[13] The institution was later granted degree-awarding powers by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in November 2015, and in May 2016 it was awarded University status by the Privy Council.

[17] The six-storey James Hehir Building was opened in March 2011 at a cost of £21 million[18] It is named after the former chief executive of Ipswich Borough Council and includes Cult Cafe.

[17] Onsite student accommodation is provided in the 600-room Athena Hall, located adjacent to the James Hehir building.

[6] The Hold opened in October 2020, housing the majority of the Suffolk Record Office's collection and providing various facilities to the university, including a lecture hall.

[19] The Ipswich campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Art and Design, Business Management, Computing, Education, Film, Law, Nursing and Midwifery.

[citation needed] The Great Yarmouth centre is located at the Southtown site of East Coast College in neighbouring Norfolk.

[5] Subjects such as Computing, Counselling, Engineering, Fashion, Music, and Photography are available at the centre, which has a modern recording studio.

[24] Artists represented in the collection all have a working connection with the seven east of England counties of Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire; the list of artists includes Maggi Hambling, Amanda Ansell, Susan Gunn, Nicholas Middleton, Justin Partyka, Anne Schwegmann-Fielding, James Dodds, Linda Ingham, Stephen Newton and Mary Webb.

[25] The works of art in the collection were all produced after the year 2000 and are designed to be available for public display and as a learning resource for the university and students from the wider educational community.

There is currently no accredited accommodation for the partner colleges in Bury St Edmunds, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.