The University of Bristol has submitted an outline planning application for a £300m city centre campus on a seven-acre site next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station.
Seven new buildings are planned on the site of the former Royal Mail sorting office and part of Arena Island, with a mix of flexible research and teaching facilities, accommodation for up to 1,500 students and a range of commercial outlets.
The campus will initially cater for 3,500 students, the majority of whom will be postgraduates, and approximately 800 members of staff will be based there.
Hugh Brady, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Bristol, said: “For the University of Bristol, the new campus provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the civic university. We are committed to creating a campus which both reflects our status as a world-class university and provides an open and welcoming space for the people and city of Bristol.”
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