Campus — Facilities
Our Cambridge campus has pretty much everything you’ll need – we’ve got a Futures Lab, 3D workshop, computer labs, fashion workshops, printmaking and letterpress facilities, photography dark rooms and many dedicated art studios.
Then there’s the library, music recording studios, drama spaces, film and TV studios, a music therapy centre - even a full theatre and professional art gallery. Take a look for yourself below.
As one of our students you'll get access to all our facilities, along with expert support and guidance from our team of Technical Officers, no matter which course you take.
Our Futures Lab is a digital workshop that comprises a variety of computer-aided manufacturing machines. It will allow you to learn up-to-date manufacturing and design processes as well as aid and support you in many traditional techniques. The technologies you will find in the workshop include:
3D Printers & 3D Scanners:
- FDM printers - Two Tiertime UP300 large build volume printers
- Material-specific extruders, one for ABS and other high temperature filaments; one for lower temperature filaments such as PLA; another for TPU, a flexible polyurethane
- SLA Formlabs printers – Form 3 & Form 3L, scalable prototyping and super high detail
- SLS Formlabs Fuse1 - production-ready nylon 3D printing with compact selective laser sintering (SLS) platform
- Structured light 3D scanners - EinScan Pro 2X Professional 3D digitising solution for a versatile range of applications – capture 3D models of medium to large size objects with high efficiency
2D Printing and Cutting machines:
- Laser cutters: An LS1290 fitted with a 80W CO2 laser for processing paper, card, fabrics, plastics or wood; an LS1390 Multi-Cut hybrid laser machine that will cut metal (mild / stainless steel) as well as non-metals such as acrylics, plywood’s, and MDF
- Roland BN20 Vinyl printer & Cutter - with eco-solvent inks and a range of material compatibility and integrated contour cutting, perfect for creating t-shirt graphics, poster prints, stickers and decals
- Gerber Substrate cutter - a large bed, high-speed, single- or low-ply static table cutting system designed to cut a wide variety of materials. Ideal for fabric, paper & card
- Mimaki TX300P sublimation printer - a high quality, versatile, direct-to-textile inkjet printer, ideally suited to applications such as fashion, furnishing, soft signage and exhibitions
- Hand tools and power tools including battery drills, jigsaws, multi tool, router, hand sander, hammer drill, and Proxxon finishing tools
- Bandsaw, panel saw and chop saw
- Disc sander, belt sander and spindle sander
- Laser Cutter
- Spot Welder
- Vacuum Former
- 3 electric kilns
- Glaze spray booth
- Wenger potters’ wheel
- Brent CXC potters’ wheels
- Clay extruder
- Leach kick wheel
- Spray room
- Air bench
- Plaster area for sculpture and mould making
- Fan assisted oven
- Wax pots
- Installation spaces
Our professional and digital art gallery shows touring exhibitions of international standing as well as student work. Ruskin Gallery is a unique exhibition space surrounded by the artists' studios of Cambridge School of Art.
![Fine art pieces on display in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/10150/the_new_accelerator_-_install_shot_1_1920.jpg)
The New Accelerator exhibition, March 2023
![Fine art pieces on display in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/10151/the_new_accelerator_-_install_shot_2_1920.jpg)
![Fine art pieces on display in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/10152/the_new_accelerator_-_install_shot_5_1920.jpg)
The New Accelerator exhibition, March 2023
![Fine art pieces on display in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/10153/the_new_accelerator_-_install_shot_7_1920.jpg)
The New Accelerator exhibition, March 2023
![Black spikey tent filled with coloured spheres between two ball-and-spike sculptures in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/8461/dsc_4095lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Pantograph on gallery floor, and displayed on video screen](/site/assets/files/8462/dsc_4101lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Mock house frontage in gallery](/site/assets/files/8463/dsc_4104lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Black and spikey tent with ball-and-spike sculptures in gallery](/site/assets/files/8465/dsc_4185lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Brightly coloured painting on gallery balcony above video screen](/site/assets/files/8467/img_6453lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Gold-framed video screen displaing female demon in gallery](/site/assets/files/8468/img_6454lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Man drawing with large pantograph on floor of gallery](/site/assets/files/8469/img_6530lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Many guests in attending MA Degree Show 2022 in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/8470/img_6532lre.jpg)
MA Degree Show 2022
![Transparent orbs hanging in gallery](/site/assets/files/8168/ruskin-gallery-biosphere-project-1080.jpg)
'The Biosphere Project’ exhibition by Joaquin Fargas
![View from balcony of two people watching large screen in gallery](/site/assets/files/8173/ruskin_gallery_7.jpg)
![Easels and chairs in Ruskin Gallery](/site/assets/files/8169/ruskin-gallery-21-1080.jpg)
![Various art installation in gallery](/site/assets/files/8170/ruskin_gallery_3_1080.jpg)
![Wave-like paper installation in gallery](/site/assets/files/8171/ruskin_gallery_4.jpeg)
![Visitors viewing work on Ruskin Gallery balcony](/site/assets/files/8172/ruskin_gallery_5.jpg)
- Film studio with overhead lighting, tracks, dollies and green screen
- Multi-camera television studio with modular set panels and modern set dressing
- Arri Alexa cameras (Film Production courses only)
- Full range of location kit from 4K digital cameras, professional lighting, to Steadicam
- Editing suites with Da Vinci Resolve and the full Adobe Creative Cloud software suite. Finishing suite with audio monitoring and grading panels
- Aaton Cameras and Steenbeck editors for 16mm film production
- Motion capture equipment
- Podcast studio and video capture system
- ARU's Media Loans department - book and borrow a range of multimedia equipment, including studios; edit suites; video, audio and photography equipment; projectors; and accessories such as cables and adapters.
![Students working in television studio](/site/assets/files/8180/tv-studio-21-1080.jpg)
![Green screen in studio](/site/assets/files/8181/green-screen-studio-2-1080.jpg)
![Man setting up Arri Alexa camera in media services store](/site/assets/files/10627/arri_alexa_camera_1-1.jpg)
Arri Alexa camera in Media Services store
![Man holding Arri Alexa camera outside Ruskin Building, Cambridge](/site/assets/files/10628/arri_alexa_camera_2-1.jpg)
Arri Alexa camera in use outside Ruskin Building
![Lighting rig in TV studio](/site/assets/files/8182/tv_studio_lights_1080.jpg)
![Screening room](/site/assets/files/8183/screening-room-21-1080.jpg)
![Male student using film editing equipment](/site/assets/files/8184/film-editing-suite-21-1080.jpg)
![Table and chairs in film editing suite foyer](/site/assets/files/8185/film-editing-suites-21-1080.jpg)
![Hands on a tv studio controller desk](/site/assets/files/8186/tv-studio-desk-21-1080.jpg)
![Podcast studio](/site/assets/files/8188/podcast-studio-21-1080.jpg)
![Young man leaning on tv camera while young woman operates it](/site/assets/files/8404/tv-studio-4-1080.jpg)
![Young woman in front of media hardware stack](/site/assets/files/8405/tv-studio-3-1080.jpg)
![Young man using tv studio control desk](/site/assets/files/8406/tv-studio-2-1080.jpg)
![TV studio sound desk](/site/assets/files/8407/tv-studio-1-1080.jpg)
![Weights and stands](/site/assets/files/8408/film-studio-3-1080.jpg)
![Young men using camera in film studio](/site/assets/files/8409/film-studio-2-1080.jpg)
![Young men using camera in film studio](/site/assets/files/8410/film-studio-1-1080.jpg)
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Media Services store
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Media Services store
Facilities for Etching (zinc and copper), Screen-printing, Off-set lithography, Relief printing, Monoprint (plate and off-set), Photopolymer plate printing, Letterpress and Risograph.
- Main Workshop: 3 x Hand presses; 4 x Etching presses; 2 x Off-set presses; Traditional Aquatint booth; Electric paper guillotine; Drying rack; Risograph duplicator (twin drum)
- Screen printing: 6 x Screen printing hand tables; 2 x Exposure units; 2 x Drying cabinets; 4 x Drying racks; Washout room with backlit washout booth and pressure washer
- Letterpress workshop: 2 x Hand presses; Swiss proof press; Farley press; Plenty of type
- Black and white darkroom with Colenta roller transport paper processor and wet tray printing. 13 enlargers for 35mm, medium format (all sizes) and 5 x 4 negatives
- Colour darkroom with Colenta roller transport paper processor and RA4 chemistry. 5 enlarger booths with a variety of enlargers for 35mm, medium format (all sizes) 5 x 4 and 10 x 8 sheet film negatives
- Film processing room for black and white film processing in small tanks, (35mm, 120mm and 5 x 4)
- Bespoke digital suite with 20 iMacs, flat bed and virtual drum scanners. A variety of Epson professional large format inkjet printers, to produce A4, A3, A2, A1 and A0 prints
- Lecture room with print finishing facilities
- Three photographic studios with Profoto lighting and a wide range of Profoto accessories. A fluid space with interchangeable backdrops
- Extensive range of analogue and professional digital cameras and lenses. Canon, Sinar, Nikon, Pentax and Hasselblad (to name a few!)
![Photography equipment in studio](/site/assets/files/8140/photography_studio.jpg)
![Male technician directing model while female student takes photo in studio](/site/assets/files/8141/photography_room.jpg)
![Students in room with photography equipment](/site/assets/files/8142/photography_room_2.jpg)
![Female student working in photography digital studio](/site/assets/files/8144/photography-digital-studio-21-1080.jpg)
![Photography darkroom equipment in red light](/site/assets/files/8143/photography-darkroom-21-1080.jpg)
![Photography darkroom equipment](/site/assets/files/8145/photography_darkroom_lit_3.jpg)
![Photography darkroom equipment](/site/assets/files/8146/photography_darkroom_lit.jpg)
![Photography darkroom](/site/assets/files/8147/photography_darkroom_lit_2.jpg)
![Male Media Services technician setting up camera and tripod on desk](/site/assets/files/8148/photography_camera_store.jpg)
- Five climate-controlled recording studios featuring analogue-digital hybrid studio set ups and two mixing suites, all equipped with Pro Tools, Logic and plenty of outboard hardware recording equipment (Neve, Universal Audio, Audient, SSL)
- Audio-visual studio
- A spacious recital hall, band rooms and practice rooms
- Five grand pianos, including a Steinway Model D
- Many orchestral instruments, including a range of synthesisers; traditional instruments from India, China and Africa; and a Balinese Gamelan
- An impressive inventory of professionally rated microphones and recording equipment
- Full-size on-campus professional Mumford Theatre
- Dedicated drama studio, with highly flexible black-box performance space
- Large rehearsal space with audio playback facilities, piano, LED lighting rig, portable dance mirrors, gym mats and rostra/modular staging
- Student Union-run dance studio
- Radio mics (Musical Theatre only)
![Theatre control panel close-up](/site/assets/files/8219/covent_garden_lectern_yt_thumb.jpg)
Using the lectern at Covent Garden Drama Studio
See More![Students acting on stage beneath lighting rig](/site/assets/files/10635/mumford_5.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Actors on stage with view of wings](/site/assets/files/8415/mumford_theatre_6.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Actors on large stage](/site/assets/files/8416/mumford_theatre_7.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Female student wearing headphones watching performance on stage](/site/assets/files/10632/mumford_2.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Student in theatre wings watching live feed of actors on stage](/site/assets/files/10634/mumford_4.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Lighting control board in theatre](/site/assets/files/10631/mumford_1-1.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Male keyboard player in theatre orchestra pit](/site/assets/files/10633/mumford_3.jpg)
Mumford Theatre
![Baby grand piano on stage in Mumford Theatre](/site/assets/files/8203/mumford_theatre_1-1.png)
Mumford Theatre
![Piano and lighting rig in performance space](/site/assets/files/8207/covent-garden-drama-studio.png)
Covent Garden Drama Studio
![Actors forming pyramid on stage with umbrellas at feet](/site/assets/files/8417/covent-garden-drama-studio-2.jpg)
Covent Garden Drama Studio
![Lighting rig and fans under red ceiling](/site/assets/files/8418/covent-garden-drama-studio-3.jpg)
Covent Garden Drama Studio
![Theatre lighting desk](/site/assets/files/8419/covent-garden-drama-studio-4.jpg)
Covent Garden Drama Studio
![Actors on black floor space in front of pianist and camera operator](/site/assets/files/8420/covent-garden-drama-studio-5.jpg)
Covent Garden Drama Studio
![Female students dancing in hall](/site/assets/files/8208/dance-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Dance studio
Dedicated fashion workshops with a variety of industrial sewing machines, and specialist machines including:
- Jersey cover sew machine
- Bias binder machine
- Variety of overlocker machines; 3, 4, and 5 thread
- Buttonhole & bar tack machines
- Walking foot machine for heavy duty fabrics including leather
- Heat presses for textile work
- Saori looms
- Knitting machines and Ribber
- Embroidery machines with Wilcom software
- Seam-sealing machine
- Long arm quilter
- Monti Antonio heat press
![Fashion studio with desks, computers and mannequins](/site/assets/files/8128/fashion-studio-2-21-1080.jpg)
![Fashion workshop with materials, sewing machines and mannequins](/site/assets/files/8129/fashion-studio-3-1080.jpg)
![Two female students cutting materials on desk next to mannequin](/site/assets/files/8130/fashion-studio-students-21-1080.jpg)
![Fashion workshop with sewing machines and other equipment](/site/assets/files/8131/fashion-workshop-21-1080.jpg)
![Sewing machine](/site/assets/files/8132/fashion_sewing_machine.jpg)
![Garments on hangers](/site/assets/files/8133/fashion_hangers.jpg)
![Female fashion technician measuring fabric next to cluster of mannequins](/site/assets/files/8134/fashion_6.jpg)
![Reels of cotton on sewing machines](/site/assets/files/8135/fashion_machines.jpg)
- HD rostrum cameras and traditional lightboxes
- Cintiq pro 24 and latest digital 2D animation software
- Dedicated Mac and PC suites with the latest software including Adobe Creative suite
- Dedicated stop-motion room with lighting set-up
- 3D modelling and compositing software, including Autodesk Maya
- Motion capture equipment
- Access to 4k cameras, lighting kits, Wacom tablets and a range of other equipment
- Spacious and well-lit studios
- Life drawing room
![Illustration and Animation studio](/site/assets/files/8113/illustration-animation-studio-3-21-1080.jpg)
Animation and Illustration studio
![Illustration and Animation studio with WACOM tablets and rostrums](/site/assets/files/8114/illustration-animation-studio-4-21-1080.jpg)
Animation and Illustration studio
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Animation and Illustration studio
![Two female students hanging work in illustration studio](/site/assets/files/10629/illustration_studio_1-1.jpg)
Illustration studio
![Female students laying out work on floor of illustration studio](/site/assets/files/10630/illustration_studio_2-1.jpg)
Illustration studio
![Spacious illustration studio with plant lining ceiling](/site/assets/files/8116/illustration-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Illustration studio
![Illustration studio](/site/assets/files/8117/illustration-studio-2-21-1080.jpg)
Illustration studio
![Large studio with students working at desks](/site/assets/files/8126/cbi-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Children's Book Illustration studio
![Bookcase on wall with children's book illustrations](/site/assets/files/8127/cbi-studio-details-21-1080.jpg)
Children's Book Illustration studio
![Soil covered in plaster body parts and tripod lights in studio](/site/assets/files/8466/dsc_4157lre.jpg)
Fine Art Studio (MA Degree Show 2022)
![Art exhibit featuring chair, desk and paperwork on display in studio](/site/assets/files/8471/dsc_4173lre.jpg)
Fine Art Studio (MA Degree Show 2022)
![Visitors examining art exhibit on wall of studio](/site/assets/files/8472/img_6494lre.jpg)
Fine Art Studio (MA Degree Show 2022)
![Visitors browsing various art displays in studio](/site/assets/files/8473/img_6509lre.jpg)
Fine Art Studio (MA Degree Show)
![Studio space with paintings](/site/assets/files/8121/fine-art-studio-2-21-1080.jpg)
Fine art studio
![Studio space with large desk and fine art equipment](/site/assets/files/8122/fine-art-studio-3-21-1080.jpg)
Fine art studio
![Male student working on fine art piece](/site/assets/files/8123/fine-art-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Fine art studio
![Studio with large desks and graphic design equipment and images](/site/assets/files/8124/graphic-design-studio-2-21-1080.jpg)
Graphic Design studio
![Studio with corner sofa, bookcase, desks and computers](/site/assets/files/8125/graphic-design-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Graphic Design studio
![Interior Design studio](/site/assets/files/8166/interior_design_studio.jpg)
Interior Design studio
![Interior Design studio](/site/assets/files/8167/interior-design-studio-21-1080.jpg)
Interior Design studio
![Female student at easel studying sculpted life models](/site/assets/files/8136/life-drawing-room-2-21-1080.jpg)
Life Drawing Room
![Human sculpture and easels in airy room](/site/assets/files/8137/life-drawing-room-21-1080.jpg)
Life Drawing Room
- Games development studio simulates a commercial working studio
- High-end computers with graphic tablets
- Motion capture equipment
- Industry-standard SLRs (for HDRI capture)
- HD cameras
- Top of the range 3D modelling, animation, and game software including Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D, Unreal Engine 5 and Unity 3D.
Home to our arts therapy courses and research, our centre on Young Street is the largest university-based music therapy centre in the UK.
Fully equipped with high-quality musical instruments and recording equipment, we provide clinical arts-based therapies for private individuals, local groups, voluntary organisations and charities, in addition to statutory health, education and social services.
![Female music therapist playing oboe with client playing chimes](/site/assets/files/10636/jerome_booth_1-1.jpg)
![Female music therapist playing classical guitar with client](/site/assets/files/10637/jerome_booth_2-1.jpg)
![Female music therapist playing upright piano with client](/site/assets/files/10638/jerome_booth_3-1.jpg)
![Exterior shot of Jerome Booth Music Therapy Centre](/site/assets/files/8213/jbmtc-exterior-21-1080.jpg)
![Instruments in Jerome Booth Music Therapy Centre hall](/site/assets/files/8214/jbmtc-21-1080.jpg)
![Musical instruments in cupboard](/site/assets/files/8215/jbmtc-instrument-cupboard-21-1080.jpg)
![Baby grand piano in Jerome Booth Music Therapy Centre hall](/site/assets/files/8216/jbmtc-piano-21-1080.jpg)
Our AHSS Technical Services Youtube channel contains many more videos showing you how to make the most of all our facilities, from fashion design tips to CGI modelling.
![AHSS Technical Services trailer welcome screen](/site/assets/files/8221/technical_services_trailer_yt_thumb.jpg)