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Avondale's Early Entry Program can earn you an offer into your chosen undergraduate degree before your final exams. Applications open until December 3.
Avondale's picturesque main campus is located only 45 minutes from Newcastle and 90 minutes from Sydney on the Avondale Estate in Cooranbong, NSW.
Sydney Campus
The Sydney Campus is home to the Faculty of Nursing and Health and is located on the grounds of the Sydney Adventist Hospital, the largest private hospital in Australia.
Study Online
Many of our courses are also offered online with great academic and student support for flexible learning.
The opening of flexible, contemporary and digitally-equipped learning spaces will ensure class experiences match quality of teaching for on- and off-campus students at Avondale University.
Avondale will receive $50 million from the Seventh-day Adventist Church over the next five years to help secure its future as an Australian university.
A new creative writing anthology features not only the voices of students at Avondale but also their peers at another provider in Perth and professionals.
Avondale University acknowledges our Sovereign God as Creator and Provider of all things. We respectfully acknowledge the Awabakal and Darramuragal people as the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live, work, study and worship across our Lake Macquarie and Sydney campuses. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all First Nations People.