THE £20million building that burnt down at the University of Nottingham will be rebuilt.
The cause of the blaze at the GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at Jubilee Park on Friday night is not yet known.
But the university has vowed to replace the state-of-the-art facility.
However, it has not been established whether it will be built on the same site, when it will be built or exactly how it will be funded.
A university spokeswoman said: "It is extremely early days for us following this incident and colleagues at the university are now primarily focused on dealing with the immediate aftermath.
"The new facility wasn't due to be opened until next year and, as such, our chemistry department won't be affected by this either from a teaching or research perspective in the immediate future, so there will be no job losses or effect on student numbers and recruitment.
"As far as what happens next, we are looking to the future positively and the university maintains its commitment to a carbon neutral green chemistry laboratory.
"We are considering this to be a setback to our plans, there is a determination to re-build but at this stage it is far too early to say whether this will be on the same site, how much it might cost and when we could expect to see that facility open.
"There will need to be detailed discussions with our partner GSK and the contractors who have worked on the project."
She said the cause of the blaze was still not known and it may be "some time" until the fire service would be able to fully investigate the incident.
However, she added: "The building was designed to meet stringent fire regulation requirements."
People have taken to Twitter to praise Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service after 60 firefighters helped tackled the blaze at its peak.
Michelle Dickson said: "@nottsfire You are awesome. Amazing work at Jubilee last night. Hope you are all okay.
Abbie O'Reilly added: "Can't thank @nottsfire crews enough for last night as the fire was across the road from my uni accommodation and made us all feel safe!"
And Wyn Morgan said: "@nottsfire really great work and hugely appreciated by all."
