UNSW is developing a new Canberra City campus on Constitution Avenue across an eight-hectare site that will ultimately comprise 14 new buildings arranged across five connected precincts, including the existing Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Reid site once CIT relocates to its new Woden Campus. UNSW currently has a campus located at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
The project is being delivered in stages.
Stage 1: Construction of two six-storey, multi-use buildings providing teaching and research spaces, student-focused areas, facilities for industry partners, and cultural and retail spaces.
Future Stages: Delivery of the remaining buildings and precincts across the broader eight-hectare campus footprint, creating a connected education and innovation hub once CIT vacates the Reid site.
Key Dates
| Jun 2023 | Project Announcement |
| 2025 | Construction Commencement |
| Oct 2025 | Contract Award |
| 2028 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| ACT Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | University of New South Wales |
| Successful Tenderer: | Construction Control |
| Related contracts: |
PROJECT HISTORY
| Feb 2021 | UNSW released a draft master plan to the community for feedback, closing on 1 March. |
| Oct 2022 | UNSW released their Master Plan for the project. |
| Jun 2023 | The ACT Government granted approval to the Master Plan for the project and confirmed it will commit $25 million in funding to the project. |
| Oct 2025 | The ACT Government awarded Construction Control the main works contract to build the UNSW Canberra City Campus. Construction of Stage 1 has commenced. |
