Our vision

The decade-long UTS City Campus Master Plan, which began in 2008, is a once-in-a-generation vision to deliver a vibrant and engaging education precinct. Through the Master Plan, UTS is making a $1 billion-plus investment that is fundamentally changing the way we deliver teaching, learning and research.

UTS campus from Broadway

The UTS Campus Master Plan's vision for a series of new buildings, major upgrades and improved pedestrian connections right in the heart of Sydney's southern CBD is now a reality, with the campus transformed into a hub for learning, connection and collaboration.

With work under the Master Plan substantially complete, the university is reaping the benefits of the decade-long reinvention.  A range of state-of-the-art teaching, research and industry engagement spaces support the delivery of UTS’s collaboration- and technology-based model of teaching – learning.futures – as well as our industry-focused research.

Today, the UTS campus is a destination for staff, students and visitors alike.

Birds eye view of city campus model

Support for the vision

UTS’s vision for its campus garnered wide support from government, industry and private donors, including a $50 million Education Infrastructure Fund grant from the Federal Government for the Faculty of Engineering and IT Building and a $20 million gift by Australian-Chinese business leader Dr Chau Chak Wing – the largest private donation for a university building in Australia – for the new UTS Business School.

A 'green' heart

A revitalised Alumni Green sits at the heart of the reshaped campus. This 'green heart' formed a key part of the Campus Master Plan vision, responding to a number of key drivers within the UTS strategic plan.

Delivering the vision

The City Campus Master Plan, which was announced in May 2008 as part of UTS's 20th anniversary celebrations. Its aims – now largely met – were to :

  • Deliver a revitalised campus that matches our position as a leading university of technology
  • Create a global city campus with an identifiable heart
  • Create a 'sticky' campus: a place where students want to study, learn and socialise
  • Embrace new teaching and learning paradigms, including the library of the future
  • Create a vital campus with a clear pedestrian network and connections to adjacent transport, commercial and cultural hubs
  • Commit to holistic sustainability goals
  • Consolidate faculty locations and student services hubs
  • Accommodate future student and staff growth.

Issues addressed by the UTS Campus Master Plan

The UTS campus developed substantially over the course of its first 20 years, spreading across several city blocks, separated by busy streets. In that time, the university’s strategic objectives also shifted. The Master Plan addressed the shortcomings that developed in those early years and strengthened our position as a leading provider of tertiary education.

Key issues addressed by the Master Plan include:

  • fragmented nature of the existing campus
  • lack of quality open and public spaces
  • need for upgraded teaching, learning and research facilities
  • improved sustainability
  • expected growth in the number of students and staff in the decade ahead.

 

Download the City Campus Master Plan booklet or play the video below for more on the transformation of the campus, new buildings and facilities and future plans. You can also find the latest news on UTS campus development projects at our campus and community news web page.

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in the beginning there was fast forward 20 years and a little thing we call the
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UTS master plan began to transform our campus in more ways than one
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we officially kick things off back in two thousand and nine with a project to put
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a bounce in every one's step
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the Ross Milbourne sports hall was completed alongside new student housing
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Yura Mudang and the Great Hall upgrade in 2011
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that was a big year
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other projects that had lift-off include the upgrade to the
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infamous building 1 lift and a range of other building refurbishments delivering
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cool new spaces like the green room in building five. from here things got
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really exciting
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over the coming years we built an open three major new buildings which changed
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our approach to education and research. our engineering and IT building, science
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and graduate school of health building and a frank gehry-designed business
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school
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the doctor chau chak wing building very funny
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to top it off we got a new alumni green and an underground library retrieval
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system complete with robots
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so what's next
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we're about to embark on another truly amazing project that will this time see
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building 2 take centre stage
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our vision is for a revitalised building which means bigger better
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student and research bases and of course better looking
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one of the most exciting aspects of the new building
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it will bring a new UTS library to the heart of the campus
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it will also create the space to allow our university to grow and the types of
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spaces students need to prepare them for the jobs of the future

 

 

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.