Achievements

The University of South Australia UniSA has a proud history of achievement since its inception. The following are some of the recent highlights.

Teaching

We ranked first among universities which received teaching and learning grants from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) and third for the number of ALTC Citations received.
Our MBA program became the highest ranked in South Australia and among Australia's top ten, with a five-star rating in the 2009 Good Universities Guide released this year.
We entered a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian National University to build joint programs that offer students the opportunity to study at both institutions: a crucial step towards establishing a world-class university system, and allowing students to benefit from the expertise of two universities.
In 2008 we graduated approximately 9,000 students who have now gone out into the world as our problem-solvers of the future, contributing to the economic and social sustainability of Australia and indeed our world.

In 2008, for the first time in our history, we secured more than $50m in total research income.
We were awarded $40m through the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund (formally HEEF) towards a new international Materials and Minerals Science Learning and Research facility at Mawson Lakes.
We received multi-million dollar funding for two new research centres that promote our core values of cultural diversity and international relevance: the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, and the International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding.

We were awarded the inaugural Ashley Goldsworthy Award by the Business and Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) for our sustained efforts to foster collaboration with business.
We held a Northern Community Summit to establish new ways of improving education and employment opportunities in Adelaide's north, and pledged $170,000 to support northern Adelaide students at school and at university. See www.unisa.edu.au/news/2008/250608.asp.