The University of Adelaide

• The University of Adelaide is a prestigious public research university founded in 1874, making it the third-oldest in Australia.
• Member of Group of Eight (Australia’s leading research-intensive universities).
• Recognised as top 100 in the world and highest-ranked university in South Australia.
• Recognised for its strengths in engineering, health, sciences, business and the humanities.

Public research university

1874

• Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
• Business, Economics & Law
• Engineering, Computer Science & Technology
• Health & Medical Sciences (including Dentistry, Nursing, Public Health)
• Sciences (including Agriculture, Environmental Science, Physical & Biological Sciences)

• North Terrace
• Roseworthy
• Waite
• Melbourne

• National regulator: Registered with TEQSA as an Australian University.
• AQF alignment: Awards qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) (certificates to doctoral degrees).
• Many engineering degrees (including Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) programs) are accredited by Engineers Australia.
• Business programs, including the MBA, delivered through an AACSB-accredited business school.

• QS World University Rankings 2025: 82nd globally
• QS World University Rankings 2026: 82nd globally
• Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025: 128th globally

• Top-100 university worldwide; highest-ranked in South Australia.
• Founding ethos of social progress and equality, including being among the earliest universities in the English-speaking world to confer degrees to women.
• Member of the Group of Eight, with strong research performance across sciences, engineering, health and humanities.
• Merger: set to combine with the University of South Australia to form “Adelaide University” from January 2026, with applications for new students channelled to the new institution from August 2025.