The University of South Australia is a innovative and modern institution built on more than 150 years of research, teaching and learning excellence.Its global reputation continues to enhance, as exemplified by the 2011 QS World Rankings in which UniSA rose at the faster rate than any Australian university for second consecutive year. It is now ranked as the 11th in Australia, and is out of the top three per cent of universities worldwide.
With more than 36,000 students – almost around 12,000 of which are international students
– it is South Australia’s biggest university, and offers a wide range of under-graduate and post-graduate programs in the business, sciences, information technology, environment engineering, health, and the arts. Programs are designed with powerful professional emphasis and in partnership with the industry, and more than 90 per cent of the UniSA’s graduates now in full-time work are employed in professional jobs. It was ranked in the top 100 universities of world on the employer reputation index of the QS Rankings, and is part of Australian Technology Network of universities.
The University of South Australia continues to develop a strong research atmosphere, and 17 research centres, has six research institutes, and is a main partner in eight Co- operative Research Centres. It ranks in top one third of the Australian universities for research income, and in recent Excellence in Research for the Australia evaluation, 70 per cent of its research was deemed to be of the world-class or above.
The University’s research capabilities include the Ian Wark Research Institute (minerals and materials), the Mawson Institute (advanced manufacturing) and the Sansom Institute (health and biomedical). Additionally its emerging research priorities focus on the major national and global issues of today – natural resources protection social health, , design, sustainable energy, and Asian business, technology innovation, and the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding which is championed and supported by the Bob Hawke, previous Prime Minister.
The University of South Australia also maintains the strong commitment to teaching and learning excellence that were the hallmark of its antecedent institutions, involving the Adelaide School of Arts (established in 1856) and the Adelaide School of Mines (in the year 1889). Its Division of Business is one of only eight business schools in Australia to have its programs accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQIS), and its academics have twice won the nation’s highest university teaching honor, the Prime Minister’s Award for University Teacher of the Year.
With campuses in the hear t of the city, in the metropolitan Adelaide and Whyalla, along with the regional centre in Mount Gambier, University of South Australia offers opportunities to students from a wide range of socioeconomic, geographic, and cultural backgrounds. It is presenting implementing a $1 billion-plus building program to fur the enhance its state-of-the-art physical and virtual infrastructure, and is the proud supporter of vital community events, comprising the Adelaide Festival and the Tour Down Under, the southern hemisphere’s pre-eminent road cycling race.
Campus Locations
City East
City West
Magill
Mawson Lakes
Contact Details
GPO Box 2471,
Adelaide SA 5001
Majors Courses Offered
Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Biology/Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy, Astrophysics, Planetary Astronomy and Science, Chemistry, Geology/Earth Science, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Seismology, Social Sciences, Economics, Political Science and Government, Philosophy of Science and Technology.
Minors Courses Offered
Aerospace,Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, Computer Engineering, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Technology.