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UniSA among the best in the world for University Impact

The University of South Australia has ranked 22 in the world for overall University Impact in the inaugural Times Higher Education University Impact Ranking, which measures how well universities perform against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

UniSA proudly delivering world class research with real impact

The 2018 Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) results assessed UniSA across 39 detailed fields of research and rated all at or above world standard. The results, released today, confirm UniSA has strengthened its research quality and impact and made strong improvements in key areas important to the development of South Australia into the future.

Hot in the city, safe on the beach - Special beach safety education for UniSA’s new international students

Adelaide can put on the warmest of welcomes for the thousands of international students who come here to study. It is Mad March - lots of live theatre, live music, the weather is hot and fine, and the city has a petticoat of alluring local beaches to visit. But a 2018 study of drowning deaths across Australia, underlines just how vulnerable overseas students can be when they are inexperienced in coastal life, water sports and ocean swimming.

UniSA Malaysian student wins prestigious award

Not only does new graduate Suliana Shahrin have a lot to be proud of, she also has a lot to look forward to. As well as her recent graduation from the Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology, at the University of South Australia, Suliana has been recognised outside of the University for her outstanding study achievements.

How a UniSA office in China will benefit Australian technology

UniSA has opened a technology transfer office in China’s most vibrant industrial development hub, Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) – the first Australian university to do so.

Celebrating Cultural Diversity program

The Celebrating Cultural Diversity program aims to support our first year international student’s pre-service teachers to experience success in their professional experience placements.

Grant offers greater links between UniSA and Vietnam

School of Education lecturer Dr Ngoc Doan is one of just 16 people nationwide to be awarded an Australia-ASEAN Council (AAC) Grant.

UniSA students excel at International Student Awards

Six international students from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have been recognised for their achievements at the 2017 StudyAdelaide International Student Awards held last Friday at Government House.

UniSA Malaysian student wins Sir Eric Neal Award

UniSA student Santhni Subramaniam has been awarded the 2017 Sir Eric Neal Award by the Australia-Malaysia Business Council of South Australia at the recent Merd

Postgraduate international student of the year

UniSA Master of Design (Interior Architecture) student Valérie Baya has been named 2017 Postgraduate International Student of the Year by the Council of International Students Australia (CISA).

UniSA’s star rises as it becomes youngest Australian university in world’s top 250 institutions

The University of South Australia’s star continues to rise after leaping into the world’s top 250 institutions in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings released overnight.

French and Chinese choose Adelaide as ‘top drop’ for wine marketing

France boasts thousands of years of wine making and some of the finest wines in the world, but French (and Chinese) students come to Adelaide to learn about wine and spirits marketing.

PhD students bound for France after winning national challenge

Forty-eight PhD students from across the nation spent 36 hours without sleep, locked up with a group of people they’d only just met, with a deadline to devise an innovative and profitable start-up concept.

Students help preserve Indonesia’s architectural heritage

Thirteen years ago, Banda Aceh made international headlines when it was devastated by a tsunami on Boxing Day.

iPad app for French trains named crème de la crème

An iPad app developed by UniSA researchers is helping high-speed train drivers in France to drive more efficiently and by doing so helping the national rail operator save millions of Euros in energy costs – and earning them a major award.

Midwifery students experience birth care around the world

From helping deliver babies in Kenya to teaching new mothers to breastfeed in Vietnam – two groups of UniSA midwifery students have shared profound experiences relating to childbirth around the globe.

Sharing knowledge and experiences with our nearest neighbours

Papua New Guinea is one of our closest neighbours. On a map, our northernmost tip points directly to Daru, capital of PNG’s Western Province, and the Torres Strait Islands seem like small stepping-stones between us.

UniSA continues to rise in international rankings

UniSA has again moved up in the QS World University Rankings, rising nine places to 279 in a field of almost 1000 institutions globally.

UniSA rockets to 32 in THE world’s best young universities

The Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s universities aged under 50 years has placed UniSA at number 32 in a global field of 200 – a rise of 25 places.

UniSA’s “New Colombians” work and study in the Asia-Pacific

Three UniSA students have won support for an invaluable work and study experience through the federal government’s New Colombo Plan Scholarship program for 2017, including Tristan Winters who has been awarded the special honour of 2017 New Colombo Plan Fellow for Malaysia.

UniSA students contribute to global voices

Two UniSA students have been chosen to travel across the world to attend high-level diplomatic meetings as part of Global Voices – a program run by a non-profit organisation creating opportunities for young Australians to engage with international policy at home and abroad.

UniSA Cricket Tournament

Thurstan College beat DS Senanayake College by two runs in a thrilling final to claim the championship crown in a six-a-side cricket tournament organized by ANC Education in collaboration with the University of South Australia and the South Australia Institute of Business Technology.

UniSA keen to embrace new ATN-Indonesia partnership

UniSA’s highly successful 2016 Graduate Certificate in Data Analysis for Policy Review and Formulation supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Awards through Coffey, is just one successful example of the kinds of collaboration with Indonesia that will flow from a new partnership forged by the Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN).

Translating Aussie rules for Chinese viewers

A speccie, clanger, banana kick, torp or even a mark and a behind are footy terms that Australians who watch Australian Rules Football don’t really think twice about. But for Chinese viewers of the game, these terms can be as hard to understand as the variable game rules.

UniSA’s research star rises in the Asia Pacific

The University of South Australia has rocketed to fourth place in Australia in the Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars listings for the Asia Pacific region and is the youngest Australian university to make the list.

UniSA NCP scholarship recipient lands in Hong Kong

Under the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholarships Scheme UniSA student Michelle Howe set off for Korea in 2015 to broaden her personal and professional horizons.

UniSA to become an Australasian hub for Islamic studies

South Australia is set to become one of the largest research concentrations in Islamic studies with the announcement today of a new Centre for Islamic Thought and Education (CITE), to be based at the University of South Australia.

UniSA China partnership to provide longevity and sustainability for the mining sector

A joint Australia-China Research Centre partnership between the University of South Australia and China’s Central South University (CSU) has the potential to revolutionise process control in mineral processing, and ensure the continued operability and profitability of Australia and China’s mining sectors.

New Colombo plan brings cultural gain for education students in Indonesia

A study tour to Indonesia – funded through the New Colombo Plan, saw 15 UniSA students teach English across a range of schools in West Java – at the start of the year.

UniSA students boost cyclone-damaged Vanuatu

A major milestone is expected this year when visitor accommodation being built by UniSA students in conjunction with a local community in Vanuatu will be opened.

UniSA – South Australia’s leading international university

The University of South Australia has earned 57th spot in the Times Higher Education Rankings for the top 200 of the world’s most international universities, making it one of Australia’s leading universities in terms of international outlook.

New Colombo Plan success builds global experience

UniSA students have scooped up the opportunities afforded by the New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholarships including everything from studying invasive plant species in Fiji to working as an intern in Malaysian media.

Trio of students shine at International Student Awards

A UniSA student has taken out the International Student of the Year title at the Study Adelaide International Student Awards last month.

UniSA international student becomes football commentator

A UniSA Chinese student has won the opportunity to become an Australian Rules Football (AFL) commentator.

UniSA again on the rise in QS world rankings

The University of South Australia has risen 45 places in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings in 2015-2016, leaping into the top 300 universities worldwide.

No borders for UniSA’s Brazilian students

Hot on the heels of Brazil’s national Independence Day, 120 young Brazilians have touched down in Adelaide as part of their government’s bid to boost Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) skills in South America’s largest nation.

2015 International Student Awards

Entries are now open for the 2015 International Student Awards. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement by international students in four categories as well as one student being selected as the International Student of the Year.

Scholarships ceremony

Last week twenty six international UniSA students attended a ceremony hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

University highlights

A new highlights video has been released showcasing the University’s achievements in 2015 to date.

Awards for international students

Twenty two international students from the University of South Australia (UniSA) were awarded an International Student Entrepreneurship Capital Award at a recent ceremony.

Australia’s youngest university in top 50 under 50 worldwide

The University of South Australia has climbed to 35th place in the 2015 Times Higher Education (THE) international rankings of universities aged under 50.

Firing up future industries with UCL partnership

The University of South Australia (UniSA) and University College London (UCL) will sign a partnership agreement today committing the two institutions to work together to develop teaching and research in South Australia in fields that...

Adelaide - one of the best places to live

The accolades keep coming for Adelaide. It has just been announced as one of the ‘Best Places to Live in the World’ by London’s The Sunday Times.

International partnership to boost aviation opportunities for students

The University of South Australia and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Asia have signed a memorandum of understanding set to expand undergraduate and graduate aviation degree opportunities.

UniSA hosts International symposium looking at the demands of high performance sport

High performance sports have never been more globally watched or more connected to some of the biggest sponsorship and business deals the world has seen. As the pressure grows for improved performances as many sports become faster and more dynamic, the science of sport is taking centre stage.

International expert in Islam and society to lead UniSA’s Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding

Leading sociologist and acclaimed author and expert in Islam and society Professor Riaz Hassan, AM has been appointed to lead the University of South Australia’s International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding in the Hawke Research Institute.

22 new scholarship opportunities for international students

UniSA is proud to offer 22 new scholarship opportunities for international students, thanks to the largest privately-funded foreign scholarship scheme in the University’s history.

UniSA students win opportunities under New Colombo Plan

Three of the University of South Australia’s best and brightest students – Mitchell Francis, Michelle Howie and Anthony Randell - have been selected to receive scholarships...

New scholarships to boost UniSA’s international standing

The largest privately funded scholarship for international students ever afforded to the University of South Australia will see more than 100 students benefit from $500,000 funding, to be allocated across a four year period to 2018.

Student wins community engagement award

For the second year running an international student from the University of South Australia has won the ‘Excellence in Community Engagement’ prize at the South Australian International Student of the Year awards.