Our vision for a Parramatta/Westmead campus
The University of Sydney has a once-in-a-century opportunity to build a multidisciplinary education and research campus in the heart of Western Sydney.
We have been chosen by the NSW Government to develop a campus on a Parramatta River site, based on our status as a top-100 global university.
The campus will build on our 40-year history at Westmead Hospital, and our 80-year history in Western Sydney, but our vision is broader than medicine and health. As the educational anchor for the Government's Westmead Health and Innovation District, we aspire to create a genuinely multidisciplinary major campus that enables new partnership and innovation opportunities for all of Sydney
Why Parramatta/Westmead?
By 2050 more than 4 million people will live in Western Sydney. The NSW Government’s ambitions for Sydney to become a metropolis of three cities will mean Sydney’s second CBD in Parramatta will continue to expand.
As the population grows, and as educational attainment levels increase in these areas, we will have access to an increasing number of high-quality students.
The changing shape of Sydney
- The centre of gravity is shifting west with 4 million people set to call Western Sydney home by 2050.
- Between 2015 and 2020, 65 percent of new jobs in Parramatta will be in knowledge-based areas.
- There is huge investment in economic and social infrastructure, with plans for a second airport, Parramatta light rail and Metro West underway.
Development of the campus
Our modelling shows that, pending final agreement around the size and timings of the campus development, by the middle of the century, we will have:
- created 20,000 knowledge-intensive jobs
- more than 25,000 students
- around 2400 affordable accommodation places
- 1000 academic and researcher roles
- contributed $60 billion to the NSW economy
- built a vibrant 24/7 destination with medical, sports, arts and cultural amenities, and onsite start up and industry activities.
Artists' impressions of the campus
