Hi-tech labs featuring manikins that simulate the symptoms of medical conditions and the processes of childbirth are among state-of-the-art facilities that have been opened in the CBD by UTS.

Demand for top nurses and midwives is still high on the national agenda and the new educational facilities opened by the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health will contribute to their clinical education.

The new facilities include three additional labs with video equipment, offices for clinical research chairs and communal spaces and drop-in offices for research students.

The additions come as the second phase of UTS creating a teaching and learning and research hub for nursing, midwifery and health services management in the city.

UTS Dean of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Jill White said the facilities were vital to meet changes in the clinical environment in which nurses and midwives must operate. She said the degree of sickness of patients attending hospital was increasing and placed added strain on health carers.

"The community demands the highest standards in health care and needs to feel confident in health care professionals who can provide high-level clinical judgement," Professor White said.

"To meet health workforce demands UTS has increased the number of nurses and midwives it is educating. These simulation facilities will complement the placement of nurses and midwives in hospitals for their education.

"This year we will integrate new technologies into our undergrad courses making us one of the leaders in the application of new technologies in nursing and midwifery in Australia."

Professor White said the facilities would enable students to conduct procedures in simulated scenarios and then debrief with health care educators, professionals and their peers.

"For the first time we can also bring the Faculty's research centres together in the city, creating a research hub that enables inter-faculty and interdisciplinary research. The sharing of new ideas, discoveries and expertise this way will continue to see UTS be a leader in health research into the future."