Education
VictoriaUniversity Footscray Park.
Ballarat Road degree campus. Sport labs, engineering, education. Not Nicholson TAFE. Not the council park.
Location
What people get wrong
70-104 Ballarat Road. Largest VU campus. This is not Nicholson Campus and not Footscray Park the council lawn. Shuttle is weekday station-to-Park, not a hop to TAFE. We last walked this on 2026-09-25. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What does Victoria University Footscray Park do?
Victoria University Footscray Park delivers degree and postgraduate teaching in sport, youth and community work, science, engineering and education, with learning commons, cafes, and a separate pool and gym ticket on the same edge.
The campus page still sells world-class sports science facilities against the Maribyrnong parklands, about ten minutes by train from the city. Security on campus pages prints +61 3 9919 1164. Emergency 03 9919 6666 on the shuttle page. Phone 1300 842 864. Site vu.edu.au/campuses/footscray-park.
This is a university campus, not a primary-school gate and not an AMEP classroom. Nicholson Campus is the TAFE and adult-English block. VU EAL and Navitas SEE sit on Nicholson, not here. Footscray Hospital is the other signed door on this edge. Footscray Park the council lawn sits across Mills Close.
Who should come here?
Come here if your letter, timetable or tour names Footscray Park or Ballarat Road, not Nicholson Campus.
Read the campus name before you leave the platform. Park is Ballarat Road. Nicholson is Nicholson and Buckley. SEE with Navitas is Building D on Nicholson. If you wanted a pool lap, VU Aquatic and Fitness is a separate ticket. If you wanted the council lawn, Footscray Park the park is Mills Close.
Tours sit on the campus page. Enrolment, fees and unit locations still live with VU, not this directory. Ask your college which building. Do not invent a Park enrolment from a Nicholson letter.
Hours, fees and how to book
Campus hours. Pool and gym have separate tickets. Call 1300 842 864. Last checked 2026-09-25.
The free shuttle is weekdays 7am to 7pm, Footscray Station/Market near 67 Irving Street to Building G/A. The extra van is weekdays 6:30 to 10:30am and 3:30 to 7:30pm between Riverbank car park and Building L Gate 3 on Farnsworth. Those are transport clocks, not lecture clocks.
Do not invent a Saturday shuttle. Do not invent a Nicholson shuttle from this page. Holidays and exam weeks shuffle buildings. Confirm the class location in the student portal, not a Maps pin that says Victoria University and drops you at Nicholson.
Which door and how to park
Match 70-104 Ballarat Road. Building G/A is the shuttle stop. The hospital is the other signed door on this edge, ED on Geelong Road.
Parking is limited: Riverbank at the racing club, 105 Ballarat Road, street bays, a paid campus deck. Hospital works on Ballarat Road can move the walk. Cite the Victorian Health Building Authority if the approach looks wrecked.
The 406 bus stops at Victoria University / Ballarat Road on the PTV card. After dark, leave toward Ballarat Road or back to the station rather than inventing a river shortcut. The parklands are prettier and darker.
If you need a different door
If you wanted Nicholson TAFE, stay near the station and walk Nicholson to Buckley. If you wanted VU EAL or Navitas SEE, that desk is on Nicholson campus. If you wanted Whitten Oval high-performance, that is about two kilometres. If you wanted the gardens, Mills Close. If you wanted the hospital ED, 20 Geelong Road.
- 70-104 Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011 only.
- Largest VU campus. Degrees, sport labs, engineering, education.
- Not Nicholson Campus. Not VU EAL. Not Navitas SEE in Building D.
- Not Footscray Park the lawn. Not the hospital ED.
- Shuttle weekdays 7am-7pm, Irving to Building G/A. Phone 1300 842 864.
Questions people ask next
- Where is Victoria University Footscray Park?
- 70-104 Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011. Footscray station is the nearest train. This is not Nicholson Campus and not the council park.
- What are Victoria University Footscray Park hours?
- Campus hours. Pool and gym have separate tickets. Free shuttle weekdays 7am-7pm. Call 1300 842 864. Last checked 2026-09-25.
- How do I get to VU Footscray Park from the station?
- Weekday shuttle from Footscray Station/Market near 67 Irving Street to Building G/A, or about a 15-minute walk to Ballarat Road. The 406 bus also stops at Victoria University / Ballarat Road.
- Is Footscray Park the same as Nicholson Campus?
- No. Park is the Ballarat Road degree campus. Nicholson is TAFE and adult English on Nicholson and Buckley. VU EAL and Navitas SEE sit on Nicholson, not here.
Where we checked
More in Education
Footscray Hospital
New campus. 24-hour adult ED. Not Gordon Street.
89-99 Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011
VU Aquatic and Fitness Centre
Building L indoor pool and gym on Park campus. Community access. Confirm the clock. Not the oval.
Building L, Footscray Park Campus, Maribyrnong Boulevard, Footscray VIC 3011
Footscray Park
Edwardian Ballarat Road gardens with a signed west off-lead pocket. Not the river trail. Not Building L.
Ballarat Road, Footscray VIC 3011