Penrhyn Road
The Penrhyn Road campus is the main university campus. Just a 5 minute walk from the town centre, it is the home to all of our science courses, computing and maths courses and civil engineering courses.
Have a look at some virtual tours of the Penrhyn Road campus
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Civil Engineering and Construction
Concrete Lab
Geotechnics Lab
Structures Lab
Hydraulics Lab
Public Health (Water Testing)
Materials Testing Lab. -
Computing and Information Systems
The Sopwith Building is home to all of our computing and mathematics facilities. There are:
- Computing laboratories fully equipped with fold flat LCD screens, data projection systems and high-spec processors
- State of the art hardware and the latest software including:
- Development software and tools such as Linux, Microsoft.net, Dreamweaver, Flash 8, Eclipse, Java 2 Standard and Mobile Editions, tools for Motorola and Nokia phones, UML and CASE tools and NXP Processors Development Kits
- Dedicated Games Lab incorporating high spec computers and the latest games consoles with peripherals
- Digital Signal Processors (NXP 1300)
- A mix of wireless LAN technologies
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Geography, Geology & the Environment
- Fluid Inclusions and Microscopy
- A variety of microscopes, using both transmitted and reflected light
- Image analysis cameras and software
- Linkam microthermometric stage for fluid inclusion analyses from -190 to 500°C
- Linkam microthermometric stage for analyses up to 1500°C
- Cathodoluminescence equipment
- UV fluorescence microscope
- Scanning Electron Microscope
- Geophysical Equipment including:
- Molspin Spinner Magnetometer
- Magnetic Measurements single unit Thermal Demagnetiser (MMTD)
- Magnetic Measurements portable rock drill
- Bartington MS2 susceptibility meter, coil and probe
- EG&G Geometrics ES-1225 12-channel seismograph
- 2 x Atlas Copco ABEM SAS terrameters
- ELSEC 770 and 820 proton precession magnetometers
- Geometrics G-836 UNIMAG field magnetometer
- EG&G Geometrics G-866 Recording Magnetometer
- GBC KT-5 Kappameter
- Scintrex GIS-5 Gamma ray spectrometer
- Laser Raman Spectroscopy
- Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Facility
- Palaeoecology Laboratories
GIS
- Dedicated computer laboratory exclusively used for teaching, research and coursework for GIS students with the latest software
- As well as core desktop GIS processing (ArcMap), additional facilities include techical workstation processing (ARC/INFO), 3D visualisation (ArcScene), internet map server (ArcIMS) and mobile mapping (ArcPad)
- ERDAS Imagine with standard image processing techniques as well as 3D visualisation, photogrammetry, topographic analysis and radar
- Access to a large archive of on-site and internet nased subscription data including high quality Ordnance Survey data, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission forms, Cities revealed, Landmap and Infoterra.
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Life Science
- New Biotechnology and molecular biology laboratory
- Two Microbiology teaching laboratories
- Human exercise physiology laboratory
- Sports biomechanics laboratory
- Biology laboratory
- Wet biochemistry laboratory
- Human Anatomy Laboratory
- Cell culture laboratories
- Immunology Laboratory
- A number of research laboratories, including:
- Cell signalling
- Microbiology
- Molecular Microbiology
- Natural products analytical laboratory
- Leica laser scanning confocal microscope
- Analytical and nuclear science laboratories
- HPLC/MS, ICP/LCMS, and AA instrument laboratory
- Mechanical, glass blowing and electronic repairs workshops
- Wide range of standard equipment including;
- Centrifuges
- Micro centrifuges
- Ultracentrifuge
- Digital imaging systems
- Vertical, horizontal, and pulse-field gel electrophoresis systems
- Class II safety cabinets and fume hoods
- Histology equipment
- Microscopes (brightfield, phase contrast, dissecting, fluorescence, inverted)
- PCR thermocyclers
- Microplate readers
- Tissue culture facilities;
- Spectrophotometers
- An ultrasonicator
- Chromatography equipment
- Incubators, refrigerators, freezers, and balances
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Sports Science
Exercise Physiology Lab for analysing sports-specific performance. Sophisticated equipment allows us to measure the physiological responses to exercise, such as:- oxygen consumption;
- fat oxidation;
- heart rate;
- blood pressure; and
- haematological responses
- Environmental lab facilities including a purpose built heat chamber allowing us to provide heat acclimation strategies and pre-cooling manoeuvres to help athletes with their preparation for and competition in hot, humid conditions
- Tolworth Sports Ground which provide excellent facilities for outdoor sports. You have access to:
- 14 football pitches;
2 rugby pitches;
2 cricket squares (summer only);
1 artificial cricket wicket (summer only);
mini-soccer pitches;
floodlit training areas;
2 netball courts;
3 tennis courts; and
6 seven a-side hardcourt football pitches - Biomechanics lab including
- Force platforms fitted in the floor
- A six camera motion analysis system
- An isokinetic dynamometer
- Electromyography
Pharmacy and Chemistry
- Three teaching laboratories with an associated service area
- Two laboratories for chemical and pharmaceutical science research. Each laboratory has additional space for research student offices. There are a total of 41 fume cupboards in the two laboratories
- A spectroscopy laboratory housing ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometers, fluorimeters, infrared spectrometers, a teaching mass spectrometer and a JEOL 60 MHz NMR spectrometer
- An analytical instrument laboratory housing GC-MS spectrometers, HPLC instruments, gas-chromatographs, capillary electrophoresis and other analytical equipment
- An NMR suite to house the School's 400 and 600 MHz Bruker spectrometers
- A laboratory for LC-MS, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, AAS and thermal analysis instruments
- A service room accommodating technical support for the analytical/spectroscopic facilities
- A laboratory for pharmacy practice. View some images from the lab
- A laboratory for pharmaceutical technology/physical chemistry work
- A general teaching laboratory View some images from the lab
- An aseptic laboratory
- A nuclear science laboratory
- Four service rooms accommodating technical support for the above laboratories
- An electron microscopy suite (Faculty facility)
- Laboratories for pharmaceutics and pharmacology research
- A semi-detached house and garden used as a Crime Scene House for Forensic Science courses, located in Fasset Road
