The University of Newcastle (UON), established in 1965, has a student population of just over 20,000. It offers over 150 undergraduate and graduate courses, delivered via five Faculties - Business and Law; Education and Arts; Engineering and Built Environement; Health; and Science and Information Technology.

The University is an exceptional achiever in research with an international reputation for expertise in innovative approaches to teaching and learning. With campuses in both the Central Coast and Hunter regions of NSW, it serves a community of around a million people.

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 kilometres from the Centre of Newcastle on a beautiful natural bushland site, and this is where the great majority of UON's students study.

The other main campus is at Ourimbah on the Central Coast, about half way between Newcastle and Sydney. It is part of an innovative joint venture between the University, the Hunter Institute (TAFE NSW) and the Central Coast Community College.

Although not a campus in the strict sense of the word, they have a significant presence on two sites within the Newcastle C.B.D.. The campus locations are ideal for many of students who study part-time and who work close by. And although the University's medical and nursing programmes are based on the Callaghan campus, they also operate out of major clinical, teaching, and research facilities at several hospitals and health centres in the Hunter and Central Coast regions.

In Malaysia, UoN's DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) and Master of Business programmes are made available, with local supervisors working in collaboration with on-campus faculty members to guide the doctorate candidates through their coursework and their thesis.