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	Media Arts Centre Our £5.5m Media Arts Centre has state-of-the-art facilities for students on our journalism, media and writing degrees. Facilities include broadcast television and digital radio studios, digital video editing suites, electronic newsrooms, white space studio, multimedia suites, and additional studios for online and design work.
	STEM Labs Set out over four-storeys the 6000m2 of teaching space features cutting edge facilities including four computer laboratories and workshops for subjects such as automotive engineering, cyber-security and robotics, along with three large teaching labs, and four specialist containment labs.
	BedsSU -ÌýMetro Bar &ÌýKitchen The Metro Bar & Kitchen is home to BedsSU which by day proudly servesÌýStarbucks CoffeeÌýalong with a range of other beverages, sandwiches and snacks. It’s a great space for socialising with friends, catching up on some coursework or taking a well-deserved lunch break. By night the venue becomes the place to be, with a variety of student events such as pub quizzes, live music and various themed club nights. Evening food includes delicious freshly made pizzas and pasta dishes.
	Luton Gym The Aspire Gyms offer a range of affordable membership options giving students exclusive use of a convenient campus-based fitness facility. The Luton gym facilitates state of the art cardiovascular equipment with smartphone compatibility as well as an extensive range of fixed resistance machines and a small free weights area. Changing rooms with showers and lockers are available for members to use.
	Art & Design Studios The main studio space spans across three floors and is shared by all years with each course having their own designated areas including the expansive fashion studio and the photography studio. This type of learning environment is reflective of studios found across the art and design industry, maintaining a strong studio culture and helping to develop your communication skills and work collaboratively.
	Campus Library The Luton Campus Library set over seven storeys offers students access to our extensive range of physical and digital resources with 300,000+ books & 80,000+ ebooks. PCs are provided on each level for students to use offering access to a wide range of applications as well as access to silent-study rooms, group-work areas, presentation-practice rooms and a café.
	Business Pods Our Business Pods are specially created teaching spaces designed like modern offices rather than traditional classrooms. With brainstorming and boardroom areas and an IT suite, they simulate a professional working environment allowing students to work in small groups on real business problems and take a hands-on role in becoming a junior executive.
	Healthcare Simulation Suites Our clinical skills and simulation suites allow for simulated scenarios having been designed to provide invaluable learning opportunities to observe, develop and test how healthcare professionals work together and interact with their environment and equipment. The suite includes a ward area that can be used as an intensive care unit, A&E or Maternity Unit; an anaesthetic prep room and an operating theatre with scrub room.
	Moot Court Set out like a real-life law court, our Moot Court gives aspiring Lawyers a taste of their future career – with a podium, lectern and seating for opposing counsel and up to three judges. Moots can be recorded with the ability for students to select one of five views of the court and with microphones for judges and counsel. You can play the recordings back through the projection system.
	Sports Therapy & Rehabilitation Labs Students can practise sports massage skills and clinical practices on real participants in our laboratories. Equipped with facilities for physiology, biomechanics and sports therapy, students will gain a taste of industry life to prepare them for employment.

From the M1 Junction 11 southbound

• Exit junction 11 and turn left onto Dunstable Road
• Follow the road until you reach a roundabout – taking the third exit to Chaul End Lane
• Follow this road until you reach a roundabout – taking the first exit to the A505 (Hatters Way)
• Continue along this road (following signs for the University)
• At the double roundabout – go straight over both – along Dunstable Road
• Continue along the A505 (heading straight over the crossroads to Stuart Street)
• At the road about go straight over onto the Park Viaduct
• Continue along the viaduct until you reach the roundabout – taking the first exit
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From M1 Junction 10 northbound

• Exit junction 10 and take the second exit to the A1081 (Airport Way)
• Exit along the slip road and continue along London Road
• Continue along London road, heading straight over at the crossroads – to Castle Street
• Continue straight and at the round about take third exit on to the Park Viaduct
• Continue along the viaduct until you reach the round about – taking the first exit
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From the A1

• Leave the A1 at Junction 8 and take the A602 to Hitchin
• At the first roundabout in Hitchin take the third exit and at the next roundabout take the first exit, following the A505 to Luton town centre
• At the roundabout take the first exit into Gipsy Lane
• Proceed over two mini-roundabouts into Windmill Road and over the next roundabout take the second exit into St Mary's Road.
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From the A6

• Drive along the A6 towards Luton. At the traffic lights (with the Leaside Hotel and Landsdowne Club on your left), turn left on to Hucklesby Way
• Continue straight over the traffic lights – continue straight on
• At the roundabout, turn right on to Hitchin Road
• Continue straight – approaching a double roundabout
• You are now on St Mary’s Road (front of the University’s Luton campus) – and can use local town centre car parks

From car park to campus

• Parking is available at the The Mall shopping centre. Once you have parked your car follow the pedestrian signs to the shops and take the lift to Level M.
• Exit lift and walk forwards through the shopping centre. Take the first left walk way and walk until you reach the Mall information point. Take the left hand fork and follow walk way past New Look on your right and Timpson and the market on your left.
• You will arrive at a set of stairs on your right and another lift. Take lift or stairs to ground floor and exit Mall.
• Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing with St Mary's Church on your left.
• Follow the footpath forward past the church and you'll arrive at the Campus Centre. Reception is immediately inside.

connect Luton with Bedford (25 min), London (34 min to St Pancras International; Farringdon; City Thameslink; Blackfriars; and 50 min to London Bridge), East Croydon (64 min), Gatwick Airport (80 min) and Brighton (2 h).

Thameslink serves Luton's three railway stations - Luton Airport Parkway (for London Luton Airport), Luton (this is the closest to the main, University Square campus) and Leagrave.

Luton is also served by which offers and to London St Pancras.

From station to campus

Via The Mall

• Walk out of the main station entrance and walk straight ahead keeping the bus stops and Starbucks on your right, and a car park on your left.
• Walk towards town centre (Bute Street) where you will see the Hat Factory arts centre on your right, The Mall shopping centre will be in front of you.
• Enter the shopping centre, go up the escalator and take a left at the top. Walk through the shopping centre until you reach Debenhams, turn left and then right and walk towards the exit, with the indoor market on your left.
• Exit the shopping centre via the stairs or the lifts. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing with St Mary's Church on your left.
• Follow the footpath through the church grounds and you'll arrive at the Campus Centre. Reception is immediately inside.

Avoiding The Mall

• Walk out of the main station entrance and walk straight ahead keeping the bus stops and Starbucks on your right, and a car park on your left.
• Walk towards town centre (Bute Street) where you will see the Hat Factory arts centre on your right.
• Take the first left (Guildford Street) and continue walking to the end of the road and then turn right
• Keep walking until you reach traffic lights (AVIS car rental and the Mall multi-storey car park will be on your right). This is Church Street
• Turn right and you will see St Mary's Church and the ÑÇÉ«ÊÓƵ on your left
• Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing with St Mary's Church on your left.
• Follow the footpath through the church grounds and you'll arrive at the Campus Centre. Reception is immediately inside.

Luton has some traffic-free routes for cyclists. The town is on Route 6 of the National Cycle Network. A recent addition is the route which runs parallel with the Luton to Dunstable busway.

On campus there is parking for bicycles outside the Park Street entrance, the Campus Centre and the Postgraduate and CPD Centre.

See for more details on cycle routes and maps.

If you are travelling to an Open Day by car, please be aware that the University does not have on-campus parking. Being in a town centre location, there are plenty of public car parks, all within a short walking distance of the Luton campus, which operate by pay and display.