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Outstanding campus
Our superb 440 acre single-site campus is the University’s most glorious asset, offering great facilities for students, staff and visitors.
Something for everyone
We offer facilities for every aspect of student and staff life, combined with plenty of open spaces and gardens, including edible fruit trails and fantastic sport facilities. With shops, cafes, eateries, bars, dining halls, hotels, two gyms, a medical centre and pharmacy, an opticians, a dental practice, a hairdressers, launderettes, a taxi rank and a large nightclub; everything our staff and students need is right on their doorstep.
One inspiring university, two inspiring campuses
Loughborough University London is our postgraduate campus in East London. Our site is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which is now an innovation quarter known as Here East and is home to an exciting community of organisations, creatives and educational providers.
FIVE-STAR RATING FOR CAMPUS AND FACILITIES BEST UK UNIVERSITIES 2020, STUDENTCROWD •
AWARDED 5* FOR FACILITIES INTERNATIONAL QS STARS SCHEME 2020 •
£350 MILLION INVESTMENT IN FACILITIES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS •
1ST FOR UNIVERSITY FACILITIES WHATUNI? STUDENT CHOICE AWARDS 2020
ONE OF THE NATION’S BEST GREEN SPACES GREEN FLAG AWARD SINCE 2018
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Industry-leading facilities
STEMLab This £17 million development offers new facilities previously unavailable to our students. The engineering, physics, chemistry and bio laboratories benefit our current students and allow us to expand our teaching provision in STEM subjects, broadening the vital role we play in supplying skilled graduates to industry. www.lboro.ac.uk/stemlab
The National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM) NCSEM is an Olympic legacy project delivering education, research and clinical services that apply world-class expertise to policies and practice that will benefit the health and wellbeing of the nation – from everyday people at risk of ill health through to elite athletes. www.ncsem-em.org.uk
The National Centre for Combustion and Aerothermal Technology (NCCAT) NCCAT is the UK’s primary hub for research and development of future low-emission aero gas turbine combustion technologies. www.lboro.ac.uk/research/nccat
Sport’s finest
Our East Midlands campus is home to the country’s largest concentration of world-class facilities across a wide range of sports. Students and staff can access everything from high performance training venues to free recreational areas.
• Outdoor stadium • Olympic size swimming pool • Indoor tennis centre • State of the art fitness centres
Our Elite Athlete Centre complements these facilities further. The unique centre is the UK’s first hotel designed to meet the needs of elite athletes and their support staff. It provides 44 specialist bedrooms, including 20 altitude rooms, and a dedicated nutrition lounge. www.eliteathletecentre.co.uk Turn to page 22 to find out more about sport at Loughborough.
Biodiversity
Did you know? Three quarters of our East Midlands campus is green, with more than 7,500 trees spread across the site. And that doesn’t include those in the two ancient woodland areas.
Turn to page 28 to find out more about biodiversity and sustainability on campus.