Skip to main content
Orange Plus Backgrounds

Follow Our Journey

The £22.5M Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Institute of Technology is located at the heart of the Stafford Borough Council Gateway project, off Castle Street.  This brand new development is set to open in Summer 2025, ready to welcome new cohorts of learners from September 2025.

So TS Io T Stock 27

Opening in Summer 2025

Our exciting new three-storey central hub facility will offer an innovative and flexible learning environment designed to be reflective of modern workplaces and will give students and employers access to outstanding facilities and equipment, as well as opportunities to collaborate with businesses across multiple sectors on real industry-based projects, to prepare students for work in the science and technology industry.

 

IOTC 0000 copy
IOTC V1

The new facility will include:

  • A Virtual Reality (VR) Immersive Space.

  • Advanced manufacturing learning factory.

  • Robotics and automation equipment.

  • Industry standard machinery including CNC and 3D modelling and printing equipment.

  • Dedicated electronic engineering workshops to include robotics and automation equipment.

  • Large maker space.

  • Healthcare facility including a mock hospital ward.

  • Built environment and design workshops to include AR/VR technologies, surveying equipment and drones.

  • A variety of classrooms and IT suites.

Follow the build here

1

Artist's impression

IOTC V4 A copy

2

Start of the build

DJI 0112

3

Start of the build

DJI 0129

4

3rd May 2024

01 WK 4 03 May 2024 Natalie Ede 20

5

14th May 2024

DJI 0560

6

24th May 2024

02 24 May 2024 Sue MG 9071 S

7

June 2024

June 2024

8

July 2024

July 2024

9

August 2024

Io T AUGUST2024 3

10

October 2024

Io T OCTOBER 2024 1 2

11

April 2025: Internal Works Continue

IOT PROGRESS APRIL25 13
https://sotsiot.ac.uk/ logo