If you want to study in a progressive, comprehensive, competitive, international university in a friendly and safe city surrounded by beautiful beaches, then the University of Newcastle is the place.

The University enjoys outstanding research and teaching facilities, well stocked libraries, award-winning buildings, a state-of-the-art sporting complex and shops and cafes all set within a natural bushland campus in which its students take great pride. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly.

Newcastle offers a broad range of graduate and postgraduate programs including most of the professional degree programs such as Architecture, Law, Medicine, Engineering, Teaching, Surveying, Social Work, Science, and Nursing. It is a leader in problem-based learning.

QUICK FACTS

• The University of Newcastle offers programs through five Faculties: Business & Law, Education & Arts, Engineering & Built Environment, Health, and Science & Information Technology.
• It has close to 26,000 students, including over 4,000 international students.
• It is currently ranked in the top 10 Australian universities for its high quality research output.
• It is ranked in the top 200 Universities in the World.
• It operates 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.
• The Language Centre offers a comprehensive range of English language programs.
• The University enjoys fantastic sporting facilities. The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre houses a 50m indoor heated pool, a 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.
  

CAMPUS LOCATIONS

• Newcastle has two major campuses. The largest is Callaghan, 12km from the centre of Newcastle. It is set on 140 hectares of natural bushland and is well serviced by public transport.
• The other is at Ourimbah on the Central Coast, halfway between Newcastle and Sydney. It, too, is a bushland campus and is only a 10-minute walk from the Ourimbah railway station.
• The University also has its city precinct in the Newcastle City Centre comprising the Graduate School of Business, Newcastle Legal Centre and the University’s Conservatorium of Music.

THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE & THE HUNTER REGION

• Newcastle is the second oldest city in Australia after Sydney.
• It has a population of over 137,000. Safe and friendly, it offers you all the benefits of a big modern city - without the hassles.
• The city centre sits facing a beautiful working harbour and is surrounded by fabulous beaches. In fact it is one of the few cities in the world where you can walk to the surf from the city centre.
• Newcastle is part of the Hunter region (population over 600,000) and is home to some of Australia’s finest vineyards, a great mountain range called The Watagans that’s ideal for bushwalking, camping and horseriding.
• There are also rivers and lakes for canoeing and sailing (Lake Macquarie is Australia’s largest seaboard lake) and not far away is the beautiful area of Port Stephens where the water is unbelievably clear and where dolphins drop by regularly as they cruise up and down the coast.
  

CONTACT DETAILS:

For more information, please visit our website at: www.international.newcastle.edu.au

Or contact us at: international@newcastle.edu.au

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