Facilities
We’re 2nd in the North West for learning resources (National Student Survey 2021).
As well as honing your skills on industry-standard equipment, you have unique access to experimental and emerging technologies, ensuring you have the skills and knowledge needed to enter a rapidly changing job market.
Specialist state-of-the-art facilities include:
- A horseshoe-shaped, Harvard style lecture theatre
- The CAVE, a 4k super immersive 3D environment
- VIVE and Microsoft HoloLens
- 13 dedicated, IT-rich teaching labs
- Dedicated wired and wireless networking labs
- Advanced graphics workstations for interactive displays in our games lab
- High-end data analytics servers
- Multi-touch transparent displays
- EEG (electroencephalogram) headset
- ZSpace augmented and virtual reality system
- Tobi Pro 2 eye-tracker
- Sawyer Robot (Cobot)
- Dobot M1 and magicians arms
- Two NAO robots
- 3D printers and scanner
- Raspbery pi and e-pucks 2
- Cameras and Microsoft Kinects
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Come and see the department for yourself by visiting us at our next open day.