[1] The university's main campus is at Europa Point, the southernmost part of the Rock of Gibraltar, within a range of restored former military buildings.

A largely ceremonial role, the formal head of the university is its chancellor, currently Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament).

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Catherine Bachleda, is responsible for the overall management of the university, supported by the Executive Committee composed of senior operational staff and directors.

There is archaeological evidence of Europa Point, the end of the known world in Classical times, being a place where ritual offerings were made, including during the Phoenician period.

[8] The battery, buried under a mound of sand for years was refurbished in 2010, and its underground magazine vaults turned into a visitor centre with information panels on the history of the area.Another prominent feature of the site, overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar and with symbolic significance to the university, is the Europa Point Lighthouse.

The bombproof barracks which now house the principal rooms of the university were constructed by the Royal Engineers in 1841 and feature finely executed terracotta brick-tile vaulted ceilings supported by massive square limestone pillars.

After a period of being used as a school in the 1980s the buildings fell out of use until the ambitious restoration and development plan to turn the site into the home of Gibraltar's first university was implemented.

Local architects Xavier Ozores Pardo and Pedro Carcelen Fernandez won the design competition and work got underway in early 2015 and was completed within seven months of the commission.

A marble-tiled, glass-roofed light and airy Atrium forms the centrepiece of the renovated buildings, bringing together the separate parts into a coherent whole.