The University of Newcastle offers expertise across a broad range of disciplines including health and wellbeing, medicine, engineering, architecture, building, surveying, industrial design, computer science, business, law, humanities and creative industries. Our degree programs focus on the development of innovative, resourceful and creative graduates - future leaders in industry, the profession, government and the community.
About Us
Capabilities – Research and Education
We offer a comprehensive range of R&D expertise and collaboration pathways including grant schemes, contract research, use of our facilities and infrastructure, scholarships and student projects. Our degree programs, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, are diverse as mentioned above and are offered at our Callaghan and CBD Campuses in Newcastle; the Gosford and Ourimbah Campus on the Central Coast of New South Wales; and in Singapore. Our unique career ready placement initiative ensures that all of our undergraduate students have the opportunity to participate in a work placement during the course of their degree.
Building tomorrow's leaders
Our degree programs focus on the development of innovative, resourceful and creative graduates - future leaders in industry, the professions, government and the community. We place great importance on research-led teaching and the solution of real-world problems. Many of our academics are acknowledged for their expertise through teaching and research awards, whilst our teaching is enhanced through definitive and ground-breaking research. Students are actively engaged in our research at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Working closely with industry and employers
We maintain professional accreditation for our degree programs where relevant and our graduates are well regarded by industry and employer groups, having regularly been rated amongst the most employable in the country and overseas, and enjoying some of the best starting salaries. We maintain close contact with our industry partners, with industry-based scholarships an important feature for most of our programs.
