Teesside's campus is at the heart of Middlesbrough town centre with a wealth of shops, bars, cafes and restaurants on the doorstep as well as a stunning art gallery Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. The Tees Valley is sandwiched between the beautiful North York Moors and some of the most dramatic coastline in Britain. More than £200m has been invested in the university; £13m on the campus at Darlington. The five-storey undergraduate and postgraduate teaching facility is popular with employers working in partnership with the award-winning university. Work has started on a brand new £20m flagship teaching building at the centre of the campus and a news landscaped 'campus heart'. Teesside has 22,000 students and is given consistently good reviews in the annual national student survey. The university has an international reputation for computing teaching and research, and a health portfolio deemed excellent by professional and statutory bodies. Teesside has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2014 for Excellence. Accommodation Affordable accommodation is on campus or just a short walk away and priority for halls is given to first-year students. University residences have free internet access. Teesside also has a housing scheme with private landlords to ensure quality standards of accommodation. Facilities An award-winning student union and a library branded excellent by 88% of students. The £17m Centuria South building has an impressive dental suite, with 13 phantom heads in one lab to practice on. First-rate resources include a hi-tech mock courtroom; motion capture "green screen" suite for animation and film production; excellent sports facilities combined with physiology and biomechanics labs; a hydrotherapy pool unrivalled in UK universities; and an environmental chamber for sport and exercise students; plus broadcast-quality video production facilities. Coming in 2015 is a new £20m development with new and innovative learning spaces and technologies. Transport City-centre campus, with good coach and rail links to York and Newcastle (both an hour away), and Leeds and Manchester. London is two and a half hours by train from nearby Darlington. The international airport at Durham Tees Valley is 20 minutes away.