Boldrewood Innovation Campus is one of the University of Southampton’s campuses, located in Bassett,

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. The newly built campus is a centre where business, research and education coexist in engineering sciences, maritime engineering and other maritime disciplines. The campus is also home to the university’s strategic partner

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Facilities

Work is still being completed on the Boldrewood campus; it will consist of four buildings with extensive research and teaching facilities. Currently in use are advanced design studios, wind tunnels, fluids dynamics laboratories, a driving simulator, performance sports laboratory and two unmanned vehicles laboratories. Facilities that are still in construction include a 186m towing tank and an anechoic wind chamber.

History

Boldrewood was previously the Biomedical Sciences campus of the

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, home to the School of Biological Sciences and the non-hospital base for the School of Medicine. In April 2006, the university announced plans to develop a 'professional campus' on the Boldrewood site, to house the marine services division of

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. In October 2010, the Boldrewood Campus was fully closed for redevelopment, after the relocation of staff and students to the new Life Sciences building on the

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Location

The campus is located to the west of the main Highfield campus, on Burgess Road, Southampton.

References

External links

Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
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