Welcome to Charles Sturt University
We believe wisdom transforms communities. With tenacity, we help to shape resilient, sustainable regions for the future. Acknowledging the culture and insight of First Nations Australians, our ethos is clearly described by the Wiradjuri phrase, yindyamarra winhanganha, meaning the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in.
Who we are, what we believe
We're committed to advancing higher education and research opportunities for the people of regional Australia. We bring strength and learning back to our regions and together, we make this a world worth living in.
We're improving economic and social wellbeing and creating sustainable ecosystems for future generations.
As Australia's leading regional university, we also promote social justice and human rights for First Nations Australians. We do this both within our regions and across Australia.
>> The University has multiple main campuses in:
Albury Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga
>> The University also has specialist campuses in:
Canberra, Goulburn, Manly and Parramatta
- Charles Sturt University offers various Distance Education programs at Bachelor and Post-Graduate level as well as the Single Subject Study program
- Charles Sturt University also has various course delivery partnerships with several TAFE institutions across the country.
- Charles Sturt University's first coastal, regional campus.
>> We're committed to advancing higher education and research opportunities for the people of regional Australia. We bring strength and learning back to our regions and together, we make this a world worth living in.
>>We're improving economic and social wellbeing and creating sustainable ecosystems for future generations.
>> As Australia's leading regional university, we also promote social justice and human rights for First Nations Australians. We do this both within our regions and across Australia.
>> We're Australia's largest regional university
We understand the importance of Australia’s regional communities – because we call them home. For more than a century, we've championed those communities, starting with the Bathurst Experimental Farm in 1895. Now, we thrive in the heart of NSW's most vibrant regional cities – and beyond.
Because we see distance as an opportunity to connect, to share what we've learned from our unique regional experience. And our alumni, researchers and industry partners use that experience to foster knowledge, drive positive change, and fuel growth all over the world.
At Charles Sturt, we can all be proud of the sustainability outcomes we have achieved.
Charles Sturt University ranks in the top 10 per cent for Climate Action in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings
Charles Sturt ranked in the top 1 per cent of universities in the world for Partnerships for the goals, in the top 2 per cent of universities in the world for Climate Action, and in the top 10 per cent for 4 other goals. The rankings assess more than 1,400 universities across the globe against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and ranks them in 17 categories across three areas – research, outreach and stewardship.
- Charles Sturt has received a highly commended placing in the ‘Sustainability Institution of the Year’ category at the 2020 International Green Gown Awards.
- Charles Sturt University has received a highly commended placing in the ‘Sustainability Institution of the Year’ category at the 2020 International Green Gown Awards.
- Congratulations to our Sustainability at Charles Sturt manager Mr Ed Maher was jointly awarded the 2018 Sustainability Champion Award for his work delivering environmental programs that led to Charles Sturt University becoming Australia's first certified carbon neutral university.
The Green Globes are awarded by the NSW Office of Heritage and Environment at a ceremony held in Sydney on Thursday 4 October 2018.
- We are a signatory to the Talloires Declaration, an international commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education, signed by over 350 other universities around the world.
- We use the Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) index as a structured process designed especially for tertiary education institutions for evaluating current practices that support or impede good sustainability practices and developing plans in a collaborative manner via cross-organisational participation.
- We are certified as the first Carbon Neutral university in Australia.
- We are dedicated to future sustainability leaders through Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
- We have been recognised as a leading national university in sustainability
- Winner 2016 – Australian Campuses Towards Sustainability Green Gown Award, Carbon Reduction category.
- Winner 2016 – NSW Environment and Heritage, Green Globe Award for climate change leadership.
- Finalist 2016 – Keep NSW Beautiful, Blue Star Sustainability Award Sustainable Systems
- We have been recognised as a local leader in sustainability
- Winner 2016 – Wagga Wagga Business Chamber, Excellence in Sustainability award
We're ranked #1 in Australia for:
- undergraduate employment. 87% of undergraduates find a job in their field within four months of graduation.^
- undergraduate starting salaries. Our grads earn a median salary of $64,100.*
- agriculture undergrads who get jobs. 87% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.^
- business undergrads who get jobs. 92% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.^
- environmental studies undergrads who get jobs. 87% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating and many more.....
We're #1 in NSW for:
- first-in-family students.
- agriculture postgrad teaching quality.
- business skills development, students support and teaching quality.^
- communication postgrads who get jobs. 85% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.^
- dentistry undergrad salaries. Our grads earn a median salary of $83,200.*
- dentistry undergrads who get jobs. 90% of our grads get full-time jobs within four months of graduating and many more.....
We're ranked #2 in Australia for:
- postgraduate starting salaries. Our grads earn a median salary of $78,900.
- agriculture postgrads who get jobs. 83% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.^
- computing postgraduate salaries. Our grads earn a median salary of $96,600.
- environmental studies postgrads who get jobs. 83% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
- nursing postgrads who get jobs. 98% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
- nursing undergraduate salaries. Our grads earn a median salary of $68,200.
- veterinary science undergrads who get jobs. 96% of grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
We're ranked #3 in Australia for:
- computing postgrads who get jobs. 90% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
- humanities student support.
- humanities undergrads who get jobs. 78.9% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
- law postgrads who get jobs. 92% of our grads are employed full-time within four months of graduating.
We're Australia's most experienced online university
More than half our students completed their courses online in 2022/23 – that's over 26,000 people balancing work, life and study, around the country and across the globe.
We're passionate about climate action and sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. Because like you, we believe in making a difference with our actions. That’s why we were Australia's first certified carbon neutral university,* and we've made an ongoing commitment to reducing our emissions.
