Life at Suffolk | University of Suffolk

Book your place on our next Open Day Come and join us at our next University Open Day on Saturday 15 November, explore our Waterfront campus, meet lecturers, and find out what makes our community so special. Find out more about our Open Days

The University has a modern campus on the Ipswich waterfront, surrounded by bars and cafes, in a vibrant town for arts, culture and sport.

Destination Suffolk

Aerial view of the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk is a county steeped in history with beautiful scenery, world-famous beaches and a glorious coastline all within easy reach of London.

Close-up of rooftop of town hall building

Aldeburgh beach with shell sculpture

A row of beach huts long a sea front

View of cargo containers used as shops in Felixstowe

Close-up of building facades

Boat on Aldeburgh beach

View of the The Mill from behind a church

Student browsing in a record shop

Beach hut on Felixstowe seafront

Students eating at Ipswich Town Football Stadium

Man looking up at a church bell tower

Students at the Latitude festival

Cups of coffee on a table

Felixstowe beach with pier in the distance

View of a hotel on Ipswich waterfront

Orwell Bridge at sunset — Credit Alan Boyle

Person siting in a chair surround be green fields

What I love about Suffolk is the combination of the coast and the countryside, plus it’s not far from London and the airports.

Jessica Karen, Student.

Felixstowe pier

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Sun First to see the sunrise and one of the sunniest counties in the UK

Coast 80 km of coastline and two blue flag beaches

Happy Two Suffolk towns are amongst the happiest places to live in the UK