This building will stand at four storeys tall and will be home to a suite of modern teaching and interactive spaces, which will be used to integrate the use of new technology.
On the ground floor, modern automotive workshops will house facilities enabling students to train with electric and hybrid vehicle technology, as well as petrol and diesel vehicles. The first floor will house dedicated suites for engineering and computing and the second floor will host an array of modern science laboratories.
The top floor will be a dedicated HE centre, with study spaces designed to meet the needs of students across a range of university-level courses.
This building sits in the heart of the campus and replaces the college old ‘F Block’ on the site, which was demolished last summer.
The new facility has been funded by a grant from the Department for Education, alongside capital funding from the Office for Students for a Higher Education Centre.
Helen Loftus, Principal of Chichester College, said: “Our new STEM and HE Centre will be an exciting addition to our campus. The new STEM facility will enhance the way we teach and enable us to develop new courses to train the future workforce in a wide range of specialisms.”
The STEM & HE Centre will open in Autumn 2025.