Facilities at the new University of Derby Markeaton Street site include four auditoriums, specialist photographic laboratories, a number of art and design studios, music technology laboratories, an Apple Accredited Training Centre, and the Open Studio Research Centre. The new building is home to 3,000 students.

The new building, set to provide some of the most modern facilities for arts, design and technology subjects, forms part of the University's new Quarter in the west end of the city. The construction firm leading the project was Norwest Holst and the architects were the Architects Design Partnership LLP.

The new £21m Markeaton Street building has been part funded by ERDF - European Regional Development Fund - and HEFCE - the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and is supported by Derby City Partnership.

The University has invested millions to create an architecturally innovative building that is also ecologically sustainable and environmentally friendly. Markeaton Street from the outset was designed to incorporate sustainable low energy features at its core.