New Facilities

Bright modern café-style space with wooden flooring, colourful chairs, long tables, and a counter with plants and fruit.

Here at the University of Chester, we're always working to make your experience even better.

We’re always looking to enhance your university experience and make it the best it could possibly be. This includes investing in new campus developments and ensuring our facilities meet the needs of our students. 

Visit us on an Open Day to see the latest updates to our campuses. 

UX lab in Seaborne Library

Seaborne Library Exton Park

We’ve just completed the second phase of our Seaborne Library refurbishment project at Exton Park. This included: 

  • Relocating the Book Collection to the Lower Floor 
  • Creating additional study spaces 
  • Creating a new student common room 
  • Creating two new computer rooms and a UX lab 
  • Extending and refurbishing the toilets and creating an additional accessible changing room. 
student stood in Wheeler foyer

Wheeler Library

We’ve also just refurbished the library in our Wheeler building. This included: 

  • Relocating the Book Collection to the First Floor 
  • Creating new quiet study areas 
  • Adding a new LIS Helpdesk, more group study spaces, a new coffee shop and collections from the Riverside Museum on the Ground Floor.  
CSU officer stood outside Binks building at Exton Park

Binks and Outdoor Seating Exton Park

We’ve recently replaced the roof of the Binks building and created two new large teaching spaces on the second floor to create modern, accessible new lecture theatres, which will be used by students across a range of courses. We’ve also added anew Reception desk, a new Student Services Hub, new student study spaces and relocated and updated our Binks Grab and Go.  

We’ve built a brand-new outdoor seating area outside the School of Education to create an outdoor teaching, learning and social space for skills training, employer workshops, presentations, performances and events. We’ve also added a new screen to the front of the School of Education building which we’ll use for outdoor cinema experiences and for streaming key events such as Graduation and Varsity.

Computer training room at the University of Chester with rows of desktop workstations, a teaching podium, and large digital presentation screens.

Chester Business School Queen's Park

We’ve created an exciting new FinTech (Financial Technology) Lab at Queen’s Park. This modern lab mimics a fast-paced, exciting trading floor to create an immersive experience for our Finance and Accounting students.