Campus facilities

Library

The Library is open 24/7 throughout most of the year. Its collections cover the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and relate to the teaching and research of the College. 

In addition to some 300,000 books and 7,000 print and electronic journals, it contains a range of study spaces for individual and group study, laptop borrowing and IT facilities.

Eating and drinking

There are a variety of eating options on campus including Café Thirty-Five, Benugo in the Library and Professor Stuart Hall Building and the refectory with a mixture of hot and cold food.

IT services

All halls of residence have internet access, and we have Wifi across campus.

The library has both PCs and Apple Macs, scanners and video editing equipment. If you're having a problem with IT access then staff are available to answer your queries in the library.

Support

Whenever you need help or advice, there’s always someone to turn to at Goldsmiths. Throughout your studies and even after your graduation we can offer help with a whole range of issues from bursaries and scholarships to counselling, careers, nursery services and peer mentoring.

We also have a multifaith Chaplaincy and prayer room on campus.

Sports

Our campus has tennis and netball courts and a large backfield, perfect for football.

Our Students' Union offers a huge variety of sports societies, both recreational and competitive.

Subject-specific facilities

Depending on which subject you choose, you may have access to industry-standard equipment and dedicated spaces to help develop your skills and creative practice.

Art facilities

All art students have their own studio space for the entire length of their degree, these are mixed across year levels to encourage peer-group learning.

There are many specialist art practice areas that complement traditional art disciplines: casting; woodwork; metal; ceramics; constructed textiles; fine art printmaking; graphics and time-based media; photography; print and dye; stitch and fabric and 3D printing.

Each practice area is staffed with experienced technicians to support students.

Computing facilities

• Specialist rooms and equipment enable students and academics to create work and collaborate.  
• The digital fabrication and physical computing labs are housed in a converted 19th-century church.  
• There are labs, workshops, and classrooms for computing. This includes our Hatch Labs, which are physical computing spaces that feature a variety of equipment and tools that students can experiment with, as well as an Immersive Lab with full surround sound and equipment for immersive five-screen video installations. 
• Computer Labs are used for lectures, with access to a range of state-of-the-art software. 
• Students also have access to the Caroline Graveson Building, which houses iMac labs, used for classes and individual work, student common areas, as well as a User Experience and Games Lab. 

Design facilities

• Studio space is provided to all design students, and they are encouraged to use this to build a studio culture of collaborative practice and peer-to-peer learning.  
• The School of Design has its own dedicated practice labs, staffed by experienced and supportive tutors.  
• Labs include: a ceramics area; moulding and casting workshop; wood workshop; plastic fabrication lab; textiles lab, with facilities for sewing, digital embroidery, screen printing and vinyl cutting; metal workshop; digital fabrication lab, including laser cutting, 3D printing, scanning and CNC routing/ milling machinery. 

Media & Communications facilities 

• Teaching is primarily in the purpose-built Professor Stuart Hall Building, where you’ll find industry-standard production facilities.  
• Depending on your course, you’ll have access to over 100 professional camera and audio kits.  
• Film and television facilities include 20 edit suites, a TV studio, audio post-production suites, and a calibrated screening room.  
• We also offer photography studios, darkrooms and a digital print lab, digital radio studios and edit rooms, animation rostrums, illustration studios, and nine digital media labs. 

Music facilities

• Students benefit from a suite of practice rooms, fully equipped PA rehearsal rooms, and performance spaces with Steinway pianos, as well as access to other performance spaces internally and externally.  
• The Music Technical Office is open six days per week, with an equipment store stocked with instruments, keyboards, frontline and backline gear. Technical staff are available to assist and support students with technical needs and projects.  
• The Goldsmiths Music Studios was established by Grammy-nominated record producer, Mikko Gordon, and features three large recording spaces with natural light and variable acoustics, a main control room based around a 48-channel vintage Calrec console, and an MTA 980 Console that previously belonged to Radiohead.  
• The Electronic Music Studio features a collection of vintage and historic instruments, amplifiers, tape machines, synthesisers and microphones in the setting of a state-of-the art contemporary digital facility. 

Psychology facilities

• Psychology’s fascinating research requires a lot of specialist equipment, such as EEGs, brain stimulation suites, mobile neuroimaging tools, and eye tracking technology.  
• The Infant Lab, which studies the cognitive development of babies and children, uses infant EEG and ‘tickling light’ tactile sensors along with other equipment to help understand young childhood behaviour.  
• Undergraduates often assist with research, and there are many opportunities to take part in studies and experiments. 

Theatre & Performance facilities

• Dedicated facilities include six studios, and costume and scenography workshops. 
• Our George Wood Theatre recently had a multi-million-pound refurbishment, and holds flexible seating for up to 140, plus industry-standard lighting and sound equipment. 
• There is also a media lab with a bespoke recording booth and video and sound-editing facilities.