Constantine College, which eventually became the University, was a pioneer in the field of computing. In 1966 we were one of the first departments in the UK to have a degree programme in computer science. Over the years the School has developed the discipline and its reputation. The culmination of this was an Excellent rating in teaching quality in 1994. In the latter years the School has become the market leader in computer animation and computer games degree programmes. It now has over a hundred academic staff, four thousand full-time or part-time students and increasing number of postgraduates studying towards certificate, diploma, degree, masters or doctorate awards in a wide variety of high-quality computing courses.
1930
Constantine College founded by Joseph Constantine.
1958
A separate Department of Mathematics was created, later to become the School of Computing.
1966
The School was among the first institutes in the country to offer a Computer Science Degree.
1970
Constantine College became Teesside Polytechnic.
1972
The department gained British Computing Society Approval and started teaching BCS part 1 and part 2 exams.
1982
The School moved into brand new, purpose built buildings on Southfield Road.
1992
Teesside Polytechnic becomes the University of Teesside.
1994
The School was awarded the Excellence Award for Teaching of Computing by the HEFCE. This placed it on a par with the country's best universities.
2000
The schools growing reputation in animation subjects led to the school hosting Animation 2000. The event that would later become Animex, an internationally renowned animation festival.
2001
A brand new building extension is opened to house 12 additional teaching laboratories.
2007
The new Institute of Digital Innovation and Centre for Creative Technologies buildings open.