Cambridge School of Creative Industries facilities
At ARU, we know experimentation and risk-taking are key to creativity.
That’s why, as a student in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, you'll get access to all our Cambridge School of Art and Cambridge School of Creative Industries facilities, including full training from our expert technical team.
Why not record a soundtrack for your game or design and create costumes for your performance art?
Futures Lab
Our Futures Lab is a digital workshop that comprises a variety of computer-aided manufacturing machines. It will allow you to learn up-to-date manufacturing and design processes as well as aid and support you in many traditional techniques. The technologies you will be find in the workshop include:
3D Printers & 3D Scanners:
- FDM printers - Two Tiertime UP300 large build volume printers
- Material-specific extruders, one for ABS and other high temperature filaments; one for lower temperature filaments such as PLA; another for TPU, a flexible polyurethane
- SLA Formlabs printers – Form 3 & Form 3L, scalable prototyping and super high detail
- SLS Formlabs Fuse1 - production-ready nylon 3D printing with compact selective laser sintering (SLS) platform
- Structured light 3D scanners - EinScan Pro 2X Professional 3D digitising solution for a versatile range of applications – capture 3D models of medium to large size objects with high efficiency
2D Printing and Cutting machines:
- Laser cutters: An LS1290 fitted with a 80W CO2 laser for processing paper, card, fabrics, plastics or wood; an LS1390 Multi-Cut hybrid laser machine that will cut metal (mild / stainless steel) as well as non-metals such as acrylics, plywood’s, and MDF
- Roland BN20 Vinyl printer & Cutter - with eco-solvent inks and a range of material compatibility and integrated contour cutting, perfect for creating t-shirt graphics, poster prints, stickers and decals
- Gerber Substrate cutter - a large bed, high-speed, single- or low-ply static table cutting system designed to cut a wide variety of materials. Ideal for fabric, paper & card
- Mimaki TX300P sublimation printer - a high quality, versatile, direct-to-textile inkjet printer, ideally suited to applications such as fashion, furnishing, soft signage and exhibitions
Games
- Games development studio that simulates a commercial working studio
- High-end computers with graphic tablets
- Motion capture equipment
- Industry-standard SLRs (for HDRI capture)
- HD cameras
- Top of the range 3D modelling, animation, and game software including Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D, Unreal Engine 5 and Unity 3D.
Film and Media
- Film studio with overhead lighting, tracks, dollies and green screen
- Multi-camera television studio with modular set panels and modern set dressing
- Arri Alexa cameras (Film and Television Production courses only)
- Full range of location kit from 4K digital cameras, professional lighting, to Steadicam
- Editing suites with Da Vinci Resolve and the full Adobe Creative Cloud software suite. Finishing suite with audio monitoring and grading panels
- Aaton Cameras and Steenbeck editors for 16mm film production
- Motion capture equipment
- Podcast studio and video capture system
- ARU's Media Services - book and borrow a range of multimedia equipment, including studios; edit suites; video, audio and photography equipment; projectors; and accessories such as cables and adapters.
Music and Music Technology
- Five climate-controlled recording studios featuring analogue-digital hybrid studio set ups and two mixing suites, all equipped with Pro Tools, Logic and plenty of outboard hardware recording equipment (Neve, Universal Audio, Audient, SSL)
- Audio-visual studio
- A spacious recital hall, band rooms and practice rooms
- Five grand pianos, including a Steinway Model D
- Many orchestral instruments, including a range of synthesisers; traditional instruments from India, China and Africa; and a Balinese Gamelan
- An impressive inventory of professionally rated microphones and recording equipment.
Drama, Acting and Musical Theatre
- Full-size on-campus professional Mumford Theatre
- Dedicated drama studio, with highly flexible black-box performance space
- Large rehearsal space with audio playback facilities, piano, LED lighting rig, portable dance mirrors, gym mats and rostra/modular staging
- Student Union-run dance studio
- Radio mics (Musical Theatre only)
Jerome Booth Music Therapy Centre
Home to our arts therapy courses and research, our centre on Young Street is the largest university-based music therapy centre in the UK. Fully equipped with high-quality musical instruments and recording equipment, we provide clinical arts-based therapies for private individuals, local groups, voluntary organisations and charities, in addition to statutory health, education and social services.
