Overview
St Mary's University College is a university college situated in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham in South West London. Founded in 1850, it is generally acknowledged to be the oldest Roman Catholic college in the UK. St Mary's assumed university college status in 2007 and has been granting its own academic degrees to new students joining since September 2007.
The campus is often referred to as Strawberry Hill, and the university college is known colloquially as "Simmery's", "Simmies" or "Simms". Its alumni are known as "Simmarians" or "Simmies".
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Location and Facilities
Courses are held in the lecture and therapy rooms of the Human Sciences buildings on the campus of St Mary's University College, near the River Thames in Twickenham.
The nearest Rail Station is Strawberry Hill, which is only a short walk from the campus. Buses stopping near the campus gates are available from Richmond Station, which serves both Rail and Underground.
Campus Facilities
Student Union building
The Student Union (SU) was first housed in the university college's original Chapel and had a bar where the Baptismal font used to be. The SU was then moved to another building and the old Chapel was converted into a lecture hall. After that SU building burnt down several years ago, the SU was moved to its current location in J-building.
DolcheVita
DolcheVita is a modern-styled cafe that was opened in 2006. It has a large indoor and outdoor seating area facing the sports track. On weekdays it opens from 8am to 6pm and on weekends it is open from 9am until 5pm.
Learning Resources Centre
The Learning Resources Centre (LRC) is located at the centre of the campus and houses the University College's library and computing services. The LRC library service is open 8.15am until 9pm on weekdays,11am until 5pm on Saturdays and 12pm until 6pm on Sundays while the computing area remains open all night. The building also includes the i-learn cafe, designed as a social learning space and open 23 hours a day (It's closed from 6am - 7am for cleaning).
The sports hall complex
This multi-purpose complex provides a variety of facilities including four badminton courts, basketball court, netball court, volleyball court tennis court and a five-a-side football pitch. This facility also has changing rooms and showers for male and female users, disabled access and changing facilities, lockers for valuables, vending facilities and first aid areas.
Tennis hall
The tennis hall is the largest indoor facility and houses a variety of courts. The tennis hall is a superb indoor facility that has been used by many national and international teams including the England, Australia and the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union teams. This multi use facility is also used for softball, korfball and football and in addition comprises three tennis courts, six badminton courts, three netball courts, two 30-metre sprint tracks and one basketball court.
Strength and conditioning suite
The strength and conditioning suite has recently undergone a £60,000 redevelopment and provides a high-quality training experience. The English Institute of Sport also uses the facility to train their high performance athletes in a professional environment that is dedicated to ensuring the highest possible standards of training.
It is equipped with a comprehensive range of over 20 resistance training machine, free weight stations, a Smith machine and other upper and lower body exercise equipment. There are also five lifting platforms each with a full range of free weights and Olympic lifting bars.
The strength and conditioning suite also has a variety of cardiovascular machines including spinning, elliptical trainer and a treadmill. There is also a full complement of medicine balls, dumbbells (1–50 kg) and swiss balls to allow all users to gain a full body workout.
Running track
The running track was officially opened in May 2005 and it provides an excellent facility for all athletes including the elite performers that are based at St. Mary's as a part of the UK A Endurance Performance Centre.
The track is floodlit and can be used as either a training venue or for full competition. The running track has the following facilities. A six lane running track, two long jump/triple jump pits, one throwing cage, one javelin runway, one shot circle, one high jump landing area and one pole vault landing area.
The track is used all year round for academic work, club training and competitive events. The University College is renowned for its performance in long-distance and track running. The Kenyan National Long-Distance Running Team have trained within the college, a testament to the history of foreign students attending the college. It recently had its running track resurfaced.
Dance studio
The studio has a sprung floor, a surround sound sound system, a galleried lighting system and mirrored wall. This facility is used for dance and drama performances, aerobic and fitness sessions, boxing and martial arts.
Gymnasium
The gymnasium benefits from a newly installed sprung floor and is equipped to Olympic standard. This facility is used for gymnastics, trampolining, fencing and kickboxing.
Playing fields
St Mary's has over 10 acres (40,000 m2) of playing fields on campus including a floodlit training area, two further training areas and a rugby pitch. Teams that have used these facilities include Harlequins Rugby League, the English, Irish and Australian rugby union squads and the New Zealand All Blacks.
Teddington Lock facilities
St Mary's also has extensive sporting facilities situated five minutes from the main campus at Teddington Lock. There are over 30 acres (120,000 m2) of superb playing fields with extensive changing facilities and 15 changing rooms, as well as showers and toilet facilities.A dedicated team of groundstaff maintains all of the grass pitches.
The following pitches are available: three training areas, two football pitches, two rugby pitches, two grass cricket pitches and one artificial cricket square.
Also situated at Teddington Lock is a floodlit artificial all weather pitch (AWP). This sand-based pitch caters for hockey and football (11 and 5-a-side). Alongside the AWP is a pavilion with changing and toilet facilities.
List of Departments
- School of Communication, Culture & Creative Arts
- School of Education
- School of Human Sciences
- School of Management and Social Sciences
- School of Theology, Philosophy, and History
Courses Offered
| Sr.no |
Level |
Name of the Program |
| 1 |
UG |
Business Law |
| 2 |
UG |
Clinical Exercise Science |
| 3 |
UG |
Clinical Hypnosis – collaborative programme with the BST foundation |
| 4 |
UG |
Creative & Professional Writing |
| 5 |
UG |
Drama |
| 6 |
UG |
Drama and Applied Theatre |
| 7 |
UG |
Drama and Physical Theatre |
| 8 |
UG |
Drama and Theatre Arts |
| 9 |
UG |
Education and Social Science |
| 10 |
UG |
English |
| 11 |
UG |
Film and Popular Culture |
| 12 |
UG |
Geography |
| 13 |
UG |
Health, Exercise and Physical Activity |
| 14 |
UG |
Irish Studies |
| 15 |
UG |
History |
| 16 |
UG |
Management Studies |
| 17 |
UG |
Media Arts |
| 18 |
UG |
Nutrition |
| 19 |
UG |
Philosophy |
| 20 |
UG |
Physical and Sport Education |
| 21 |
UG |
Psychology |
| 22 |
UG |
Sociology |
| 23 |
UG |
Sport Rehabilitation |
| 24 |
UG |
Sport Science |
| 25 |
UG |
Sports Coaching Science |
| 26 |
UG |
Strength and Conditioning Science |
| 27 |
UG |
Theology and Religious Studies |
| 28 |
UG |
Tourism |
| 29 |
UG |
Tourism Management |
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