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Latin: Universitas Adelaidensis[1] | |||||||
Former name | Union College[2] (1872-1874) | ||||||
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Motto | Sub Cruce Lumen (Latin) | ||||||
Motto in English | "The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross"[3] | ||||||
Type | Public research university | ||||||
Established | 6 November 1874[4] | ||||||
Accreditation | TEQSA | ||||||
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Endowment | A$393.4 million (2023)[5] | ||||||
Budget | A$1.09 billion (2023)[6] | ||||||
Chancellor | Catherine Branson[7] | ||||||
Vice-Chancellor | Peter Høj[8] | ||||||
Academic staff | 1,700 (2023)[9] | ||||||
Administrative staff | 1,978 (2023)[9] | ||||||
Total staff | 3,678 (2023)[9] | ||||||
Students | 30,279 (2023)[9] | ||||||
Undergraduates | 19,493 bachelor (2023)[9] | ||||||
Postgraduates | 7,962 coursework (2023) 2,362 research (2023)[9] | ||||||
Other students | 772 (2023)[9] | ||||||
Address | , , , 5001 , | ||||||
Campus | Urban and regional with multiple sites[11] | ||||||
Colours | University Navy, blue and red[12] Black White[13] | ||||||
Nickname | The Blacks[13] | ||||||
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Mascot | Gus the Black Lion[14] | ||||||
Website | adelaide.edu.au | ||||||
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The University of Adelaide is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre includes many sandstone buildings of historical and architectural significance, such as Bonython Hall. Its royal charter awarded by Queen Victoria in 1881 allowed it to become the second university in the English-speaking world to allow women to be awarded degrees. It is neighbours with the University of South Australia and the Australian Space Agency headquarters on Lot Fourteen, and is active in the Australian space industry.
The university was founded at the former Royal South Australian Society of Arts by the Union College and studies were initially conducted at its Institute Building. The society was also the original birthplace of the South Australian Institute of Technology as the School of Mines and Industries. The institute later became the University of South Australia during the Dawkins Revolution following a merger with an advanced college dating back to the School of Art, also founded at the society. The two universities, which accounted for approximately three quarters of the state's public university population in 2022, agreed to merge in mid-2023. The future combined institution will be re-branded as Adelaide University, previously a colloquial name for the university, with the amalgamation expected to complete by the end of 2025.
The university currently has four campuses, three in South Australia: its main North Terrace campus in central Adelaide, the Waite campus in Urrbrae, a regional campus in Roseworthy and a study centre in Melbourne, Victoria. Its academic activities are organised into three faculties, which are subdivided into numerous teaching schools. It also has a number of research subdivisions. In 2023, the university had a total revenue of A$1.13 billion, with A$334.15 million from research grants and funding. It also has the third-largest endowment in Australia, behind only Melbourne and Sydney. It is a member of the Group of Eight, an association of research-intensive universities in Australia, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
Notable alumni of the university include the first female prime minister of Australia, two presidents of Singapore, the first astronaut born in Australia and the first demonstrator of nuclear fission. It is also associated with 5 Nobel laureates, constituting one-third of Australia's total Nobel laureates, 116 Rhodes scholars and 164 Fulbright scholars. 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. It has also been associated with the development of penicillin, space exploration, sunscreen, the military tank, Wi-Fi, polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography, and the study of viticulture and oenology.
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