The University of Newcastle

The University of Newcastle , informally known as Newcastle University, is an Australian public university established in 1965. It has a primary campus in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. The university also operates campuses in Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Singapore, Newcastle CBD and Sydney CBD.

Historically, the University of Newcastle Medical School has implemented the problem-based learning system for its undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine program – a system later mandated for use by the Australian Medical Council throughout Australia. It pioneered use of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test in the early 1990s. UMAT has since been accepted widely by different medical schools across Australia as an additional selection criteria.

The Callaghan campus is the university’s main and largest campus. It is located in the Newcastle suburb of Callaghan situated approximately 12 kilometres from Newcastle CBD. The campus is placed on 140 hectares of natural bushland within which the university’s numerous buildings are located. The land is traditionally owned by the Pambalong Clan of the Awabakal people, a connection which has been developed by the University and is seen as a selling point for academics.

Facilities and services

Library

The University of Newcastle library consists of numerous libraries across a number of the university’s campuses. They include the Auchmuty, Huxley, Ourimbah, and Newcastle City campus libraries. The largest of these is the Auchmuty library on the Callaghan campus, which holds a significant traditional collection, including rare books and archives. In addition, the Callaghan campus has a smaller secondary library known as the Huxley library. This primarily supports a collection for a number of schools, including education, nursing, and fine arts. The Ourimbah library on the Central Coast campus holds a collection of both university and TAFE texts to facilitate the needs of the joint campus. An information common, similar to the one located in the Auchmuty library, is also available. The Newcastle City campus library is also part of The University of Newcastle library.

Sporting facilities

The university offers access to a number of sporting facilities across its campuses. The Callaghan campus has the majority of these facilities; this includes six sporting ovals, squash & tennis courts, and a sports and aquatic centre. NUsport manages these facilities through an organisation known as “The Forum”. “The Forum Sports & Aquatic Centre, University” boasts an olympic-sized swimming pool, the second highest climbing wall in the southern hemisphere and various other sporting facilities.

Stuents

36448

Total Faculty

2530

Schoolarship

Yes

Rank

207

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Online learning

Until 2018, GradSchool was the University of Newcastle’s dedicated hub for postgraduate coursework students. From 2001-2018, GradSchool was responsible for online learning, offering graduate students from around the world convenient access to more than 60 postgraduate qualifications delivered by the University of Newcastle. Online interaction took place via “Blackboard”, a web-based learning system which hosted courses entirely online.

Postgraduate degrees are now delivered directly by The University of Newcastle through their Virtual Learning Environment , known as UONline (including Blackboard), as well as through face-to-face teaching.