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About ºÚÁÏÉç
School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
School of Education
School of Engineering
School of Health Sciences
School of Arts
School of Law
School of Medicine
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Psychology
School of Science
School of Social Sciences
School of Built Environment and Design
*All general enquiries and correspondence should be directed to:
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Locked Bag 1797
Penrith NSW 2751
Getting to uni
We’re located between Richmond and East Richmond train stations. Our free shuttle bus will drop you to and from campus.
Catch the 677 from the Vines Drive bus stop. If you’re heading to Windsor, catch the 675A from Bourke Street.
Our free shuttle bus takes you to and from the train station. Check out the Shuttle Bus Schedule for more information, including live tracking.
You’ll find us off College Drive or Vines Drive.
Parking fees apply, please visit our website for more information.Â
If you prefer to bike it into uni, we have four bicycle stands as well as men’s and women’s showers.
Explore this campus with a virtual tour!
Explore everything our campus has to offer with an interactive virtual tour video. Â
Student Support
We want to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to study at ºÚÁÏÉç. So, our Badanami Centre for Indigenous Education offers you access to a great range of services, like career advice, tutors, computers, study spaces, a kitchen and printing facilities – even opportunities to study abroad.
If you feel unsafe or want someone to escort you to your car, call the 24/7 security hotline on 1300 737 003. Keep your eye out for the many emergency contact points as well. Just press the button and a security officer will be with you in moments.
Got little ones? Take advantage of ºÚÁÏÉç’s fantastic childcare centre. It’s open from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm, and offers long-day or occasional care for $13 an hour.
If you’re feeling down or stressed, get in touch with ºÚÁÏÉç’s counselling service. Our qualified social workers and psychologists have got your back.
If you have a disability, chronic health condition or temporary injury, the Disability Services team can help with things like pre-admission, note takers, readers, sign interpreters, video and podcast transcripts, assistive technology, textbooks and materials in alternative formats, the list goes on.
If you are struggling with accommodation, financial hardship, personal issues, study related issues, matters related to student visa or if you are having trouble understanding university policies and procedures, the Student Welfare Service can help you work through it. For further information please visit the Student Welfare Service webpage.
ºÚÁÏÉç's Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) offer free group study sessions facilitated by experienced students.
For a new haircut or style at prices you can afford, head over to Cut’s on Campus.
The Student Campus Council and Student Representative Council are your voice on campus. If you have a concern or suggestion – or if you want to join – just get in touch.
Have a question? Throughout your student journey (from enrolments to graduations) Student Services Hub is your first point of contact for information, advice, forms and referrals to other services. For more information check the Student Services Hub webpage.  Â
Accommodation you can afford
ºÚÁÏÉç’s on-campus accommodation is a hop, skip and jump from your classroom. Choose a shared villa or flat, or rent your own studio apartment. Get 24/7 support, security and WiFi access, as well as the use of our laundry facilities and courtyard, computer lab and games room. There’s even the odd cooking class.
Educational Facilities
Library
The spacious supports your research and study needs with access to print and online resources and our friendly knowledgeable staff
Whether you are in a group wanting to practice a presentation, you need to work quietly on your own or you have a book to promote or an exhibition, the Library has a number of different spaces that may suit.
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Learning commons
Our dedicated 24-hour student learning commons spaces are designed to facilitate group study and collaboration. Learning commons offer group study booths, writing surfaces, power outlets for charging, kitchenettes, and large LCD screens to project your work onto.
On Hawkesbury campus, learning commons are available 24 hours in G1.G.46 and G1.G.46A.
IT support
Having trouble with the WiFi or online services? Our IT support team is always happy to help.
Computer labs
Need access to a computer? Our computer labs are open until 3am every day.
Experimental Field Sites
See agriculture in action at ºÚÁÏÉç’s experimental field sites. These include farm dams, climate-controlled plant-growth cabinets, a post-harvest controlled environment system and physiology labs, orchards, a vineyard, an olive grove and cleared plots. Animals kept on campus include cattle, sheep, reptiles, marsupials and deer.
Leading Climate Change Research
The Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE) at ºÚÁÏÉç is a beacon for the best and brightest climate change and energy researchers from around Australia and the world. Just some of the HIE’s research includes landscape revegetation and reforestation, biofuel production, remediation of contaminated soils and adaptation to climate change.
Biological & Molecular Sciences Research Laboratories
Explore the fascinating worlds of cell and molecular biology, animal science, microbiology, terrestrial and marine ecology, food and plant science, and forensic biology.
Crime Scene House
Forensics majors can collect evidence and investigate realistic crime scenes at ºÚÁÏÉç’s world-class training and research facility, Crime Scene House. Facilities include:
- Imaging lab for recording and analysing images.
- Instrumentation lab for a glass analysis system.
- Polarisation microscopy systems to examine, for example, hairs and fibres.
- Development systems for detecting fingerprints on various surfaces.
- Specialised forensic light sources.
- Cutting-edge forensic photography technologies.
Great food for all occasions
Studying is hungry work. Grab a cuppa or a snack and refuel on the way to class. There are also plenty of GF and vegetarian options.
Social and Cultural Spaces
Get in touch with our Campus Life Office to find out about the latest activities and events. Or drop in and give us your suggestions.
Join our fully equipped on campus Health & Fitness Centres.
Our memberships also include 24/7 access to all our WSU facilities and unlimited classes.
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Our multi-faith centre is for everyone on campus, whether you hold to a faith or not. Drop by to pray, reflect, meditate, connect with religious groups, or just take some time out.
ºÚÁÏÉç has a number of on-campus men’s and women’s Muslim prayer rooms. These include Qibla-facing prayer carpets, a place for Wudu, and female prayer clothing if needed.
The Queer Room is a place for LGBTIQ peeps and their straight allies to relax, chat and find support.
If you’re a woman or a female-identifying student, the Women’s Room is a safe place for you to study, breastfeed, attend group meetings or get involved in women’s events.
Acknowledgement of Country
With respect for Aboriginal cultural protocol and out of recognition that its campuses occupy their traditional lands, ºÚÁÏÉç acknowledges the Darug, Dharawal, Gadigal, Gundungurra and Wiradjuri peoples and thanks them for their support of its work in their lands (Greater ºÚÁÏÉç Sydney and beyond).
