Central Queensland University has established a new Noosa Hub to support its students living on the Sunshine Coast.

The new Hub, in the Noosaville Professional Centre in Goodchap Street, replaces CQU's previous Noosa Hub in the grounds of Cooroora Secondary College in Pomona.

First-year Education student Paige Ringelstein (right) and and Nursing student Andrea O'Brien check out the new facility

The Pomona site had been a valued base for CQU's learning management (teaching) students gaining classroom experience with various Sunshine Coast schools.

Meanwhile,  the new Hub is also supporting students studying nursing with CQU by distance education from across Queensland and interstate.

The new Noosaville facilities include computer access (including to CQU's electronic library services), a lecture space, tutorial rooms, offices for staff based in the area and a new simulated ward for nursing, including a state of the art mannequin that allows students to practice advanced heath assessment techniques and life support measures.

A total of $650,000 was spent on refurbishments and extra equipment was transported to the site.

The main CQU contacts at Goodchap Street are David Turner (Education) and Marc Broadbent (Nursing).

The new site has been operating since March, and the new CQU signage was installed in early May.