Charles Darwin University has been allocated 831 additional university places to train more teachers, nurses and engineers by the Australian Government.

The additional places for Charles Darwin University represents an injection of funding of more than $29 million – the biggest investment in Australian university as part of this measure.

The funding will be used to train Australians underrepresented at university in areas of skills need.

This is part of delivering on the Albanese Government’s commitment to provide 20,000 extra university places to train more Australians.

It will provide extra places for people studying bachelor and sub-bachelor courses in areas of skills need like education, nursing, health, IT and engineering.

Across the country, higher education providers have been allocated places in the following areas:

• 4,036 places in education, including 1,469 for teachers in early education
• 2,600 places in nursing
• 2,275 in IT
• 2,740 in health professions like pharmacists, health science and community health
• 1,738 in engineering.

The remaining courses will be offered in other areas of skills shortage.

The 20,000 additional places will be allocated to students under-represented at Australian universities including those from poorer backgrounds, Indigenous Australians and students from rural and remote Australia.

The extra places will mean more Australians from these backgrounds training to be teachers, nurses, health professionals and engineers.

The additional places nationally will be for students starting next year and in 2024 with an investment of up to $485.5 million over the next four years.

Quotes attributable to Education Minister Jason Clare:

 “This means more teachers, nurses and engineers and it means more Australians from poor families and rural and remote Australia doing these jobs. That’s life-changing.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Solomon Luke Gosling:

“CDU is getting the largest investment of any single university in the country which is a great show of faith in what the Territory is capable of delivering.

"The allocation of 831 additional university places to Charles Darwin University will mean more Territory grown teachers, nurses and engineers.

“Investing in the Territory has been a major priority for the Albanese Labor Government, who understand the need to skill up young Territorians for the jobs of the future.

“I’m passionate about sustainably growing the north and investing in the education of our next generation is one key way in which we can ensure we’re poised to take advantage of coming opportunities.

"We've advocated hard for greater investment in our tertiary education sector and I’m stoked that it has come to fruition.”