Public university in Adelaide, South Australia
This article is about the existing university in Adelaide. For the proposed merged university, see
Adelaide University .
The University of Adelaide Latin : Universitas Adelaidensis Former name
Union College[ 1] (1872-1874) Motto Motto in English
"The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross"[ 2] Type Public research university Established 6 November 1874; 149 years ago (1874-11-06 ) [ 3] Accreditation TEQSA Academic affiliations
Endowment A$ 393.4 million (2023)[ 4] Budget A$ 1.09 billion (2023)[ 5] Chancellor Catherine Branson [ 6] Vice-Chancellor Peter Høj [ 7] Academic staff
1,700 (2023)[ 8] Administrative staff
1,978 (2023)[ 8] Total staff
3,678 (2023)[ 8] Students 30,279 (2023)[ 8] Undergraduates 19,493 bachelor (2023)[ 8] Postgraduates 7,962 coursework (2023) 2,362 research (2023)[ 8] Other students
772 (2023)[ 8] Address , , , 5001
, Campus Urban and regional with multiple sites[ 10] Colours Navy, blue and red[ 11]
Nickname The Blacks [ 12] Sporting affiliations
Website adelaide.edu.au
The University of Adelaide is a public research university based in Adelaide , South Australia .[ 13] Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia.[ 14] Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre includes many sandstone buildings of historical and architectural significance, such as Bonython Hall .[ 15] It is co-located on its east with the historical Royal South Australian Society of Arts .[ 16] [ 17] The institution, which predates the university, then included the Art Gallery of South Australia , the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia where studies were conducted prior to its construction.[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] It is also adjacent with the Australian Space Agency headquarters on Lot Fourteen , through which it plays a notable role in the Australian space industry.[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
On its east, the university neighbours the former South Australian Institute of Technology, with which the university had maintained historically strong ties.[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] [ 28] The institute later became the independent University of South Australia during the Dawkins Revolution following an amalgamation with various tertiary colleges dating back to 1856.[ 27] The two universities, which account for over 72% of the state's public university population, agreed to merge in mid-2023.[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] The combined institution will be re-branded as Adelaide University , previously a colloquial name for the university,[ 32] with the amalgamation expected to complete by 2026.[ 33]
The university has four campuses, three in South Australia : its historic North Terrace campus in central Adelaide, the Waite campus in Urrbrae , a regional campus in Roseworthy and one in Melbourne , Victoria .[ 10] Its academic activities are organised into three faculties, which are subdivided into numerous teaching schools.[ 34] It also has a number of research institutes and centres.[ 35] In 2023, the university had a total revenue of A$1.13 billion ,[ 5] with A$334.15 million from research grants and funding.[ 8] It also has the third-largest endowment in Australia, behind only Melbourne and Sydney .[ 8]
It is a member of the Group of Eight , an association of research-intensive universities in Australia, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities .[ 36] [ 37] The university is associated with five Nobel laureates ,[ 38] constituting one-third of Australia's total Nobel laureates , 116 Rhodes scholars [ 39] and 164 Fulbright scholars .[ 40] It has generated a considerable impact on the public life of South Australia, having educated many of the state's leading businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians.[ 41] It also has been associated with the discovery and development of penicillin , the development of space exploration , sunscreen , the military tank , Wi-Fi , polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography , and the study of viticulture and oenology .[ 42] [ 43] [ 44] [ 45] [ 46] [ 47] [ 41]
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