specialist labs for structural dynamics, geotechnics, thermal dynamics, hydraulics and avionics, a flight simulator, real-time trading room, and architecture and interior architecture studios. Facilities include Aldrich Library, computer pool rooms, two restaurants and five cafes. The new advanced engineering building opened in September 2017, and Elm House opened in 2021.
The University of Brighton and Ricardo UK jointly opened the Sir Harry Ricardo Laboratories on 14 November 2006. The laboratories are one of the largest UK research teams dedicated to internal combustion engines, the development of laser-based measurement techniques, fundamental modelling and computational simulation.
The University of Brighton Students' Union has its main offices in Cockcroft Building.
=== Eastbourne ===
The Eastbourne campus was in the south-western part of the town of Eastbourne, and had almost 3,000 students before its closure in 2024.
Teaching and learning facilities at Eastbourne campus included exercise physiology laboratories, an environmental chamber, a human movement laboratory and the Leaf Hospital podiatry and physiotherapy clinic. Study facilities in Eastbourne included Queenwood library, computer pool rooms, a learning technologies suite, restaurants, and a students' Union shop. Sports facilities included a 25-metre swimming pool, sports hall, artificial outdoor pitch and dance studio.
The University closed this campus in 2024.
=== Libraries ===
The University has three libraries spread around its campuses.
Aldrich Library (Moulsecoomb campus)
Falmer Library
St. Peter's House Library (City campus)
Each library is typically open between 55 and 68 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.
== Organisation and administration ==
The University is organized in academic schools:
School of Applied Sciences
School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering
School of Art and Media
Brighton and Sussex Medical School – joint with University of Sussex
School of Business and Law
School of Education
School of Humanities …
