Region. UWS offers up 16 per cent

The University of Western Sydney is making 10,160 main round offers to students - the largest number of offers of any university in NSW and the ACT. UWS Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) Professor Stuart Campbell, said UWS had significantly increased its number of main round offers this year - up 16 per cent on 2009 - particularly in the areas of health and nursing, education, business and arts. "Of the 10,160 offers UWS is making, we're particularly pleased that 70 per cent are to students within our own Greater Western Sydney region,” he said. UWS continues to be a university of first choice, receiving the second highest number of first preferences in NSW.