Teesside University is planning to invest £300 million across its campus estate over the next decade.

The 'Campus Masterplan' reveals how the University will look over the next 10 years and builds on £270m already invested in the campus in recent years.

Features of Phase 1 includes;

• A £10m Student Life Building to bring all student facing services together in one location. The Student Life Building will also include an employability centre and teaching facilities.

• The first phase of creating a new home for the Teesside University Business School will see £6m spent to support the continuing growth of our re-launched School. Phase two will follow, with a further £15m investment.

• Significant transformation of student accommodation. £83m will be invested to transform the student accommodation offer, including new purpose-built accommodation on the Woodlands site, a full refurbishment of King Edward's Square, and refurbishment and modernisation of Parkside Village

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• The £22.3m National Horizons Centre, a biomedical research, education and teaching facility at the University's Darlington campus, which will support the industries set to transform the UK economy, including biologics, industrial biotechnology, subsea engineering and digital.

Developments will be completed in structured phases, with phase 1 already underway with the final stage of the £7m library refurbishment and the development of the former Gazette building on Borough Road which the University acquired earlier this year.

Recently completed schemes include Campus Heart, the £22m award-winning teaching and learning building; The Curve, acquisition and refurbishment of Teesside Central Halls, a £6m redevelopment of Orion and Stephenson buildings to provide state-of-the art science and engineering facilities, a £1.1m redevelopment of the Students' Union and the new £2.75m health and fitness centre; The Gym.

Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, Professor Paul Croney, said the investment programme will "transform the campus over the next decade".

"We look forward to continuing to work with our partners in the Tees Valley and North East, to make Middlesbrough an exciting and appealing destination for students from across the world," he said.

Chairman Alastair MacColl said: "The plans for the campus over the next ten years are outstanding and these are incredibly exciting times for Teesside University.

"We are committed to investing in our estate to further enhance the experiences of our students, businesses we work with and the communities we serve."

(LM)