Our Campus and Facilities
Explore Our Campus
The ÇéÉ«ÁùÔÂÌì’s striking city centre campus provides a modern student-centred community. Based on the picturesque Brayford Pool waterfront, almost everything you’ll need is either on campus or a short walk away. At Lincoln, we constantly invest in our buildings and facilities as we strive to provide the best learning environment for our students.
We understand the importance of giving you the strongest possible foundation to help you achieve your aspirations. Whatever your chosen subject, we aim to ensure that you have access to the latest equipment and resources to support your studies. Over the past two decades, the University has invested around £400 million in its Brayford Pool Campus, with further plans to invest in additional facilities and refurbishments of existing buildings.
Study
At the heart of student life is the Great Central Warehouse Library which provides access to more than 260,000 journals and 750,000 print and electronic books, as well as databases and specialist collections.
Students in computer science, engineering, and mathematics and physics call the Isaac Newton Building their home, as does our strategic industry partner, Siemens Energy. Science students also have access to specialist equipment in Minster House and the Joseph Banks Laboratories. Facilities include a dispensary, pharmacy clinical skills suite, consultancy rooms, and specialist areas for the study of animal behaviour.
Psychology and health and social care students are based in the Sarah Swift Building. Here students are able to take advantage of the new psychology laboratories, advanced research facilities, and specialist clinical suites. Sports students have access to the University’s Sports Centre and specialist equipment in the Human Performance Centre, which contains a fully-equipped strength and conditioning training facility, specialised laboratories, and an ‘endless pool’.
Students studying arts subjects can make use of a range of bespoke spaces, studios, and resources within the Nicola de la Haye, Peter de Wint, and Alfred Tennyson Buildings, and the Lincoln Arts Centre. There are also well-equipped art, design, fashion, and dance studios. Facilities include television and photography studios and editing suites, a digital audio platform, printmaking studios, and our ‘MakerLab’ - a specialist facility for working with ceramics, glass, and precious metals.
Great Central Warehouse Library
The library is open 24/7 at key times during the academic year and expert staff are on hand to help you navigate resources and support you with academic writing, statistical analysis, and referencing.
Isaac Newton Building
Computer science, engineering, and mathematics and physics students in the Isaac Newton building have access to scientific laboratories and workshops, as well as specialist robotics facilities and advanced research equipment.
Sarah Swift Building
The Sarah Swift Building is home to clinical suites which simulate hospital and home environments, and feature specialist artificial patient technologies, as well as new psychology labs including a dynamic 3D body scanner.
Ross Lucas Medical Sciences Building
Our purpose-built Ross Lucas Medical Sciences Building was completed in March 2021 incorporating lecture theatres, laboratories, a clinical skills suite with consultation rooms, a prosection anatomy suite, and a bio-medical and health sciences library.
Social Life
When students are not studying, there are plenty of activities and amenities for them to enjoy on campus. Many of our buildings have their own catering facilities, offering an array of food and drink options.
The ÇéÉ«ÁùÔÂÌì Students’ Union operates several major on-campus venues which are popular hot-spots for students during the day and at night, providing student-run spaces to socialise and enjoy something to eat or drink. The student bars Towers, and The Swan provide relaxed daytime and evening hang-outs, while The Engine Shed is one of the region’s biggest live music venues. There are also a variety of shows and performances to enjoy, from traditional theatre to comedy and music, at Lincoln Arts Centre.
The University’s on-campus Sports Centre provides many of the facilities used by the Students’ Union sports clubs, including five-a-side football pitches, squash courts, basketball courts, hockey pitches, and trampolines. The Centre also offers a mix of fitness classes and a well-equipped gym.
Students' Union
Lincoln Students’ Union is an independent, student-led organisation run on behalf of all ÇéÉ«ÁùÔÂÌì students. The Students' Union's venues play host to a range of activities, live music, award-winning club events, and comedy throughout the year.
Lincoln Arts Centre
Lincoln Arts Centre is a 450-seat professional theatre with industry-standard studio spaces. The Centre, which is part of a busy arts community, hosts professional performances alongside student productions throughout the year.
Sports Centre
The University’s Sports Centre offers facilities including a fitness suite, sports hall, football pitches, dance studio and saunas, as well as courts for badminton, tennis, basketball, volleyball, and netball.
Accommodation
Based in the heart of Lincoln’s city centre, most student accommodation at the University is either on our Brayford Pool Campus or just a short distance away. The University offers a variety of options to suit your needs and budget, and all University accommodation is supported by our Residence Life Team. Whatever you are looking for, our Accommodation Services Team is on hand to help you find a great place to live.
Research and Innovation
The Human Performance Centre offers specialist laboratories, and features modern equipment for physiological and biomechanical assessment. Labs are equipped for both teaching, academic research, and outside consultancy with businesses and elite athletes. The equipment ranges from treadmils and ergometers, through to gas and lactate measuring equipment, motion detection, impact analysis, and an endless pool.
For those with ambitions to start their own business, the University’s on-campus business incubation centre, Sparkhouse, has helped hundreds of graduate start-ups over the years. It provides access to business support services, funding advice, training events and networking, and affordable, flexible business premises to help turn concepts into reality.
Situated just three miles north of Lincoln in a beautiful semi-rural setting, the University's Riseholme Park Campus is home to the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology, a specialist research institute which brings together sector-leading expertise in a diverse range of subjects. The University's National Centre for Food Manufacturing is based in Holbeach, in south Lincolnshire. This food manufacturing technology hub provides specialist facilities and industry-standard equipment, including analytical laboratories with a test kitchen and sensory testing suite, a technician training centre, and processing facilities.
Sparkhouse
Sparkhouse offers a range of start-up and grow-on office spaces, as well as virtual tenancy options for new businesses that do not need physical offices but could benefit from support services, such as mail handling or use of meeting rooms.
Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology
The Institute’s researchers are engaged in the development of technologies which add value or solve challenges across the food chain, ‘from farm to fork’, working with partners in industry and academia locally, nationally, and internationally.
National Centre for Food Manufacturing
The National Centre for Food Manufacturing is committed to helping the food industry innovate, aided by partnership with leading equipment suppliers and specialist facilities including a food factory, and cutting-edge automation.