Carmarthen Although its foundation and indeed its speciality lies in education, the campus now also teaches a variety of degrees in subjects such as sport, health and nutrition, religious and Islamic studies, psychology, social inclusion, creative arts, photography, film and drama, business and tourism, and English and creative writing. The Carmarthen campus is the base of two of the university's three faculties. The campus is centred around the original 1848 Old Building of Trinity College. It originally contained all of the original dormitories, common rooms, libraries, an original university quadrangle and teaching spaces. The building today houses several lecture theatres and smaller classrooms often used by the university's School of Justice and Social Inclusion (including psychology) and theology, religious studies and Islamic studies. Another feature of the old building of Carmarthen is the Archbishop Childs' Hall. Named after
Derrick Greenslade Childs, who was
Archbishop of Wales,
Bishop of Monmouth and director of the Church of Wales. Childs was principal of Trinity in 1965. The hall is of a classical shape and is hung with framed paintings of Childs. On the outside of the building, there is a carved crest of the Bishops of Wales. – The original 1848 quadrangle, what later became the old college library has been modified into the . This operates in partnership with the main library. Attached to the main body of the Old Building is the University Chapel. This was built in 1848 and although it has been modified slightly, still retains many original features. Attached to this is the historic ante-chapel, the original chapel the present one being an extension added in 1932, which is dedicated to past students and professors who served in the first world war. The ante-chapel contains a font and is decorated with student artwork. There is also the university chapel lounge which now houses the university's chaplaincy library and serves as a comfortable, relaxed meeting space for the Chapel community. This room also has a stained glass window installed in 2008 in memory of
Norah Isaac, former lecturer and pioneer of Welsh language education. The Swansea-based Faculty of Business and Management has three units (Carmarthen Business School; Sport, Health and Outdoor Education: Carmarthen; Wales Institute for Work-based Learning) on the Carmarthen campus.
Later additions The surrounding campus is a blend of modern buildings surrounded by sweeping lawns and gardens. Opposite the old building is the Halliwell Centre, named after a former principal of Trinity College,
Thomas Halliwell, which is primarily used as a conference facility. Attached to the centre is the Merlin restaurant which is the campus' main restaurant and refectory for catered students. The Carwyn James Building is a large four-storey building named after
Carwyn James, a former Welsh rugby player, teacher and lecturer at Trinity College. This facility is home to the Faculty of Education and Training. The Dewi Building was originally built in 1925 as the Dewi Hostel. It was an extension of the original old college and served as an extra wing for student accommodation. An account of the conditions of the hostel survives from a student living in them at the time; "To keep oneself warm in the new wing during the Winter months was a problem for although it had a system of heating, the heat seldom reached even the second floor. To wash we depended on the rain-water caught in the roof of the building and this was always cold". The main library of the university campus was constructed in 1995 to accommodate the growing diversity of subjects on the campus and is located opposite the Parry Block. It is dedicated to the poet
Raymond Garlick, who was a principal lecturer in Trinity's Welsh department. The Parry Building, named after
Albert William Parry (a former principal of the college and psychology lecturer 1909–1940), contains a variety of teaching facilities used largely by the university's School of Creative Arts. These include fairly large classrooms and smaller art studios. The building runs parallel to the Norah Isaac building and the two are of very similar designs. Originally the front façade of the building, the oldest part, was the broadcast room in 1950. Students' Union – The students' union building was the centre of student social life on the campus. Constructed in 1972 it comprised two main venues: the Attic Bar which served food and drinks and downstairs 'Unity', the main entertainment venue of the Union. This facility hosted club nights as well as other social events. The Union incorporated many societies, ranging from sports such as rugby and hockey to historical societies. Norah Isaac Building – This building is home to the school of social justice and Inclusion and contains the reception for that school. It is named after
Norah Isaac, who was responsible for setting up the first ever Welsh drama department, and was a founder of the performing arts tradition at Trinity. It has a selection of classrooms and lecture suites. Degrees in English and Creative Writing are also taught in this building, which is also home to the university's foreign office, which deals with international programmes. It is located directly opposite the Parry Building. Robert Hunter Building – Named after Robert Hunter, this building contains a selection of classrooms, lecture halls and laboratories used by the school of sport, health and outdoor education. The facility is located near the Myrddin Accommodation blocks, and is surrounded by picturesque gardens and ponds. Dafydd Rowlands Building – Named after the author
Dafydd Rowlands, a minister and previous lecturer of Trinity College in the Welsh department, the building is home to the university's department of Film and Visual Media, this space contains laboratories and studios as well as several working spaces for other programmes within the school of creative arts. It also houses office space.
Swansea UWTSD took over the campuses of
Swansea Metropolitan University upon the merger of the two institutions. These now make up part of the Swansea city centre campuses of the university, consisting of the Dynevor campus, the
Mount Pleasant campus, the Alex Design Exchange, and the Swansea Business Campus (including the
Swansea Business School). The current Swansea Business School building was a part of
Swansea Metropolitan University from its formation in 1897 as the Swansea Technical College. In 2018 the university opened a new £350 million campus at the
SA1 Swansea Waterfront, housing Yr Athrofa: the Institute of Education, and the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering. Staff and students from the city centre Townhill and Mount Pleasant campuses relocated to SA1, with Townhill closing at the end of the 2017–18 academic year although the university initially retained a presence at Mount Pleasant. , the three main parts of the Swansea campus are the SA1 Swansea Waterfront Campus and Innovation Centre, which houses STEM subjects and education in the IQ building, and the campus library (Y Fforwm), the Swansea Business Campus, and the Swansea College of Art (Alex Building and Dynevor Building).
Other campuses London The university's London Campus opened in 2012, originally in Islington, and moved to its current location in Winchester House on Cranmer Road in
Lambeth in 2013. The campus offers a variety of BA, MA, MBA and DBA courses in various business and management fields, as well as a BSc in cloud computing.
Birmingham UWTSD opened its Birmingham Learning Centre in March 2018 based in
Sparkhill area of
Birmingham. In 2020, the operations in Birmingham expanded to a second location in Quay Place close to the city centre. Upon the formation of the new Institute of Inner City Learning, the learning centre was upgraded to the status of a campus. The Birmingham campus offers a range of undergraduate and post graduate programmes in the fields of Business, Health and social care, and Computing.
Cardiff The university has two learning centres in Cardiff: the
Wales International Academy of Voice and the (Wales Centre for Performance). The two learning centres are now called the Wales Academy of Voice & Dramatic Arts (WAVDA).
Former campuses Lampeter The Lampeter campus included a number of academic, utility and residential buildings on what was the oldest university campus in Wales. Teaching on the campus ended in July 2025. The university have said they are exploring the possibility of repurposing it for post-16 vocational education. In June 2025,
Ceredigion County Council bought the adjoining Lletty Twppa farm, with a farmhouse and of land and former mart field with of land as a strategic asset. According to a report to councillors, "the farm [is] to be used as part of a proposed vocational training facility in Lampeter". The report further stated that: "The facility will enable the development of a hands-on, practical training Resource in agriculture and environmental disciplines. This will bridge a gap that exists in such provision in Ceredigion currently, preparing students for careers in agriculture, environmental management, and sustainable development." ,
Ceredigion Charles Robert Cockerell designed the original college building, now called the Saint David's Building (informally known as Old Building or OB by students) in the centre of the grounds, in a
Tudor Gothic style based on 17th century Oxford college buildings such as St John's, Brasenose and Oriel. It is a Grade II*
listed building built around a quadrangle, with student accommodation on three sides and the fourth side having the chapel and hall placed symmetrically. In a break from the Oxford tradition, the college building has a T-shaped protection from the north range, at right angles to the chapel and hall, with a library and lecture rooms. The Old Hall was the college dining hall until the Lloyd Thomas refectory was opened in 1969. It then became part of the students' union, used as a venue for meetings and dances. After the opening of a new students' union building, it fell into disuse until 1991 when it was re-opened after much restoration; it was then used as one of the university's principal venues for meetings, dinners and conferences and was often hired out to outside organisations. It was also used for examinations and occasional lectures. The Old Hall also contains paintings of various principals, presidents, benefactors, vice-chancellors
et al. including the founder of the University Bishop
Thomas Burgess,
Maurice Jones,
Thomas Price,
Llewelyn Lewellin,
Edward Harold Browne,
Keith Robbins and
Brian Robert Morris. St David's Chapel was consecrated in 1827. In 1879, soon after the foundation of
the 16' Club, it was rebuilt according to the specifications of the architect
Thomas Graham Jackson of Cambridge and re-opened on 24 June 1880. It was again refurbished during the 1930s, mainly through the provision of a new
reredos (incorporating depictions of St David, Christ and
St Deiniol in 1933 and a major overhaul of the organ in 1934. The chapel was provided with a dedicated chaplain and services are held here on Sundays and throughout the week as well as on saints' days and major festivals. These were generally well-attended by a mixture of staff, students and alumni. The Founders' Library, named after its founders —
Thomas Burgess,
Thomas Bowdler and
Thomas Phillips — was the college's library until the new library opened in 1966. It later housed the extremely rich collection of the university's oldest printed books (1470–1850) and manuscripts (from the 13th century onwards), as well as the university's archives. In 2005, it was announced that a new £700,000 extension, the Roderic Bowen Library & Archives, was to be built adjoining the Main Library to house the university's special collections; the Founders' Library was not environmentally suitable for such valuable and fragile documents. This extension to the main library was completed and opened in 2008. The former Founders' Library was subsequently refurbished and was reopened by
Charles, Prince of Wales to provide outside conference and seminar facilities.
Later additions The Canterbury Building was built to house a growing number of students at the end of the 19th century. The foundation stone was laid by the
Archbishop of Canterbury in 1885 and the building was officially opened on 24 June 1887. It contained a physical science laboratory, two lecture rooms and new accommodation. However, structural problems forced the university to demolish the original building in the summer of 1971. The second Canterbury Building was opened on 20 October 1973 by the Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Kent and at various times housed the History, Classics, Foundation, Welsh and English departments. The second Canterbury Building was demolished during 2012, and the third Canterbury Building, opened during the 2012/13 academic year, housed the Student Services Hub. The Library was opened on 7 July 1966 by the then Chancellor of the University of Wales,
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It was extended and then reopened by
Charles, Prince of Wales on 21 June 1984. The Arts Building was built to house the geography department and was opened by
Peter Thomas,
Secretary of State for Wales on 4 October 1971. The Arts Building later housed the School of Archaeology, History and Anthropology and the School of Management, VSS, IT, Business and Tourism as well as the Department of Philosophy. The Cliff Tucker building, on the banks of the
River Dulas, was opened by Sir
Anthony Hopkins in 1996 on the site of the former archaeology practice trenches and incorporates several teaching rooms and a lecture theatre. It was named in honour of
Cliff Tucker, a former student and benefactor of the university. Completed in 1997 and named after Sheikh
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a benefactor of the UWL, the Sheikh Khalifa building was the home of the School of Theology, Religious Studies and Islamic Studies, one of the largest schools of its kind in the United Kingdom. It was opened by Professor Sir
Stewart Sutherland. Behind the departmental building were a small
mosque and prayer room, used by Islamic students and residents of the town, and the Rowland Williams Research building. Opened in 2007, the Confucius Institute was the home of the university's department of Chinese Studies. The mission of the Confucius Institute was to build bridges between Wales and China.
The Roderic Bowen Library & Archives were completed in 2007, adjoining the main library building. They are named after
Roderic Bowen, a former President of the university. The books, manuscripts and archives kept therein were formerly held in the St David's Building Founders' Library. The library was opened on 17 October 2008 by the former
First Minister for Wales,
Rhodri Morgan. It was a resource for teaching, research and scholarship within the university and for the wider academic community. The Students' Union houses the university's main entertainment venue, the Xtension, a bar, television and pool rooms, student shop and offices for union officials. It was the main focus of social life on campus, hosting club nights, socials, pool tournaments and charity events. The Bishop Burgess Hall formerly housed the Departments of Classics and Philosophy. In 2009 it was converted to become a hub for student services.
Gallery Image:St David building inside.JPG|Inside the cloisters of Saint David's Building. Image:Roderic Bowen Library.JPG|The Roderick Bowen Library & Archives extension to the Main Library. Image:Arts Building Lampeter.JPG|The Arts Building entrance, before refurbishment in 2013. Image:The Xtension Bar.JPG|The Xtension Bar which contains the campus's
nightclub. Image:Students Union Lampeter.JPG|The Students' Union building (Ty Ceredig) containing the Old Bar ==Organisation and governance==