Glyndwr University Wrexham

Our library houses journals, electronic resources and thousands of books. The majority are available for loan, or if you’d prefer to stay and study in the library, you can always get some work done in one of the quiet areas. There is space for group study as well. The University has computer suites conveniently located across campus. All computers offer internet access, and there are specialist labs for computing, engineering and art and design students

Our main sports centre is situated at the heart of the Wrexham campus. The facility complies with national competition standards for badminton, netball, basketball, volleyball, futsal and handball. We also have provision for table tennis and matting for martial arts. On the first floor there is a purpose-built sprung floor dance studio which provides an excellent home for our many fitness classes.

Our art gallery, Oriel Sycharth Gallery is open to the public, with exhibitions put on by a wide range of internationally famous artists. Displays change throughout the year, and include exhibitions by the University’s art students and graduates.

The Scene of Crime Unit is designed to look like the inside of a house with a bathroom, bedroom, lounge, kitchen, dining room, and hallway. It can be set-up as a realistic reconstruction of different crime scenarios.

Our health, social care, sports and exercise science, and psychology students have access to the best facilities around. Our Human Performance Laboratory is filled with specialist equipment to aid students’ learning. This includes highly advanced cardiovascular analysis equipment and 3D motion analysis instruments for studying physiology and biomechanics. The facility is used to carry out fitness testing on professional sports people.

Our eight-bed Chinese Medicine Clinic is open to the public and student practitioners are able to deliver treatments. Treatments like Acupuncture, Moxabustion and Chinese Patent Herbal Medicine are used to treat all sorts of conditions, including back pain, obesity, depression and insomnia.

Our art and design facilities are housed in a traditional Victorian building which provides art students with studio space, galleries and specialist computer labs. There’s an art shop and café so students can pick up art equipment and materials and refreshments without needing to leave the building. Specialist facilities include wood workshops, welding bays and design areas. Its ceramics workshops include glazing areas and pottery workstations, while kiln rooms are available in the jewellery and metal workshops.

The University’s Centre for the Child, Family and Society doubles as a day nursery and university research centre for child development. There are facilities for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolchildren including inside and outside play areas, sleep rooms and a sensory room as well as seminar and observation rooms.

Our Northop campus is based in a beautiful rural setting. It is the hub for all the University’s land-based and equine educational provision. Facilities here include lecture rooms, study spaces, sports hall, workshops and laboratories. Specialist facilities at the Northop campus include access to an ancient woodland and conservation area, formal and informal gardens, and a British Horse Society (BHS) Approved Equine Unit.

This is just a selection of our facilities, view more information in our academic schools section.