Cutting edge facilities
By providing students with access to industry-standard equipment and state-of-the-art facilities the School of Creative Industries is able to prepare them for diverse and successful careers.
School of Creative Industries
Cultivating creativity
At the School of Creative Industries, we are animators, communicators, musicians, performers, artists, designers and so much more.
Our precinct in the Newcastle CBD – comprised of NeW Space, the Conservatorium of Music, University House and Northumberland House (Watt Space Gallery) – provides state-of-the-art facilities to more than 2,000 students.
We deliver innovative experiences across design, filmmaking, animation, music, journalism, dance, drama, games design, and art. Our School also offers music production suites, performing arts and visual communication spaces, and cutting-edge design and creative arts facilities.
Creative Collaboration
Creative Industries students produced the official music video for The Living End’s new single ‘Not Like The Other Boys’.
Study with us
At the School of Creative Industries, we offer a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research higher degree programs.
Student experience
Blue Heeler Film Festival
Muswellbrook Shire Council tasked five students from the University of Newcastle to present this year's festival.
Real world experience
From track-side operations to event marketing, television, public relations and communications – it's a chance for our students to put theory into practice.
Creative showcase
School research
Research in the School of Creative Industries reflects the creative, dynamic and multimedia-oriented nature of the areas of communication, creative arts, design, music and natural history illustration.
Our researchers benefit from working across disciplines in ways that enable more complex approaches to broader areas of study and practice.
Latest news
News • 28 Oct 2019
Industry partnerships help fund research to future proof the cinema industry
Research will enhance the cinema going experience.
News • 3 Sep 2019
Ugly is Beautiful for Innovation Award Winner
A love of weird and wonderful animals has inspired a remarkable beginning for alumnus and Newcastle natural history illustrator, Sami Bayly.
News • 3 Sep 2019
Scholarship Recipient Making Headlines for Science Research
Alumnus Chrystal Moore (Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies, 2016) is a Shaping Futures Scholarship recipient now making a difference in her dream job.
Upcoming events
Event • 31 Mar 2020 at 10:00am
Newcastle City Campus Careers Expo
The Newcastle City Campus Careers Expo is primarily targeted at Business, Law & Creative Industries students. The Newcastle City Campus Careers Expo is designed to promote graduate programs, vacation work…
School contacts
General enquiries
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School of Creative Industries
SOCI@newcastle.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4985 4500