The university’s newest vertical campus will be home for up to 10,000 students and 1,000 staff.
Mayor Khal Asfour said he had a vision for a world-class university in the heart of the City and it was fantastic to see it realised.
“The educational hub will see thousands of students and bring endless investment opportunities to our City when it is officially opened early next year,” he said.
Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Barney Glover AO, says the campus is a significant achievement and will deliver transformational infrastructure in the heart of the region’s key growth centres, “helping to reinvent our cities’ public spaces where people gather to work, live, socialise and learn”.
“The Bankstown City campus is an exciting next chapter that intensifies the University’s long-standing educational commitment to Bankstown and Milperra,” he said.
“It allows us to continue to improve higher education equity and access, particularly for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and those who are the first in their family to attend university, and to boost graduation rates and employment outcomes for the people of south-west Sydney for generations to come.”
Amazed at the transformation of what was a small car park into an amazing learning facility, Education Minister and Blaxland MP Jason Clare says the more young people who see it, the more who will want to come here.
“It will do more than just transform our town. It will encourage kids like the child I was to look to the skies,” he said.
“And that can lead to anything.”
Developed by Walker Corporation, its Executive Chairman, Lang Walker AO said the campus would deliver world class education and be complemented by nine levels of premium commercial office space providing a direct pathway to great careers after graduation.
“We are proud to deliver quality infrastructure in the heart of Bankstown which gives local families the opportunity to have their kids educated from kindergarten to a university degree and then onto employment,” he said.
