The INTO Centre
The INTO Centre
The INTO Centre today
We are committed to giving you the best possible student experience. The INTO University of Exeter Centre is a vibrant and lively place where you have access to excellent academic facilities and student services. The teaching is spread over two floors in The Old Library building on the Streatham Campus, and has spacious and bright classrooms. Teaching also takes place in Duryard House which is where the new student residences are currently being built. You can also expect a friendly and welcoming atmosphere created by the dedicated and experienced INTO team.
The INTO University of Exeter Centre is just a few minutes’ walk from the heart of the University of Exeter Streatham campus, where you will find a bank, library, IT helpdesk, bookshop, shops a supermarket, cafés, restaurants and the careers centre.
The Centre has around 80 well-qualified members of staff who are highly experienced in working with international students. We know what it is like being an international student and will do everything we can to ensure that you make the best of your time at the INTO Centre.
Our staff work closely with University staff to help you with academic registration, opening a bank account and registering with a doctor. We also help you to familiarise yourself with all the facilities and cultural activities available, both on campus and in the local area.
A brand new international study centre for 2011
A long-term commitment to students
The new purpose-built INTO Centre is due to be opened in 2011 as part of the Forum Project, a planned £450 million investment in modernising the University’s Streatham campus. This exciting new development, will create an inspirational mix of facilities and amenities that encompass:
- an extended and re-furbished library
- a variety of formal and informal learning spaces
- a mixture of frontline student services
- a good mix of catering and retail outlets
- a landscaped plaza
- a new University of Exeter reception
Facilities
The new INTO Centre, located at the heart of the Streatham campus, will be a sociable, innovative and inspiring addition to the University of Exeter campus. The Centre will cater for international students studying pre-university courses, and for those undertaking English language training. Pre-university students will benefit from university-style teaching: a mixture of lectures, seminars, tutorials and supported e-learning.
The state-of-the-art Centre has been designed to complement the architecture of some of the University of Exeter’s more modern buildings, including the Xfi Centre for Finance and Investment. The INTO Centre is also eco-friendly and will provide an exciting environment where students can live, study and relax in a truly international atmosphere.
The new INTO teaching building is conveniently situated at the heart of the campus, opposite the University library and shopping centre.
Teaching spaces in the educational facility are flexible to respond to a variety of learning requirements – a highlight of the Centre is a multi-purpose lecture room that can be used for both teaching and other events.
A new library provides a multi-function resource centre, and is a focal point for learning, study and research.
The first-rate facilities include:
- a large student reception area
- administration offices
- student support services
- tutorial and teaching classrooms
- multi-purpose lecture theatres
- state-of-the-art IT and two multimedia centres
- learning resource centre
- café
Accommodation
We aim to provide you and all of our international students with a home away from home. The new INTO accommodation blocks will offer comfortable, modern furnished bedrooms with study desks, and communal spaces where students can socialise. The rooms will be arranged in groups, each with its own fully-equipped communal kitchen and living room where students can watch TV and relax.
Accommodation facilities will include:
- single rooms with en-suite showers
- self contained studios
- shared rooms
- lifts to all floors
- designated wheelchair-accessible rooms situated near lifts and entrances
- residential staff accommodation
- communal kitchen with cooking and food storage facilities
- communal living room
- vending machines
- access to laundry facilities