Our services
What you will find on campus
Student services
CDU Student Central is your one-stop service for all student enquiries.
We are undergoing renovations at Alice Springs Campus from Monday, 21 February 2022. During this time, our Student Central office will be located next to the Library, Building 4, Room 1, Level 1 (4.1.01).
Student Central opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
Friday: 8.00 am – 3.00 pm
The Akaltye Centre
CDU Alice Springs stands proudly as a leader in First Nations education. The Akaltye Centre offers our First Nations students a culturally enriched and culturally safe learning environment at CDU.
The centre is supported by our First Nations Student Services team, who provide multi-layered support to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to achieve their educational goals.
Digital Technology Solutions (DTS)
Looking for help connecting your laptop to the wireless network, or some information about the computer labs? Learn more about what CDU's DTS team can offer you while you study.
DTS Kiosk
Located in the Library
CDU Library
The Alice Springs Campus Library is a joint-use library which supports the teaching, learning and research activities of its clients.
In addition to providing services to University and Centralian Senior College communities, the Library welcomes students and staff from other Australian educational institutions and the wider community.
Semester opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 8.00 am – 7.00 pm
Friday: 8.00 am – 4.00 pm
Saturday: 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Public transport
Alice Springs bus services operate six days a week (excluding public holidays). Please check the NT Government bus timetables online for current information.
Plan your journey and keep updated with the latest public transport information in Alice Springs.
Food and drinks
Centralian Café
5.1 Alice Springs campus
- Hot and cold beverages, including fantastic coffees
- Great breakfasts and lunch options.
Feel free to eat in or take away.
Opening hours: 7.45 am - 2 pm, Monday – Friday
(Hours may vary during semester breaks)
Beauty salon
Our beauty salon offers a wide range of professional treatments from facials to waxing, massage to manicures, makeup to reflexology in a relaxing and welcoming environment. Our students are trained to a very high standard by a team of professionally qualified specialists and are on hand to make your experience everything you expect and more.
Desert Lantern restaurant
Taking its name from a beautiful species of plant found in the Central Australian region with large yellow flowers growing on hillsides and found at the base of rocks throughout the region, the Desert Lantern restaurant is more of a gourmet dining experience than a training restaurant.
Indulge in a three-course table d'hôte menu featuring an arrangement of international cuisines, a seven-course degustation menu that includes wines to match or a three-course Gueridon (flambé) service, which includes silver service. But save room because our students are also trained in the fine art of cocktail creation.