As one of seven new universities built in the 1960s, the campus outside the town was designed from the bottom up. The ziggurat-like terraces with the student residences are integrated into the topography. Connected to them by a raised footpath, at the back the “Teaching Wall” extends, a block over 400m long that contains all the teaching and research facilities.

The campus was supplemented from the 1970s onwards by other architects to changed plans. In use. Since 2003 Grade II* heritage listed.