University of Newcastle, Australia

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The University of Newcastle in New South Wales, established in 1965, has a student population of just over 20,000 as of 2004. It offers over 150 undergraduate and graduate courses, delivered via five faculties: Business and Law; Education and Arts; Engineering and Built Environment; Health; and Science and Information Technology.

There are two main campuses, both of which have won national awards for architecture and sympathetic environmental management. The larger campus at Callaghan lies about 12 km from the centre of Newcastle on a natural bushland site. Another campus is at Ourimbah on the Central Coast, about half way between Newcastle and Sydney, where about 1,800 students attend.

The Ourimbah Campus is an innovative model where services and infrastructure are shared between education providers. The partnership titled The Central Coast Campuses is a partnership of:

The University of Newcastle
TAFE-NSW - Hunter Institute
Central Coast Community College
affiliated with the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music

The University of Newcastle also has a presence on two sites within the Newcastle C.B.D. The School of Music and Conservatorium is located in the Civic Theatre precinct, while the School of Law, Legal Centre, and Graduate School of Business are located in University House, a landmark art-deco sandstone building directly opposite Civic Park.

The University has its origins in the Newcastle University College, first established in 1951 at the site of Newcastle Technical College. After considerable agitation at the local level, the fully autonomous University of Newcastle was established in 1965. The student body annually celebrates the anniversary of the institution's independence on Autonomy Day.

The University of Newcastle is a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRU Australia).

The University features many [Services and facilities.]NiTL (Network for Innovation in Teaching and Learning) is facilitating and supporting the University of Newcastle in its pursuit of excellence in [teaching and learning].

Students at the University are represented by the Newcastle University Students' Association, the University of Newcastle Student Union and the Newcastle University Postgraduate Student Association.

Contents

1 Faculties and Schools

1.1 Faculty of Business and Law
1.2 Faculty of Education and Arts
1.3 Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
1.4 Faculty of Science and Information Technology
1.5 Faculty of Health

2 Alumni
3 External links

Faculties and Schools

The University has five faculties covering a wide range of available programs. The faculties are Business and Law, Education and Arts, Engineering and the Built Environment, Science and Information Technology, and Health.

Faculty of Business and Law

The [Faculty of Business and Law] contains the following schools:

Faculty of Education and Arts

The [Faculty of Education and Arts] contains the following schools:

[Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies]
[School of Drama, Fine Art & Music] (incorporating the Conservatorium)
[School of Education]
[School of Humanities and Social Science]

Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment

The [Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment] contains the following schools:

Faculty of Science and Information Technology

The [Faculty of Science and Information Technology] contains the following schools:

Faculty of Health

The [Faculty of Health] is the most comprehensive of its kind in Australia and one of the most comprehensive in the world. It contains the following schools:

[School of Biomedical Sciences]
[School of Health Sciences]
[School of Medicine and Public Health] (the home of the University's world renowned [Bachelor of Medicine] program, one of the leaders in Australian medical education)
[School of Nursing and Midwifery]

Alumni

Cheryl Kernot, former Australian Democrats leader and Australian Labor Party MP
David Berthold, prominent Australian theatre director.

External links

[University of Newcastle]
[50th Anniversary of University Education in Newcastle 1951-2001]
[Opus] - University of Newcastle student magazine
[Central Coast Campuses]

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