Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt operates physical campuses at Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga, plus a study centre footprint in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and a large online cohort. The Wagga Wagga campus is the largest single site, with veterinary, agriculture and equine studies; Goulburn hosts the New South Wales Police Academy and is the only Australian site for the NSW police recruit course; Bathurst houses communication and the strong CSU School of Information and Communication Studies; Orange houses dentistry and nursing; Albury-Wodonga houses Wiradjuri-language teacher education, business and environmental science; and Port Macquarie is a coastal site for paramedicine and allied health. Accommodation runs through residential colleges at every regional campus, with CSU one of the most residential regional universities in Australia. Students travel by car between regional towns or fly to Sydney for major events. CSU Student Senate runs around 40 clubs across the campuses. The brand is regional access and online flexibility, with most degrees available in a fully online mode through CSU Online.

Session 1 runs late February to early June with a mid-session break and exams in early to mid-June. Session 2 runs early July to mid-October with a mid-session break and exams in late October and early November. Session 3 runs mid-November to mid-February for selected online and accelerated programmes. Each session is 12 weeks of teaching plus an exam period. Results release follows around three weeks after each session's exams. Orientation sits in the week before each main session.