Thousands of students once passed through there, attending lectures and living at its halls of accommodation.
But many of the buildings which they once roamed around during their days of studying are now gone for good, as they have been torn down in the name of progress.
The old Townhill campus educational establishment, known as many names through the years - including Swansea Institute and Swansea Metropolitan University - is being torn apart as plans press ahead for an 84-home housing development being built by the Pobl Group.
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These pictures show several old parts of the campus now reduced to rubble, including the old halls of residence and one of the smaller buildings which was used for lessons near the entrance.
The Swansea site has a rich history, and was known as Swansea Metropolitan University in 2008, but before that was known as Swansea Institute from 1992 to 2008, West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education from 1976 to 1992, Swansea Municipal School of Art and Crafts in 1853, Swansea College of Education in 1872 and Swansea Technical College in 1897. The university merged with, and became a constituent campus of, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David on August 1, 2013, and the Townhill campus later closed.
Swansea Council's planning committee approved the 84-house scheme off Pantycelyn Road at a meeting on July 7 last year. They will be built either side of the Edwardian campus building, which will remain and be converted into 62 flats - an element of the project which got the go-ahead last year.
The Pobl Group redevelopment of the old University of Wales Trinity Saint David site has been a long time in the making and includes 20% affordable housing. The housing group must also pay £140,000 for highway and cycle upgrades and create a footpath down the sloping site to Penlan Crescent, Uplands.
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