UNSW Canberra City Open House

Explore an ecosystem of cutting-edge facilities, world-class expertise and meaningful partnerships, and see how education, research, government and industry come together to build future capability and real-world impact.

With interactive experiences, live demonstrations, food and entertainment, UNSW Canberra City Open House is your chance to discover where community drives innovation.

Everyone is welcome - from students, alumni and staff to industry partners and the local community.

Things to see and do at Open House

🦈 Judge the next big idea at our Reverse Shark Tank.

🤖 Meet our robot dog and see its tricks.

🔥 See how innovation is helping fight fire with fire.

🧪 Get messy with science and make your own slime.

🔧 Turn an idea into a prototype at ProtoHub.

🛰️ Step inside the future of autonomous systems at LIRTA.

🧠 AI or not? Spot the fake.

💻 Can you escape the cyber attack?

⚙️ Take on our digital engineering coding challenge.

🤝 Discover where innovation meets collaboration at UNSW Launch.

📚 Discover pathways for every stage of your UNSW journey.

Food and entertainment

🎶 Live music and games

🍴 Local food vendors including Superbao, Mr Papa, Slinko Chip-on-a-Stick, Dumpling Diplomat, Canan's Turkish, and MellaBella Gelato