The University of Newcastle Australia
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The University of Newcastle Australia

 
The University of Newcastle, Australia (UoN) also known as Newcastle University was established in 1956, as an Australian Public university in Callaghan, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. Today the University has campuses in Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Singapore and the central business districts of Newcastle and Sydney.
 
The main campus of the University (Callaghan campus) is about 140 hectares in area, hosting numerous buildings and facilities. There are around 4000 enrolled students including 24500 undergradutes and 8200 post graduates. In addition, 1066 academic and 1477 administrative staffs employed by UoN.
UoN is one of the top 10 research universities of Australia, and is a member of Universities Australia.  The University has many research institutes and centres. Some of these research centres are:
·         Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks (CIEN)
·         Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research (CIBER)
·         Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research (CIMR)
·         The Hunter Creative Industries and Technology Centre (HCIT)
·         The Centre for Mass and Thermal Transport Engineering Materials
·         The Centre for Multiphase Processes
 
Rankings
According to Shanghai Ranking 2009, University of Newcastle, Australia was marked 364th , in the world, and 39th place among Pacific Rim countries.  The same year, Times World University Ranking, ranked UoN 266th. The University’s’ Faculties of Engineering and Technology stands among top 100 schools in the world, according to Shanghai Rankings.
 
Faculties and Schools
A range of courses are offered by UoN through 5 facilities and 12 schools. The list can be found below:
Faculty of Business and Law
·         Newcastle Business School
·         Newcastle Law School
Faculty of Education and Arts
·         School of Creative Arts
·         School of Education
·         School of Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
·         School of Architecture and Built Environment
·         School of Engineering
·         School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Faculty of Science and Information Technology
·         School of Design, Communication and Information Technology
·         School of Environmental and Life Sciences
·         School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
·         School of Psychology
Faculty of Health
·         School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
·         School of Health Sciences
·         School of Medicine and Public Health
·         School of Nursing and Midwifery
 
Facilities and Services
The University of Newcastle library consists of numerous libraries across a number of the university’s campuses. In addition a number of sports facilities are offered across its campuses. These facilities include 6 sporting ovals, squash & tennis courts, and a sports and aquatic centre.
 
Accommodation
More information about accommodations can be found on the relevant page of our website.

 

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Last Updated: 06 October 2016
Editor: Mr. Saeid Pakdast