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[[Shaun Micallef]], the comedian studied law at the University of Adelaide, as did [[Francis Greenslade]]. |
[[Shaun Micallef]], the comedian studied law at the University of Adelaide, as did [[Francis Greenslade]]. |
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Recent academic celebrities have included [[Paul Davies]], a professor of Natural Philosophy. |
Recent academic celebrities have included [[Paul Davies]], a professor of Natural Philosophy, and Dr Nic Frost, inaugural [[Wood-Bright Professor of Women's Studies]]. |
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==See also== |
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Revision as of 06:50, 5 August 2006
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| Motto | Sub Cruce Lumen "The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1874 |
| Chancellor | The Hon John von Doussa QC |
| Vice-Chancellor | James McWha |
| Undergraduates | 13,769 |
| Postgraduates | 4,921 |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban (North Terrace (City), Roseworthy, Waite, Thebarton and the National Wine Centre of Australia) |
| Affiliations | Member of Group of Eight |
| Website | www.adelaide.edu.au |
The University of Adelaide (colloquially Adelaide Uni) is a public university located in Adelaide. Established in 1874, the university is the third oldest in Australia and, with almost 19,000 students, is the second largest institution in South Australia.
The university has a proud tradition in academic excellence, having produced a large number of Nobel laureates and Rhodes scholars, and is a member of the presitigious Group of Eight. It has respected schools in law and medicine.
Its main campus is located on the cultural boulevard of North Terrace in the city-centre alongside prominent institutions such as the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia. The university also has four other capuses throughout the city: Roseworthy College at Roseworthy; Waite Institute at Glen Osmond; Research Park at Thebarton; and, the National Wine Centre in the Adelaide Park Lands.
History
The University was established on 6 November 1874, after a 20,000 pound donation by grazier and copper miner Walter Watson Hughes. The first Chancellor was Sir Richard Hanson and the first Vice-Chancellor was Dr Augustus Short. Adelaide was the first university in Australia to admit women to academic courses and the first university in Australia to grant degrees in science.
Campuses
North Terrace
The North Terrace campus is the main campus of the University. It teaches components of all teaching programmes taught by the University.
Waite
The Waite campus has a strong focus on agricultural science, plant breeding and biotechnology. A number of other organisations are based on the site, including the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG). The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine is based on the Waite campus and the campus contains components of the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
It is situated in Adelaide's south-eastern foothills, in the suburb of Urrbrae on 1.74 square kilometres of land. A large amount of the land was donated in 1924 by the pastoralist Peter Waite. This donation was initially used to establish the Waite Agricultural Research Institute which later became the Waite campus.
Roseworthy
Located north of the city, the Roseworthy campus comprises 16 km² of farmland and is a large centre for agricultural research. Other organistations linked to the campus include SARDI and the Murray TAFE.
Thebarton
The Thebarton campus, which is also known as Adelaide University Research Park, is the base of the University's Office of Industry Liaison. The campus works in conjunction with the University's commercial partners. Commercial enterprises at Thebarton campus include businesses involved in materials engineering, biotechnology, environmental services, information technology, industrial design, laser/optics technology, health products, engineering services, radar systems, telecommunications and petroleum services. The campus also provides much of the infrastructure for the Graduate Entrepreneurial Program which allows recent graduates to start businesses with support from the University. The flames for the recent Sydney and Athens olympic games were developed at the Thebarton campus by the TEC group.
Colleges
A number of residential colleges are affiliated with the University. They include Aquinas College, Lincoln College, St Ann's College, St. Mark's College and Kathleen Lumley College. All are located within close walking distance of the University in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide. In addition to providing accommodation and meals for local, interstate and international students, each college organises academic support, social activities and sporting opportunities for its members.
Academia
The University is divided into five faculties, the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Faculty of the Professions and the Faculty of Sciences.
While marketable disciplines such as wine science, information studies and business studies have been given wide prominence recently, the university still has a reputation for quality basic research and teaching in mathematics, engineering and biotechnology. Some examples of influences to the University's teaching and research priorities are the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in Adelaide's northern suburbs to which the University provides many physics, engineering and IT graduates, the growth in South Australia's wine industry which is supported by the Waite and National Wine Centre campuses producing oenology and agriculture/viticulture graduates.
The university participates in the Auto-ID Labs.
Among the distinguished academics at the University of Adelaide is the renowned theoretical physicist Dr Rod Crewther, and the pure mathematician Mathai Varghese.
Student life
Activism
As of the first of July 2006, membership of the Adelaide University Union (AUU) has been voluntary for all students, following the passing of voluntary student unionism (VSU) legislation by the Federal Government[1]. The AUU funds seven affiliates which carry out their functions autonomously. They are the Adelaide University Postgraduate Students’ Association (AUPGSA), the Clubs Association (CA), the Overseas Students’ Association (OSA), the Roseworthy Agricultural Campus Student Union Council (RACSUC), the Adelaide University Sports Association (AUSA), the Students’ Association of the University of Adelaide (SAUA) and the Waite Institute Students’ Association (WISA).
Media
Sports
Alumni
Alumni include Dr Andy Thomas, the first Australian in space, Antarctic explorer and geologist Sir Douglas Mawson, nuclear physicist Sir Mark Oliphant, physician and anti-nuclear advocate Helen Caldicott, former president of Singapore Mr Ong Teng Cheong, the current Chief Minister of Sarawak Dr Abdul Taib Mahmud, the current deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Dr Tony Tan and Former Nova Scotian Minister for Sport and Recreation Dr Andrew Morris. Many Australian politicians are alumni including Natasha Stott Despoja, Christopher Pyne, Nick Bolkus, Penny Wong, Amanda Vanstone, Jack Snelling, Chloe Fox, and Annette Hurley. Notable enginering alumni, Dr Mark Sparnon, was Chief of Design for the newly released AirBus A380.
David Penberthy , Editor-in-chief (as of August 2006) of Sydney's largest tabloid paper, the Daily Telgraph, was an AU student and the editor of student newspaper On Dit in 1990.
The university has produced four Nobel Prize-winners: x-ray pioneers Sir Lawrence and Sir William Bragg, penicillin pioneer Lord Florey and Helicobacter pylori discoverer Robin Warren in addition to 99 Rhodes Scholars.
JM Coetzee, the acclaimed South African novelist and Nobel Prizewinner for Literature in 2003, has retired to Adelaide and is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of English. Leo Blair (senior) was a law lecturer at the University of Adelaide,he is also the father of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
Shaun Micallef, the comedian studied law at the University of Adelaide, as did Francis Greenslade.
Recent academic celebrities have included Paul Davies, a professor of Natural Philosophy, and Dr Nic Frost, inaugural Wood-Bright Professor of Women's Studies.