The University of South Australia (UniSA) a modern, progressive, international institution with a 150 year history. We work with industry, the professions, governments and communities around the world to find innovative solutions to research problems. At UniSA you graduate with more than a degree. Graduates gain the experience, practical and personal skills you need to make an immediate impact in your chosen profession.

Fast facts

• Student population: 36000
  
• International students: 13000
• Staff population: 24000
• Metropolitan campuses: 4
• Research Institutes: 8
• Research Centres: 14
• Research Groups: 7

Learning

At UniSA we understand that education is more than just taking notes and reading books. You’ll be given plenty of opportunities to put into practice what you learn so that when you graduate you’ll have much more than a degree. You’ll have had the opportunity to explore and rehearse your new skills in a supervised setting so you can make an immediate impact in your chosen profession.

Teaching

Our teaching staff have had active roles in business and the professions and they bring that experience, along with their knowledge, to the classroom. We don’t only send people out into the professional and business world as new graduates, we bring them back into the university to share their skills.

Research

UniSA has world leading research institutes, centres and groups, working at the cutting edge of new knowledge across our major study areas. That research becomes part of what you learn so your knowledge is not just first-rate, you’ll be amongst the first to learn it.

Environment

UniSA has some of tertiary education’s best facilities for learning. That means new buildings, new laboratories, new learning spaces, new computers and computer programs and, in some cases, new learning spaces that are part learning, part social and set up to encourage group work.

Support services

Support services are available to help you and your family settle into life in Adelaide. The UniSA website contains useful information including adjusting to living in a new culture and schooling for dependant children . The State Government waives education fees (including tuition and administration fess) for dependents of international Higher Degree Research university students who are on a scholarship organised by their home country government.

Information of particular interest to Muslim students including advice on where to find halal products, mosques and cultural organisations is also available from the UniSA website.

A range of academic, social and personal support services is available to assist you throughout your program of study. Before you leave home through to your graduation day UniSA’s support services can help you excel in your studies and make the most of your experiences in South Australia.

Campuses

With four campuses in the metropolitan area, UniSA is South Australia’s largest university. All UniSA campuses are linked to a wireless computer network and offer modern computing facilities. All campuses have large libraries offering an extensive range of online and hardcopy resources. Prayer rooms and halal food are also available on campus and the university has an active Islamic society.

Recent awards and achievements

• 12 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Australian Learning and Teaching Council 2009

• National awards for University teaching gained in 2008,2007, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000,

• Two University of South Australia graduates have been awarded Rhodes scholarships

• awarded more than $200 million in research funding since 2000.

• more than 75% of research income is derived from industry

• EQUIS accreditation of the Division of Business

Adelaide: the lifestyle capital

Each year thousands of international students discover that Adelaide is the perfect place to study and live. Adelaide is the ultimate liveable city – affordable, family-friendly and multicultural. Big enough to offer all the advantages of city living—an energetic business environment, a vibrant cultural life and a world-wide reputation for its fine food—yet small enough so that these advantages are easily accessible.

The city is beautiful and well ordered, surrounded by parklands and within easy reach of long, white uncrowded beaches, lush hills and the Australian outback. Adelaide is the festival heart of Australia hosting more than 400 special events throughout the year including the Festival of Arts, Fringe Festival and WOMAdelaide in addition to an annual calendar of multicultural, music, comedy and food events.

CRICOS: 00121B
Internet:www.international.unisa.edu.au