The Birley Fields campus, to the south of the city centre, will be home to the Faculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care and the Faculty of Education. More than 6,000 students will study here.
The main academic building, designed by architect Sheppard Robson, has been dubbed . The contract also involves the design and construction of an energy centre and external works.
Sir Robert McAlpine won the contract for the 拢60m first phase聽on the back of its work on the university鈥檚 landmark Business School and Student Hub.
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