The £50 million redevelopment of Bradford College is on schedule and on budget, and it will welcome students in September.

The building, recently named the David Hockney Building after the college’s famous alumni, will have wi-fi for students on the go, state-of- the-art classrooms and artwork reflecting Bradford’s past.

Among the building’s features are classrooms with fully equipped kitchens where catering students will prepare food to be served in the college’s cafe, open-plan learning resource centres spread across each of the building’s floors and huge windows offering panoramic views of the city.

The impressive new building could see the number of students coming to study at the college rising by a fifth. The project being carried out by construction company BAM was funded by the college through a £35 million bank loan and £15 million cash reserves.

It will replace the Westbrook, McMillan, Appleton and Old Buildings. The Westbrook building will be demolished and the remaining buildings will either be sold or put to other use.

Jason Pink, BAM project manager, said: “Everything is on schedule, we’re moving through the finishing stages with a lot of the mechanical and electrical pieces being installed.

“The completion date for the main build is July and the college will move in through the summer. Then the neighbouring building will be demolished and the area turned into a car park and public green space. The students will be here in September.

“The whole thing is on budget.”

Andy Welsh, chief operating officer at the college, said that despite being a new build, the Hockney Building would have plenty of character from the go.

And he added: “There will be references to David Hockney in the building, as well as to other parts of Bradford’s cultural heritage, especially its textile past.

“There is a lot of character to it. There will be pieces of art on display in the building including areas used for exhibition space for the work of college students and local artists.

“There will be wi-fi throughout the college, including all the external areas between the college building.

“We expect there to be an increase in students of about 15 to 20 per cent because of the new building and facilities.” He said having a building site next to the college had its advantages, with students going on site visits and staff from BAM giving talks in the college.

David Hockney, who attended the college in the 1960s, has said he was “thrilled” that the building would be named after him.