Two campuses - UWSM Bankstown and UWSM Campbelltown, both in the Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia region

Opened in 1984 as Macarthur Institute of Higher Education.

Joined the University of Western Sydney Federation in 1989.

In 2000, after internal restructuring, the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur ceased to exist as an autonomous component of the now defunct University of Western Sydney Federation and became a part of the new multi-campus University of Western Sydney