Adelaide University

About us

Location Adelaide, Australia Funding Type Public
No of Students 30279 Establishment University
Founded In 2022 Estimated Cost of Living 29710 AUD
Address Adelaide SA 5005, Australia

Adelaide University is a leading contemporary comprehensive university of global standing. We are dedicated to ensuring the prosperity, wellbeing and cohesion of society by addressing educational inequality through our actions and through the success and impact of our students, staff and alumni. Partnered with the communities we serve, we conduct outstanding future-making research of scale and focus.

Through meaningful partnerships anchored in educational and research excellence, Adelaide University will make a measurable impact. Our ambition is to be world leading and world referenced through our actions and through the success and influence of our students, staff, researchers, partners and alumni community. Our aspirations include:

Member of the Group of Eight
Australia’s leading research-intensive universities

Top 1% of universities worldwide
Aims to be sustainably ranked in the top 1% of universities globally

Top in Australia for student employment
Aims to be ranked as the best university nationally for student employment outcomes

Top 5 nationally for student experience
Aims to be sustainably ranked in Australia’s top 5 universities for student experience

Adelaide University’s activities will contribute an estimated $4.7 billion a year to the Australian economy
A destination for education
International education is South Australia's top export, strengthening our connections worldwide

Why?

Adelaide University is a future-focused university that combines the strengths of the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide to deliver nation-leading curriculum and student experience, greater access to education, and world-class research excellence. It will drive the innovation and scale needed to make transformational investments for South Australia and beyond. 

We are shaping a contemporary university that is connected to priority industries and produces graduates that are highly sought after around the world. A new university of global standing sustainably ranked in the top 1% worldwide.

Adelaide University has received the necessary registration from the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) as a new Australian University higher education provider, and for the maximum possible period of seven years. The next step in the regulatory process is to work with the Commonwealth on the required amendments to the Higher Education Support Act (HESA) for Adelaide University to receive status as a Table A Australian Public University.

Co-creation is at the heart of our transition to Adelaide University. Talented academic and professional staff from every area of both the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have been fundamental in progressing us to this point, as has feedback from our diverse communities. 

We are focused on continuing to advance detailed transition planning and implementation, including further engagement with our communities to help design and co-create the new institution with a target launch date of 1 January 2026.

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