Universities at Medway

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Universities at Medway
Established 2004
Type Tri-partite collaboration
Students c10,000
Location Medway, United Kingdom
Campus Urban
Website www.medway.ac.uk

The Universities at Medway is a tri-partite collaboration of the University of Greenwich, the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University on a single campus in Chatham, Medway, South East England.

Site

Medway Building

The Universities centre around the historic HMS Pembroke barracks buildings, which form a part of the World Heritage Site application for Chatham Dockyard and its Defences.[1]

In 2007, the Pilkington Building (former Canteen Building, now Refectory, lecture theatre and other offices) and the Drill Hall Library were both joint winers of the Building Renovation category of the Kent Design Awards.[2][3]

The Medway Building at the University of Kent as part of the Universities at Medway campus, was nominated for Best Public Building at the 2010 Kent Design Awards.[4]

Departments

The following subjects are taught on campus:

  • University of Greenwich School of Science;
  • University of Greenwich School of Engineering;
  • University of Greenwich School of Health and Social Care;
  • University of Greenwich School of Business and Computing
  • Natural Resources Institute;
  • Medway School of Pharmacy;
  • University of Kent Centre for Sports Studies;
  • Kent Business School;
  • Kent School of Computing
  • University of Kent School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR);
  • University of Kent Centre for Journalism;
  • University of Kent School of Arts;
  • University of Kent Music School

Library

The universities share use of the Grade II listed Drill Hall Library.

References

  1. Welcome to Chatham's bid for World Heritage Status
  2. "Pilkington Building, Universities at Medway, England". www.rmjm.com. 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014. 
  3. "Medway Campus collects First Prize at Kent Design Awards". enterprise.gre.ac.uk. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2014. 
  4. "Medway Building, Kent, England". www.e-architect.co.uk. 4 February 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013. 

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