LOCATIONS

NEWCASTLE

CENTRAL COAST

PORT MACQUARIE

SYDNEY

SINGAPORE

ABOUT US

At a glance

University of Newcastle established 1965

Full time academic staff 970

Total number of students 35,500

Total number of international students

7,800

Countries represented in enrolment 100

Undergraduate degree programs 85

Postgraduate coursework programs 150

Postgraduate research higher degree programs

156

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Our main campusesOur University operates on two main campuses. The largest, set on a 125 hectare natural bushland site at Callaghan, about 12km west of the Newcastle City Centre. The other, located on an 80 hectare site adjacent to national parkland, on the Central Coast at Ourimbah.

There are a lot of new things happening in NewcastleThe Lonely Planet guide voted the city in the top 10 places to visit in 2011 and the city has revamped itself with new branding and a revitalised outlook to the future.

RANKINGS• Australian top 10 universities for research funding and

outcomes

• Ranked 59th University in the Asia-Pacific

(Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking 2010)

• 100th university in the world and 8th in Australia for life sciences

and biomedicine (QS World University Rankings 2010)

• 112th university in the world for engineering and I.T.

(QS World University Rankings 2010)

• The City of Newcastle was ranked 9th in the Lonely Planet Guide

Top 10 Cities to visit in 2011.

RESEARCHNewcastle is the most comprehensive and research-intensive university outside of a capital city.

We attract significant research funding from governments and industry, and consistently rank in Australia’s top 10 for research income.

Our research strengths lie in the important areas of health, energy and the environment, as well as science and engineering.

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• Advanced Particle Processing

• Asthma & Respiratory Diseases

• Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery &

Information-Based Medicine

• Brain & Mental Health Research

• Chemical Biology

• Complex Dynamic Systems & Control

• Computer Assisted Research Mathematics &

its Applications

• Energy

• Gender, Health & Ageing

• Geotechnical & Materials Modelling

• Health Behaviour Research Centre

• Organic Electronics

• Physical Activity & Nutrition

• Reproductive Science

We have 14 Priority Research Centres

www.newcastle.edu.au/students/international

CRICOS 00109J