New £11m Ulster University teaching block to open in weeks

The university said the complex will provide state-of-the-art facilities for Magee’s 4,300 students and would help attract major international conferences to the north west.

The new three-storey building is attached to the existing university library on the main Magee site and facilities include new lecture theatres and student hubs.

The teaching block was approved by the then Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry back in April 2015.

A spokesperson for Ulster University confirmed: "Work on the new teaching block at the Magee Campus is now completed. It will officially open for teaching in the New Year, with classes commencing when students return for our second semester.

"The new four-storey, £11m teaching block covers a floor space of 4,000 square metres, including three lecture theatres, 20 teaching rooms, open plan student hubs and a café.

"This modern teaching accommodation, which is an extension to the university library, will facilitate a collaborative teaching approach at Magee and deliver additional, state of the art facilities for more than 4,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students attending the campus annually."