You can search for courses, events, people, and anything else.
World-class research facility in Westmead
Western Sydney University, together with Charter Hall Group and its community, healthcare, industry and government partners, will deliver the $350 million ‘Innovation Quarter’ (iQ) — a visionary research, health, education and business hub located in the heart of Westmead.
Three of the University's renowned research institutes — the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, NICM Health Research Institute and the Translational Health Research Institute — will reside in the world-class facility, alongside key tenant, CSIRO.
The Westmead Innovation Quarter is part of Western Sydney University’s ‘Western Growth’ strategy – an ambitious program of works that is reshaping the University’s campus network and co-creating cities and transformative educational infrastructure across the Western Sydney region.
Artist impression of Westmead Innovation Quarter.
About the Research Institutes
Three of the University's internationally recognised Institutes — the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, NICM Health Research Institute and the Translational Health Research Institute — will reside in the world-class facility, alongside key tenant, CSIRO.
These three institutes conduct research across the following themes:
- Mental and Physical Health
- Brain Sciences
- Biomedical and Human Technologies
- Neuromorphic Systems
- Integrative medicine
- Diagnostics and Therapeutics
- Health, Culture and Society
- Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan
- Preventing and Managing Chronic Disease
Westmead Innovation Quarter Facts
Project Timeline
About the Westmead Health and Research Precinct
Artist impression of Westmead Innovation Quarter.
Westmead has been identified by the NSW Government as a State Significant Development site due to the size, economic value and importance to Parramatta and Western Sydney.
Situated 25 km west of Sydney’s Central Business District, the Westmead Health and Research Precinct provides more than 18,000 high value jobs and places for more than 3,400 students.
The precinct is experiencing unprecedented investment and growth. Government and private investors have committed more than $3.4 billion over the next ten years for infrastructure development, with $2.4 billion of further investment opportunities also identified in Australia’s most rapidly evolving region.
Westmead has Australia’s largest concentration of hospital and health services, co-located with research and education. Developments at Westmead will be key to address pressing challenges faced by Western Sydney in relation to an ageing population, chronic disease and community health issues.
News and Updates
- WHO engages Western researchers to help create age-friendly communities
- New standard to improve the care of 7.7 million Australians who receive IV cannulas or ‘drips’ each year
- Cardiovascular nurse researcher caring for our hearts this Heart Week
- New ‘Innovation Quarter’ for Westmead
- Westmead to be home to Translational Health Research Institute’s critical LGBTQI+ cancer research
