University of Western Sydney
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UWS is a major urban University. Enterprising and forward-looking, the University is committed to bring about access and equity in higher education. Spread over six campuses, the University is placed strategically in a region of great opportunity, diversity, challenge and growth.
UWS not only looks to educating students but also takes an interest in their proper placement. The knowledge imparted during the courses is put to work in employment of students, in mutually enriching partnerships with communities and in the application of research to contemporary problems. The work and operation of the University is in close connection and identifies with local communities and businesses.
There are over 2000 staff and about 35,000 students drawn from Australia and around the world. UWS courses are focused on the future. Many of the courses are developed with industry input and taught by leaders in their field, keeping students in touch with real world...
Penrith Campus
Penrith is a city on the western fringes of the Sydney metropolitan area, located at the foot of the Blue Mountains on the spectacular Nepean River. The University of Western Sydney, a major facet of the region, attracts students from all over Sydney, and the world. The 158-hectare Penrith campus occupies two large sites in the suburbs of Kingswood and Werrington. The campus provides easy access to libraries, computer centres, student services, cafés, bars and sporting venues to a large student population of 7,985.
Penrith houses regional government offices and is home to the huge Panther's World of Entertainment Club (Penrith Rugby League Club), a multi-faceted entertainment and resort centre offering bars, discos, theatre, restaurants and sporting facilities. Cultural centres such as the Lewers Bequest, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith Regional Art Gallery and The Q Theatre provide additional depth to the city's cultural life. Special facilities at the campus are:
- Mechatronics and Robotics Facility
- Computer Research Centre
- Industrial Design Centre
- Three multi-track recording studios
- Design studios (including state-of-the-art broadcast-quality animation and television post-production studios)
- Computing and photographic labs and studios
- Golden Stave Music Therapy Centre
- Purpose-built disability leaning centre
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