A master plan for the development of the Inveresk site was released in July, with plans to roll out the construction of the $260 million campus over three stages.

University College chief executive Lee Whiteley said the college held the same principle across all the new campus sites, along with the proposed CBD locations in Hobart:

"We will have a presence and be visible; students need to have space but not isolating people from the rest of the campus," he said.

"Students need to have a great campus experience."

He said University College students would be integrated into the campus "to feel like they are part of the university family" but work was underway to find a specific campus location.

However, the campus won't include duplication of facilities or separate areas for University College students.

Talks have also been had about having space at Inveresk that would cater to Launceston and Northern Tasmania's strengths.

"We've talked about in the design of Inveresk about having space where students could come and hear from industry," Mr Whiteley said.

"One of the things we'd love to do, and we think the applied nature of University College courses lends itself to this, find a space to accommodate startups."

"We are looking at it from two perspectives: that we will have a location (at Inveresk) but we want our students to be able to move across the campus," he said.

However, the campus won't include duplication of facilities or separate areas for University College students.

Talks have also been had about having space at Inveresk that would cater to Launceston and Northern Tasmania's strengths.

"We've talked about in the design of Inveresk about having space where students could come and hear from industry," Mr Whiteley said.

"One of the things we'd love to do, and we think the applied nature of University College courses lends itself to this, find a space to accommodate startups."

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Mr Whiteley said that space fit in well with Launceston's vision to be a smart city in the future as well as being the home of business and innovation.

"I could easily imagine two to three students coming up with an idea and they need a space to work on that idea. We would love to see space there, like a bit of an incubator, with a bit of mentoring embedded in it," he said.

"We have a lot of teachers who have a foot in both camps, some work part-time teaching, and part-time industry and so what better environment to help foster that."

The DA for the first stage of the Inveresk campus was submitted to the City of Launceston Council in July.

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