Our self-contained Canterbury campus provides a welcoming environment and a close-knit student community. Campus life revolves around six colleges, the Templeman Library, the Gulbenkian arts centre and the Mandela Building (home of Kent Union) – all set among green and tranquil open spaces.
The city itself has a warm and friendly atmosphere. Explore medieval buildings, lively bars, atmospheric pubs and a wide range of shops just a 25-minute walk from campus.
London is an hour away by high-speed train and we’re also the closest UK city to mainland Europe, so you can be in Paris, Brussels or Lille within two hours.
Accommodation
Take a look at the variety of rooms we offer across our 300-acre campus.
Campus life
- Find out what it’s like to live, study and socialise on our Canterbury campus.
City life
- Explore the bars, restaurants and attractions that make our city so popular with students.
Directions
- We’ll show you how to get here for an Open Day, informal visit or to begin your studies.
ABOUT US
For more than 50 years, Canterbury Christ Church University has been a big part of the Kent community, providing education which makes a real and positive difference to people’s lives.
NEWS CENTRE
Discover the latest news from Canterbury Christ Church University.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS
See our list of academic and professional service departments.
OUR STRUCTURE
Read how the University is organised and governed and read the profiles of the Vice-Chancellor, Senior Management Team and the Governing Body.
OUR LOCATIONS
Our campuses and centres are located across Kent, in Canterbury, Medway and Tunbridge Wells, making us a gateway to the rest of the UK and continental Europe.
OUR VISION
Read the Strategic Framework that sets out the University’s goals and ambitions for 2015 to 2020.
FACTS AND FIGURES
Our University is a friendly and vibrant community of more than 17,000 students and staff.
View the full University facts and figures
OUR PARTNERSHIPS
Our national and international partnerships help to make our work and our graduates relevant to the changing world around us.
Read why we’re a partner of choice
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY
We recognise our significant role in protecting and enhancing our wider environment.
Read about sustainability at CCCU
OUR HISTORY
We started out as a teacher training college in the 1960s in response to a national shortage of teachers.