Life at Bolton

Our investments in recent years have left our students with incredible facilities to help them in their studies, including:

• £31 million in Bolton One – featuring dedicated sports and sport science facilities
• £13 million in the National Centre for Motorsport Engineering – state-of-the-art facilities ensuring you get real-life experience to enhance your employability
• £4.8 million in the Centre for Dental Services
• £4 million in the Institute of Management Greater Manchester

But we also understand that you need time out from your studies. Whether it’s a quick study break to gather your thoughts or a day out enjoying your hobbies and interests.

The Bolton One building provides all the de-stressing activity facilities you need with a 25m swimming pool, 50m climbing wall, competition-level trampolines, large sports hall and fully equipped modern gym. Whether you wish to play sport competitively or just for fun, there are activities and classes for all students.

Not only that, but you can use our Athlete Development Centre which help all athletes to improve their performance as well as helping assist in recovery through the Sports and Spinal Injury Clinic.

Alternatively, if the great outdoors is more your thing, Bolton is surrounded by the beautiful Pennine Moors perfect for hiking, kayaking and horse riding.

But if you don’t have a couple of hours spare to get active or get outside, we also have the Athena Café to grab a quick coffee on campus ready to give you that boost that will help you through the rest of your revision session. You can also enjoy the bar-style menu at Vista Meet and Eat or sit down for a hot meal in the Eagle Restaurant.

The result of all these incredible facilities? We were voted in the Top 15 Universities for student experience from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

In comparison to other Universities we are relatively small, and that’s exactly how we like it. It means our class sizes are smaller and all of our students benefit from more time with their tutors and lecturers.

It also means outside of the classroom you’ll find a familiar face, whether its bumping into the same person on your way to the library or sharing a bus ride with the same students each morning.

We also love to help our surrounding community off campus. Our Plogging society love a gentle jog around the local area whilst collecting litter to help clean up our town.