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New South WalesCharles Sturt UniversityMacquarie UniversityUniversity of New EnglandThe University of New South WalesThe University of NewcastleSouthern Cross UniversityThe University of SydneyUniversity of Technology SydneyUniversity of Western SydneyUniversity of Wollongong

Queensland Bond UniversityCQUniversityGriffith UniversityJames Cook UniversityThe University of QueenslandQueensland University of TechnologyUniversity of Southern QueenslandUniversity of the Sunshine Coast

Western AustraliaCurtin UniversityEdith Cowan UniversityMurdoch UniversityThe University of Notre Dame Australia The University of Western Australia

Universities listed by their legislating jurisdiction

Victoria Deakin UniversityFederation University AustraliaLa Trobe UniversityThe University of MelbourneMonash UniversityRMIT UniversitySwinburne University of TechnologyVictoria University

Australian Capital TerritoryUniversity of Canberra

TasmaniaUniversity of Tasmania

Northern TerritoryCharles Darwin University

South AustraliaThe University of AdelaideFlinders UniversityUniversity of South Australia

National The Australian National UniversityAustralian Catholic University

UNIVERSITIES AUSTRALIA – MEMBER UNIVERSITIES

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Warren BebbingtonP 08 8313 5120 I F 08 8313 4343vice-chancellor@adelaide.edu.au

ChancellorRear Admirable the Honourable Kevin Scarce AC CSC RAN (Rtd)

Director – Marketing and CommunicationsDr Benjamin GrindlayP 08 8313 4699 I F 08 8313 4829benjamin.grindlay@adelaide.edu.au

Contact DetailsThe University of AdelaideSA 5005P 08 8313 4455

Websitewww.adelaide.edu.au

Campus LocationsNorth Terrace

Roseworthy

Waite

Thebarton

Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre, Singapore

The University of Adelaide is one of Australia’s leading Group of Eight, research-intensive universities and is consistently ranked among the top one per cent of universities in the world. Established in 1874, it is Australia’s third oldest university.

With a strong reputation for academic excellence, the University of Adelaide has produced over 100 Rhodes scholars including Australia’s first Indigenous recipient, and there are five Nobel Laureates among its alumni community.

The University constitutes a vibrant and diverse community of over 25,000 students, with an international student representation of 30 per cent, and more than 3000 staff. There are five faculties: engineering, computer and mathematical sciences; health sciences; arts (including social sciences, education, humanities and music); the professions (such as architecture, business and law); and sciences. Each faculty is made up of a number of disciplines, schools, and research clusters.

Key research interests at the University reflect national and global research priorities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, health, minerals and energy, photonics and advanced sensing. Other areas of strength include biological sciences, creative arts, information technology and physical, chemical, social and behavioural sciences. Sixty of the University’s research areas were rated ‘at’ or ‘above world standard’ and three major disciplinary areas were rated at ‘well above world standard’ in the most recent Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment.

The University of Adelaide offers a unique approach to learning and teaching focusing on quality and placing high priority on the student learning experience. Students receive a first-class education that is enhanced through small-group learning, low staff–student ratios, global study opportunities, and a campus experience that includes access to state-of-the-art technologies and facilities.

There are four campuses in South Australia located at North Terrace, Adelaide; Roseworthy; Waite; and Thebarton. Degrees are also offered in Singapore through the Ngee-Ann Adelaide Education Centre, a partnership with the Ngee Ann Kongsi.

The primary campus on North Terrace in the heart of Adelaide forms part of the city’s cultural promenade and is surrounded by the state’s art gallery, museum and library and is walking distance from the central business district. It is the main location for undergraduate teaching and a vast range of research activities.

Roseworthy, is an internationally renowned centre for excellence in dry land agriculture and animal production. It is home to South Australia’s only veterinary school.

Waite campus, is the pre-eminent plant and agricultural science research site in the Southern Hemisphere. Thebarton hosts a wide range of applied research activities and the ThincLab Business Incubator. It forms a vital link between the University and industry.

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Vice-ChancellorProfessor Greg CravenP 02 9739 2930vc@acu.edu.au

ChancellorThe Hon John Fahey AC

Director – Marketing and External RelationsMs Andrea TurleyP 03 9953 3928andrea.turley@acu.edu.au

Contact Details40 Edward Street North Sydney NSW 2060P 02 9739 2368

Websitewww.acu.edu.au

Campus LocationsAdelaideBallaratBrisbaneCanberraMelbourneNorth SydneyStrathfield

Australian Catholic University (ACU) has seven campuses based in Brisbane, Sydney (North Sydney and Strathfield), Canberra, Melbourne, Ballarat and Adelaide. The University aims to empower its students to think critically and ethically, and gain the skills to bring about change in their communities, professions and industries.

The University focuses on the delivery of quality programs in arts, media and design; business; education; environmental science; health; informatics and business systems; international development and global studies; law; psychology, counselling and social sciences; and theology and philosophy.

ACU is a publicly funded university, teaching within the Catholic intellectual tradition, and open to students of all beliefs. The University’s Core Curriculum was developed in line with this tradition, to raise and consider some of the most fundamental questions on human experience and meaning.

The University is recognised for its supportive and nurturing learning environment and close links with industry, giving students the chance to gain hands-on experience in the workplace.

Community engagement is a hallmark of ACU, and is publicly acknowledged as a key vehicle through which the University pursues its mission. Community engagement is embedded in all ACU courses, made possible by the University’s extensive partnerships and vast network of Catholic aid agencies around the world.

ACU has a distinctly global focus. Students have the opportunity to study overseas at more than 60 institutions around the world, and international development and global studies courses create further overseas work and study opportunities.

Over the past few years, ACU has experienced significant growth in student and staff numbers, research output, campus facilities and course offerings. There are currently more than 26,000 students at the University.

To manage the significant growth in student numbers, the University has committed to an extensive capital program which commenced in 2008 and is still underway.

Corresponding growth in staff numbers will ensure that ACU continues to have a favourable student-to-academic staff ratio. The University is also investing heavily in staff training, development, and support to ensure high levels of learning and teaching quality.

ACU is committed to creating a specialised, growing and well-regarded research environment. In pursuing this goal, the University is significantly increasing its research funding and building research capacity in areas that are strongly aligned with the University’s unique identity and mission.

The Australian National University (ANU) sits amongst the world’s leading research and education centres.

The University was founded by the Australian Government in 1946 with a mission to be of enduring significance to the nation by supporting Australia’s understanding of itself and its neighbours, economic development and social cohesion. Today, ANU continues its nation-building work, leading Australian thinking, teaching and community engagement on issues of national and international significance.

The University is consistently ranked among the best universities in the world. In 2013, 94 per cent of research from ANU scholars was rated above world standard or well above world standard by the Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia initiative.

ANU scholars shape debate and extend knowledge in new and profound directions, nationally and globally. The University is a respected voice in Australia’s national conversation, shaping policy and equipping our leaders with confidence and knowledge. ANU works with other Australian national institutions, research organisations, foreign ministries and the Australian Parliament.

The University is home to more than 20,000 students, 51 per cent studying at the postgraduate level. ANU also attracts people from around the world, with roughly one quarter of its students coming from overseas. ANU graduates go on to take up leadership positions in government, industry, research and academia, at home and abroad.

The University stands alongside the world’s other leading research and teaching institutions as Australia’s only member of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). The alliance shares a global vision, with a focus on research-led teaching, educating future leaders and tackling some of this century’s biggest challenges.

The main ANU campus is situated on 145 hectares of parklands in the centre of the nation’s capital, Canberra. Facilities include on-campus accommodation in a range of residential styles, modern laboratories and lecture theatres, two million volumes on the shelves of five main libraries and access to a wealth of e-resources. The campus contains all the conveniences of a small town including medical services, shops, cafés, restaurants, art galleries, sporting fields and bookshops, all within walking distance of the city centre.

ANU people apply themselves to intensive research and education, continuing the intellectual adventure of Australia’s national university. Their efforts add to Australia’s knowledge and expertise, and generate an environment where all Australians can engage with big ideas.

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Ian Young AOP 02 6125 2510 I F 02 6257 3292vc@anu.edu.au

ChancellorProfessor The Hon Gareth Evans AC QC

Director – Strategic Communications and Public AffairsMs Jane O’DwyerP 02 6125 5001 I F 02 6125 8255jane.odwyer@anu.edu.au

Contact DetailsCanberra ACT 0200P 02 6125 5111 I F 02 6125 5571 enquiries@anu.edu.au

Websitewww.anu.edu.au

Campus LocationsMain Campus (Acton)Canberra Hospital, Clinical SchoolKioloa Coastal CampusMt Stromlo ObservatoryNorth Australia Research UnitSiding Spring Observatory

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Tim BrailsfordP 07 5595 1473 I F 07 5595 1025 vc@bond.edu.au

ChancellorDr Helen Nugent AO

Media TeamP 07 5595 1116 I M 0420 927 941media@bond.edu.au

Contact DetailsUniversity DriveRobina QLD 4226P 07 5595 1111 I F 07 5595 1140information@bond.edu.au

Websitewww.bond.edu.au

Bond University offers a personalised educational experience of the highest international standards and is dedicated to developing the next generation of corporate and community leaders.

Bond University is Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university and has consistently rated most five stars out of any university in the educational experience category in the Good Universities Guide. Bond offers accelerated degrees through its three-semester-per-year schedule which allows students to complete a six-semeter bachelor degree in two years, or a master’s in 12 months.

With an internationally diverse, close-knit community of approximately 4,200 students, Bond also has a five-star rating for Student to Staff ratio, enabling small class sizes that encourage productive engagement and individual mentoring. Classes are imbued with a distinctly global perspective. Collaborative, discussion-based teaching encourages students from some 80 countries worldwide to share their experiences and learn from others.

Through the University’s extensive corporate partnerships, students have access to industry and opportunities for internships, scholarships, ground-breaking research, and graduate placements with a number of blue-chip organisations worldwide. Students can also choose to broaden their horizons by participating in an international exchange program, with the opportunity to study relevant subjects at some of the world’s leading universities throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Bond also welcomes students from its partner institutions who wish to study in Australia for a semester through the Study Abroad program.

The University offers over 300 internationally recognised undergraduate and postgraduate (coursework and research) degrees across its Faculties of Law, Business, Society & Design and Health Sciences & Medicine. Also on campus are Bond College – offering university pathway programs – and the Bond University English Language Institute.

All students have access to state-of-the-art academic, technological and recreational facilities on Bond’s 50-hectare Gold Coast campus, in south-east Queensland. Extended library hours, 24/7 computer laboratories, an advanced multimedia learning centre, a Law Skills Centre modelled on the High Court of Australia, the Macquarie Trading Room, the Abedian School of Architecture and the 6 Star Green Star Sustainable Development building are just some of the 21st century facilities available exclusively to Bond students.

There is a wide array of on-campus accommodation and dining options with additional accommodation within walking distance of the campus. More than 70 on-campus sporting, recreation and special interest clubs operate on campus, fostering the tight-knit community spirit and complementing the student experience.

This personalised approach to education, combined with its uncompromising focus on industry relevance, the development of the global citizen, and the commitment to being part of a close-knit community, sets Bond apart from every other Australian university.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Stephen Parker AOP 02 6201 5000 I F 02 6201 5036 ovc@canberra.edu.au

ChancellorDr Tom Calma AO

Media & Communications Ms Amanda JonesP 02 6201 5422amanda.jones@canberra.edu.au

Contact DetailsUniversity of CanberraBruce ACT 2601P 02 6201 5111 I F 02 6201 5999

Websitewww.canberra.edu.au

Campus LocationsBruce, Canberra, ACT

The University of Canberra is proudly the university of the nation’s capital. We aim to be recognised as one of Australia’s most innovative tertiary institutions; world-ranked, with regional, national and international reach by 2018.

The University’s research culture reflects and promotes these strategic aims through a dynamic, innovative and collaborative environment, producing research that leads to early improvements to the world around us.

Our areas of research focus – governance, environment, communication, education and health – are supported within three University research centres and several faculty-based research centres. Our researchers are committed to delivering breakthroughs that help solve real-world problems and collaborate with national and international partners to produce broad reach research both locally and globally.

The University of Canberra is ranked in the top five per cent of universities in the world based on the QS World University Rankings 2014-2015. The rankings also place the University in the top four per cent of universities worldwide for our ratio of international students and staff, and the University’s disciplines of public administration and policy and environmental sciences in the top 150 in the world.

We also place a strong emphasis on ‘work-integrated learning’, which gives our more than 16,000 students valuable experience in the workplace before they graduate. In addition to internships off campus, the University also has its own working health clinic where students can give supervised treatment to real patients.

Providing students with the necessary work skills allows them to hit the ground running and start making a real contribution early in their career. This is why the University’s graduates are among the most sought after in the country and why the University of Canberra is consistently considered among Australia’s top universities for getting a job.

The vibrant, friendly campus is home to a selection of eateries and health and fitness facilities. It also plays host to live music, including the famous touring music festival Groovin’ the Moo, and boasts a pub serving locally brewed beer.

It also features an on-campus Health Hub which includes a pharmacy, GP Super Clinic and other services, while future campus developments include the new University of Canberra Public Hospital. The University’s Sporting Commons is home to the University of Canberra Capitals, the Brumbies Super Rugby team, ACTSport among other sporting partners.

These facilities will be integrated into teaching and research and provide exciting new avenues for the University to serve its community. Like-minded organisations are also being invited to help develop the campus and be part of the University’s culture of innovation, research and education.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Scott BowmanP 07 4930 9752 I F 07 4930 9018vc-cquniversity@cqu.edu.au

ChancellorMr Rennie Fritschy

Director – Student Experience & CommunicationsMr Chris VeraaP 07 4930 9384 I F 07 4923 2511c.veraa@cqu.edu.au

Manager, Corporate Communications CentreMs Jocelyn SticklenP 07 4150 7142j.sticklen@cqu.edu.au

Contact DetailsBruce Highway Rockhampton QLD 4702P 07 4930 9777 I F 07 4930 9399

Websitewww.cquni.edu.au

Campus Locations Rockhampton Noosa Brisbane Gladstone Mackay Sydney Bundaberg Cairns Melbourne Adelaide Emerald Townsville

CQUniversity Australia has one of the largest and fastest-growing footprints of any university in Australia, with a focus on engaged and innovative education, to benefit students, industry and communities across its regions.

Renowned as one of the nation’s most inclusive higher education institutions, CQUniversity’s merger with CQ TAFE in 2014 made it Queensland’s first comprehensive university. CQUniversity now has more than 300 education and training offerings, from short courses, certificates and diplomas through to undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees.

Discipline areas include Apprenticeships, Trades and Training, Business, Accounting and Law, Creative, Performing and Visual Arts, Education and Humanities, Engineering and Built Environment, Health, Information Technology and Digital Media, Psychology, Social Work and Community Services, Science and Environment, and Work and Study Preparation.

Students can study on-campus at locations Australia-wide, including Adelaide, Biloela, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone City, Gladstone Marina, Mackay City, Mackay Ooralea, Melbourne, Noosa, Rockhampton City, Rockhampton North, Sydney and Yeppoon. In 2015, face-to-face delivery will also be expanded to new campuses in Cairns and Townsville. Distance education is a specialty for CQUniversity, with nearly half of all students choosing this flexible and supported learning mode. Regional and localised support for these students is available at Partner Study Hubs in Cannonvale, Charters Towers, Geraldton and Karratha, as well as at CQUniversity Distance Study Centres in Cairns and Townsville.

Across all our programs, CQUniversity is focused on providing positive graduate outcomes. We’ve designed our offerings in consultation with industry and business to ensure students receive up-to-date, real-world skills. Our award-winning teaching professionals have vast experience in their fields, and employ a practical approach and dedication to continual program improvements. As proof of this approach, CQUniversity students have some of the nation’s best graduate outcomes, with Graduate Careers Australia data demonstrating an overall full-time graduate employment rate of 81.1 per cent – almost 10 per cent higher than the national average.

CQUniversity has also established itself as a research-focused university, with a particular focus on regional industries and issues relevant to Central Queensland communities. In 2012’s Excellence in Research Australia rankings, CQUniversity was rated at or above world standard in the areas of agriculture, applied mathematics, nursing, and medical and health sciences.

CQUniversity’s 35,000-strong student body is diverse, representing both local and global communities. The institution is proud to have among Australia’s highest ratios of students from mature age, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, first-in-family and low socio-economic backgrounds. Whether aspiring students are just finishing school, up-skilling for their careers, or ready to take on a new challenge, CQUniversity can transform big ideas into brilliant careers.

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Simon MaddocksP 08 8946 6040 I F 08 8927 3480vc@cdu.edu.au

ChancellorThe Hon Sally Thomas AC

Director of Media, Advancement and Community EngagementMs Robyn McDougallP 08 8946 6551robyn.mcdougall@cdu.edu.au

Contact DetailsEllengowan DriveCasuarina NT 0811P 08 8946 6666 I F 08 8927 0612courses@cdu.edu.au

Websitewww.cdu.edu.au

Campus LocationsCasuarinaAlice SpringsPalmerstonKatherineNhulunbuy

CentresJabiruTennant CreekYularaCDU SydneyCDU MelbourneCDU Darwin Waterfront

Charles Darwin University (CDU) is a research-intensive university with a primary interest in Northern Australia and South-east Asia. As the Northern Territory’s only university, CDU has an important role in informing the social and economic development of the region.

CDU is ranked by Times Higher Education as one of the world’s best 100 universities under 50 years old. It is a dual sector university with course offerings ranging from certificate through to doctoral level.

The university is headquartered in Darwin, Northern Territory, and has campuses and centres across the Territory and in Sydney and Melbourne. It also provides training at 170 sites in the Northern Territory in remote Indigenous communities, making it one of the most diverse universities in Australia.

CDU is responsive to the needs of the Territory and countries in close proximity to Northern Australia. The North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas, for example, provides research, education and training specific to the oil and gas industry.

As part of a recent expansion of infrastructure, the university has opened the School of Business at the prestigious Darwin Waterfront, adjacent to Darwin’s CBD and on the edge of the Timor Sea. The first courses are being offered there in 2015.

More than 22,000 students study with CDU, and 70 per cent of the higher education students are located throughout Australia and study online. The university is attracting an increasing number of international students, who come from more than 60 countries. The international student population is drawn particularly to the multicultural character of Darwin.

CDU expands its capacity through strategic partnerships, such as its partnership with the Australian National University through the Northern Research Futures Collaborative Research Network, Flinders University – which has developed a Medical Program that enables students to study medicine in Darwin – and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education through the Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education.

CDU is a member of the Innovative Research Universities network, which promotes high-quality research and collaboration between members.

To align research with the changing economic profile of Northern Australia, the university has identified two broad fields of research, critical to our region, to be maintained at world class or above: Environment and Livelihoods, and Human Health and Wellbeing.

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Vice-Chancellor & PresidentProfessor Andrew VannP 02 6338 4209 I F 02 6338 4209vc@csu.edu.au

ChancellorMr Lawrence Willett AO

Director – Marketing and CommunicationMrs Sarah AnsellP 02 6933 2226 I F 02 6933 2764sansell@csu.edu.au

Contact DetailsPanorama AvenueBathurst NSW 2795P 02 6338 4000 I F 02 6331 9634

Websitewww.csu.edu.au

Campus LocationsAlbury-Wodonga BathurstCanberraDubboGoulburnOrangeParramattaPort MacquarieWagga Wagga

Charles Sturt University (CSU) provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses and higher degrees by research that can make a real difference to our communities. We are a proudly regional university and have campuses in thriving centres, including Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Canberra, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Parramatta, Port Macquarie and Wagga Wagga as well as CSU Study Centres in Sydney and Melbourne, and the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Manly.

CSU’s practical, hands-on courses give students opportunities to experience their future careers before they graduate, and have helped CSU achieve one of the highest graduate employment rates in the country. The state-of-the-art on campus facilities include television studios and editing suites, an equine centre and veterinary clinics, exercise testing facilities, dental and oral health clinics and simulated health care environments.

At CSU, students are supported at every step of their journey. The wide range of academic support helps students build study skills or knowledge of particular subjects, while our health and wellbeing programs, counselling and residential advisers ensure new students settle into university life and all students get the best out of their CSU experience. Scholarships and grants are also offered to help with the costs of getting a degree.

CSU has built strong connections with its regional, national and international communities and works collaboratively with industry, government bodies and professions. Many graduates choose to stay and embark on their careers in rural and regional areas where they can make a real difference by providing vital skills and services. CSU operates research centres that focus on areas of expertise including policing, ethics, health, agriculture, land and water management, theology, wine and professional practice, learning and education.

Students can enrol offshore to study with CSU through partners in countries including China, Malaysia and Hong Kong. These international partnerships, as well as travel and exchange opportunities provided through CSU Global, play a key role in supporting CSU’s commitment to participating in the internationalisation of higher education. Students from all over the world enrol at CSU by distance education, joining CSU’s global community and enjoying the flexibility and excellent online resources and support CSU offers.

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Deborah TerryP 08 9266 7001 I F 08 9266 2779vc@curtin.edu.au

ChancellorMr Colin Beckett

Vice-President – Corporate Relations and DevelopmentMs Val RaubenheimerP 08 9266 7010 I F 08 9266 4234v.raubenheimer@curtin.edu.au

Contact DetailsKent StreetBentley WA 6102P 08 9266 9266 I F 08 9266 3131

Websitewww.curtin.edu.au

Campus LocationsPerth (Main Campus)Perth City (Curtin Graduate School of Business)Kalgoorlie (Curtin WA School of Mines)Margaret River Education CentreCurtin University SydneyCurtin Sarawak, MalaysiaCurtin Singapore

Curtin University is an inspiring, vibrant international organisation, committed to making tomorrow better. It is a destination for progressive thinkers, driving advances in technology through high-impact research and offering more than 300 practical, industry-aligned courses connecting to workplaces of tomorrow.

Curtin is ranked in the top two per cent of universities worldwide according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014. It ranks 25th in the world for universities under the age of 50 in the QS World University Rankings 2014 and has been awarded a five-star overall excellence rating in the QS Stars rating 2014. As a large, internationally focused university with more than 50,000 students, Curtin has campuses in Perth, Kalgoorlie, Margaret River, Sydney, Singapore and Malaysia, and connections with partner institutions in 20 countries.

At Curtin, stimulating and creative learning environments encourage problem-based learning and group collaboration, where students share ideas with professional organisations and use their imaginations to develop solutions to global problems.

Innovative elements such as digital learning, augmented reality and 3D technology enhance the students’ learning experiences, ensuring graduates have something different to offer a competitive marketplace and tomorrow’s industries. New facilities include the Anatomage Tables, which use computed tomography (CT) scans, allowing health sciences students to investigate the human body through virtual dissection.

In the Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch, a number of ambitious projects are underway to create immersive virtual environments and panoramas, including an interactive 3D digital model of a shipwreck site. Through Curtin’s collaborations with industry and government, researchers are able to undertake high-impact research and drive innovations in key sectors, such as business, mining and energy, ICT and health.

The new Centre for Crop and Disease Management is a major investment involving the construction of high-quality research facilities to find solutions that reduce the impact of grain diseases and drought.

The Curtin Bankwest Economics Centre is building a sustainable economic future for Western Australia through research that boosts the state’s capability in economic forecasting, and economic and policy scenario analysis.

In the marine research space, Curtin and its partners are involved in many ongoing initiatives to increase Australia’s marine capability though investigations into oceanic physical processes, hydroacoustic sound, subsea engineering, aquaculture and health benefit research.

Looking ever forward, Curtin has developed a master plan to transform its main campus in Perth into a sustainable, economic and cultural community that transcends traditional notions of what a university should be. Planned changes will see the development of new facilities, sustainable designs, high-quality public spaces and creative expression supported by the latest technology.

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Vice-ChancellorProfessor Jane den HollanderP 03 5227 8501 I F 03 5227 8500vcoffice@deakin.edu.au

ChancellorMr David Morgan

Director – Media Relations and Corporate CommunicationsMs Sarah DolanP 03 9246 8058sarah.dolan@deakin.edu.au

Contact Details1 Gheringhap Street Geelong VIC 3217P 03 5227 1100 I F 03 5227 2001

Websitewww.deakin.edu.au

Campus LocationsGeelong Waurn Ponds CampusGeelong Waterfront Campus Melbourne Burwood CampusWarrnambool Campus

Deakin University was established in 1974 as the first regional university in Victoria and the first to specialise in distance education. In 2014, Deakin celebrated its 40th anniversary as it continues to deliver on the commitments outlined in its Strategic Plan LIVE the future: Agenda 2020 – a commitment to build the jobs of the future, to use the opportunities of the digital age to widen access to education and to make a difference to the communities Deakin serves.

Deakin is now Australia’s 8th largest university, with over 50,000 students, including over 8,000 international students from 127 countries. Deakin’s four faculties offer 400 award courses across the arts, science, sport, nutrition, architecture, business, law, medicine, optometry, engineering, nursing and teaching. Deakin received the 2014 Premier’s Award for International Education Provider of the Year and the Governor’s Award for Export Education.

The University has four campuses: one in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs (Burwood), two in Geelong (Waterfront and Waurn Ponds) and one on the south-west coast of Victoria (Warrnambool). It also has corporate centres in the CBD, Burwood, Geelong and Warrnambool, a network of technology-rich learning centres across regional Victoria and international offices in India, China and Indonesia.

Deakin has over 700 Indigenous students and its Institute of Koorie Education in Geelong offers courses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in a well-established community-based learning model in partnership with Schools and Faculties.

The University is redesigning its courses to take advantage of the opportunities of emerging technologies to enhance student engagement. Over a third of Deakin’s students choose to study wholly online and all students access cloud learning whether on campus, at a learning centre or on industry placement. The Deakin partnership with IBM Watson is a world-first initiative that will provide personalised student advice. Deakin’s ICT infrastructure enables students and staff to collaborate and communicate wherever they are located and on multiple devices (smart phone, tablet or laptop).

The University has 16 strategic research centres and institutes, with strengths in health and materials, and is one of few universities to focus on manufacturing research. Deakin’s carbon fibre research has captured the attention of automotive and aeronautical manufacturing globally with its Carbon Nexus facility acknowledged as a nationally significant piece of infrastructure embracing new ways of manufacturing in automotive, aerospace and construction industries.

Deakin has a growing international research reputation, ranking in the top three per cent of universities globally across the three major rankings including the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic ranking of World Universities. Deakin ranks 50 in the Quacquarelli Symonds ranking of universities under 50 years.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Steve Chapman P 08 6304 2205 I F 08 6304 2666vc@ecu.edu.au

ChancellorThe Hon Dr Hendy Cowan

Director – Marketing and CommunicationsMrs Julia TurnerP 08 6304 2373 I F 08 6304 2092j.turner@ecu.edu.au

Contact Details270 Joondalup DriveJoondalup WA 6027P 08 6304 0000 I F 08 6304 1257

Websitewww.ecu.edu.au

Campus LocationsJoondalupMount Lawley Bunbury (South West)

Edith Cowan University (ECU) provides the ideal learning environment for people who want to reach their potential.

Located in Western Australia, our industry-relevant teaching and research, supportive study environment and award-winning facilities enable ECU students to do more than just survive in this world – they thrive in it.

Established in 1991, ECU took the opportunity to reshape the way higher education is delivered in a distinctive and inspiring campus environment.

ECU courses are developed in consultation with industry, and teaching staff have extensive industry experience and networks. It’s why ECU students can expect placement opportunities, fieldwork, practicums and networking events as part of their studies.

This approach has been rewarded with five star ratings for teaching quality, graduate satisfaction and generic skills six years in a row in The Good Universities Guide.

ECU’s world-class research strives to make a difference to the community in Western Australia and beyond. ECU focuses on working with our communities, business and government organisations to solve real-world problems.

The University was named after Edith Dirksey Cowan, the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament. Her life was dedicated to the belief that education was the key to growth, change and improvement in society.

Her example informs ECU’s values as we pride ourselves in developing capable graduates who lead engaged and productive lives in the communities in which they live and work.

At a glanceECU has more than 23,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. We also annually welcome some 3,600 international students originating from more than 100 countries.

We have four faculties that collectively deliver more than 300 diverse courses – Health, Engineering and Science; Education and Arts; Business and Law; and Regional Professional Studies.

Our courses are offered on our three campuses – Joondalup and Mount Lawley in metropolitan Perth and the South West Campus at Bunbury, 200km south of the capital city. ECU also offers a comprehensive suite of online study options.

ECU incorporates the world-renowned Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts; the oldest and most popular School of Education in Western Australia; the largest Nursing program in the State; and Kurongkurl Katitjin, ECU’s Centre for Australian Indigenous Education and Research.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor David BattersbyP 03 5327 8500 I F 03 5327 8001vc@federation.edu.au

ChancellorDr Paul Hemming

Public Relations ManagerMs Le-anne O’BrienP 03 5327 9637 I F 03 5327 9855publicrelations@federation.edu.au

Contact DetailsUniversity DriveMt Helen VIC 3350P 03 5327 9000 I F 03 5327 9704info@federation.edu.au

Websitewww.federation.edu.au

Campus Locations

Ballarat CampusesMt HelenSMBArts Academy

Regional CampusesWimmeraGippsland

Federation University Australia (FedUni) is one of the nation’s leading regional universities. With a reputation for relevance and excellence, FedUni has a strong tradition of education and training delivery spanning more than 140 years.

FedUni embraces the freedom and dynamism that comes from being a progressive university with close links to industry, business, communities and technology. It is also recognised as a welcoming and friendly university for international students. We place great emphasis on the quality of its teaching and learning, delivering a range of innovative programs through both its Higher Education and vocational education and training. Embracing diversity, FedUni is Australia’s only regional, multi-sector university and a pivotal provider of post-secondary education for regional Victoria.

Five campuses from the west of Victoria to the east, combined with the Nanya Environmental Research Station in Western New South Wales, anchor the range of programs that FedUni delivers throughout Australia and internationally. Known for its supportive, community environment, FedUni offers affordable study options with small class sizes, friendly staff and accessible academic support.

Our qualifications are recognised internationally for their high quality and our graduates continually rate their study experience with five stars. Our students come from more than 40 countries. With a proud track record in business innovation and entrepreneurship, we strive to enhance the relevance and currency of its education, training, research and consultancy capabilities.

The University also has embarked on a major infrastructure upgrade. A new Science and Engineering Building at the Mt Helen Campus and a new Manufacturing Technology Training Centre in Ballarat, are now open for students. A new, employer-focused, Industry Skills Centre has been established in Ballarat. The Centre focuses on apprenticeships and skills training. FedUni hosts Australia’s largest regional technology park which accommodates more than 30 companies including its signature tenant, IBM. The University’s Tech Park Central also has opened in central Ballarat, enabling businesses to have a presence at our SMB Campus.

Our Gippsland Campus offers a range of exciting programs for regional students. Located within easy walking distance of the town of Churchill, a bus ride from Morwell and Traralgon and only two hours south-east of Melbourne, the Gippsland Campus offers the benefits of a regional lifestyle with city access. Our Wimmera Campus also provides a wide range of programs for students throughout Horsham, Ararat, Stawell and Western Victoria.

Providing strong, practical knowledge and extensive experience in the development and supply of innovative, commercial solutions, our staff have undertaken and overseen major national and international projects within both academic and commercial environments.

Proud of its past while firmly focused on the future, student-centred and commercially capable, Federation University Australia continues to excel.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Colin StirlingP 08 8201 2101 I F 08 8201 5949colin.stirling@flinders.edu.au

ChancellorMr Stephen Gerlach AM

Executive Director, Strategic Marketing and CommunicationsMs Callista ThillouP 08 8201 5262 I F 08 8201 3027callista.thillou@flinders.edu.au

Contact DetailsGPO Box 2100Adelaide SA 5001P 08 8201 3911 I F 08 8201 3000admissions@flinders.edu.au

Websitewww.flinders.edu.au

Campus LocationsBedford Park (main campus)

Victoria Square - Adelaide CBD

Tonsley

Northern Territory

Darwin - Casuarina

- Royal Darwin Hospital

Alice Springs

Katherine

Nhulunbuy

Regional South Australia

Lincoln Marine Science Centre

Riverland

Greater Green Triangle

In its near 50 year history, Flinders University has made a substantial contribution to higher education in South Australia and, in recent years, has also achieved a prominent position as a leading education provider in the Northern Territory, particularly in the field of medicine. As major pillars of its Strategic Plan, the University has a commitment to building better communities, to high quality teaching and learning and to international engagement, as well as to research that has social, cultural and economic relevance.

Research strengths include biomedical and clinical sciences, culture, policy and society, health and human behaviour, molecular science and technology, engineering, and water and environment. Leading Flinders researchers include biomedical engineer and medical device developer Professor Karen Reynolds and bowel cancer pioneer Professor Graeme Young, South Australian Scientists of the Year in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

In 2015 Flinders at Tonsley becomes operational, a new $120 million building located on the former Mitsubishi Motors manufacturing site. Close to the main campus it centrally locates the University’s School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics, Medical Device Research Institute and Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, alongside some of Adelaide’s biggest business and industry. It is also the hub for our entrepreneurs, next generation start-ups and employers through the Flinders New Venture Institute, providing a platform for collaboration with local industries and manufacturers and an impetus for economic transformation in Adelaide’s southern region.

Flinders has trained medical students in the Northern Territory since 1997. In 2011 Flinders launched the Northern Territory Medical Program which allows students to complete a Flinders MD while remaining resident in Darwin, graduating the first cohort in 2014. Today Flinders is the most significant external provider of tertiary education in the Northern Territory with major facilities on the Casuarina Campus of Charles Darwin University, at Royal Darwin Hospital and in Alice Springs. The University’s commitment to innovative teaching has led to a strong and continuing record of success in awards for individuals and teams from the Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching from 2006 to 2014. As part of its engagement with the communities it serves, Flinders provides a world class education for its students in a supportive environment, and enhances educational opportunities for students from communities with low rates of university participation.

For more than a decade, Flinders has been one of the most highly regarded international providers of postgraduate education in Asia, teaching courses in China with Nankai University, Tianjin and with other leading universities in Beijing, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. Research collaborations in China are focused on Changsha and Shandong. Flinders also has strong links with higher education providers and government agencies in Indonesia, in which capacity-building in social work and disability services is a priority. Offshore and onshore programs with Indonesian universities in nursing, business and international relations are recent additions. Flinders offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in 14 schools across four faculties; Flinders has more than 2,700 staff and over 23,000 students. On and offshore international students number over 3,900 and come from over 100 countries. Flinders has on-site housing for 500 students, and its own international pathways college.

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Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ian O’ConnorP 07 5552 8178 I F 07 5552 8777vc@griffith.edu.au

ChancellorMs Leneen Forde AC

Director – Office of Marketing and CommunicationsMr Dean GouldP 07 5552 7846d.gould@griffith.edu.au

Contact DetailsParklands DriveSouthport QLD 4215P 07 5552 8800 I F 07 5552 8854

Websitewww.griffith.edu.au

Campus Locations

Nathan

Gold Coast

Logan

Mt Gravatt

South Bank

Griffith University is one of Australia’s most innovative tertiary institutions and an influential contributor to education and research in the Asia–Pacific region. Since opening in 1975, Griffith has grown from a small single campus of 451 students to a comprehensive university with over 46,000 students across five campuses and a network of 120,000 graduates spanning the globe.

Ranking in the top five per cent of universities worldwide, Griffith is Australia’s ninth largest higher education provider. Griffith is positioned among the leaders in national research excellence rankings and is one of Australia’s leading universities in law, social science, political science and business. Its scientific and health research highlights include world-leading research into developing a malaria vaccine, now at human trial stage, the world’s first photo of a shadow of an atom and leading research into using robots to improve the quality of life for dementia patients.

Griffith has a long history of offering new and innovative degrees that meet the ever-changing needs of students, industry and the community. The university has introduced Australia’s first degrees in Asian studies, environmental science, biomedical science, environmental engineering, forensic science, aviation, Australian Indigenous arts, photonics and nanoscience, suicide prevention and dental technology.

Today, Griffith offers over 200 undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees in the disciplines of business and government, criminology and law, education, engineering and information technology, environment, planning and architecture, health, humanities and languages, music, science and aviation, and visual and creative arts.

Griffith’s five campuses in the Brisbane–Gold Coast region of South East Queensland have distinct areas of expertise. Nathan is home to law, political sciences, quantum physics, the environment, corporate sustainability, Asia and emerging biosciences. Mt Gravatt focuses on education, criminology, social and behavioural sciences. The Gold Coast, Griffith’s largest campus, is widely renowned for its strengths in health education and research, business, and sciences. South Bank is Griffith’s creative hub, encompassing the Queensland Conservatorium, Queensland College of Art, Griffith Film School and Griffith Graduate Centre. Logan, a community-focused campus, is a national showcase of social inclusion with deep industry engagement and study pathways. Griffith is also one of Australia’s leading providers of online education.

At Griffith, students gain the academic knowledge expected from a world-class university, as well as the skills and confidence that employers want, giving them an edge in the job market. In recognition of this, in 2014 Griffith received five stars in the prestigious QS Stars ratings for graduate employability.

Year on year, Griffith features prominently in Australia’s national teaching awards and citations and its academic staff regularly win grants, awards, fellowships and scholarships for their innovation. In 2014, Associate Professor Brydie-Leigh Bartleet from Griffith’s Queensland Conservatorium was named Australian University Teacher of the Year.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Sandra HardingP 07 4781 4165 I F 07 4781 4050vc@jcu.edu.au

ChancellorLTGEN John Grey AC (Retd)

Director – Media & CommunicationsMr Richard DavisP 07 4781 4822richard.davis@jcu.edu.au

Contact DetailsAngus Smith DriveTownsville QLD 4811P 07 4781 4111 I F 07 4779 6371study@jcu.edu.au

Websitejcu.edu.au

Campus LocationsCairnsSingaporeTownsville

James Cook University (JCU) is a leading institution focusing on the Tropics. Surrounded by the spectacular ecosystems of the rainforests of the Wet Tropics region, the dry savannahs, and the Great Barrier Reef, our unique location enables students to study in a diverse, physical environment, unparalleled by any university in the world.

Established in 1970, the University’s main campuses are located in Cairns, Singapore and Townsville – with smaller study centres in Mount Isa, Thursday Island, and Mackay. There is also a campus located in Brisbane, operated by Russo Higher Education.

Ranked in the top four per cent of the world’s tertiary institutions (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014), JCU is dedicated to creating a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide, through graduates and discoveries that make a difference.

The University conducts nationally significant and internationally recognised research in areas such as marine sciences, biodiversity, tropical ecology and environments, global warming, tourism, and tropical medicine and public healthcare.

JCU is home to 19 major research centres and institutes including the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, the NHMRC National Centre of Research Excellence to Improve Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease, The Cairns Institute and the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM).

As a member of the select group of Innovative Research Universities in Australia, JCU has firmly established itself as a world leader in environmental sciences and ecological research (2014 US News and World Report, 2014 NTU global rankings, Excellence in Research for Australia [ERA] 2012).

JCU invests in technology and capital works programs to support its growth. Examples include redevelopments of the library and veterinary sciences buildings, the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, a state-of-the-art dental teaching building and public dental clinic, a Clinical Practice Building, the iconic and award winning Cairns Institute building and a modern and innovative Student Hub, known as Education Central.

JCU is a medium-sized university with over 20,000 students. This comprehensive university offers 100 undergraduate and about 90 coursework and 30 research programs spanning arts, business, creative arts, dentistry, education, engineering, Indigenous Australian studies, information technology, health sciences, law, medicine, veterinary sciences, social sciences and science. In 2014, JCU was one of only two universities to receive the maximum number of citations awarded for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Australian Awards for University Teaching, Office for Learning and Teaching).

The Good Universities Guide (2014) awarded five stars to JCU for success in getting a job. Employers value our graduates for their combination of theoretical and practical experience as well as their communication and technology skills.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor John DewarP 03 9479 2000 I F 03 9471 0093vc@latrobe.edu.au

ChancellorAdrienne E Clarke AC

Vice President (Admin)Office of the VP (Admin)Ms Natalie MacDonaldP 03 9479 1862n.macdonald@latrobe.edu.au

Contact DetailsPlenty RoadBundoora VIC 3086P 03 9479 1111 I F 03 9478 5814

Websitewww.latrobe.edu.au

Campus LocationsAlbury-Wodonga Bendigo Melbourne (Bundoora)Melbourne (Collins Street)Melbourne (Franklin Street)MilduraSheppartonSydney

We believe that higher education is transformative. It shapes people and transforms societies. Our purpose is and always has been to serve our communities for their social, economic and cultural benefit.

More than 167,000 students have graduated from La Trobe since we opened our doors in 1967. Among them are the CEOs of some of our most prominent organisations, parliamentarians, human rights activists, medical researchers and Olympians. They are also nurses, teachers, journalists, engineers, artists and lawyers who have transformed lives, professions and communities.

To prepare our students for contemporary careers and to ensure that they play their part in resolving global challenges, we’ve made entrepreneurship, global citizenship and sustainability central to all our undergraduate courses. We call these three vital areas of learning the La Trobe Essentials.

Ours is a community that creates knowledge. Researchers at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science are looking for new ways to fight disease, while at the Centre for AgriBioscience we’re tackling climate change, drought and other threats to Australia’s agriculture. At the La Trobe Rural Health School, we’re improving health and wellbeing in rural and regional communities.

To ensure that we stay at the forefront of fields that are changing the world – molecular science, biotechnology, nanotechnology, health science and agricultural bioscience – we’ve recently invested more than $500 million in new centres of learning and research.

To solve global problems, you need a global perspective. So, we’ve formed partnerships with more than 150 institutions in 40 countries and we encourage our students to take part in overseas programs as part of their studies. We recently gave travel grants and scholarships to more than 800 students to study with partners like the National University of Singapore, Michigan State University and the University of Essex.

La Trobe is the largest provider of university education in regional Victoria, with more than 7,000 student enrolments at our campuses in Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Mildura and Shepparton. Importantly, most of our students stay and work in their communities following graduation. To further improve regional participation in higher education we’ve partnered with Bendigo Bank to offer scholarships to regional students worth a total of $720,000 in 2015.

We are among the top 100 universities in the world under the age of 50 (Times Higher Education 2014 rankings), we’re ranked 38 in the world for our subjects in history and in the top 100 for communication, media studies, linguistics and sociology (QS World University Rankings by Subject). We are also Australia’s best university for research in microbiology and equal best in biochemistry and cell biology, and veterinary science.

Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce DowtonP 02 9850 7440 I F 02 9850 9950vc@mq.edu.au

ChancellorThe Hon Michael Egan AO

Director – MarketingMs Kathy VozellaP 02 9850 7378 I F 02 9850 9457kathy.vozella@mq.edu.au

Contact DetailsBalaclava RoadNorth Ryde NSW 2109P 02 9850 7111 I F 02 9850 7433

Websitewww.mq.edu.au

Campus LocationsNorth RydeCity

Established in Sydney in 1964, Macquarie University is a progressive voice among universities in Australia and the Asia Pacific. It was created during a time of extraordinary social transformation to be a different kind of university: it was, and will always be, a bold experiment in higher education.

True to its founders’ vision, the University has challenged the conventional thinking of academia through innovations in its campus set-up, curricula, interdisciplinary research and engagement with industry and the wider community.

In the 60s, Macquarie opened the doors to higher education to people from outside the Sydney establishment: it welcomed female and mature-age students in unprecedented numbers.

These young bright people and their mentors joined forces in unique surroundings where faculties and research centres sit together in one magnificent parkland campus. Over the years, the campus has become a magnet for a constellation of companies - all local and global leaders in dynamic sectors including information technology and healthcare. Alongside these companies, the University has established collaborations in R&D, student placement and executive training.

Collegiality and community engagement are at the heart of the University’s ethos, and have fostered a frame of mind that fearlessly challenges the status quo. Macquarie established the first actuarial studies degree in the English-speaking world outside of the US, the world’s first full externally-taught science degree, as well as the first external law degree in Australia. In recent years, Macquarie has opened the country’s first and only private hospital on a university campus.

The University is embedding in all its undergraduate curricula an emphasis on civic and professional participation. Its PACE program takes students into working and social environments that enrich them with experiences and connections, and open their minds to engaging as active world-citizens.

Macquarie’s approach has paid off. Eighty-five per cent of its research activity is rated through the ‘Excellence in Research for Australia’ initiative at world standard or higher, and it has received a rating of 5 stars across all categories measured by QS. More importantly, the University has helped to form generations of individuals who are audacious and responsible leaders in their field and active members of their communities.

Ever restless, as it moves towards its next fifty years, Macquarie has embarked on a bold program of renewal and expansion under the leadership of Vice-Chancellor and President Professor S Bruce Dowton. A fifth faculty, Medicine and Health Sciences, has just been established alongside new research institutes, and new facilities are slated to open in the next few years.

The Macquarie University campus is connected to the Sydney CBD by fast and efficient transport – 20 minutes by car and 30 minutes by train. Teaching is also delivered through the Macquarie City Campus, and in Melbourne, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing.

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Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis ACP 03 8344 6134 I F 03 9347 5904vc@unimelb.edu.au

ChancellorProfessor Elizabeth Alexander AM

Executive Director – Marketing and CommunicationsMs Lara McKayP 03 9035 7545lara.mckay@unimelb.edu.au

Contact DetailsGrattan StreetUniversity of Melbourne VIC 3010P 03 8344 4000 I F 03 8344 5104

Websitewww.unimelb.edu.au

Campus LocationsParkvilleBurnleyCreswickDookieSheppartonWerribeeSouthbank

Located in Parkville on the fringe of Melbourne’s central business district, the University of Melbourne has been a leading centre of higher education and research in Australia for 160 years.

The University of Melbourne’s high rankings in independent international surveys reflect its strong research performance, excellence in learning and teaching and the intellectual and social capital. In the prestigious 2013 Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, the University ranked number 33 in the world and number one in Australia. Melbourne is also the leading Australian university in the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities and ranked 44 in the world.

The University has some 47,000 students – including 11,700 international students from 129 countries – and 6500 staff. It has a culturally-diverse global community of more than 320,000 alumni of whom some 35,000 live overseas in more than 150 countries.

Melbourne’s researchers are at the forefront of international scholarship in fields as diverse as human rights law, telecommunications and medical research. Melbourne scholars of particular international renown include Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty and alumna and recent Nobel Laureate Professor Elizabeth Blackburn.

Researchers have long been engaged in world-changing research projects including the cochlear implant, or Bionic Ear, developed at the University’s department of Otolaryngology. The University’s research performance has also contributed to it being the home of an IBM Research and Development Centre and Stem Cells Australia (SCA). Today, University specialists are involved in the development of the first Bionic Eye.

Located within the prestigious medical research ‘Parkville Precinct’, the University is affiliated with more than 120 discipline-specific research centres covering research fields as diverse as Public Policy and Asian Law through to Medical research centres focused on diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy and Cancer.

Melbourne has one of the largest cohorts of graduate researchers in Australia with more than 15,000 PhD, research doctorate, masters by research and postgraduate coursework candidates.

In 2008, the University made significant curriculum reforms, aligning its programs with the best North American and European models. Students now complete broad undergraduate qualifications which includes deep study in their field coupled with subjects from outside their faculty, giving them the chance to explore a broad range of subjects and opportunities. Students then go on to complete a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or enter the job market.

The University contributes to Australia’s cultural dynamism through programs such as the Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne University Publishing, the Ian Potter Museum of Art and Asialink.

President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner AOP 03 9902 9851 I F 03 9905 2096margaret.gardner@monash.edu

ChancellorDr Alan Finkel AM

Director – Strategic Communications & MediaMs Stacey MairP 03 9903 4840stace@monash.edu

Contact DetailsWellington RoadClayton VIC 3800P 03 9902 6000 I F 03 9905 4007

Websitewww.monash.edu

Campus LocationsAustralia Berwick Caulfield Clayton Parkville PeninsulaInternational China India Italy Malaysia

Established in 1958, Monash is the youngest member of the highly regarded Group of Eight universities. In just over 50 years, we have grown to become the largest university in Australia, renowned for our outstanding teaching, transformative research, international reach and extensive alumni network (now extending to more than 300,000 members around the world).

Monash is a global university possessing the ambition and ability to address momentous global challenges. We have campuses in Australia and Malaysia, and offer courses at Monash South Africa. We also have an education centre in Italy, and major partnerships with universities in China, India and the UK.

Partnerships – local and globalMonash has an impressive record of long-term, successful relationships with industry, government and the community. Our partnerships and engagement programs range from close links with immediate neighbours to groundbreaking collaborations with organisations around the world.

The Monash Warwick AllianceIn 2012, we established a landmark alliance with Warwick University in the UK, aiming to redefine the concept of a global university. A priority of the alliance is to deliver a seamless international experience to students and prepare them for life in the global labour market.

Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou)In 2012, Monash became the first Australian university to receive a licence to operate in China. Our international collaboration at Suzhou with the Southeast University – one of China’s key national universities – will produce postgraduates and researchers with ideas that will change people’s lives in the region and the world for the better.

The IITB Monash Research AcademyLocated in north-eastern Mumbai, the IITB Monash Research Academy is a partnership between the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and Monash University. The institution is focused on providing innovative research outcomes for industries in India and Australia.

Our philosophyChange lies at the heart of our philosophy. We encourage our students to change their own lives so that they can go on to change the lives of others.

This desire to make a difference informs everything we do, not least of all our research. Already widely known for achievements in areas like health, accident prevention, sustainability and chemistry, Monash researchers make an impact well beyond the academic sphere. They work towards discoveries that have the potential to transform people’s lives for the better, not only in Australia but throughout the world

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Acting Vice-ChancellorProfessor Andrew TaggartP 08 9360 6300 I F 08 9360 2931vc@murdoch.edu.au

Chancellor Mr David Flanagan

Manager of Media and CommunicationsMrs Jane McNamaraP 08 9360 2985 I F 08 9360 7657j.mcnamara@murdoch.edu.au

Contact DetailsSouth StreetMurdoch WA 6150P 08 9360 6000 I F 08 9310 4233

Websitewww.murdoch.edu.au

Campus LocationsMurdochPeelDubaiSingapore

Ranked 60 in the 2014 Times Higher Education (THE) 100 Under 50 universities, and awarded five stars for graduate employment certainty in the 2015 Good Universities Guide, Murdoch continues to build on its proud tradition as a research-led, internationally recognised University providing an excellent learning and teaching experience for all students through a comprehensive range of degree programs.

With research expertise in multi and trans-disciplinary areas, and a commitment to fostering ongoing research partnerships and collaborations, Murdoch provides students with a holistic learning experience that engages with the social and scientific challenges of our time.

Teaching excellence and good learning outcomes go far beyond the university experience, ensuring Murdoch students have the autonomy to be life-long learners by equipping graduates with both scholarly and ‘real world’ experience.

Murdoch has invested in contemporary learning facilities for both teaching and research, fostering a culture of research-led teaching and evidence-based practice that sees students tackling some of the world’s most pertinent problems including food security, biosecurity, infectious and lifestyle diseases.

Murdoch is also a founding member of Innovative Research Universities (IRU), a collaborative network of six research-intensive universities Australia-wide. The IRU undertakes comprehensive research of both national and international standing, and collaborates with government and other influential bodies to ensure an ongoing collective dialogue about higher education outcomes.

Opened in in 1975, the University’s flagship campus at South Street is a 14-minute train journey from Perth and only eight kilometres from the port city of Fremantle. At 2.27 square kilometres, it’s the largest urban university campus in Australia and boasts a vast expanse of natural bushland teeming with unique wildlife.

The South Street campus is adjacent to a new urban centre known as the Murdoch Activity Centre, which includes one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken in Western Australia - the new Fiona Stanley Hospital. This unique community precinct has created exciting partnerships with government and industry, particularly in the medical and scientific research fields.

Murdoch University also has an established campus in Peel located in Perth’s growing southern corridor, home to Murdoch’s popular nursing and midwifery degrees which are taught in simulated hospital wards. A third campus in Rockingham operates Murdoch’s successful pathways and enabling programs, giving students from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to access a tertiary education through alternative entry streams.

Outside of Western Australia, Murdoch has International Study Centres in Singapore and Dubai.

Vice-Chancellor and CEOProfessor Annabelle DuncanP 02 6773 2004 I F 02 6773 3710vc@une.edu.au

ChancellorMr James Harris

Marketing and Public AffairsMr Anthony SmithP 02 6773 3909anthony.smith@une.edu.au

Vice-Chancellor’s UnitMrs Suzanne CrewP 02 6773 3768

Contact DetailsElm AvenueArmidale NSW 2351P 02 6773 3333

Websitewww.une.edu.au

Campus LocationsArmidale - main campusParramatta - FutureCampus

The University of New England (UNE) is a regionally based, globally networked University that is renowned for the quality of its student experience and the excellence of its research. The New England University College (NEUC) was formed in 1938 as a college of the University of Sydney. In 1954 the University became fully independent as the University of New England and pioneered teaching to external students by correspondence, making UNE Australia’s most experienced provider of distance and now innovative online education. As Australia’s first regional university, UNE’s mission was to provide access to education and research for the regional community.

The University’s main campus is located at Armidale, NSW, halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, on 260 hectares of picturesque bushland. On-campus students enjoy relatively small class sizes and close interaction with teaching staff, with about half of these students living in residential colleges. UNE aspires to be Australia’s leading residential collegiate university. UNE offers a vibrant college community, providing networks of friends, academic support, social and sporting activities.

The University of New England has more than 18,000 off-campus students and supports these students through Study Centres in Tamworth, Taree, Coonabarabran, Narrabri, Moree, Inverell, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Gunnedah and Guyra as well as the FutureCampus in Parramatta, Sydney. These centres give UNE students living in those communities direct access to the Armidale campus via the latest online technologies, video-conferencing and telephone facilities, and provide space for meetings and study. The UNE Study Centres team has been recognised for going the extra mile: for sustained teamwork that brings geographically remote and disadvantaged students into our UNE learning community through personalised attention in the centres.

At the FutureCampus, UNE uses advanced online technologies to bring external students closer to lecturers in Armidale and around the world. Online students in the greater Western Sydney area have access to real-time telepresence classes of lecturers from around the world as well as the latest interactive learning and information technologies for group and individual studies.

Students can choose from a diverse and attractive portfolio of professional courses in education and health, economics, business, law, medicine, social and behavioural sciences and the natural, rural and environmental sciences. These courses complement the University’s considerable reputation across the traditional disciplines in the arts and sciences.

UNE has a proud history of high quality research, with a particular emphasis on tackling complex questions in rural and regional Australia. UNE has developed a close network of international research partners, delivering improvements in health, productivity and quality of life to communities not only in rural and regional Australia, but across the developed and developing world.

Within Australia, UNE has strong industry links that are reflected in research collaborations with 12 research centres and institutes. Focus areas include animal genetics and breeding, agriculture and law, social science, Local Government, poultry, beef genetics technologies, sheep and spatial information.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Ian Jacobs P 02 9385 2788 I F 02 9385 1949vice-chancellor@unsw.edu.au

ChancellorMr David Gonski AC

Media OfficeP 02 9385 3192 I F 02 9385 1683media@unsw.edu.auwww.newsroom.unsw.edu.au

Contact DetailsKensington NSW 2052P 02 9385 1000 I F 02 9385 2000

Websitewww.unsw.edu.au

Campus LocationsUNSW KensingtonUNSW PaddingtonUNSW Canberra at ADFA

UNSW Australia (The University of New South Wales) is the destination of choice for the best from Australia and around the world. Located only ten minutes away from the shores of Coogee beach and 7km from the Sydney CBD in Sydney Australia, we attract over 50,000 students to our campus including 13,000 international students. At UNSW we develop leaders who shape the future. Recent studies found that more of Australia’s top CEOs who lead ASX100 companies studied at UNSW than any other university1.

UNSW is ranked in the top 50 universities in the world2 and UNSW scored the maximum five-star rating in seven key performance indicators in the Good Universities Guide 2015.

As a trusted partner with industry, government and the community, UNSW is committed to making a difference in this world. UNSW is a member of prestigious networks, such as a founding member of the Group of Eight (a coalition of Australia’s leading research intensive universities) Universitas 21 international network and most recently APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities).

UNSW offers a broad range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs across the faculties of Arts & Social Sciences; Art & Design; Built Environment; Business School; Engineering; Law; Medicine; Science and UNSW Canberra at ADFA.

UNSW is distinctive in that it is the only Australian research intensive university established with this unique focus, modelled on universities such as MIT in the USA and European technical universities.

Working closely with industry, our world-class research is focused on issues judged to be critical to the future, from climate change and renewable energies to life saving medical treatments and breakthrough technologies. UNSW achieved the top ranking, “well above world average” in 25 units in the Excellence in Research for Australia Report3.

UNSW never stands still. We are a leading research-intensive university in the Asia-Pacific region and seek to make a significant contribution to the development of knowledge, to learning and teaching of our students whilst making a difference to society.

1 Leading Company 20122 2014 QS World University rankings3 ERA 2012

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Caroline McMillenP 02 4921 5101 I F 02 4921 5115caroline.mcmillen@newcastle.edu.au

Chancellor Mr Paul Jeans

Director – Marketing and Public RelationsMs Andrea HammondP 02 4921 6331 I F 02 4921 6400andrea.hammond@newcastle.edu.au

Contact DetailsUniversity DriveCallaghan NSW 2308P 02 4921 5000 I F 02 4985 4200enquirycentre@newcastle.edu.au

Websitewww.newcastle.edu.au

Campus LocationsNewcastle (Callaghan)Newcastle cityCentral Coast (Ourimbah)Port MacquarieSingaporeSydney

The University of Newcastle (UON) is recognised as a world-class institution that delivers quality education and undertakes outstanding research and innovation. UON is ranked the number one university in Australia under 50 years old in both the Times Higher Education and QS world rankings of universities, and in the top three per cent globally among all universities.

Delivering excellent higher education to students from all walks of life is a critical part of UON’s mission. We have a sector-leading reputation for supporting students from diverse backgrounds to access higher education and achieve great outcomes in their studies. Our degrees are structured to ensure that UON graduates are globally competitive in their field, and hold the necessary knowledge and transferable skills to be career-ready. Approximately 90 per cent of our undergraduate programs include work-integrated and experiential learning, enabling students to study and succeed in a professional environment. This approach has been well received by our students, who voted us in the top ten of Australia’s universities for quality teaching, graduate satisfaction and for developing skills valued by employers.

UON’s face-to-face learning environment is enhanced by state-of-the-art facilities and technology, including high-tech laboratories and digitally connected information hubs. Additionally, our cross-disciplinary clusters combine staff from various fields to foster innovation in our academic programs and research.

As a regional research-intensive university, we have established strong partnerships with government and industry to drive innovation across areas of national and global significance. Our flagship research institutes, the Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER) and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) work with partners to deliver cross-disciplinary research translated into word-class innovation. NIER is home to the NSW Energy Innovation Hub and an International Centre for Balanced Land Use, and works with partners around the world on the critical issues of energy use, sustainability and renewables. Similarly, at HMRI researchers deliver ‘real world’ solutions to some of the most pressing global health challenges including stroke research, asthma therapies and cancer treatment.

The quality of our research is reflected in the Australian Government’s most recent Excellence in Research Australia assessment, which placed the University equal 7th nationally for research that is ‘well above world standard’. UON is also ranked in the top 10 for research funding by the Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council. We continue to build on our areas of disciplinary strength – science and engineering, health and medicine, and energy and resources – and have developed fields of emerging excellence including applied mathematics, social work, earth sciences, nutrition and dietetics, and human movement and sports science.

Our three main campuses are located on the beautiful New South Wales coast – at Newcastle, on the Central Coast and at Port Macquarie – and our presences in Singapore and Sydney are growing rapidly. With over 39,000 students, UON’s learning community is vibrant and dynamic, offering students and researchers a world-class academic experience and a diverse professional, cultural and social learning environment.

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Vice-ChancellorProfessor Celia HammondP 08 9433 0850 I F 08 9433 0855vc@nd.edu.au

ChancellorMr Terence Tobin QC

Special Advisor to the Vice-ChancellorMs Hannah BeazleyP 08 9433 0506 I F 08 9433 0855hannah.beazley@nd.edu.au

Contact Details(Broome)88 Guy StreetBroome WA 6725P 08 9192 0600 | F 08 9192 0690broome.enquiries@nd.edu.au

(Freemantle)19 Mouat StFremantle WA 6959P 08 9433 0555 I F 08 9433 0544fremantle.reception@nd.edu.au

(Sydney)140 BroadwayBroadway NSW 2007 P 02 8204 4400 | F 02 8204 4422 sydney@nd.edu.au

Websitewww.nd.edu.au

Campus LocationsFremantleSydneyBroome

From humble beginnings in Western Australia in 1989, Notre Dame has grown to become a national Catholic university with more than 12,000 students enrolled across its three campuses in Broome, Fremantle and Sydney, and its seven clinical schools in New South Wales and Victoria.

Notre Dame has embraced both the modern Australian university tradition and the ancient and esteemed traditions of Catholic universities in both Europe and North America. The University’s operations are based upon its legislated Objects:

a. the provision of university education, within a context of Catholic faith and values; andb. the provision of an excellent standard of -

i. teaching, scholarship and research;ii. training for the professions; andiii. pastoral care for its students.

Notre Dame provides an excellent standard of university education, grounded in real world experience, and has one of the highest graduate employment rates in Australia. Notre Dame delivers an outstanding level of undergraduate and postgraduate education and has been rated five stars by graduates for the eighth year in a row in 2014 for Teaching Quality, Generic Skills and Overall Satisfaction in the Good Universities Guide.

Students can study a variety of courses in Notre Dame’s nine Schools: Arts & Sciences; Business; Education; Health Sciences; Law; Medicine; Nursing & Midwifery; Philosophy & Theology and Physiotherapy.

With a unique application process, every student’s application is considered on an individual basis. The University considers an applicant’s prior academic achievements, his or her personal qualities, motivation for study, leadership skills and community involvement. Prospective students apply directly to the University.

Notre Dame is also home to three Centres for Research – the Institute for Health Research; Nulungu Research Institute and the Centre for Faith, Ethics & Society – with an emphasis on collaboration, translational research and growing its higher degree by research population.

Through the Nulungu Research Institute, based in Broome, the University promotes and integrates Notre Dame’s mission of Reconciliation across all campuses and provides excellence in the teaching, researching and valuing of community-based cultural knowledge. The University provides strong support for the process of Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The University of Notre Dame Australia hosts a community of learning that cultivates knowledge for the good of humanity. Through its commitment to pastoral care, the University helps students grow in all aspects of their lives and inspires them to realise their innate gifts and to use them in the world and for the world.

Apply direct notredame.edu.au

Broome SydneyFremantle

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Peter Høj P 07 3365 1300 I F 07 3365 1266vc@uq.edu.au

Chancellor Mr John Story

Director – Office of Marketing and CommunicationsMr Graham BethuneP 07 3365 6060 I F 07 3365 1488g.bethune@uq.edu.au

Contact DetailsSt Lucia QLD 4072P 07 3365 1111 I F 07 3365 1100omc@uq.edu.au

Websitewww.uq.edu.au

Campus LocationsSt LuciaGattonHerston

Ranked well inside the world’s top 100 universities worldwide as measured by five key independent rankings*, The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research universities.

UQ is one of only three Australian members of the global Universitas 21, a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities, and a member of Universities Australia. UQ is one of only two Australian charter members of the prestigious edX consortium, the world’s leading not-for-profit consortium of massive open online courses (MOOCs).

UQ celebrates its graduates as its greatest assets. The University’s outstanding 220,000 graduates include a Nobel laureate, the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, an Academy Award winner, and leaders in government, law, science, public service, the arts and sport.

The University has more than 48,800 students, including more than 12,600 postgraduates and approximately 11,500 international students from about 140 countries, who study across UQ’s three campuses in South-East Queensland: St Lucia, Gatton, and Herston. UQ has one of Australia’s largest PhD enrolments and has graduated more than 11,000 PhDs. UQ has a strong focus on teaching excellence, having won more Australian Learning and Teaching Council Awards for teaching excellence than any other university in the country, and attracts the majority of Queensland’s highest academic achievers as well as top interstate and overseas students.

UQ is a pacesetter in discovery and translational research across a broad spectrum of disciplines, ranging from cancer studies to nanotechnology and bioengineering to social and political science.

In 2013, with grants totalling $381.8 million, for the first time, UQ received more research income than any other university in Australia – a strong indication of the commitment and quality of our researchers. The 2012 Excellence in Research for Australia assessment found UQ has more specialised fields of research ranked “well above world standard” than any other Australian university.

More than 156 UQ staff (including honorary and adjunct appointments) and professors emeriti are Fellows of Australia’s learned academies, which include the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, ATSE, ASSA and the newly established Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

UQ has invested substantially in construction and development, helping create great environments in which to study and research. It has established nine research institutes, many with a multidisciplinary focus, and is a partner in the Translational Research Institute (TRI) — an Australian first that represents the future in biomedical research.

* Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings,

Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities and US News Best Global Universities Rankings.

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Vice-ChancellorProfessor Peter Coaldrake AOP 07 3138 8086 I F 07 3138 4061p.coaldrake@qut.edu.au

ChancellorMr Tim Fairfax AC

Director – Marketing and CommunicationMr Tony WilsonP 07 3138 2386 I F 07 3138 3573 t.wilson@qut.edu.au

Contact Details2 George StreetBrisbane QLD 4000P 07 3138 2000qutinformation@qut.edu.au

Websitewww.qut.edu.au

Campus LocationsGardens PointKelvin Grove Caboolture

Queensland University Technology (QUT) is a leading Australian university with a global outlook. With some 47,000 students, QUT is ranked by Times Higher Education as one of Australia’s top universities under 50 years old and is the nation’s fastest growing research university.

QUT’s courses are in high demand, and our graduates include seven Rhodes Scholars, four of these in the past five years. Academic programs from bachelor degree to PhD are offered in business, creative industries, education, health, science and engineering, and law. Some 22 per cent of enrolments are postgraduate, and 16 per cent of our students come from overseas.

QUT Business School is in the top one per cent of business schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation and leads Australia in the Financial Times global rankings for its Masters in Finance. Our staff are consistently recognised in national teaching awards, with two academics earning top-level Teaching Excellence Awards in 2014. They have helped earn QUT a global five-star rating in the 2014 QS Stars university ratings.

Based in Brisbane, QUT has three campuses: at Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove in the inner city, and at Caboolture north of the city. Staff and students work and study in technology-rich, world-class precincts. The Science and Engineering Centre at Gardens Point is home to The Cube, one of the world’s largest digital interactive learning and display spaces, and headquarters of the Institute for Future Environments.

At Kelvin Grove, a thriving urban village development integrates the campus with the community. The Creative Industries Precinct will enter a new phase in 2015 with the completion of stage two, expanding sophisticated digital facilities to include outstanding studio spaces. The flagship Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, also at Kelvin Grove, is a technologically advanced, multidisciplinary facility for hundreds of QUT researchers working to solve real-world health problems.

Over the past decade, QUT has greatly expanded its research profile, with 88 per cent of our research effort now ranked world standard or above (Australian Government 2012 ERA). QUT research in the biofortification of bananas, to improve the health of East Africans, was named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 25 Best Inventions for 2014.

Two nationally endorsed ARC Centres of Excellence (in robotic vision and creative industries and innovation) are based at QUT, while QUT is a key participant in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers of Big Data, Big Models and New Insights. QUT hosts a Commonwealth-funded cooperative research centre in wound management, is a participant in 11 others, and leads three NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence (in sun and health, end-of-life care, and in reducing healthcare associated infection).

QUT is a member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN) of universities.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentMr Martin BeanP 03 9925 1999 I F 03 9925 3185vc@rmit.edu.au

Chancellor Dr Ziggy Switkowski

Executive MarketingMr Matthew LeeP 03 9925 5065 I F 03 9925 5029matthew.lee@rmit.edu.au

Contact Details124 La Trobe StreetMelbourne VIC 3000P 03 9925 2000 I F 03 9925 3185study@rmit.edu.au

Websitewww.rmit.edu.au

Campus LocationsMelbourne - CityBrunswickBundooraHanoiHo Chi Minh City

RMIT is a global university of technology and design, focused on creating solutions that transform the future for the benefit of people and their environments.

One of Australia’s original educational institutions founded in 1887, RMIT University is now the nation’s largest tertiary institution with more than 82,000 students. The University enjoys an international reputation for excellence in professional and vocational educational, applied and innovative research, and engagement with the needs of industry and the cities in which we are located.

RMIT has a 5-Star QS ranking for excellence in higher education and is ranked among the top 15 Australian universities (2014 QS World University Rankings). We are 32nd in the world among universities less than 50 years old (2014 QS Top 50 Under 50 index).

At the inaugural Victorian International Education Awards, RMIT received the Premier’s award for international education provider of the year and the award for Excellence in International Education (University).

With three campuses in Melbourne (Central Business District, Brunswick and Bundoora), two in Vietnam (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City) and a centre in Barcelona, Spain, RMIT is a truly global university. RMIT also offers programs through partners in Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Spain, Belgium and Germany, and enjoys research and industry partnerships on every continent.

RMIT offers postgraduate, undergraduate and vocational programs, enabling students to have the option of work-relevant pathways between vocational and higher education qualifications. A range of scholarships is available to support education and research. The University is a leader in engineering, accounting and finance, computer science and information systems, communication and media studies, psychology, education, law and economics.

The University prides itself on the strong industry links it has forged over its 128-year history. Collaboration with industry is integral to RMIT’s leadership in applied research and education, and to the development of highly skilled, globally focused graduates.

Our four Research Institutes (Design, Global Cities, Platform Technologies, and Health Innovations), together with other research groups in the University, work within multidisciplinary teams to address the needs of industry and communities world-wide.

The quality of the RMIT’s research work was endorsed in the most recent round of the Australian Research Council’s “Excellence in Research Australia” exercise. The survey placed RMIT among the top five Australian universities for excellence in key research disciplines, with our research outputs rated at “above” or “well above” world standard in 19 disciplines.

As part of a continuing $800 million capital investment program, RMIT has recently completed several major projects including the Design Hub and Swanston Academic Building which have significantly enhanced the University’s learning, teaching and research spaces.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor David LloydP 08 8302 0500 I F 08 8302 0501David.Lloyd@unisa.edu.au

Chancellor Dr Ian Gould

Director – Communications and MarketingMr Alan BridesonP 08 8302 0625 I F 08 8302 0977alan.brideson@unisa.edu.au

Contact DetailsGPO Box 2471,Adelaide SA 5001P 08 8302 6611 I F 08 8302 2466

Websitewww.unisa.edu.au

Campus LocationsCity East City West Magill Mawson Lakes Whyalla

The University of South Australia is Australia’s university of enterprise, globally connected and engaged in helping solve the problems of industry and the professions. Its teaching is industry-informed, its research is focused on end-user application and it creates knowledge that is central to economic and social prosperity.

With almost 34,000 students, around 6,000 of whom are international students, it is South Australia’s largest university and offers degree programs in business, education, arts, social sciences, health sciences, information technology, engineering and the environment. Programs are designed with strong professional emphasis and in partnership with industry. It is South Australia’s leading university for graduate careers according to the Australian Government’s 2013 MyUniversity website. The University maintains a strong commitment to teaching and learning, and ranks in the top 10 nationally for the proportion of its staff with a doctorate (73 per cent). Its MBA program consistently ranks amongst the best in the country, holding a five-star rating for seven consectutive years (as awarded by the Graduate Management Association of Australia).

Its rankings continue to grow. The university climbed higher in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, moving to 290 in a list of over 10,000 world universities. It is Australia’s youngest university to be ranked in the Times Higher Education’s top 50 of world universities under 50 years old. It is also ranked in the QS Top 50 under 50. The university continues to develop a strong research environment and focuses its efforts on understanding scarce resources, future industries and cancer prevention and management, among other themes. It ranks in the top one third of Australian universities for research income, and in the Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 evaluation more than 86 per cent of its assessed research was deemed to be of world-class standard or above. A hallmark of the university’s research is the close, collaborative engagement it enjoys with its many industry, government, collegiate and community partners, which ensures that the outcomes are relevant to its end-users but also that the questions asked reflect real-world issues. Recent partnerships have included Hewlett-Packard to build an innovation and collaboration centre; Hills Industries to develop innovative product design and technology; the Centre for Cancer Biology to research genomics and personalised medicine; and the Port Adelaide Football Club to develop high performance in sport.

The University also engages closely with the communities it serves. Its Samstag Museum presents a changing exhibitions program of contemporary visual art, and its Hawke Centre public lectures are devoted to generating ideas and solutions to achieve cohesive, sustainable societies. The University has a strong equity mission and was the first university in South Australia to have a Reconciliation Action Plan. It is also a proud supporter of vital community events including the Adelaide Festival, WOMADelaide’s Planet Talks and the Santos Tour Down Under UCI World Tour cycling race.

With campuses in the heart of Adelaide, in the metropolitan area (Mawson Lakes and Magill) and in the regional cities of Whyalla and Mount Gambier, the university provides opportunities to students from a wide range of geographic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. It is currently implementing a $1 billion-plus building program to further enhance its physical and virtual infrastructure.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Peter Lee FTSEP 02 6620 3703 I F 02 6622 1789 vc@scu.edu.au

Chancellor Mr Nick Burton Taylor AM

Executive Director – Community and Corporate Relations Helen HughesP 02 6620 3506 I F 02 6622 3195hhughes@scu.edu.au

Contact DetailsMilitary RoadLismore NSW 2480P 02 6620 3000 I F 02 6620 3700

Websitewww.scu.edu.au

Campus LocationsLismoreCoffs Harbour Gold Coast

Southern Cross University is a multi-campus regional university with a vibrant profile of engaged teaching and research. The University takes pride in providing a personalised learning experience to its population of more than 14,000 students who attend its eastern seaboard campuses or study via distance education.

The University has a diverse and distinctive student body. Based on 2013 data 60 per cent of its students are from regional Australia; it has an Indigenous participation rate of 3.4 per cent (compared to 1.5 per cent for the University sector), while its international profile includes students from more than 50 countries.

Lismore campus houses the majority of the University’s academic and research units. The campus is set on 75 lush hectares of sub-tropical gardens and walkways. Large floor space for environmental science and engineering, health and human sciences, law, visual arts and contemporary music are located at Lismore, which draws on the vibrant Northern Rivers arts scene for creativity and inspiration.

The University’s southern Gold Coast campus has grown rapidly since opening in 2010, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in tourism, business and law, education, social welfare and social science, and an expanding range of health sciences with state-of-the-art health facilities and a public health clinic.

The Southern Cross University Coffs Harbour campus is part of an educational precinct which includes the Coffs Harbour Senior College and North Coast TAFE. Psychology and information technology degrees are among the courses on offer at the Coffs Harbour campus. The University’s National Marine Science Centre is located at Charlesworth Bay in Coffs Harbour, with an extensive flow through seawater system to laboratories, a public aquarium and aquaculture tanks. The centre has a commercial hatchery and ocean-going research vessel.

Southern Cross University continues to enhance its research capacity, developing world-leading expertise in areas including geochemistry and plant science. The University continues to grow its research income, with particular emphasis on Australian Competitive Grants.

The University received the top rating of ‘well above world standard’ in the specific research fields of geochemistry, zoology, crop and pasture production and forestry sciences in the Excellence in Research for Australia 2012 national report. It received ‘above world standard’ and ‘world standard’ ratings in the specific fields of nursing and tourism. In the broader research fields the University received the ratings of ‘well above world standard’ in earth sciences and agricultural and veterinary sciences, ‘above world standard’ in biological sciences, and ‘world standard’ in studies in creative arts and writing.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Jan ThomasP 07 4631 2168 I F 07 4631 2782vc@usq.edu.au

Chancellor Mr John Dornbusch

Director – Corporate CommunicationsDr Aidan BurkeP 07 4631 2313 I F 07 4631 1705Aidan.Burke@usq.edu.au

Contact DetailsWest StreetToowoomba QLD 4350P 07 4631 2100 I F 07 4631 2893

Websitewww.usq.edu.au

Campus LocationsToowoombaFraser CoastSpringfieldIpswich

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has a reputation of being a leading provider of on-campus and flexible learning programs.

USQ has campuses in Toowoomba, Ipswich, Springfield and Fraser Coast, providing education opportunities to Queensland’s Darling Downs, Fraser Coast regions and Brisbane’s Western Corridor. USQ’s close association with industries and communities ensures its programs are current and relevant and that its graduates have all the knowledge and skills required to make them work ready. Its educational offerings include programs and courses that reflect the changing needs of society. USQ has extensive course offerings in business, education, law and arts along with health, engineering and the sciences.

Over 28,000 students studied our diverse range of programs in 2014. USQ continues to have a strong international representation with students studying in 92 countries through on-campus, online delivery or with our overseas education partners. Over 1600 highly qualified staff are employed to ensure the University’s absolute commitment to students.

USQ graduates are strongly sought after in the workplace with 94.1 per cent (myuniversity.gov.au) of USQ’s graduates finding full time employment or entering further full time study soon after completing their studies. Additionally, independent surveys show they have a very high overall satisfaction rate with the standard of the courses and support offered to them.

The University has also earned an international reputation for the support it provides to overseas students - and this was reconfirmed when USQ was named the top university in Australia for international student satisfaction by the 2013 International student barometer survey.

With a clear strategic focus, USQ is committed to being among the world’s leading research bodies in a number of core areas. Our three Institutes focus the University’s strengths through multi-disciplinary research programs to tackle national and global challenges affecting agriculture, natural resource management, and people living and doing business in regional areas as well as the future impact of digital disruption.

The University continues to make a significant contribution to the building of human and social capital through ensuring higher education is accessible to people regardless of their location and individual circumstances.

The University of Southern Queensland’s future directions and strong commitment is outlined in its 2013-2015 Strategic Plan. USQ’s Strategic Plan is supported by other plans including Indigenous Education Statements and the Social Justice Strategic Plan.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Greg HillP 07 5430 1101 I F 07 5430 1105ghill@usc.edu.au

ChancellorMr John M Dobson OAM

Director – Marketing and CommunicationsMs Karyn BrinkleyP 07 5430 1116 I F 07 5430 1187kbrinkley@usc.edu.au

Contact Details90 Sippy Downs Drive Sippy Downs QLD 4556P 07 5430 1234 I F 07 5430 1111information@usc.edu.au

Websitewww.usc.edu.au

Since its establishment in 1996, the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has made a significant impact on the economic and cultural development of its region, serving a growing catchment from Brisbane’s northern suburbs, right through the Sunshine Coast, to as far north as Bundaberg. USC now has 10,000 students and continues to be one of Australia’s fastest growing universities. With teaching sites offering award winning programs now also located at Gympie and South Brisbane, demand for USC programs is strong, with plans to double enrolments in the next decade.

The purpose-built campus at Sippy Downs, an hour north of Brisbane, features award winning academic buildings, cafés and sporting amenities, including an Olympic-standard athletics track, pool, and major sports stadium. Bordering a nature reserve and modelling innovative sustainability principles, the campus is shared with wildlife including kangaroos. Private student accommodation also adjoins the campus.

More than 140 degrees and postgraduate programs are offered in the disciplines of: business, IT and tourism; creative industries, design and communication; education; engineering, planning and science; health, nursing and sport sciences; humanities, psychology and social sciences; and law.

Most degrees can include minors in sustainability or entrepreneurship. Students are encouraged to complete part of their study overseas, and gain industry experience through work-integrated learning. The University again rates five stars in the Good Universities Guide 2015 for teaching quality for the ninth consecutive year, as well as overall graduate satisfaction, and graduates’ satisfaction with generic skills they gained while at university. It has been consistently recognised with national teaching awards and has recorded impressive gains in its graduate employment outcomes.

The University is in a period of rapid research development and growth. Research centres focus on sustainability, genecology and forest industries, with established excellence in climate change adaptation, aquaculture, and sub-tropical forestry. Further research effort lies in the areas of interactive technologies, health improvement, inflammatory diseases and accident research.

USC’s Innovation Centre facilitates connections between the University and regional businesses, and has been instrumental in many start-up enterprises. The USC Art Gallery attracts up to 15,000 visitors a year.

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Vice-ChancellorProfessor Linda KristjansonP 03 9214 8163 vc@swin.edu.au

ChancellorMr Graham Goldsmith

Director of CommunicationsMs Nataly MatijevicP 03 9214 5737nmatijevic@swin.edu.au

Contact DetailsWakefield StreetHawthorn VIC 3122P 03 9214 8000 I F 03 9819 5454info@swin.edu.au

Websitewww.swinburne.edu.au

Campus LocationsHawthorn CroydonWantirna Sarawak, Malaysia

Swinburne University of Technology is an innovative and inclusive university that provides high-quality, career-oriented education and strong engagement with industry and the community. In recent years, Swinburne has become one of the world’s leading universities, ranking as one of the top 400 in the world, as assessed by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, and one of the top 100 in the world in physics.

Swinburne’s main campus is in the Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn. Our other Melbourne-based campuses are at Prahran, Wantirna and Croydon. We have a campus in Sarawak, Malaysia, which connects us to one of the most rapidly growing regions of the world. The university also offers a range of qualifications online through Swinburne Online and Open Universities Australia.

Swinburne’s emphasis is on teaching and research in science, technology, business, design and innovation – teaching and research that makes a difference in the lives of individuals and contributes to national economic and social objectives. We advance our research through partnerships with industry, our communities and other universities in Australia and internationally, to achieve results that are relevant to industry and society.

Our close ties with industry provide students with opportunities for workplace experiences during their studies. Industry representatives inform, shape and challenge the curriculum. Importantly, industry also provides guest presenters, final-year cross-discipline team projects matched to business needs and paid work placement in Swinburne’s Industry-based Learning program, which recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.

Our researchers have a reputation for high-impact research with strengths in advanced manufacturing technology, astrophysics, biotechnology, cognitive sciences, computing, design, micro and nano-engineering, optics and applied laser technology, and social sustainability and wellbeing. The university has invested more than $250 million in infrastructure and research to strengthen our reputation for research and teaching excellence.

We rate highly for students in the Good Universities Guide, with high ratings for graduate satisfaction, teaching quality, staff qualifications and generic employability skills. We place a strong emphasis on building career-ready graduates who use their knowledge to immediately deliver results in the workplace. We also offer opportunities for life-long learning, with progression between qualifications and recognition of prior learning and experience.

Swinburne has formal exchange arrangements with institutions in more than 90 institutions in countries around the world and our international student mobility is higher than the national average.

At Swinburne, quality is never confused with elitism. We work to provide educational opportunities to capable students wherever we find them. Both as an early leader in international education and through our expertise in online education, Swinburne is making educational opportunities available to a new generation of learners.

Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Michael SpenceP 02 9351 5051 I F 02 9351 4596vice.chancellor@sydney.edu.au

ChancellorMs Belinda Hutchinson AM

Head, Media and Public RelationsMs Kirsten AndrewsP 02 9114 0748 | F 02 9351 4745M 0413 777 404kirsten.andrews@sydney.edu.au

Contact DetailsThe University of SydneySydney NSW 2006P 02 9351 2222 I F 02 9351 4607

Websitesydney.edu.au

Campus LocationsCamperdown/DarlingtonBurren StreetCamdenCumberlandMallett StreetRozelleSurry HillsSydney Conservatorium of Music

A university for everyoneThe University of Sydney is committed to the transformative power of education. We foster greater knowledge and understanding of the world by equipping our people with the leadership qualities to serve all of our communities at every level.

As a leader in tertiary education ranked in the top one per cent of universities in the world, we have been challenging traditions for more than 160 years. We were one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and women on the same basis as men. Today that tradition continues. In our classrooms and beyond we value academic freedom, encouraging our teachers, researchers and students to pursue their own lines of enquiry, challenge the status quo and participate in active debate.

We attract the brightest researchers and most promising students to our vibrant and diverse intellectual community who share the passion, commitment and ability to make a difference. In the latest federal government Excellence in Research Australia report, 75 percent of almost 100 academic fields assessed at the University of Sydney performed above world standard.

A world-class research universityWe are consistently ranked among the top three university research funding recipients and receive more industry research grants than any other Australian university.

We support our researchers to explore new frontiers of knowledge in areas of national and global importance, uniting the expertise of bright minds from many disciplines to find unique solutions that improve and transform our lives. Studying alongside these top researchers, and in some cases contributing to their research, exposes University of Sydney students to excellence – and challenges them to succeed as leaders in whatever career they choose. We invest strategically in cross-disciplinary projects of vital importance to improve the lives of people around the world.

Changing societyOur award-winning researchers work closely with government and the corporate sector to solve real-world problems, contributing research, expertise and professional services across the spectrum of modern science, technology, humanities and the arts.

Their partnerships address issues that impact everyone, in fields that span public health to environmental sustainability.

Located in the heart of Australia’s largest and most diverse city and across 10 campuses, we have an extensive network of international partners, including a global network of more than 300,000 alumni, and actively engage in the global exchange of ideas.

In creating the first tertiary education institution in Australia in 1850, our founders recognised the power of education to change society. With more than 3000 academic staff across 16 faculties and more than 51,000 students from more than 130 countries, that belief remains just as strong today.

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Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Peter RathjenP 03 6226 2002 I F 03 6226 2001vice.chancellor@utas.edu.au

ChancellorThe Hon. Michael Field AC LLD

Executive Director– Marketing and CommunicationsMs Alicia O’GradyP 03 6226 6312 I F 03 6226 6464media.office@utas.edu.au

Contact DetailsChurchill AvenueSandy Bay TAS 7005P 03 6226 2999 I F 03 6226 2018media.office@utas.edu.au

Websitewww.utas.edu.au

Campus LocationsHobartCradle Coast LauncestonSydney

Achieve the extraordinaryWelcome to the University of Tasmania, the fourth oldest university in Australia established in 1890. Changing the world is not simple. It takes thought, time, persistence, and insight. But most of all, it takes something extraordinary. So at the University of Tasmania, we’ve made the pursuit of the extraordinary a never-ending commitment. It influences everything we do. The way we teach. The way we research. The way we learn. And the way we live.

From the Bottom of the World, to the TopOur ranking in both international and national research tables reflects our willingness to constantly challenge ourselves. We’ve never been afraid to take on the world – something we pass on to each of our more than 30,000 local, national and international students. Throughout their careers, this underpins the success of the 90,000 alumni we have spread across more than 120 countries. We work in an environment made for learning. From our stunning island home in Tasmania we’re free to think on a bigger scale – which we do. Our campuses in Hobart, Launceston and the Cradle Coast allow us to engage with the Tasmanian community and utilise the very best of our island’s natural and built resources to deliver high quality education and research. We have strong connections with local and national industry and provide our students practical learning and research opportunities. With a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs we also have campuses in Sydney and offshore programs in Asia. Most of our degrees are available by distance or part-time, and many allow you to choose the specialisations or areas of study that interest you.

Global ConnectionsWhether it’s in our teaching, research, or even student lifestyle, we are connected to the world. Our degrees are globally recognised and we attract some of the world’s best academics and researchers through our exciting research programs, stunning scenery and relaxed lifestyle. Our growing student population includes more than 6,000 international students drawn from over 80 countries. We offer transnational education programs in Malaysia, China and Hong Kong and students can travel the world as part of the Student Exchange program through the new Global Learning Opportunities Worldwide (GLOW) Lounge. We work with more than 90 institutions in 30 countries around the world.

Our researchThrough the creation of new ideas, innovation and knowledge, the research we undertake impacts the future prosperity of society and the environment at the local, national and global level. We provide international leadership in five thematic areas: Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Creativity, Culture and Society; Better Health; Marine, Antarctic and Maritime; Data, Knowledge and Decisions. Our leadership in these areas is demonstrated through our research institutes, including the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), the Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits (CODES), and the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS). The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre and the CRC for Forestry are housed at the university. Each theme addresses and contributes to resolving global challenges, exploits the unique character of Tasmania, has both intellectual and social impact and contributes to the public policy debates nationally and internationally.

Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Attila BrungsP 02 9514 1330 I F 02 9514 1300attila.brungs@uts.edu.au

ChancellorProfessor Vicki Sara AO

Director – Marketing and Communications UnitMs Jacqui WiseP 02 9514 1635 I F 02 9514 1625jacqui.wise@uts.edu.au

Contact Details15 Broadway Ultimo NSW 2007P 02 9514 2000 I F 02 9514 1551

Websitewww.uts.edu.au

Campus LocationsCityKuring-gai

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a dynamic and forward-looking university, driving creative intelligence across all areas of endeavour. Located at the southern gateway to Sydney’s CBD, UTS is in the heart of the nation’s creative industries hub, surrounded by 40 per cent of the creative sector’s head offices and 80 per cent of Australia’s major international creative IT companies.

The awarding of Five Stars in all categories of the QS Stars™ system evidences our world-class excellence in a range of areas, recognising the quality of our teaching and learning and our cutting-edge facilities.

With our focus on high-impact research, UTS has rapidly gained a reputation for research excellence. At just twenty-five years old, we are placed among the world’s top universities in both the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, and The Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The Australian Government’s Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012 initiative benchmarks all of our broad areas of research at world standard or above.

UTS’s world-leading research centres span a range of disciplines, including applied economics, environmental sciences, nursing and quantum computation. Our researchers pride themselves on providing practical and relevant solutions to issues of national and international importance, and equipping graduates with the latest discipline-specific skills and practices.

With our global, practice-oriented learning model and specially designed campus, UTS is a recognised leader in teaching and learning. Combining learning with professional practice ensures students reach their career potential, making UTS graduates highly employable and equipped for international leadership roles. More than 150 companies partner with UTS, sharing their resources and expertise in exchange for leading research outcomes, programs of innovation, development and commercialisation, staff education, and access to our best graduates.

Our graduates include acclaimed actor and producer Hugh Jackman; winner of the 2012 Sydney Peace Prize, Zimbabwean Senator Sekai Holland; author and winner of the 2012 Miles Franklin Award, Anna Funder; Deputy Leader of the Labor Party, the Honorable Tanya Plibersek MP; founder of Star Track Express, Gregory J Poche AO; and founder of China-wide property development and investment corporation, SPG Land Holdings, and winner of the 2012 Australia China Alumni Award, David Wang.

The social and cultural diversity of our students, staff and partners in the professions and the community is another key strength of UTS. Of our 37,500 students, 8000 are international students from 120 countries. This diversity creates a vibrant and rich learning environment, preparing graduates for workplaces of today and the future.

UTS is injecting over one billion dollars into the NSW economy, building a state-of-the-art campus, including the first Frank Gehry designed building in Australia, to meet the needs of twenty-first century students. We are creating new spaces, developing new ways of thinking, and designing new technologies to equip our students for tomorrow’s world.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Peter DawkinsP 03 9919 4011 I F 03 9919 5099 vice-chancellor@vu.edu.au

ChancellorMr George Pappas

Director, Web Services and Communications Ms Silvia SanchezP 03 9919 1959Silvia.Sanchez@vu.edu.au

Contact DetailsBallarat RoadFootscray VIC 3011P 03 9919 4000 I F 03 9919 4069

Websitewww.vu.edu.au

Campus LocationsCity FlindersCity KingCity QueenFootscray NicholsonFootscray ParkMeltonSt AlbansSunshineWerribeeSydney

Based in Melbourne, Victoria University (VU) is a dual-sector university, committed to delivering an outstanding learning experience that empowers students from diverse backgrounds to grow their capabilities and transform their lives. It is one of the few Australian universities which provides both higher education and vocational education and training. VU offers unique and exceptional educational opportunities through our distinctive model of tertiary education, applied and translational research and mutually beneficial partnerships – we are the University of Opportunity.

As well as undergraduate degrees and postgraduate coursework and research degrees, we also offer short courses, apprenticeships, certificates and diplomas. Our flexible learning pathways allow students to design their own study journey, entering from various points and exiting when they’ve reached their goals and found true success. One of our distinguishing features is our strong connections to industry and the community. These connections to the world of work allow us to shape our courses to match current industry needs so our students graduate work ready. In 2014, we had about 45,000 students, including about 13,000 international students of which over half were studying Victoria University courses at one of our overseas partner institutions. We have seven academic colleges: Arts, Business, Education, Engineering and Science, Health and Biomedicine, Law and Justice, and Sport and Exercise Science. We also have a standalone vocational education and training institute, Victoria University Institute of Technology, and our Victoria University College delivers pathway programs and coordinates our transnational education.

Our six research institutes and seven research centres conduct research that informs our learning and teaching, and provides real benefits to industry and community through collaborative partnerships. Our areas of research focus are built around three themes of Sport, Health and Active Living; Education, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development and Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, each of which contributes to a fourth, cross-cutting Public Policy Theme. These themes reflect our desire to engage and provide innovation and evidenced-based solutions to contemporary social, environmental and economic problems. Our research strength is evident at the highest levels, with the Australian Government’s Excellence for Research in Australia initiative rating the University at world standard or above in 15 disciplines.

Over the past 12 years the University has become firmly established as a leader in transnational education, with partners in China (where we are one of the largest Australian TNE providers), India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. We continue to strengthen our operations as an international university that is responsive to the changing world of work locally, nationally and globally. Victoria University is proud of its leadership role in the West of Melbourne, Australia’s fastest growing region. We have a presence across the West of Melbourne, with our base in Footscray where we have partnered with local government and community organisations to establish Footscray University Town, a project to develop the potential of the region by bringing about urban, economic and social renewal to generate confidence, investment and employment in Footscray.

In 2016 we will celebrate a Centenary of Opportunity – 100 years of the University and its predecessor institutions delivering high-quality, accessible education in the West of Melbourne.

Vice-ChancellorProfessor Paul JohnsonP 08 6488 2808 I F 08 6488 1013paul.johnson@uwa.edu.au

Chancellor Dr Michael Chaney AM CitWA

Chief Marketing Officer and Director of Marketing and CommunicationsMs Karen (Kcee) CarrieroP 08 6488 1900 I F 08 6488 1020karen.carriero@uwa.edu.au

Contact DetailsStirling HighwayCrawley WA 6009P 08 6488 6000 I F 08 6488 1380

Websitewww.uwa.edu.au

Campus LocationsCrawleyClaremontAlbany

Ranked in the world’s top 100 universities, The University of Western Australia (UWA) has an international reputation for excellence in education, research and community engagement. UWA is a member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of leading research-intensive Australian universities; it belongs to the 18-strong, five continent-wide Worldwide Universities Network; and is also part of the Matariki group of high-quality universities across seven nations. With a high performance culture and a globally connected outlook, UWA represents the best of what a university aspires to be: a community of engaged, dedicated and innovative people working for the benefit of society through research, education, culture and service.

In line with the world’s best universities and to ensure graduates are competitive in an international workforce, UWA is one of two universities in Australia offering the globally endorsed Bologna model of higher education, with professional qualifications studied at a postgraduate level. UWA offers a wide range of exciting and comprehensive undergraduate opportunities, as well as postgraduate programs. The courses are designed to prepare graduates for the challenges of a changing world by honing communication and critical thinking skills to the highest standards and promoting a broad, global perspective. As it works towards steering Western Australia into a dynamic technology and innovation economy, the University is attracting the world’s brightest through scholarships and with investment in research, teaching and infrastructure.

A focus on research and research training remain the major factors distinguishing the University as one of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities and the premier institution in Western Australia. For century the university’s talented researchers have produced quality outcomes that have contributed substantially to the social, cultural and economic development of Western Australia and Australia. UWA’s strong research culture sees it attract high levels of competitive research funding (around two thirds of Australian Research Council funding to WA universities annually) and outstanding staff.

Over 100 years, UWA has grown from humble beginnings of 184 students housed in a couple of wooden buildings in what is now Perth’s central business district to a major institution with a staff body of almost 4000 and a student population of more than 25,000 drawn from 90 countries. A Prime Minister, a Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Federal and State Government Ministers, Nobel Laureates, artists, sports people and leaders in business, the professions, academia and the community are among its graduates.

Situated on the Swan River five kilometres from the centre of Perth, UWA is widely acclaimed for its national-heritage listed grounds and vibrant social, cultural and sporting life, as well as its contribution to the community. UWA has been part of a dynamic Perth cultural scene, by founding the Perth International Arts Festival (the oldest festival of its kind in the southern hemisphere), through the renowned Music School and a vibrant cultural precinct which draws the community to campus with its many galleries, museums and theatres.

With a long-term aim of being counted among the top 50 universities in the world by 2050, UWA continues to play a vital role in scholarship and discovery of global significance.

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Vice-Chancellor and PresidentProfessor Barney GloverP 02 9678 7801 I F 02 9678 7809b.glover@uws.edu.au

ChancellorProfessor Peter Shergold AC

Director, Marketing and CommunicationMr Scott ChristensenP 02 9678 7087 I F 02 9678 7095sc.christensen@uws.edu.au

Contact DetailsLocked Bag 1797Penrith NSW 2751P 02 9852 5222 I F 02 9852 5960

Websitewww.uws.edu.au

Campus LocationsBankstownCampbelltownHawkesburyLithgowNirimba (Blacktown)ParramattaPenrith

The University of Western Sydney (UWS) is a large, research-led metropolitan university operating over multiple campuses in Greater Western Sydney – one of the most economically significant and fastest growing regions in Australia. Established in 1989, UWS can trace its history back to 1891 when its oldest predecessor, the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, enrolled its first students. Today the University has over 42,000 students and over 3,000 staff. Its diverse local and international population creates a vibrant, intellectual environment, and enriches the student experience.

In 2014, UWS celebrated its 25th anniversary and in doing so acknowledged more than 200 cumulative years of its three antecedent institutions and recognised the generations of knowledge of the traditional owners of the land.

Today, UWS is enterprising and forward-looking, with a commitment to excellence and opportunity. In 25 short years, UWS has much to celebrate. The University is now ranked in the top two percent of universities worldwide according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, and is also ranked in the top 100 universities in the world under 50 years of age. This recognition underscores the significant work being undertaken to broaden the University’s international horizons.

UWS also continues to build its profile as a research leader in Australia, a result of the University’s investment in its research strengths and facilities, and the University’s nurturing of the next generation of researchers. In the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) national report, 70 per cent of the University’s assessed research is rated at world standard or above. The University’s teaching is among the best in the country, demonstrated by UWS academics winning the Australian University Teacher of the year two years in a row as well as three prestigious National Teaching Fellowships in 2014.

The University’s excellence in all these areas culminates in our focus on students – over 60 per cent of whom are first in their family to attend university. UWS students acknowledge this through the national Course Experience Questionnaire, rating overall UWS student satisfaction at above the sector average.

The University brings knowledge to life in the education of students for employment, the application of research to contemporary problems, and mutually enriching partnerships with local schools, businesses and community groups. It also provides pathway opportunities through UWSCollege, which is unique in the sector and is a proven national leader for improving access to university study for thousands of students. UWS graduates create an impact through their professional endeavours and help to make a difference in their communities. They are known by employers for being able to ‘hit the ground running’ and are achieving career successes in government, the legal profession, health, scientific and research fields, business, and through the arts, creative disciplines and the humanities.

As people’s lives change, and technology continues to evolve, UWS is giving students even greater flexibility to juggle work, family, travel and study. It is opening a high rise campus in the Parramatta CBD in 2017 and has launched UWSOnline – a range of fully online degrees developed by UWS and a number of courses in partnership with one of the world’s leading online universities, Open University UK.

Vice-Chancellor and PrincipalProfessor Paul Wellings CBEP 02 4221 3909paul_wellings@uow.edu.au

ChancellorMs Jillian Broadbent AO

Director – Government RelationsMr Canio FierravantiP 02 4221 5931 I F 02 4221 3128caniof@uow.edu.au

Contact DetailsNorthfields AvenueWollongong NSW 2522P 02 4221 3555 I F 02 4221 3128

Websitewww.uow.edu.au

Campus LocationsWollongongBatemans BayBegaDubaiMoss ValeNowraSydney (CBD)Southern Sydney (Loftus)

The University of Wollongong (UOW) is ranked among the best 25 modern universities in the world* and has an excellent reputation for innovative, interdisciplinary research. It is an enterprising university with strong industry partnerships and personalised style.

With five Faculties – Business; Engineering and Information Sciences; Law, Humanities and the Arts; Science, Medicine and Health; and Social Sciences, UOW currently offers around 180 undergraduate, 160 postgraduate courses and 30 research degrees to more than 31,000 enrolments.

UOW’s research is underpinned by the University’s strong partnerships with industry, a multi-disciplinary approach that sees close cooperation and collaboration between Faculties and research centres, as well as world-class facilities. Its research portfolio includes leading research centres in next generation materials technologies, medical chemistry and physics, social sciences, archaeological science and education.

The UOW Global Challenges Program is designed to harness the expertise of our world-class researchers and partners, to solve complex, real-world problems – to transform lives and regions. The Program encompasses research in areas where UOW is building its research excellence and making an impact in terms of both research outcomes and public benefit. The Program, launched in 2013, is initially focusing on three Challenges: Living Well, Longer; Manufacturing Innovation; Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones, under the unifying theme of Transforming Lives and Regions. Another exciting UOW initiative is Early Start based in the Faculty of Social Sciences. Early Start will radically transform teaching, research and community engagement in the early education sector, connecting regional, rural and remote communities.

The University’s Innovation Campus (iC) is designed to give innovative companies and organisations the opportunity to locate alongside and collaborate with its leading research institutes. It is attracting corporations from Australia and overseas. iC houses the Australian Institute of Innovative Materials (AIIM), the new Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, and the iAccelerate Centre, a purpose built innovation accelerator housing over 280 start-up entrepreneurs. UOW’s other research institutes include the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI); and the Smart Infrastructure Research Facility (SMART).

UOW has a strong international focus and reputation, and attracts close to 6000 international students each year to study at its Australian campuses. It also operates the University of Wollongong Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where more than 4000 students are undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate degrees.

The University also has two campuses in Sydney (in the CBD and at Loftus in the southern suburbs), as well as campuses at Nowra, Batemans Bay and Bega on the NSW South Coast, and at Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands.

* QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings 2014

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The Universities Australia secretariat acts as a hub for the provision of university sectoral knowledge, key policy advice, and statistical evidence to support Australian universities in their missions across teaching, research, and community engagement. Furthermore, through the secretariat and our subsidiary Higher Ed Services, member universities gain access to collective procurement and licensing agreements, along with a range of expert resources.