page_title: University of Canterbury
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: University of Canterbury / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: Student Bridge at Molesworth NZ - Designed by Canterbury University students in 1944
context_page_description: The University of Canterbury is New Zealand's second oldest university.
  It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Its original campus was in the Christchurch Central City, but in 1961 it became an independent university and began moving out of its original neo-gothic buildings, which were re-purposed as the Christchurch Arts Centre. The move was completed on 1 May 1975 and the university now operates its main campus in the Christchurch suburb of Ilam and offers degrees in Arts, Commerce, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Forestry, Health Sciences, Law, Music, Social Work, Speech and Language Pathology, Science, Sports Coaching and Teaching. Music and classics are again taught from the Christchurch Arts Centre and within the new Manawa building in Christchurch city health and education are taught.
context_section_description: The University has a main campus of 76 hectares (190 acres) at Ilam, a suburb of Christchurch about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the centre of the city. The University maintains three libraries, with the Central Library (Māori: Te Puna Mātauraka o Waitaha) housed in the tallest building on campus, the 11-storey Puaka-James Hight building.
  The University's College of Education, Health and Human Development maintains additional small campuses in Nelson, Tauranga and Timaru, and teaching centres in Greymouth, New Plymouth, Rotorua and Timaru. The University has staff in regional information offices in Nelson, Timaru, and Auckland.
  The University of Canterbury has ten halls of residence housing around 2,279 students. The largest of these are Ilam Apartments and University Hall with 845 residents and 539 residents, respectively. Six of these halls (Ilam Apartments, University Hall, Kirkwood Avenue Hall, Waimairi Village, Sonoda Village and Hayashi Village) are managed by UC Accommodation, a subsidiary of Campus Living Villages, while the university maintains ownership of the property and buildings. Sonoda Christchurch Campus has a close relationship with Sonoda Women's University in Amagasaki, Japan. Bishop Julius, College House and Rochester and Rutherford are run independently.
  The ten halls of residence are:
  Bishop Julius Hall – 158 beds
  Ilam Apartments – 845 beds
  College House – 159 beds
  Rochester and Rutherford Hall – 178 beds
  Sonoda Christchurch Campus – 114 beds
  University Hall – 539 beds
  Hayashi (formerly Dovedale) – 90 beds
  Kirkwood Avenue Hall – 68 beds
  Waimairi Village – 60 beds
  The University of Canterbury has the most field stations of any New Zealand University. The Field Facilities Centre administers four of these field-stations:
  Cass Field Station – Provides a wide range of environments: montane grasslands, scrub, riverbed, scree, beech forest, swamp, bog, lake, stream and alpine habitats; all accessible by day-trips on foot
  Harihari Field Station – Access to native forests, streams
  Westport Field Station – for study of the West Coast of New Zealand, particularly mining
  Kaikoura Field Station – Kaikoura represents an important transition zone for flora and fauna, particularly in the marine environment, with Kowhai bush and associated rich bird life close by.
  The University and its project-partners also operate an additional field-station in the Nigerian Montane Forests Project – this field station stands on the Ngel Nyaki forest edge in Nigeria.
  The Department of Physics and Astronomy runs its own field laboratories:
  Mount John University Observatory at Lake Tekapo for optical astronomical research
  Birdling's Flat radar facility
  Scott Base radar facility
  Cracroft Caverns ring laser facility
  The Department of Physics and Astronomy also has involvement in the Southern African Large Telescope and is a member of the IceCube collaboration which is installing a neutrino telescope at the South Pole.
caption: Student Bridge, Molesworth Station designed and built by C.U.C. engineering students 1944
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