Academic Facilities

Academic Facilities



The Lake Macquarie campus has the following teaching areas:
  • 2 lecture theatres seating 104 and 160 students
  • 31 classrooms (plus another two at the School of Aviation).
  • 11 computer laboratories
  • 26 other laboratories and special purpose teaching areas.

The teaching spaces on the Lake Macquarie campus can accommodate over 1600 students at any one time.

In addition, the Lake Macquarie campus has six halls seating between 200 and 1800 people. These are used for large gatherings, concerts and recitals.


Facilities Relating to Specific Faculties



The Faculty of Lifestyle Education, Visual Arts and Graphic Design has technical process areas, workshops, machine shops, craft laboratories, art studios, darkrooms, pottery facilities, a textile laboratory, and home economics facilities.

Geography labs are available in the Faculty of Arts.

The Faculty of Education has facilities for recording and playback of mini lessons.

Music facilities include a digital music laboratory, two studios for large and medium ensembles, and teaching and practice studios.

The Faculty of Science has laboratories for general chemistry, organic chemistry, spectroscopy, general physics, advanced physics, general biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology. There are facilities for radiation chemistry.

Avondale is well located for the study of field biology and geography, situated within a few kilometres of coastal sand dunes, mangroves, coastal lakes, fresh water aquatic environments, warm temperate and sub-tropical forests, as well as the major urban areas of Newcastle and Sydney. While Avondale does not operate a field station, frequent trips are taken to areas of geographical and biological interest, including interstate excursions.

The Faculty of Nursing and Health has a laboratory on the Lake Macquarie campus for first-year nursing students as well as laboratories and classrooms on the Sydney campus. The Faculty of Nursing and Health has access to the library and clinical facilities of the Sydney Adventist Hospital.

The Faculty of Theology has recording and playback facilities for students developing skills in pastoral communication, preaching and pastoral counselling.