The University of Notre Dame Australia is a Catholic university committed to ensuring that students receive a personalised, high quality and affordable education. It offers a caring and friendly learning environment, providing courses which are challenging, relevant and responsive to the student, employer and community needs.
About Us
Notre Dame has a campus in the historic port city of Fremantle, another in the beautiful coastal town of Broome in the north-west of Western Australia and two sites in Sydney.
The Fremantle and Sydney campuses are located in historic precincts and feature beautifully restored buildings with leafy courtyard settings. As part of each town's vibrant community, students enjoy close access to the beach, shops, markets, sporting facilities, a myriad of cosmopolitan cafes and lively nightlife options of theatre and cinema. There are many public transport choices for travelling to beaches, zoos, parks, sporting venues and riverbank retreats.
In Broome, the campus enjoys a beautiful tropical setting in the magnificent landscape of the Kimberley region - this is a truly different campus from any other in Australia offering a unique experience for students.
Student Services
Notre Dame students are actively encouraged to engage in on-campus student life. The Student Life Office provides activities and support for all students including sports, careers advice, counselling, equity support, leisure and interest clubs, social and faculty clubs and networks, campus ministry, accommodation assistance and mentoring.
Courses
Notre Dame offers a unique learning environment and a broad range of courses. Notre Dame has eight academic schools: arts and sciences, business, education, health sciences, law, medicine, nursing, and philosophy and theology.
- Fremantle and Sydney (please check campus for available programs) - accounting and finance, behavioural science, commerce, communications and media, counselling, education, English literature, ethics, history, human resource management, law, legal studies, management, marketing and public relations, nursing, philosophy, politics and international relations, social justice, sociology, theatre studies and theology.
- Broome Campus - Aboriginal studies, education, ethics and nursing.
- Fremantle Campus only - this campus also provides programs in human biology, biological, environmental and health sciences. Please contact international@nd.edu.au for the latest course listings.
Certificate Programs (Fremantle Campus only)
Students wishing to specialise in a specific area of study can enrol for a Study Abroad Certificate. These certificates are designed for study abroad students. Certificates are available in international studies, Asia Pacific business, Asia Pacific studies and Australasian ecology.
Unique Experiences and Field Trips (Fremantle Campus only)
A special feature of the academic program each semester at Notre Dame Fremantle Campus is the opportunity for study abroad students to study several courses which have been designed especially for them, and which provide the opportunity to experience a range of unique Western Australian environments and international business in Asia. Field trips add value to the academic program by giving students the opportunity to go beyond the classroom and gain first-hand knowledge and experience. A highlight for all study abroad students is a field trip to the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Students will have the opportunity to meet members of a local Aboriginal community, learn about the culture, and explore the Australian outback.
Locations
- Notre Dame has campuses in the historic port city of Fremantle, another one in the beautiful coastal town of Broome in the north-west of Western Australia and two sites in Sydney.
- The Fremantle and Sydney campuses are located in historic precincts and feature beautifully restored buildings with leafy courtyard settings. As part of each town's vibrant community, students enjoy walking distance access to the beach, shops, markets, sporting facilities, a myriad of cosmopolitan cafes and lively nightlife options of theatre and cinema. There are many public transport choices for travelling at weekends to beaches, zoos, parks, sporting venues and riverbank retreats.
- In Broome, the campus enjoys a beautiful tropical setting in the magnificent landscape of the Kimberley region-this is a truly different campus from any other in Australia offering a unique experience for students.
Broome
88 Guy Street BROOME WA Australia
Fremantle
19 Mouat Street FREMANTLE WA Australia
Sydney
140 Broadway BROADWAY NSW Australia
Student Profiles
Michael Murray, USA
Study Abroad
"The opportunity to go to Australia has been like a dream come true. It's been such a positive experience, the Australian people that I have met have been so incredibly friendly and hospitable. Living in Fremantle has also been a great experience. There is so much to do and see within the city and the surrounding area. Going up into the Kimberley was an experience I will never forget. To be able to live in an Aboriginal community and interact with its members has given me a different outlook on life. I hope that I can come back to this great county one day and experience it all over again."
Stephanie Parshall, United States
University of Notre Dame - Study Abroad, Fremantle Campus
"My study abroad experience could not have been any better. I loved every minute I was in Western Australia, and especially my home in Freo, it made for an excellent learning environment because all of the information I gained could easily be taken or seen in the world outside of the classroom. I feel like Freo itself became more of a home than anywhere else I have ever lived and travelled before and I am confident that I will be able to return to the place where my heart truly lies. I would easily recommend Notre Dame as an outstanding university to attend because of the intriguing, practical knowledge I gained from wonderful people who had my education first in their minds. I was continually busy with various activities with Australian students like Netball and I found the Notre Dame staff extremely willing to help me. The best educational experience that I had would be the trip to the Kimberley?s in the northern region of WA to stay in the outback for a week. This adventure was incredibly rewarding and enhancing to both my education of Aboriginal people and to my individual spiritual perceptions. The only complaint I could ever come up with is that I was not in Freo long enough."