University of Charles Sturt

Charles Sturt University (CSU) is a public university located in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory. It’s a multi-campus university established in 1989. The university has campuses at Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Port Macquarie and Burlington.

Courses are offered in Sydney and Melbourne and several Technical and Further Education (TAFE) courses are delivered through partnership with different institutions.

 

The University is well recognised for offering high quality services in media and communication studies.

The radio station of Bathurst campus of CSU- 2MCE is also the originating studio for National Radio News, which is a radio news service.

 The two main campuses of the University are Bathurst and Albury-Wodonga. Albury-Wodonga campus is located within Albury city which is 3 hours’ drive away from city of Melbourne. It is situated on the border of New South Wales and Victoria. The campus is 87 hectares in area containing a great range of shops, theaters, cafes and restaurants. Ecologically significant wetlands and huge variety of native flora and fauna can also be seen on the campus.

 

The facilities of the campus are:

·         24-hour Learning Commons

·         Dental and Oral Health Clinic

·   Community Engagement and Wellness centre, including podiatry, physiotherapy and occupational therapy facilities and clinics

·         New state of the art laboratories and teaching facilities

·         Environmentally sustainable buildings

·         Ecologically significant wetlands

·         Wireless internet connection in buildings and immediate surriounds

·         Gums Café and student bar

Bathurst Campus is situated 207 km away from Sydney. Around 2500 students are enrolled in this campus and have access to a range of facilities that offer the latest technology in fields of communication, exercise science and nursing. Similar to the above mentioned campus, Bathurst is a great place to study and live. There are plenty of cafes, restaurants and shopping scenes.

 

The facilities of the campus are:

·         24-hour Learning Commons

·         Wireless internet connection in hotspot locations

·         Dental and Oral Health Clinic

·         Sporting and recreational facilities

·         Exercise science, nursing, paramedic and biochemistry laboratories

·         Industry standard Media Centre and broadcasting by radio station 2MCE-FM

·         Television studios and editing suites

·         Post office and mini-market

Charles Sturt University spends millions of dollars each year on strategic, applied research that focuses on significant problems of issues. As a result this University has many Research Centres as:

·         Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)

·         Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation

·         National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC)

·         Institute for Land, Water and Society (ILWS)

·         Public and Contextual Theology (PACT)

·         Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education

 

CSU has four faculties that comprise a number of schools and Centres for specific areas of study and research.

 

University’s faculties

Faculty of Arts:

·         Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture

·         Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security

·         Centre for Customs and Excise Studies

·         Centre for Islamic Sciences and Civilisation

·         School of Communication and Creative Industries

·         School of Humanities and Social Sciences

·         School of Policing Studies

·         School of Psychology

·         School of Theology

 

Faculty of Business

·         School of Accounting and Finance

·         School of Management and Marketing

·         School of Computing and Mathematics

·         Centre for Research into Complex Systems (CRiCS)

 

 Faculty of Education

·         School of Education

·         School of Indigenous Australian Studies

·         School of Information Studies

·         School of Teacher Education

 

Faculty of Science

·         School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences

·         School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences

·         School of Biomedical Sciences

·         School of Community Health

·         School of Dentistry and Health Services

·         School of Environmental Sciences

·         School of Human Movement Studies

·         School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health