Thanks for your interest in Alice Springs Open Day.
2024 Alice Springs Open Day was a great success, and we're now planning for 2025.
Register for Open Day updates to be the first to know about dates and event highlights.
Until then, why not explore your study options at our Alice Springs campus or online?
What to expect
Join us at CDU’s Alice Springs campus to explore the facilities and study, training and research opportunities delivered locally or online at CDU and get a glimpse of your life as a student.
- Chat to lecturers and staff to find out more about our courses
- Take part in free activities and workshops
- Watch demonstrations and talk to industry partners
- Join a student-led campus tour
- Enjoy live performances by CDU students past and present
- Grab a bite to eat from local food vendors
- Jumping castle for kids!
Plan your day and register your interest to take part in the free activities, workshops and demonstrations.
View the 2024 Open Day program (PDF, 2.9 MB)
2024 program
Workshops and demonstrations
Register your interest to take part in the free activities, workshops and demonstrations or visit anytime to meet staff and current students.
| Time | Session | Information | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 pm - 8 pm | Better Health Futures | If you're interested in fulfilling work where you can make a real difference to your community, consider a career in health. Meet our lecturers at Open Day. | |
| 4 pm - 8 pm | Midwifery and nursing labs | Witness our nursing and midwifery simulation centre. | |
| 4 pm - 8 pm | STEAM learning - Science and art - Experience Zone | Unlock a world of wonder and creativity for your little ones! Our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Experience area blends education and science, nurturing young minds to explore. | |
| 4 pm - 8 pm | Learn to braid - Hair and beauty therapy | Visit our Hair and Beauty Salon and learn to braid hair. | |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstration at 5 pm | 3D printing | Watch our engineering team's demonstration of 3D printing technology. | Register |
| 4 pm - 8 pm | Welding simulator | Where technology and trades collide. Our Welding Simulator Experience immerses you in a Virtual Welding Reality, where you can learn the art and safety of joining metals. | |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstrations at 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm | Automotive display | See our Automotive display and see our record holding team at work on cars and motorcycles. | Register |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstrations at 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm | Carpentry demonstration | Watch our carpentry team's woodworking craftsmanship. | Register |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstrations at 4.30 pm, 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm | Make your own pinch pot | Make your own ceramics in the art studio. | Register |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstrations at 4.30 pm, 5.30 pm and 6.30 pm | Make your own spring roll and commercial kitchen tour | Take part in a spring roll cooking tutorial. | Register |
4 pm - 8 pm Master demonstration at 6 pm | Mocktail making | Sample our hospitality mixologist's mocktail creations. | Register |
4 pm - 8 pm
| Environmental Science, Tourism and the Alice Springs Reptile Centre | Learn about Arid Zone research with the Desert Research Hub. |
Talks and tours
Tour our Alice Springs campus, from lecture halls, simulation classrooms, student accommodation and outdoor areas.
Campus tours will run at 5 pm and 6 pm from the Welcome Hub.
Information stalls
Visit our exhibitors to find out more about studying at CDU, services, opportunities and much more.
Our current stall holders are:
- CDU Welcome Hub
- CDU Student Central
- CDU Health and Paramedicine
- Territory Families
- Royal Flying Doctors Service
- CDU Library
- CDU TAFE Community Services and Health
- CDU TAFE Tourism
- CDU Research Hub
- Children's University
- CDU First Nations Leadership
- GTNT and Apprenticeships NT
- Intojobs
- InspiredNT
- Carers NT
- Activate Alice Springs
- Alice Springs Town Council
- Chamber of Commerce NT
- Industry Skills Advisory Council NT (ISACNT)
- Alice Springs Reptile Centre
- NPY Women's Council
- Tourism Central Australia
- Our Watch
Stage performances / entertainment
| Time | Performance |
|---|---|
| 4.00 pm | Opening |
| 4.00 pm | Acknowledgement of Country |
| 4.10 pm | DJ Shilo |
| 4.20 pm | St. Phillips School Band |
| 4.40pm | West African Durmming and dancing |
| 5:10pm | DJ Shilo |
| 5.20 pm | VET In Schools Bands (Centralian Senior College, Yirara College, St Philip's College) |
| 6.00 pm | DJ Shilo |
| 6.15 pm | The Wanted Gems |
| 6.50 pm | DJ Shilo |
| 7.00 pm | Sealed Lips |
| 7.50 pm | DJ Shilo |
Getting there
10 Grevillea Drive
Alice Springs
NT 0871