A billion-dollar revitalisation program is transforming the UTS campus into an interconnected urban environment that supports excellence in teaching and research, and embodies our sustainability goals.
Our Sydney campus
A suite of iconic new buildings includes the first ever Frank Gehry-designed structure in Australia, with its undulating brown brick façade; the new Engineering and IT Building, which towers over Broadway with its data-embedded mesh panels; and the new Vicki Sara Building, home to the Faculty of Science and the Graduate School of Health.
“These buildings are a physical manifestation of the innovative and creative thinking that really characterises UTS," says UTS Vice-Chancellor Andrew Parfitt.
Sustainability-focused
The campus is also a physical reflection of the university’s sustainability goals. Many have five- or six-star green energy ratings, with green building measures a prominent component of their design. For example, the FEIT Building is a living laboratory that includes a rooftop wind turbine and recharging stations for battery-powered cars, while a stormwater capture, storage and treatment system provides recycled water to Building 7, waters its rooftop gardens and tends to the grass of Alumni Green.
Fostering innovative learning
While the exteriors of the new buildings are distinctively different, their interiors share have all been designed to support the hands-on, practice-oriented approach to teaching and research that UTS is known for.
The vision for the campus transformation was developed in tandem with the award-winning learning.futures initiative, which aligns future-focused curriculum with informed technology use.
“One of our key design priorities was to deliver more integrated and collaborative learning spaces that offer students the very best in contemporary education facilities,” says Professor Parfitt.
Driving research innovation
UTS is home to some of Australia’s most comprehensive specialised research facilities. Our significant investment in buildings and equipment aligns with our commitment to high-impact research, and vision to becoming a world-leading university of technology.
Our one-of-a-kind facilities include the UTS Data Arena — an immersive 3D data visualisation space — and the Microbial Imaging Facility, complete with the world’s first commercially installed DeltaVision OMX Blaze 3D microscope for live-cell imaging in three dimensions. Our leading-edge technologies and instrumentation include one of Australia’s foremost dedicated human anatomical laboratories; and a suite of health care technologies in the Graduate School of Health lab, many of which are unavailable in other research facilities in NSW.
Fostering industry collaboration
UTS fosters partnerships with major industrial innovators to deliver products and solutions, leveraging advanced technologies. Our commitment to growing industry partnerships is reflected in the campus design, which includes designated industry spaces such as industry hubs that provide business and technology incubation support for UTS’s commercial partners.
It's an environment that facilitates opportunities for academics to apply their expertise into real-world problems, and enables access to a broader range of cutting-edge technologies. For example, through our partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company provides instruments and expertise to support the UTS proof of concepts facility, where researchers to test novel approaches to using new instrumentation for applications in science and health.