An outstanding student experience
We're committed to providing an outstanding student experience and a big part of this is our campus and facilities. If you can't make it to an open day, take a look at what you can expect here at Teesside University. We might just surprise you.
Campus tour
Take a tour of our campus and see for yourself how everything is within walking distance.
Athena
Here you have access to one of the country's best teaching and learning environments in all digital aspects of computing, design and media. Benefit from a convergent newsroom, broadcast news studios, multimedia publishing, 3D modelling studios and computing suites.
Bios
A £36.9m, four-storey flagship facility with advanced labs, clinical simulations and authentic home-and-hospital training environments.
Campus Heart
A landmark development linking North and South sides of the campus creating an iconic central focus and a vibrant, flexible and enjoyable all-year-round outdoor space. The Campus Heart has hosted a variety of events and activities, such as artisan food markets, market stalls, Tour de Yorkshire, the Christmas reindeer parade and graduation celebrations.
Centuria and Centuria South
Centuria is home to our School of Health & Life Sciences. It's modern with large lecture theatres and extensive seminar rooms and open-access IT labs. There's also plenty of specialist equipment and simulated practice environments – including replica operating theatres and a real ambulance.
Centuria South houses health, dental education and sports therapy, providing state-of-the-art facilities and learning for students. You can also find our hydrotherapy pool, used by Olympians, Paralympians and elite athletes here on campus – as well as students of course.
The Curve
The Curve is our iconic, five-storey teaching building. It's got a big lecture theatre, lots of seminar rooms and flexible teaching and learning spaces. You might visit the Curve for your classes – or maybe just pop in to café 79 for a hot drink and a snack.
Digital Life
Digital Life offers future-focused, hands-on learning in professional-grade environments. Students access industry-standard facilities from day one – developing skills in areas such as AI, cloud computing, robotics, immersive media, cybersecurity and game design. Specialist labs mirror real-world studios and workplaces, supporting collaboration, experimentation and innovation. From virtual production to digital twins, cloud apps to motion capture, these spaces equip learners with practical experience, technical confidence and portfolio-ready work that meets the needs of tomorrow’s industries.
The Gym
A £2.75m wellness hub with cardio and resistance zones, sprint track, free weights, multipurpose studios, and a treatment space for fitness and relaxation.
Library
A 24-hour study space with group and silent zones, plus access to 490,000 ebooks, 97,000 ejournals and over 200 databases on and off campus.
Olympia
Olympia combines excellent teaching facilities and sport science labs with modern sport, wellbeing and fitness facilities. You can also find an environmental chamber, biomechanics and physiology labs, a floodlit artificial turf pitch, squash courts, climbing wall and a large sports hall for major tournaments.
Orion and Stephenson
Orion and Stephenson are part of our School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies. We've recently invested £6m to expand, upgrade and refurbish the facilities here. We offer high-tech industry-standard equipment including a flight simulation lab, a full-size aircraft for physical and load testing, a vehicle examination lab and a power system simulator lab.
Phoenix
The Phoenix building is home to our industry-facing Business School, offering modern facilities to enhance student learning and collaboration.
Student Life
A £13.2m student-support building bringing all services into one modern, wellbeing-first centre, designed to improve the student experience and promote well-being.
Students’ Union
The Students' Union offers everything to help you through student life – from advice and support, social spaces, clubs and societies, a shop, places to eat, the Terrace Bar, The Hub nightclub, and a jobs service to help you find part-time work.
Waterhouse
Now home to our fashion and textile studios, this Gothic former grammar school is one of the oldest buildings on our campus, dating back to 1877. It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, best known for designing London's Natural History Museum and Manchester Town Hall. The rooms have been reorganised to suit classes and practical workshops, but the quirky doors and corridors remain part of its charm.