The city of Newcastle and its surrounding areas make studying in Australia a truly life-enriching experience.
Newcastle and its neighbouring regions offer a perfect balance of nature, outstanding education, culture, and diverse and innovative industries.
What are the advantages of studying in Newcastle?
The University of Newcastle stands as a global leader distinguished by its commitment to equity and excellence and is ranked in the Top 200 universities in the world. Newcastle’s students enjoy high-quality courses led by some of the world’s most outstanding educators. The city’s educational institutions collectively welcome over 37,000 students a year from 113 nations. Access to state-of-the-art facilities and world-leading academics will help you become successful in your field and allow you to gain 4-10 years of post-study work opportunities in Australia.
TAFE NSW has multiple campuses across the Newcastle / Lake Macquarie region. The largest campus is TAFE NSW Newcastle, which is home to some of the most advanced equipment in Australia, including the Design Centre Hunter, the Hunter Maritime College, Newcastle Knights study hub and the Regional Music Institute. Studying at TAFE provides an opportunity for the people of the Hunter region, where they can come to learn, prosper, and create an exciting future for themselves and their local community.
Newcastle’s educational institutions offer practical, real-world work experience as part of your study to ensure you are work-ready when you graduate, and to build your professional network through connections with local, state and national industry. Initiative such as Living Lab presents exciting opportunities to collaborate with various experts in problem solving, sharing ideas and bringing innovative concepts to life. The University of Newcastle's Integrated Innovation Network (I2N) fuels the success of innovators and entrepreneurs by connecting them to community, customers, coaching and capital. I2N helps people develop their enterprise skills and impact potential, validate ideas and accelerate to market.
Newcastle’s educational institutions offer practical, real-world work experience as part of your study to ensure you are work-ready when you graduate, and to build your professional network through connections with local, regional and national industry. Initiative such as Living Lab presents exciting opportunities to collaborate with various experts in problem solving, sharing ideas and bringing innovative concepts to life. The University of Newcastle's Integrated Innovation Network (I2N) fuels the success of innovators and entrepreneurs by connecting them to community, customers, coaching and capital. I2N helps people develop their enterprise skills and impact potential, validate ideas and accelerate to market.
One of the best things about living and studying in this compact metropolitan city on the coast is that you are 15 minutes from everywhere. Our compact and convenient nature means you’re only ever a heartbeat away from Newcastle’s cultural, shopping, education, hospitality and nightlife precincts.
From Newcastle business district, your average estimated travel time to our educational institutions would be:
3mins – The University of Newcastle City campus
5mins – TAFE NSW Newcastle campus
15mins – The University of Newcastle Callaghan campus
From modern, stylish and compact apartment living, to tree-lined streets and Victorian terrace houses, Newcastle neighbourhoods offer many affordable options for your new home. Suburbs throughout Newcastle boast world-class beaches, parks, trails and open spaces to explore while offering all the conveniences of city living at your doorstep.
Images courtesy of the University of Newcastle
