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​​​Real-world experience is essential for our students to thrive. Career-ready placements help our students build practical skills and our employer partners connect with fresh perspectives and future leaders. ​​​

With your help, together we can use our collective capabilities, experience and collaboration to create strong partnerships and communities that drive change where it matters.

2025 Alumni Excellence Awards

2025 Alumni Excellence Awards

Nominations closing soon!

We are searching for alumni who inspire others and who are making a real difference in their field, whether in their local region or on the global stage.

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Live streaming graduation ceremonies

Live streaming graduation ceremonies

Family or friends who cannot attend graduation can still be a part of the big day, with the University live streaming all of our ceremonies.

Celebrating 60 Years

Celebrating 60 Years

Throughout 2025, we proudly celebrating 60 years of looking ahead. We invite you to join us as we reflect on six decades of progress and look to the future with optimism and excitement.

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Connect with emerging talent 

Connect with emerging talent 

Partner with us to offer real on-the-job experience to our talented students through career-ready placements.

Benefits

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450+ ? research and development partners
174,000+ ? in our global alumni community based in 154 countries around the world
3000+ ? employer connections

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We have a range of volunteer initiatives. Help us make a difference

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Partner with us

The University of Newcastle facilitates relationships between local business, researchers, startups and entrepreneurs to solve problems and drive industry in our regions.

Community partnerships

Community partnerships

We work with community and industry to support the growth and enhancement of our students, as well as the social and cultural transformation of our communities.

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News

Alumni take on challenge to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

Alumni take on challenge to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

For the third year in a row, a team of 11 colleagues from GHD are pushing their limits in preparation for the upcoming Port Macquarie IRONMAN in May.

Why I donate

Why I donate

Continuing the great tradition of our university being established by the community, for the community, a new generation of supporters are working together to build Alumni & Community House. Glenn Turner AM explains why he chose to honour one of the University of Newcastle’s greatest friends, the late Dr Bernard 'Bernie' Curran AM, through this project.

Working together for our community

Working together for our community

The Staff Donor Collective is a growing community of passionate University of Newcastle staff members committed to improving the lives of others through their generosity and kindness to make the world a better place.

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Nothing to waste in improving soil health

Nothing to waste in improving soil health

Soil is a vast and complex ecosystem that supports over a billion life forms, however concerns around the impact of ongoing soil degradation are escalating. Generous funding from an anonymous donor is enabling the University of Newcastle to explore an integrated approach to improve soil health that could revolutionise agricultural practices globally.

Brain cancer researchers strive for a breakthrough

Brain cancer researchers strive for a breakthrough

The University of Newcastle team dedicated to developing breakthrough treatments for the most lethal form of childhood cancer, Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG), is forging ahead with its mission to give hope to Australian children and their families in desperate need of treatment.

Enduring legacy for environmental protection

Enduring legacy for environmental protection

A scholarship to remember a friend and alumnus who dedicated his career to environmental conservation and lost his life in service, has been generously extended for ten more years by the NSW Government.