton School of Art

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About our School of Art

Wolverhampton School of Art has been at the centre of the city's creative and industrial strategy since the 1850s when our first purpose-built art school was commissioned. Our iconic home, designed by Charles Wheeler, was formally opened to students in October 1970 and has dominated the Wolverhampton skyline ever since.

Students on our art, design and screen-based courses join a creative, practice led community in which they find the time, space and resources to gain high level skills as makers and learn to understand the historical and contemporary scope of their subject. 

Socially engaged and community arts practice is core to our history and vision and the Wolverhampton School of Art has a long tradition of working with industry, civic and community partners. We embrace a diverse student body and aim to provide targeted and public access opportunities through an outreach programme that includes school/college experience days, the annual Artsfest and degree shows, exhibitions, conferences and public lectures.

 

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Libraries

Libraries

Our libraries offer helpful support and resources to aid your studies including: social learning and quiet study areas, bookable spaces, and 24/7 opening at key times in the year.
Study spaces

Study spaces

We’re got plenty of study spaces around campus – so you can find the ideal place to suit your style, wherever – and whenever – you get your best ideas.
On-site provision

On-site provision

All of our university sites, in Wolverhampton, Telford, Walsall and Burton-on-Trent provide access to purpose-built facilities to accommodate our professional programmes.
Practice without peril

Practice without peril

Check breathing, measure blood pressure, take pulses and practise catheterisation on our Laerdal SimMen.
Sister Dora Building

Sister Dora Building

Walsall Campus’ Sister Dora building has had a multi-million pound overhaul, with expanded clinical skills laboratories, simulated ward environment, purpose-built house and new ward equipment.
Skills Centres

Skills Centres

Practise hands-on skills in nursing and midwifery in our skills centres with comprehensive teaching aids and models.
Suite

Suite

Whether you need to run, lift, jump or dive, Walsall Campus’ Sports Centre has got you covered, with its pitches, halls, track and specialist fitness suites.
Walsall Campus

Walsall Campus

Walsall Campus provides an idea environment to get stuck into some sport – and your studies – with extensive subject-specific and study facilities.
Black Box theatre

Black Box theatre

Bring your performance to life in this purpose-built theatre space containing a range of LED and intelligent lights to provide maximum performance flexibility.
Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies

Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies

Religious Studies students will benefit from teaching informed by the research of our Centre for Sikh and Panjabi Studies, the first of its kind in the UK, and its links with Sikh Studies scholars worldwide.
Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy

Need a quiet place to read, write or contemplate the big philosophical and religious ideas? The Chaplaincy, a stone’s throw from Housman Building, offers a quiet place to reflect.
Dance labs

Dance labs

Our dance science researchers are national award-winners – and so our biomechanics laboratory, furnished with the very latest technology, will help to take your dancing to the next level.
George Wallis Building

George Wallis Building

Home to School of Art, the George Wallis Building’s many storeys are full of specialist kit to help you tell YOUR stories.
Housman Building

Housman Building

The home of Humanities courses is City Campus’s Housman Building which features a large lecture theatre, dedicated social learning spaces, computers and the Conservatory coffee shop.
Media store

Media store

Need to borrow some hardware? No worries! Check out the media store to borrow cameras, microphones, mixers and more to support digital media and photography.
Specialist workshops

Specialist workshops

We’ve got outstanding 3D design workshops for wood, metal, engineering, welding and plastics – so you’ll learn to use some interesting new machines.
Steinway pianos

Steinway pianos

Over 90% of our piano stock is Steinway-approved - so you can be assured you're playing on the best keys
Studios and rehearsal space

Studios and rehearsal space

Our multi-million pound Performance Hub at Walsall offers music students dedicated space to practice, as well as ensemble rooms and two high-end professional recording studios.
Courtroom

Courtroom

Practise the art of litigation in our custom-built moot court room, complete with judges’ bench and witness box.
Legal Advice Centre

Legal Advice Centre

Law students provide free legal advice to members of the local community in this drop-in centre located in the Mander Centre.
Lord Swraj Paul Building

Lord Swraj Paul Building

Named after our Chancellor, the Lord Swraj Paul Building offers six floors of purpose-built student space, and is our Business School’s impressive multi-million pound home.
Specialist software

Specialist software

In the Lord Swraj Paul building, you’ll find our computer labs with specialist business simulation and management tools software.
Study spaces

Study spaces

You can access the computers and dedicated study spaces located on each level of the Lord Swraj Paul building from 8am to 9pm, Monday to Friday.
Alan Turing Building

Alan Turing Building

Named in honour of the brilliant wartime code breaker, the Alan Turing Building is the home of our computing and mathematics courses and offers specialist facilities and equipment for both areas.
BRIC

BRIC

Your studies are informed by the latest research from our Brownfield Research and Innovation Centre, on-site at Springfield Campus.
Chemical analysis equipment

Chemical analysis equipment

Make use of specialist equipment for chemical analysis including: gas chromatography, ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) analysis, XRF (X-Ray Florence) and XRD (X-Ray Diffraction).
Confocal microscope

Confocal microscope

View the structure of living cells in 3 dimensions by using our £200,000 confocal microscope.
Equipped for your studies

Equipped for your studies

We have the latest equipment for inspection and testing land surveying, material testing and computerised soil and foundation design testing apparatus.
High performance computing lab

High performance computing lab

Our high-spec, high performance computing lab is the perfect environment for shaping innovative ideas.
Practice suite

Practice suite

Hone your skills in our dedicated pharmacy practice suite and in interactive spaces purpose-made for team-based learning.
Rooftop glasshouses

Rooftop glasshouses

Situated on top of the Rosalind Franklin Building, our glasshouses are equipped with LED plant growth lights and controlled temperatures to underpin teaching in plant biology.
Rosalind Franklin Building

Rosalind Franklin Building

An entire floor of the Rosalind Franklin Building, the City Campus home of our science courses, is dedicated to the delivery of pharmacy activities.
Rosalind Franklin Building

Rosalind Franklin Building

Six floors of facilities in our Rosalind Franklin building are packed full of the newest technology and specialist equipment, whatever your branch of science.
Software laboratory

Software laboratory

Our state-of-the-art software laboratory provides you with all the essentials for software games development.
Specialist facilities

Specialist facilities

Our facilities, including visualisation centre, laser melting machine, rapid prototyping facilities, wind tunnel and metrology lab are in demand by companies working at the cutting-edge of technological innovation.
Specialist labs

Specialist labs

Learn in our pharmaceutical laboratory with formulation capabilities and teaching labs featuring state-of-the-art kit.
Specialist software

Specialist software

Work like the professionals do on industry-standard mathematical and statistical software packages such as Maple, Minitab and SPSS.
Springfield Campus

Springfield Campus

Springfield Campus is the inspiring new home for the School of Architecture and Built Environment.
Telford Campus

Telford Campus

At Telford Campus, the beautiful rural landscape contrasts sharply with modern technology housed in its buildings.
UWRacing

UWRacing

Test your skills on one of our racing cars, whether in preparation for the F3 Cup, IMechE Formula Student, or Morgan Challenge.
Walsall Campus

Walsall Campus

At Walsall, you’ll find the facilities you require for specific modern teaching and learning, and all the tools you might encounter in modern educational environments.

Outstanding facilities

Including: workshops, specialist equipment and dedicated studio spaces

Outstanding facilities

Including: workshops, specialist equipment and dedicated studio spaces