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University of Staffordshire have been delivering higher education courses for over 100 years.

We pride ourselves on creating employable graduates, ensuring our existing and newly developed courses are at the forefront of emerging industries

Investing in your future

Our constant commitment to improvement and student success has seen us recognised in the top 15 of UK universities for both Teaching Quality and Social Inclusion in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. We have also been voted by students as a Top 5 UK University in Student Crowd University Awards 2022.

We continually invest in our learning environment – all to make sure we’re right up-to-date and that our students have access to the latest facilities. In fact, over the past decade we’ve invested over £100m in developing our campus, with projects such as:

The Catalyst building is a £40m teaching and career development facility with dynamic learning areas and networking opportunities for Staffordshire Business School, apprenticeships and beyond.
The Beacon building boasts a £5.5m teaching facility with a built-in bistro.
Cadman Studios are an £11m development housing audio and visual technology.
The Science Centre is our £30m building packed with laboratories and equipment dedicated to scientific innovation.
The Smart Zone features a £1.3m dynamic designer-maker space packed with all the latest industry standard digital technologies.

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Industry-standard facilities

With HDTV studios, a mock courtroom, a flight simulator, a biomechanics lab and a human sciences laboratory, it’s easy to see that we are committed to giving you a head start in the world of work. Factor in state-of-the-art digital technologies right across our vibrant city campus and we make it easy to learn when and where it suits you.

Esports Hub

A customised Esports lab for showcase and learning with top of the range industry standard, featuring tournament level hardware and software. Read more

Find out more about our Esports Hub.

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TV Studio

Our three-camera TV Studio is equipped with broadcast standard technology, green room, lighting rig, AV gallery and a comprehensive racks room for both live and pre-recorded productions. Read more

Our TV Studio is used by students across our Film and Media and Journalism and Content Creation courses. The studio floor also includes tiered audience seating.

Find out more about our Cadman TV Studios.

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Mock Courtrooms

One room is designed as a crown courtroom and the other for cases at magistrates’ court. Read more

Students can present legal arguments, act as expert witnesses, or take part in mooting.

Our digitally enabled mock court rooms are designed to create simulated scenarios for students to put theory in to practice and gain confidence, skills and knowledge to take forward in to their career.

One room is designed as a crown courtroom and the other for cases at magistrates’ court. Students can present legal arguments, act as expert witnesses, or take part in mooting. Each space includes a dock, lawyers’ area and a bench for the judge or magistrates.

The courtrooms are used by a wide range of students from different perspectives including law students, policing, forensics, international relations and more, to give practice with not only mooting but also in presenting evidence and various other aspects of trials.

In our video, learn about simulation in our Mock Court Room, used by students to practice their skills to prepare them for their future career.

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Smart Zone

A bustling centre of invention, innovation and creation with two floors of dedicated workshop and collaboration spaces for engineering and creative students. Read more

The Smart Zone fuses state-of-the-art fabrication spaces with augmented and blended reality facilities, allowing you to bring your ideas to life using the latest digital and immersive technologies. Find out more about our Smart Zone.

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Motion Capture Studio

Realistically capture multiple human movements simultaneously for the creation of high-quality games, animation and VFX sequences. Our industry standard facility features a 24-camera rig, Vicon hardware and Cara facial performance capture headset. Read more

The Motion Capture Stage is located in the Cadman Building, working alongside The Smart Zone. This facility hosts sessions that show students how to set up and prepare shoots at a high industry level. The sessions provided give in-depth information that covers each stage, from preparation to exporting data for use within a project.

Our MoCap Studio is used by students from a wide range of subjects, including Film and Media, Games Design, Animation, Drama, Sports Therapy and CGI and Visual Effects.

Find out more about our Motion Capture Stage.

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Cartoon and Comic Arts Studio

As well as your own desk and drawing board, you'll also use Wacom Cintiq tablets and industry-standard software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Manga Studio and Motion Artist. Our in-house library contains classic comics and insightful textbooks.

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Engineering Laboratories

Packed with state-of-the-art software and hardware resources reflecting current trends in the development of engineering subjects.

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Guaranteed work experience

At the end of the day, there’s no substitute for work experience. After all, today’s employers want graduates who can demonstrate a good range of workplace skills. That’s why we guarantee to provide the opportunity of work experience for all our new undergraduate students so you can develop the knowledge and experience you need to stand out from the crowd.

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