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The 2026 Good Universities Guide awarded Avondale University 5 stars across key measures including teaching quality, student support, learner engagement, and full-time employment.

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Specialise in primary, secondary, early childhood and more with a range of postgraduate options. Our undergraduate teaching degrees are rated #1 for overall educational experience.*

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Become a mental health professional by developing skills in counselling, working with children and adolescents and understanding families and couple relationships.

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Develop the skills needed to build a strong church community and work in a range of church and not-for-profit organisations.

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Empower and enhance existing health care with innovative lifestyle-based therapies.

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NEWS: Emeritus Professor Daniel Reynaud and Emanuela Reynaud win the Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Award for their book The Anzac Table.

September 14, 2026

Emeritus Prof. Daniel Reynaud & Emanuela Reynaud win the Anazac Memorial Trustees Military History Award...

Lynnette Lounsbury

A life of service - 2026 Alumna of the Year

September 10, 2026

2026 Alumna of the Year Sue Unicomb

Homecoming 2026 - Looking back, celebrating and looking forward.

September 2, 2026

Over the weekend 21 - 22nd August, hundreds of alumni returned to Avondale for the...

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New Student Accommodation Opens at Wahroonga Estate

NEWS: Emeritus Professor Daniel Reynaud and Emanuela Reynaud win the Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Award for their book The Anzac Table.

September 14, 2026

Lynnette Lounsbury

A life of service - 2026 Alumna of the Year

September 10, 2026

Homecoming 2026 - Looking back, celebrating and looking forward.

September 2, 2026

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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.