Take a tour of our London campus’s expansion

One Portsoken is home to nine new classrooms, seminar space, huddle rooms and quiet study areas, and offices for employees. On TikTok, you can see it for yourself.

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LONDON — Northeastern University’s London campus just got a whole lot bigger after a new building opened to students, faculty and staff.

The fifth floor of One Portsoken is home to nine new classrooms, seminar space, huddle rooms and quiet dedicated study areas, as well as offices for employees.

Situated only a short walk away from the heart of the campus at Devon House on St Katherine Dock, the expansion means the space available for students in London has effectively doubled thanks to 27,513 square feet of new floor space.

The property’s high vantage point on the cusp of The City — London’s financial district — offers a 360-degree view of the skyline, taking in famous landmarks including Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and The Shard and St Mary Axe (dubbed “The Gherkin” by Londoners) skyscrapers.

Students sitting around tables on the 5th floor of One Portsoken.
09/09/24 – LONDON, UK. – Northeastern University opens a new space on the 5th floor of One Portsoken in London on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University
A decal of the numbers 514 on the glass window of a classroom in One Portsoken.
09/09/24 – LONDON, UK. – Northeastern University opens a new space on the 5th floor of One Portsoken in London on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University
Students sitting in a new room on the 5th floor of One Portsoken.
09/09/24 – LONDON, UK. – Northeastern University opens a new space on the 5th floor of One Portsoken in London on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University
The property’s high vantage point on the cusp of The City — London’s financial district — offers a 360-degree view of the skyline. Photos by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University

The opening of the teaching, learning and social space in September marks only the start of Northeastern’s campus expansion in the U.K.

Three more floors in One Portsoken are due to open in time for the fall semester in 2025, with plans for chemistry, biology and physics laboratories, as well as workshops for engineering and a maker-space, to be installed as Northeastern widens its teaching offerings. By the time all four floors are in use, One Portsoken will provide 98,000 square feet of campus space.

The transformation of the building — which is only meters from Northeastern’s startup hub, a base for entrepreneurial new businesses that are working with the university — has been swift, with the lease signed in March and students and faculty moving in just six months later.

There was a focus on creating collaborative spaces, large classrooms with state-of-the-art  audio-visual technology and study points that make the most of the views the building has to offer over the U.K. capital.

The entrance of the One Portsoken building.
Three students talking and laughing in One Portsoken building.
09/09/24 – LONDON, UK. – Northeastern University opens a new space on the 5th floor of One Portsoken in London on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University
The interior of a classroom in One Portsoken.
09/09/24 – LONDON, UK. – Northeastern University opens a new space on the 5th floor of One Portsoken in London on Sept. 9, 2024. Photo by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University
Photos by Carmen Valino for Northeastern University

While it is intended that Devon House will remain the flagship building and social hub of the London campus, with its scenic setting next to the River Thames, One Portsoken is already helping to provide a new outlet for activities.

To mark the start of Black History Month on Oct. 1, it hosted a one-man theater production titled “Sancho & Me,” featuring British actor Peterson Joseph and based on research carried out by historian Olly Ayers and his team behind Mapping Black London.

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