Facilities: accolades and statistics
This section lists accolades and statistics relating to the University of Sunderland. This list is accurate as of June 2011, and is updated annually.
- CitySpace: chosen by Grenada as a training facility for the 2012 London Olympics
- CitySpace: £12m flagship sports facility
- CitySpace: 6-badminton court sports hall, 70 station fitness gym, sports massage and injuries centre and indoor climbing wall
- Media facilities include a 200-seat cinema with full HD projection and 7.1 surround sound facility
- Media facilities include 4,600m2 of TV / radio studios, workshops and editing suites
- TV facilities include 2 TV studios, 4 Steadicam rigs and 40 HD tapeless field camera systems
- Our Glass facilities include the largest kiln in Western Europe
- Over £8.5m invested in the new Sciences Complex, opened in 2011
- One of the few UK universities to feature a purpose-built mock pharmacy
- One of the few UK universities to feature a purpose-built mock law court
- Student accommodation in Sunderland is 30% less expensive than the UK average
NUS/Unipol Survey 2009/10
