Ultimo
The Ultimo campus is home to Billy Blue College of Design and Torrens University Australia.
Ultimo campus - News and Information
Our campus features open-plan spaces, high ceilings, lots of light and creative pods for learning, collaboration and entrepreneurship. This space draws its inspiration from cafés, restaurants and design studios rather than traditional institutions.
During your time at Ultimo you can look forward to:
- Small class sizes with direct access to academic staff
- Dynamic online learning with on-demand access to your course materials
- Opportunities to hear from industry professionals
Campus facilities
At the Ultimo campus we have a wide range of facilities available to help you get the most from your education. Students have access to:
- Laptop stations and breakout zones
- Communal Apple desktops
- Light filled studio spaces instead of traditional classrooms
- Learning Resource Library and Media Lab for equipment hire
- Digital data projectors
- Light boxes for conceptual work
- Fully equipped photography studio
- Exhibition spaces
- B+W & colour photocopiers
- PODs
- Campus wide Wi-Fi
- Counselling consultation room
- Showers
- Bike racks
- On-site café
- Student kitchen including fridges, microwave, sandwich press & filtered water
- 24 hour access area
How to get here:
Address: 46-52 Mountain St, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW 2007
Public transport nearby
| Broadway | 15-minute walk Sydney, Intercity and Regional trains |
| Central Station | 2-minute walk Regular buses, day and night |
| Central or Glebe | 15-20 minute walk Light rail stations |
Plan your trip:
Driving to campus
Street parking is available close to the campus and there are two secure carparks near the Ultimo Campus:
- Broadway Shopping Centre: 1 Bay Street, Glebe 2037
Student discount rate: $12 all day (Monday to Friday); click here for more information
Tips: Use the speed ramps on level 1A to get to the student parking area quickly, and level 3 to exit quickly!
Do you have class at 6:30 p.m.? If you enter after six, you can get free parking until midnight! - Interpark UTS: Thomas Street, Ultimo 2007
Located at the University of Technology Sydney
Rates: from $16 up to $30 maximum for the day
Bike racks
We have free bike racks available for student use.
Speak to Student Services to arrange bike rack access.
Campus WiFi
We provide free WiFi at Ultimo Campus so you can also access the Internet on your own devices.
Wireless name: ThinkWireless
Password: thinkb81
Learning Portal (Blackboard)
Find out how to get help with Blackboard here.
Printing on campus
You can print directly from your laptop using Papercut by accessing Web print.
1. Log in to Web print - https://webprint.torrens.edu.au/app?service=page/Home
- Single sign-on with your Student Email credentials
2. Top up your credit
- Click on the “Add Credit” min amount is $2.00
3. Upload your documents
- Click on the ‘Web Print’ tab and click ‘Submit Job’
- Select printer name which is paper type, e.g. A4 Single side, double side, A3
- Click ‘Upload from Computer’ or drag your files into the grey box - you can only upload file types: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PSF and XPS
- Click ‘Upload & Complete.’
- Your file will then be sent to the printer queue. Log out of Paper cut
4. Release your print job
- Log in to the printer by swiping your student ID card on the printer’s card device (if you don’t have your student ID card handy, you can enter your details manually)
- The machine will allow you to print, copy or scan. Select ‘Print’
- Select your print job in the list using the touch screen
- Press ‘Print’, and you’re done!
- The cost of your print job will be displayed when the job is selected
For a handy guide to printing on campus, click here
IT troubleshooting
For IT troubleshooting, visit Student Services on campus.
You will need a computer to:
- access digital learning resources
- use software required for your course
- access video and audio recordings
- submit and complete online assessments
- participate in classroom discussion and collaboration via online communication and collaboration tools.
Design and Creative Technology students have specific recommended requirements for computer hardware and software.
Please refer to the following sections on your course page for details:
Minimum IT requirements for studying online
| Computer hardware |
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| Internet |
A reliable, high-speed broadband internet connection, with sufficient upload and download capacity. Contact your internet service provider if you have concerns about your data allowance or internet speed. |
| Web browser | The recommended web browser to access Blackboard (your Learning Portal) is Firefox, in addition some audio PowerPoints will require Google Chrome. |
Find your way around your campus
Tip: enter a room number in the search bar
Student Safety
To ensure you stay safe on and off campus we recommend you take the following precautions:
- Avoid being on campus or travelling alone at night
- Be alert and aware of your surroundings
- Avoid dark, vacant and deserted areas
- If an incident does occur please let a member of staff know so we can support you and work alongside local police to minimise risk and promote safety
Security on campus
After hours emergency - call 000.
- Wear your student ID card at all times
- Never leave your belongings unattended
- Do not bring unnecessary valuable to campus
- Report suspicious behaviour or anything you feel may be unsafe
- Report all injuries and incident to Student Services and complete an incident report form
- If you need assistance or to report any medical conditions, please see Student Services (eg. insulin, asthma inhaler, medication)
Emergency assembly area
The designated assembly area for the Ultimo Campus is on Smail Street, behind the campus (click map for larger image).
Contact us
Torrens University
1300 575 803
Think Education
1300 209 112
Campus information
Address
46-52 Mountain St, Ultimo
Sydney, NSW 2007
Campus hours
| During trimester | |
| Monday to Friday | 7.30am to 9.30pm |
| Weekend | 9am to 4pm (Ground Floor Studio only) |
| During trimester break | |
| Monday to Friday | 8am - 5pm |
| Weekend | Closed |
Student Services hours
| During trimester | |
| Monday to Thursday | 8am - 6.30pm |
| Friday | 8am - 5pm |
| Weekend | Closed |
| During trimester break | |
| Monday to Friday | 8am - 5pm |
| Weekend | Closed |
Your Student Services team can help with:
- Enrolment and subject selection
- Applying for leave, special consideration and extensions
- Contacting support services
- Bike rack access
- ... and much more
Student App
Take us with you on-the-go! Download the Student App from the App Store or get it on Google Play today!
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