New Darwin

The School's strategic plan to build a ‘New Darwin’ includes the re-development of our estate and infrastructure, providing the best spaces and facilities for collaborative science to flourish.

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Photo of the Darwin building during refurbishment
Darwin building, September 2022

Our strategic project ‘New  Darwin’ is an ambitious plan to grow our research and teaching capacity, quality, and outputs to support intellectual discovery and generate health, social and economic benefits.

This is a multi-phase and multicomponent project involving several new buildings and changes to adjacent spaces, to provide extended and up-to-date accommodation for the School. 

Project updates

The 'New Darwin' Project has recently relaunched, following delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction of the new building is expected to begin in Autumn 2025, with the building opening its doors in 2028.

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King's Buildings campus development