The University of Wollongong is looking at the possibility of a major campus in the Sutherland Shire.
It's understood a site in Caringbah will be available in 2018 when a car dealer vacates and The Shire wants to encourage UOW or the University of Western Sydney to set up there.
The University of Wollongong is already a major provider of higher education to students in the Sutherland Shire, second to the Illawarra