University of Newcastle's new Central Coast presence in Gosford CBD

UNIVERSITY BOUND: A file photo of the Mitre 10 site at Mann Street and Beane Street, Gosford, previously proposed for high-rise housing, now to be another University of Newcastle building in Gosford. Picture: Phil Hearne

THE NSW government has announced an agreement with the University of Newcastle at Gosford, the latest step in the University of Newcastle's expansion across the Central Coast.

The state's financial contribution is still being worked out but the federal government has already committed $18million, an amount university Vice-Chancellor Alex Zelinsky said the institution would "at least match".