 A good international university will provide you with more than a first class degree and a memorable educational experience. It will also give you the opportunity to travel, meet new people, make friends and enjoy a social life quite different to the one you would have experienced had you stayed in your own home town. It will encourage you to experience a new and different way of life.
It is hard to imagine a better place to start than in Newcastle, and the fabulous Hunter Valley and regions surrounding it. There’s so much to see and do.
But don’t just take our word for it. See for yourself what a great place we have here!
• Two major campuses. The largest is Callaghan, 12km from the centre of Newcastle. The other is at Ourimbah on the Central Coast, halfway between Newcastle and Sydney. There is also a campus in the Newcastle City Centre comprising the Graduate School of Business, the Newcastle Legal Centre and the Conservatorium.
• A student population of just under 22,000 with over 3,000 of these coming from overseas.
• Currently ranking in the top 10 Australian universities for high quality research output.
• Offering over 150 graduate and postgraduate programs including most of the professional degree programs such as Architecture, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Teaching, Surveying, Social Work, Science, and Nursing. As well, we offer a vast array of courses in disciplines such as Computing, Fine Art, Modern Languages, Classics, History, Mathematics, Economics, Business, Nutrition and Dietetics, Sociology and Anthropology, Philosophy, Communications, and Tourism and Hospitality, to name just a few.
• Operate the largest single site accommodation complex of any university in Australia. There are close to 1,000 students living on the Callaghan campus in three traditional halls of residence and one new motel style complex.
• Fantastic sporting facilities at our Callaghan Campus. The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre houses a state of the art 50m indoor heated pool, an 18m climbing wall (one of the highest in Australia), a fully equipped gymnasium, two martial arts/aerobics studios and two competition indoor courts for sports such as basketball and volleyball.
• Our students are our number one priority. When you come to the University of Newcastle you become part of a community intent on ensuring that your time with us is not just educationally successful but memorable and fun. |
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Keromang M Ferguson. Botswana - Mochudi
' I chose Newcastle because the impression I got reflected the institution as internationally recognised, laid-back and providing top of the range equipment.'
The course will boost my career prospects as, through its practicality, it gives an idea of the work-place even before one gets there.' |
The University of Newcastle offers some 150 undergraduate and postgraduate programs designed to offer you every opportunity to stretch yourself intellectually and to take you on that next step towards your ultimate goal.
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