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Get around

Sunderland has great national and regional transport connections, making it an easy place to travel to. In this section, we'll guide you through how to get here, and navigating your way around the city.

We'll also talk about our two Sunderland campuses; City Campus and our St Peter's. Moving between our two locations in the city is easy, with a range of options. Many of our facilities and services are based across our campuses, you'll find out here where you can locate what you need. 

The Gateway building at the University of Sunderland City Campus.

City Campus

City Campus is at the centre of our modern city, and is home to our a variety of administration and support services, library, lecture halls, and our excellent sport facilities at CitySpace.

It is also the centre for the University’s Arts and Design courses and home to our main sciences provision, housing our world-famous Pharmacy School, our Living Labs, School of Nursing and the newly-established School of Medicine.

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A view of the University of Sunderland St Peters campus from across the river Wear

Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's

The University’s impressive riverside campus is within easy reach of both the city and Sunderland’s miles of beautiful beaches. Business, Law, Tourism, Education and Social Sciences are based here, as is the University’s main centre for Computing and Engineering. Media is also taught here in The David Puttnam Media Centre and it's also the home to the Northern Centre of Photography, as well as The David Goldman Technology Centre.

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Cars Parked behind a well landscaped seating area

Parking facilities

For commuters who drive to the University, we have ample parking across both our campuses in Sunderland.

Here we will tell you all you need to know about registering your car and our parking facilities which are supported by Just Park.

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Students walking on path away from a Metro Station

Campus travel

From time to time, you may find yourself needing to move between campuses whether this is for academic commitments or just to experience everything our campuses have to offer. Here you'll find out the best ways to move between the campuses and the wider city of Sunderland.

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