University of Tasmania - Campuses

Campuses

UTAS has three main campuses. The southern campus encompasses a 100-hectare site in Sandy Bay, about 10 minutes from the Hobart CBD. The Sandy Bay campus overlooks the estuary of the River Derwent and has the majestic Mount Wellington as its backdrop.

The northern campus is in the suburb of Newnham, looking down to the River Tamar, about 10 minutes from the centre of Tasmania’s second largest city, Launceston.The Australian Maritime College is based on the Newnham campus.

Established in 1995, the Cradle Coast campus in Burnie caters for academics and students in the State’s north-west. It underwent significant expansion in 2008. Also in Burnie is the University’s state-of the-art Rural Clinical School.

There are a number of satellite campuses including the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music and the Tasmanian School of Arts in the Centre for the Arts in the heart of Hobart’s cultural precinct. Also in downtown Hobart is the Medical Sciences Precinct, part of a new education and research complex that encompasses the School of Medicine and the Menzies Research Institute.

UTAS established a presence in Sydney in 2006 and is now delivering nursing and paramedic courses from the Darlinghurst and Rozelle campuses.

The Academy of the Arts and the School of Architecture & Design are housed in the Inveresk Arts Precinct, an award-winning, 17-hectare inner city site comprising arts studios, galleries, performance spaces, a museum and specialist workshops.

• Sandy Bay - the Sandy Bay campus is set on 100 hectares of land in the suburb of Sandy Bay – a short distance from the centre of Hobart. Much of the upper campus is in natural bushland. Closer to the city centre are the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, the Clinical School (and more recently the medical sciences building) and the Tasmanian School of Art. About 10,000 students are enrolled at the Sandy Bay campus. N.B. The Conservatorium of Music campus is no longer a public building. Access to the premises by the public will not be easily accessible, nor will it be by students or staff.
• Newnham - the Newnham campus is set on 50 hectares at Newnham overlooking the Tamar River, ten minutes from the centre of Launceston. Students studying Visual and Performing Arts and Architecture are located at the Inveresk campus. Over 5000 students are enrolled at both campuses.
• Cradle Coast - the Cradle Coast campus is located in the city of Burnie. This campus was established in 1995 as the North-West Study Centre.

The university also has a 334 hectare property located 20 km from the Sandy Bay campus. The University Farm is set in the cropping and grape growing area of Cambridge located in the Coal River valley, serving the teaching and research needs of the School of Agricultural Science.