[2] The academic buildings of the campus are all named for scholars, most of whom are associated with the university or the town of Guildford, like Lewis Carroll and Alan Turing.

This building boasts four lecture theatres and an open atrium containing sculptures like a suspended acrobat, created by local artist.

This building is one of the most environmentally-friendly and sustainable structures in the UK, and its design includes a roof sensor to adjust lighting needs and a cooling unit that takes energy from daily stored waste heat.

[2] The building was used as the filming location for the ARC in the TV series Primeval because of its appearance as both futuristic and like a traditional ship.

[2] Other campus buildings include Senate House, which features a distinct clockface that was given to the university by Charterhouse School,[2] and the Multifaith Centre, which has places of worship for many world religions and was built in 2007.

[5] There is an on-campus nightclub called Rubix, which is popular among students (according to journalists from university magazine The Stag when interviewed by other publications).

The nightclub has three bars and a layout that keeps clubgoers spread out,[6] and has regular club nights on Wednesday and Friday, having hosted music acts from Stormzy to David Bowie to Led Zeppelin.

[11] Also located on the campus are the studios for BBC Surrey[12] and the regional office of the national academic examining body, AQA.

On the open piazza there are many artistic features, including an oversized statue of Alan Turing, an embedded fountain, and Knife Birds, an African-inspired piece.

[15] There is a 5-metre (16 ft) high stainless steel sculpture of a stag on top of a stand at the main entrance to the campus.

[2] There are two separate but connecting walkways from the amphitheatre to the library piazza that pass a mural on the side of the Lecture Theatre building, this was built in 1980 on three aluminium panels by Duncan Newton, and was commissioned by the university's Arts Council.

Initially this was an art project in 1996, both for the dots on the walkways and for artistic impressions to be made of the result, and they were meant to be taken down shortly afterwards, but they still remain.

[18] The campus supports its natural spaces with eco-friendly initiatives, and in 2018 secured £100,000 in order to fund a bike-sharing scheme for students.