University of Chester

Study in University of Cheste

It is one of the oldest English higher education establishments of any kind, pre-dating all but Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, and its original buildings in the Roman city of Chester were the first in the country to be purpose-built for the professional training of teachers. The Dean and Chapter of Chester Cathedral donated land on Parkgate Road for this endeavour. In 1842, Gladstone opened the College’s original buildings for its first intake of 10 male student teachers on the Parkgate Road site, just outside the City Walls, that the University still occupies today, after the College moved from its initial, temporary base in Bridge Street.

Campuses

The University of Chester has six grounds and a University Center in Shrewsbury. The 32-section of land (130,000 m2) Parkgate Road Campus, Chester, is situated on Parkgate Road, only north of the City Walls. It has a blend of Victorian buildings, (for example, Old College, left, which incorporates a sanctuary worked by a portion of the first understudies during the 1840s) and present day structures, (for example, the Students’ Union). The Parkgate Road Campus additionally includes a wellness focus, sports lobby, pool, science and language research facilities, bar, bookshop and bank.

A few offices are housed offsite at areas inside strolling separation of the primary grounds, for instance, the Department of English is situated in a Grade II-listed former Victorian vicarage, while the Law School is based at 67 Liverpool Road. The former County Hall, which is situated in the downtown area close to the racecourse, houses the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services and the Faculty of Health and Social Care and is known as the Riverside Campus.

The college has additionally built up the Kingsway Campus in Newton with the option of a three-story showing square, ground floor display space and workmanship exhibition, learning asset focus and evolving rooms. The site includes various green developments, such as ground source warming.

The college obtained a former Lloyds Bank corporate central station in Queen’s Park, Handbridge, Chester in 2015. This houses the Faculty of Business and Management and the Chester Business School. The college has modernized the offices in Bridge House and Churchill House to cook for 2,700 understudies.

In the pre-winter of 2015, the college opened a sister foundation in the Guildhall and Rowley’s House, Shrewsbury, Shropshire as a feature of a joint endeavor with Shropshire Council to set up University Center Shrewsbury.

The college possessed understudy settlement is principally held for first year and abroad understudies. This comprises of lobbies of home and houses close by.

The littler Warrington grounds initially facilitated a camp for Canadian officials in World War II and is situated in the Padgate area of Warrington. This grounds incorporates the North West Media Center, which has close ties to Granada Television, The Warrington School of Management, Social Sciences and Health and Social Care. The Warrington Campus is additionally the preparation ground for the rugby alliance team The Warrington Wolves, and Warrington town was the host for the Rugby League World Cup 2013, with the Campus facilitating the Samoan players.

The college additionally has various bases at NHS locales across Cheshire and the Wirral.