A £10M centre for creative technologies at a university is nearing completion.

The centre will be in Teesside University's Athena Building, which is being built at the corner of Southfield Road and Woodlands Road, in Middlesbrough.

It will provide 4,000sq metres of studio space for teaching digital technology and media.

Professor Graham Henderson, the university's vice-chancellor, said: "We are looking forward to the start of the new academic year and the imminent opening of the Athena Building and the new centre, which will ensure that Teesside remains one of the country's pre-eminent universities for media, design and computing."

Facilities include modern design studios, an experimental workshop, a newsroom, broadcast news studios, multimedia publishing studios and workshops.

There will also be suites for 2D and 3D computer animation, computer games art, design and programming, visualisation, graphics programming and digital music, and gallery space for exhibitions at the entrance.

Professor Gerda Roper, dean of the school of arts and media, said: "The Athena Building represents a significant commitment to design and media education in the Tees Valley and the North-East.

"Design and media students already benefit from the excellent reputation of their courses and the expertise of their tutors, and these new facilities will offer one of the best teaching environments in the country."