On-campus Facilities

There are too many facilities to list here but some highlights are:

• Smart Grid Lab - unique facilities that enable investigation of future energy systems
• Agriculture Facilities - which includes the world's longest-running grazing and hay cutting experiment at Cockle Park Farm
• Urban Observatory - the largest set of publicly available real time urban data in the UK
• Stu Brew - Europe's first student-run micro-brewery used to research and improve sustainable brewing practice

Off-campus Facilities

• BE:WISE - microbial sewage treatment scheme in partnership with Northumbrian Water Group
• Blyth Marine Station including the Emerson Cavitation Tunnel
• Dove Marine Laboratory
• NU Farms - commercially run farms that support research, teaching and engagement
• R/V The Princess Royal

Great North Museum Specialist Collections

Our campus hosts the Great North Museum: Hancock where several of the University's collections are held including:

• Zoology
• Botany
• Palaeontology and Geology
• Archaeology
• Ethnography

There is also a library in the museum that includes the archives of the Natural History Society of Northumbria, and the University's Cowen Library.