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University of Wollongong
File:UOW crest.gif
MottoExcellence Innovation Diversity
TypePublic
Established1951
ChancellorMr Michael Codd, AC
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Gerard Sutton
Academic staff
1477 (full-time staff)
Undergraduates14,904[1]
Postgraduates7,140
Location
Wollongong
,
New South Wales
,
Australia
CampusUrban, 82.4 ha (824,000 m²)
ColoursBlue, Gold & Red                    
AffiliationsASAIHL
Websitewww.uow.edu.au

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is a large University with approximately 21,000 students in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the coast about 80 kilometres south of Sydney.

UOW is the only Australian university ever to have been awarded the University of the Year award in two consecutive years by the Good Universities Guide: in 1999/2000 for "Outstanding Research and Development Partnerships" (joint winner), and 2000/2001 for "Preparing Graduates for the e-world" (joint winner).[2]


History

The University of Wollongong was founded in 1951 when a Division of the then New South Wales University of Technology (re-named the University of New South Wales in 1958) was established in Wollongong. After ten years the Division became the Wollongong University College.

In 1975, the University of Wollongong was incorporated by the New South Wales Parliament as an independent institution of higher learning. In 1978 the computer science faculty developed a version of Unix for the Interdata 7/32 called UNSW 01, this was the first non-PDP Unix. In 1982, the University amalgamated with the Wollongong Institute of Higher Education, which, in 1962, had originated as the Wollongong Teachers’ College. The merger formed the basis of the contemporary university.

Overseas expansion

In 1993, UOW opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) in the United Arab Emirates. Initially called the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary institution represented in the Persian Gulf[3]. IAS initially offered English language programs, before becoming a 'feeder college' by 1995, where students completed part of a degree in Business or IT in Dubai before coming to Australia to complete their studies[4]. In 1999, it was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a licence from the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates[5], and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2004[6][7]

Campuses

The University comprises eight locations:

Campuses

Education Centres

Other locations

The University name is also shared by the independent University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), Dubai Knowledge Village, United Arab Emirates.

Faculties

The University has nine faculties: Arts; Commerce; Creative Arts; Education; Engineering; Health & Behavioural Sciences; Informatics; Law; and Science.

Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts occupies building 19 and comprises three schools:

  • School of English Literatures, Philosophy & Languages
  • School of History & Politics
  • School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication


Faculty of Commerce

The Faculty of Commerce comprises three schools:


Faculty of Creative Arts

The Faculty of Creative Arts occupies building 25 and comprises three schools:


Faculty of Education


Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering comprises three schools:

  • School of Civil, Mining & Environmental Engineering
  • School of Engineering Physics
  • School of Mechanical, Materials & Mechatronic Engineering


Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences

The Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences is divided into four schools, in two groups:

  • Division of Health & Behavioural Sciences:
    • School of Health Sciences
    • School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health
    • School of Psychology
  • Graduate School of Medicine


Faculty of Informatics

The Faculty of Informatics comprises four schools:

  • School of Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering (SECTE)
  • School of Computer Science & Software Engineering (SCSSE)
  • School of Information Systems & Technology (SISAT)
  • School of Mathematics & Applied Statistics (SMAS)


Faculty of Law


Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science comprises three schools:



Facilities

The Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association produces the magazine Tertangala, and many other services including representation, advocacy and student support. Postgraduate representation is provided by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association, a member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Wollongong UniCentre, an on-campus organisation and controlled entity of the University, provides the social and commercial infrastructure on the campus, administering the UniBar, student clubs and interest groups, food outlets, entertainment and activities, a shop and other student services.

The geographical and social centre of the University is the Duck Pond Lawn, and its surrounding Unibar, eateries and other facilities.

The Unibar is an area where many students are able to share lunch, talk with friends, and listen to music. The UniBar building was opened by Colin Markham MP, Simon Zulian Student Rep, Nigel Pennington UniCentre GM and Gerard Sutton VC on 14 May 2001. The UniBar has since won numerous awards including the Major Award and the Public Building Award of the Architectural Design Awards held in Wollongong in 2003, the "ACUMA" award for Best New Campus Facility and the Master Builders Award for Excellence in Construction by Camarda and Cantril. [citation needed]

A variety of transport options are available to reach the university. These include rail services, bus services, cycle-paths, access roads and parking. Parking is limited and subject to availability in which case the university recommends alternative transport options mentioned.

The University offers a range of accommodation options for students and academics.

Publications

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45th Anniversary Tertangala

Tertangala

WUSA produces the campus magazine, Tertangala. Tertangala has a 45 year history, making it older than the University of Wollongong itself. It began in 1962, when the University was an external campus of the University of New South Wales.

The magazine features student investigative and feature articles, news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students (including student association representatives) makes up the bulk of the magazines content, however submissions from other members of the community are also accepted.

Tertangala is produced 8 times a year.

Tide

Tide, an independent literary journal, showcases the works of emerging poets, prose writers, playwrights and visual artists. It is entirely produced by third-year editing students at the University of Wollongong. It aims to support local literary arts and reinstate its importance in the community by providing a platform for publication without censorship.[citation needed]

Tide is published annually by the WRIT316 Advanced Editing class led by Dr. Shady Cosgrove. The journal has been published since May 2004, with an average 350 copies per edition. The students work as editors, fundraisers, designers and print officers in the space of thirteen weeks to produce the 100-page journal. Tide is also supported by Creative Arts Faculty design and journalism lecturers, businesses in the Illawarra and Sutherland Shire, community members, artists and writers.

Paper, Rock

Paper, Rock is a magazine created by the School of Journalism and Creative Writing at UOW. It incorporates features, sections on arts and entertainment, stories about university life, fashion, food and wine. It was first published in August 2007.

Rhizome Magazine

Rhizome Magazine is the magazine for postgraduate and research students at UOW. It features submissions from current postgraduate students at UOW, in many cases on the topic of the students' own research. It is produced by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association (WUPA).

Residential colleges

The university has a number of residential college and halls of residence:

Affiliations

UOW is a prominent member of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) hosting the AUC Australian website found at http://www.auc.edu.au or http://auc.uow.edu.au. Additionally, UOW has access to Apple Macintosh labs in SCSSE Faculty of Informatics Bdg 3 (3rd Year Labs), Faculty of Creative Arts (Multimedia Labs) and Apple computers in the ITS General computing labs in Building 17 (Jupiter, Orion and Endor Labs) at the Wollongong Campus.

Notable people

Alumni

Staff

Notes

  1. ^ "Figures sourced from the University of Wollongong Key Statistics webpage". Retrieved 2007-06-15.
  2. ^ "UOW Awards and Achievements". Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  3. ^ 'Institutions look to Gulf market' p.30 Australian Financial Review 6 Jul 1993
  4. ^ 'Wollongong's Arabian outpost' Campus Review Oct 6 1999
  5. ^ 'Wollongong gets go-ahead for Dubai Campus' p.37 The Australian 2 Feb 2000
  6. ^ "Case Study - Location of UOWD". Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  7. ^ 'Uni's Dubai Campus Open For Business' The Illawarra Mercury 10 Oct 2000
  8. ^ "'Moss Vale Education Centre building officially opened'". Retrieved 2007-11-14.
  9. ^ Faculty Spotlight - Omowunmi Sadik
  10. ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald, May 11 2005, 'Roller Coasters',". Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  11. ^ UOW News -Common Cold Poetry Collective holds debut reading

External links

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