University of Derby collaboration with Chesterfield Royal Hospital, and the new campus will feature a mock ward with “sim” or simulated patients to provide real-world experience for undergraduates. The university's main campus is sited on Kedleston Road, Allestree, in the north-west of Derby, close to the A38 and opposite Markeaton Park. It also has a campus in Buxton, Derbyshire, known as the Devonshire Campus, located within the grade II* listed Devonshire Dome building which dominates the local landscape, and has a dome which is over in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral in London. It was formally opened as a University
Devonshire Royal Hospital floor area of . Further changes were undertaken, with the clock tower and lodge completed in 1882, surgical wards in 1897, spa baths in 1913, and the dining room and kitchens in 1921. The building became known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1934. It was the last of the eight hydropathic hospitals in England to close, in 2000. On 31 January 2001, the University of Derby acquired the Devonshire Royal Hospital. The University received £4.7m Heritage Lottery Fund backing for the restoration and redevelopment project. Refurbished and reopened in 2003, the main building and its surrounding Victorian era villas