self-guided tour of the campus - Swansea University

Penmaen Halls of Residence
Wales National Pool
Swansea’s Victorious 2011
Varsity Team
Digital Technium
Faraday Tower
Swansea University Self Guided Tour
outlets. The communal kitchens in these residences are equipped with snack-making
facilities.
The two new halls which opened in September 2008 are Penmaen and Horton (22 & 23
on the campus map). The two residences consist of 44 self-contained flats that provide
a total of 351 ensuite study bedrooms. The larger of the two buildings, Penmaen, has
272 study bedrooms and Horton has 79. Each flat shares a well equipped kitchen diner
and all rooms have high-speed internet access. The accommodation office is situated on
the ground floor of Penmaen.
The remaining places are in the recently refurbished Cefn Bryn (21 on the map) and the
newly built self-catering residences (Oxwich, Langland and Caswell – 25, 26 & 27 on the
campus map) which offer en-suite facilities, as does Preseli Hall.
It is a short walk from here to the £20m University sports complex across the road. The
Sports Centre is home to the Wales National Pool which has been awarded Intensive
Training Centre Status by British Swimming and houses a 50m Olympic size pool and
25m warm up pool. There is a multi-purpose sports hall, 3 squash courts and a fully
equipped fitness room with over 80 stations. These facilities have recently been enhanced
with a new 8-lane athletics track, 2 out-door all-weather pitches and an indoor
training centre for athletics
Turning around, follow the path that runs past the halls of residence back towards Fulton
House. You will pass the Students’ Union (18) and Fulton House (17) both on your
left-hand side.
The Students’ Union houses a shop, radio station (Xtreme Radio – where you can DJ your
own show), the Athletic Union (which runs all of the sports clubs), the student newspaper
(Waterfront), Divas the bar/nightclub, a diner and Students’ Union staff, including
welfare advisors. The University boasts over 100 student clubs and societies which cater
for all interests and activities, from ranging Amnesty International to Cheerleading, Debating
and Role-play. More information on our clubs and societies can be found on the
Students’ Union website: www.swansea-union.co.uk
Passing in front of Fulton House, continue straight on into the Mall, passing Digital
Technium (26, on your left) and the Faraday Building (8.1, on your right).
Digital Technium provides start-up facilities for small hi-tech companies and includes a
virtual reality studio, multimedia research facilities and computer graphics research facilities.
Companies located here have academic links with the Departments of Computer
Science, Civil Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and two of the University’s
Centres of Excellence (the Centre for Computation and Simulation and the Centre
for Communications and Software Technologies) are also housed here.
The Faraday Building and Tower is home to the School of Engineering and the Computer
Science Department. Of the Engineering departments – Aerospace, Civil, Mechanical,
Materials, Chemical, and Electrical and Electronic - 4 have been rated “Excellent” for
teaching and Civil was recently ranked 2 nd in the UK for research. The Department of
Computer Science has been rated “Excellent” for Teaching and was ranked 11 th in the UK
in The Times Good University Guide. The Department has recently launched degrees in E
-Commerce Technology, Internet Technology and Mobile Communications and Internet
Technology.
Behind the Faraday, the Talbot Building (8.3) is home to the Department of Mathematics,
which has been highly rated for research and which offers a wide range of interests
in pure and applied mathematics.
Continuing along the mall pass Taliesin Arts Centre (32) and the Egypt Centre (32.1)
both on your left.
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