University of Newcastle
| University of Newcastle | |
|---|---|
| motto | "I look ahead" |
| founding | 1965 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Newcastle , Australia |
| Vice-Chancellor and President (Chair) | Alex Zelinsky |
| Students | 26,097 (2014, full-time equivalent ) |
| Employee | 2,635 (2014, full-time equivalent) |
| Website | newcastle.edu.au |
The University of Newcastle is a university in Newcastle in the Australian state of New South Wales .
The University of Newcastle obtained its independence in 1965, previously it had been an independent branch of the University of New South Wales as Newcastle University College from 1951 . In addition to the main location on the Callaghan Campus in Newcastle, Newcastle has a campus in the city center, as well as the other locations in Ourimbah , Port Macquarie , Singapore and Sydney .
Management and faculties
The university has been headed by the scientist Caroline McMillen as president since 2011 . The businessman Paul Jeans has been the university's chancellor since 2013 and has a representative and advisory role in this role.
The university is organizationally divided into faculties and schools:
- 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 the Built Environment
- School of Engineering
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Faculty of Health and Medicine
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Medicine and Public Health
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
- Faculty of Science and Information Technology
- School of Design, Communication and IT
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- School of Psychology
Development of the university
Planning for an independent university in Newcastle began in 1962, the step towards autonomy was completed in 1965 and the first 138 students graduated the following year. In the early years, the organization consisted of faculties of humanities , natural sciences , economics , engineering , applied sciences and architecture .
The Faculty of Medicine was established in 1975, with the Newcastle training influencing medical education across Australia with its new approaches to teaching. Problem-based learning was introduced and students were involved in the treatment of patients earlier.
Graduates
- Alyssa Brugman (* 1974), writer
Individual evidence
- ^ Staff Directory> Professor Alex Zelinsky. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ http://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/caroline-mcmillen
- ↑ https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/featured-news/new-chancellor-announced
- ↑ https://www.newcastle.edu.au/about-uon/our-university/celebrate-50-years/history
Coordinates: 32 ° 53 ′ 34 ″ S , 151 ° 42 ′ 16 ″ E