James Cook University has revealed plans to triple the size of its Cairns campus to 10,000 students in 15 years after record high enrolments.Business leaders have welcomed the goal and said the university will be a major driver for the region’s economy and will help retain and attract professionals. The University’s value to the Cairns economy is already $86 million.
About $100 million worth of investment was on the way or soon to start, with designs for the $25 million signature Cairns Institute building to be shortlisted soon.
Cairns Chamber of Commerce president Jeremy Blockey said the university had come “an awful long way” and further expansion would fuel jobs such as in construction for accommodation.
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