University of South Australia

The University of South Australia, or UniSA, is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. However, one of its antecedent institutions, the South Australian School of Arts, dates back to 1856, making it one of the oldest art schools in Australia. It is the largest university in South Australia with more than 32,000 students.

The university is a leading expert in technical education and applied research, as well being a founding member of the Australian Technology Network. It has four metropolitan campuses in Adelaide and two regional campuses in Whyalla and Mount Gambier. The metro campuses have specific academic focuses: City West and Magill focus on architecture, the arts, humanities and social sciences; City East specialises in health, biomedical, pharmaceutical and nursing programmes; Mawson Lakes teaches technical and scientific disciplines. The regional campuses are more generalist.

University of South Australia ranks amongst the top 200 (154th) universities in the world based on the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), but does not appear on the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universitiesand has its Division of Health contributing to its ranking of among the top 100 (76th) biomedical universities globally. All Australian Technology Network universities are featured in the THES rankings.

The South Australian School of Arts, an established school within the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, provides the most prestigious and valuable visual arts scholarship in Australia, the Gordon Samstag Scholarship.

Campuses
There are two Adelaide central business district (CBD) campuses, and there are two metropolitan campuses at Mawson Lakes (formerly The Levels) and Magill. In the implementation of the university's AU$100 million Blueprint 2005 project, campuses at Salisbury and Underdale were closed and the programs moved to the remaining campuses.

City East
City East (between The University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital), north of North Terrace on the site of the former South Australian Institute of Technology, and before that, the School of Mines. This campus focusses on the health, biomedical and nursing professions.

As of 2007 the City East campus is undergoing major reconstruction to the historic Centenary Hall.

City West
City West, between North Terrace and Hindley Street in buildings constructed in the 1990s for the new campus. The terminus of the Glenelg Tram will be located on North Terrace in front of this campus.

Magill
The Magill campus focusses on a range of humanities and social science disciplines.

Mawson Lakes
Mawson Lakes campus is the main campus for the Division of IT, Engineering and the Environment, has state-of-the-art research facilities, an extensive library and collaborative links with nearby Technology Park.

Regional
There are also regional campuses located in Whyalla and in Mount Gambier, serving the interests of rural and regional students.

Whyalla's academic programs in business, social work, and nursing along with research opportunities in rural health and community development reflect UniSA's commitment to providing access to higher education.

Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences

 * The School of Communication, Information and New Media
 * The School of Education
 * The School of International Studies
 * The Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design
 * The School of Psychology
 * The School of Social Work and Social Policy
 * The South Australian School of Art
 * Unaipon School of The David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research

Division of Health Sciences

 * The School of Health Sciences
 * The School of Nursing and Midwifery
 * The School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

Division of Business

 * The School of Commerce
 * The School of Law
 * The School of Management
 * The School of Marketing
 * The International Graduate School of Business

Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment

 * School of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering
 * School of Computer and Information Science
 * Advanced Computing Research Centre
 * Wearable Computer Lab.
 * School of Electrical and Information Engineering
 * School of Mathematics and Statistics
 * School of Natural and Built Environments

Research Institutes

 * Ian Wark Research Institute
 * Institute for Telecommunications Research
 * The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
 * Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies (HRISS)
 * Sansom Institute for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Science
 * Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science
 * Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies

Commercialisation
ITEK was formed in 1999, its role is to implement an integrated framework for the management of intellectual property, from the early stages of research through to commercialisation (from the ITEK website).

Through ITEK and the Wearable Computer Lab, the University has established the first gaming company A-Rage which solely looks at augmented reality gaming systems.

Affiliations

 * Australian Technology Network (ATN)
 * Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (AVCC)
 * Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

Business & Commerce

 * Robin Adair, Chief Financial Officer, Emeco Holdings Ltd
 * Cameron Blanks, Director, Pacific Equity Partners
 * Terry Bowen, Managing Director, Industrial & Safety; Wesfarmers Ltd
 * Rob Chapman, Managing Director, BankSA
 * David Simmons, Chief Executive Officer, Hills Industries

Journalism & Media

 * Rebecca Morse, Ten News presenter and former Young South Australian Journalist of the year
 * Indira Naidoo, former television journalist and now a consumer rnewsreaderights advocate
 * Kelly Nestor, former ABC, Channel Ten and Sky News Australia presenter. Now co-anchor of National Nine News.

Politics

 * Trish Draper, Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Makin
 * Iain Evans, former Leader of the Liberal Party in South Australia and former Leader of the Opposition in the South Australian parliament
 * Christopher Pyne, Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Sturt, and Minister for Ageing since 2007
 * Dana Wortley, ALP member of the Australian Senate