Welcome to International Representatives
From the Vice-Chancellor
Welcome to the University of South Australia and to the beginning of a journey that will prepare you to take your place as an active contributor to the society in which you live.UniSA is an innovative, outward-looking university with a vibrant student community from all over the world. Over 13,000 of our 36,000 students are international students from over 70 different countries. We are delighted that you will be one of them!
At UniSA we value world-class scholarship that meets the needs of our global community and solves real-world problems. We engage with industry and the professions in all of our teaching and research endeavours, so that when you graduate you are work-ready and immediately able to put your new knowledge into practice. In recognition of our ongoing collaboration with industry, we have recently been awarded the Ashley Goldsworthy Award by the Business and Higher Education Round Table of Australia, which is the top national honour for sustained collaboration between business and higher education.
We are also committed to social justice and providing equitable access to education for students from all walks of life, no matter what their social, cultural or educational background.
As a UniSA undergraduate, you'll develop a capacity for critical and independent thinking. You'll learn the value of research. You will develop the most up-to-the-minute knowledge of your chosen profession and all the essential communication and teamwork skills employers value above all else. You will also be equipped with an international outlook, the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively, and a capacity for lifelong learning.
As a postgraduate student at UniSA you will be exposed to UniSA's intellectually rigorous research environment. UniSA is a key partner in ten national Cooperative Research Centres and has eight Research Institutes specialising in nanotechnology, biotechnology, particle and material interfaces; pharmaceutical and health research; defence; wireless communications; sustainable systems and technologies; marketing science; advanced manufacturing; and environmental and social sustainability.
Our emphasis is on multidisciplinary research with the scale and focus to address the issues of today in order to unlock the knowledge of tomorrow.
As you prepare to leave your homes to study with us, may I be the first to welcome you and wish you well in the studies you're about to undertake. We know that by the time you leave UniSA, you will not only have the experience to achieve your dreams, but also the belief that you can.
Professor Peter Høj
Vice Chancellor and President