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this is who we are
At UOW, we believe in the power of connecting people, ideas and places to change things for the better.
CONTENTS 1 our achievements / at a glance 3 A message from the Vice-Chancellor 4 Our home: the University we built
6 Our Home: wollongong & the illawarra region 10 Principal Officers 11 Our Faculties 17 Our Campuses 22 Research & Impact
28 Key Facilities 33 global partnerships 38 community partnerships 40 the student experience
Our achievements Globally ranked as one of Australia’s best modern universities §§ 22nd in the world – QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings 2014 §§ 33rd in the world – Times Higher Education Top 100 Under 50 Rankings 2014
Top 2% of universities in the world
GLOBALLY RATED A FIVE-STAR UNIVERSITY
§§ 276 in the world – QS World University Rankings 2013/2014
§§ 5 Star rating – QS World University Rankings 2012/2013
§§ 276–300 band – Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013/2014
§§ 1 st in Australia for Educational Experience and Graduate Outcomes – Australian Good Universities Guide 2013
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§§ 352nd in the world – Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2013
Top 2% FOR RESEARCH QUALITY §§ 314th in the world for research quality – 2014 Leiden Ranking
at a glance 30,038
112,302
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85km
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International students enrolled in Australia and abroad
nationalities at UOW
UOW Alumni
academic and research collaborations globally
degrees on offer
subjects
of students indicated that they would recommend UOW
UOW staff
to Sydney Opera House (53 miles)
average summer temperature (80.6°F)
population of Illawarra area
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A SHORT, SHARP CLIMB TO THE TOP As you will see in these pages, we are many things. We are a provider of high quality teaching and world-class research; an institution that is vitally connected to its home community while maintaining powerful global partnerships; a centre of innovation and a source of inspiration. The term university to describe an institute of higher learning is believed to have originated almost 1000 years ago, when the word universitas was first used to describe the corporations of students and masters at a college in Bologna in what is now Italy. The University of Bologna therefore has justifiable claims to be the world’s oldest university. We can’t claim longevity, but we can claim to have earned an enviable international reputation since becoming an independent institution in 1975.
Today, the University of Wollongong is one of the world’s leading young universities: ranked 22nd in the world in the 2014 QS Top 50 Under 50, which ranks the world’s best universities under 50 years of age. We are proud of this ranking, as we are proud of our place in the top two per cent of the world’s universities (as ranked by QS and The Times Higher Education). These rankings have been achieved through a commitment to quality teaching and worldleading research, a lot of hard work and a clear vision for the future. We are unashamedly ambitious to move even higher on the international rankings, by building on the strong foundations described in this publication.
Professor Paul Wellings CBE Vice-Chancellor
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OUR HOME: the university we built
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The University of Wollongong (UOW) was born from a community hungry for higher learning—a community that worked side by side with visionary academics, becoming an independent institution in 1975. In less than 40 years UOW has become a benchmark for Australia’s new generation of universities: dynamic, agile, innovative and prominent in national and international rankings for the quality of our research and teaching. UOW routinely rates among the top Australian universities in key performance areas including teaching quality, graduate satisfaction and graduate starting salaries. Many of our researchers are leaders in their fields, nationally and internationally, while our research institutes have important global collaborative partnerships. Our home is the coastal city of Wollongong—80km south of Sydney, on Australia’s east coast. We have two campuses in Sydney, as well as four in the South Coast and Southern Highlands regions of the state of New South Wales. With 25,500 students and more than 2000 staff in Australia, our activities generate around $2 billion in economic activity annually, making UOW a major economic force. UOW has been the catalyst for Wollongong’s transformation into a university city with a clear focus on developing 21st century “knowledge economy” industries based on technology and innovation. We have a strong international focus with the flourishing University of Wollongong in Dubai celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2013. We also have a long history of successful off-shore course delivery in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Thailand. Over 112,000 UOW alumni are making their mark on the world, from chief executives of global mining companies to senior government ministers and leaders in business, IT, engineering, the arts, science, medical science, law, education and much more.
OUR VISION To be a leader in ideas and solutions, a community of campuses and partners where discovery, learning and technology connect to transform people and the world we live in.
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OUR HOME: WOLLONGONG & THE ILLAWARRA REGION
UOW is based in Wollongong, a coastal city of approximately 200,000 people and the main centre for a district which includes Shellharbour and Kiama and has a combined population of close to 300,000—making Wollongong the third largest city in New South Wales. Colonial settlers moved to Wollongong in the early 19th Century, with early industries including timber-getting and dairying (in fact UOW’s main campus was once a dairy farm). Coal mining became increasingly important in the second half of the 1800s, and in the 1920s a steelworks was established at nearby Port Kembla, which was developed as a deepwater harbour. The port and the coal and steel industries were the catalyst for Wollongong’s development as Australia’s heavy manufacturing industry heartland in the second half of the 20 th century. Industry also played a key role in UOW’s development.
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The University’s origins date back to 1951, when the then NSW University of Technology (later to become the University of NSW) established a divisional college in Wollongong with the main aim of training engineers, metallurgists and industrial chemists for the region’s industries. UOW became an autonomous university in 1975, and since then has played a pivotal role in Wollongong’s transformation from an industrial city to a university city. While Port Kembla is still home to Australia’s largest steel plant, operated by BlueScope Steel, UOW is taking an increasingly leading role in the city and region’s economic development. In 2013 UOW released a major study (the methodology of which was independently verified by Deloitte Access Economics) which showed that UOW activities generate over $2 billion in economic activity annually, with most occurring within the Illawarra region. The report shows that UOWrelated expenditure generates more than 4900 jobs annually from operations, capital investment including construction and maintenance, student expenditure including day-to-day living costs, and tourism revenue. UOW projects like the Innovation Campus, a research and development precinct, and iAccelerate, a business incubator for high-tech “knowledge industries”, will secure the University’s role in the region’s economy and as the centre of a global network.
POPULATION
Wollongong / 203,500 Shellharbour / 68,000 Kiama / 21,000
KEY INDUSTRIES
Manufacturing, education, health services, port, tourism, mining, retailing, professional services, technology
CULTURE
Illawarra performing arts centre Wollongong city gallery Win sports and entertainment centre
ATTRACTIONS
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nan tien temple
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PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
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Our leadership team is the guiding force behind UOW’s commitment to progress, accountability and excellence.
Chancellor Jillian Broadbent AO
Deputy Chancellor Dr Stephen Andersen OAM
vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor John Patterson
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Judy Raper
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Professor Eeva Leinonen
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Joe Chicharo
Chief Finance Officer Damien Israel
Chief Administrative Officer Melva Crouch CSM
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Inclusion and Outreach) Professor Paul Chandler
pro vice-chancellor (South East Asia) Professor Tony Simoes Da Silva
pro vice-chancellor (Middle East and North Africa) To Be Advised
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our faculties Our five faculties draw talented people from all over the world, connected by the pursuit of excellence.
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Business The Faculty of Business (BUS) offers a five-star learning experience that seeks to develop professionals, managers and business leaders who are independent thinkers and creative problem-solvers, high in demand amongst employers across all sectors of the economy. Our programs are informed by leading edge research, structured on applied outcomes, recognised by industry and delivered by highly qualified and industry experienced academics. We offer a range of degrees across many business related disciplines, delivered from the University’s main campus, the Innovation precinct in North Wollongong and our Circular Quay campus in the Sydney CBD. Our postgraduate programs are offered through our graduate school, the Sydney Business School. The quality of our programs is evident by our standing in global ratings, with the 2012/13 QS Global 200 Business School Report rating our School among the Top 10 emerging business schools in the world. Our Corporate Social Responsibility program has also been ranked by QS as the best in Australia, and we became the first Australian university business school accepted into the Global Business School Network, which is group of over 60 of the world’s leading business schools that aims to train managers and entrepreneurs for the developing world.
Professor John Glynn Executive Dean
Our Schools
Our Research
Sydney Business School Accounting, Economics and Finance Management, Operations and Marketing
Innovative & applied research in:
Accounting Economics Finance Management Marketing Operations
Each year we offer programs to nearly 4,000 full-time students. These students join our growing business alumni network of 34,000 graduates located around the world, who have all been taught to apply their thinking, initiative and influence to the betterment of their organisation and to society. Our faculty collaborates with academics and practitioners at world class institutions and organisations in over 40 countries around the world, applying their expertise through a range business disciplines to the fundamental and practical challenges of conducting business today. Professor John Glynn Executive Dean Faculty of Business
Find out more about who we are and what we offer: business.uow.edu.au
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engineering & information sciences The Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences (EIS) has a world class reputation for excellence in research, strong collaborations with industry and government partners, and innovative approaches to teaching and learning. UOW is a leading engineering, mathematics, physics and ICT research institution in Australia, based on our long standing collaboration with local and multinational industries and research centres. We are one of the most research intensive faculties in Australia, attracting the very best researchers and partnerships with research institutions and universities worldwide. EIS students are taught by staff at the forefront of their disciplines and fields of research, studying in laboratories and workshops which are amongst the best in Australia, and support the development of high quality engineering and ICT skills. Our degrees are regularly assessed by external professional accreditation bodies to ensure our students receive the world’s best education. Graduates from our Faculty play a critical role in tackling global problems such as energy, transport, clean water, the environment, cyber infrastructure, sustainability, health, security, finance, business, commerce and industry. Students of EIS become part of a community of creative problem-solvers who desire to discover, create, design and invent new solutions. Professor chris cook Executive Dean Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
Professor Chris Cook Executive Dean
Find out more about who we are and what we offer: eis.uow.edu.au
Our Schools
Our Research
Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Computer Science and Software Engineering Information Systems and Technology Mathematics and Applied Statistics Physics
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Intelligent Polymer Research Institute The Australian Steel Manufacturing Research Hub - Defence Materials Technology Centre Energy Pipelines CRC - Rail Manufacturing CRC Centre for Medical Radiation Physics Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Materials National Institute for Applied Statistical Research Australia Australian Power Quality and Reliability Centre ARC Centre of Excellence in Geotechnical Science and Engineering
Entities SMART Infrastructure Facility Sustainable Buildings Research Centre
Automotive CRC CRC for Polymers Centre for Business and Social Innovation Centre for Infrastructure Protection and Mining Safety Centre for IT-enabled transformation Decision Systems Laboratory Engineering and Mathematics Education Research Group ICT Research Institute Institute for Mathematics and its Applications Bluescope Metallurgy Research Centre
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law, humanities & the arts At the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts (LHA) we aim to develop skills that employers want, like creative problem-solving, analytical thinking, self-discipline and team work. Our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees offer studies in the disciplines of the humanities, law and creative arts with a focus on professional skills for a diverse range of contemporary careers. Students specialise in areas that match their ambitions while following their passions. Our unique approach to education means our students learn from the best in their fields and gain real life experience in an interactive and supportive learning environment. Our students have access to the latest technologies and research, making their learning experience world-class. It’s also our priority to incorporate an international outlook into everything we do— and we ask our students to do the same. We encourage our students to set themselves apart and carve out a future with a degree that offers flexibility and practicality in the real world. They learn from experts who are passionate about what they teach, and are recognised for it. Professor Amanda Lawson Executive Dean Faculty of Law, Humanities and The Arts
Professor Amanda Lawson Executive Dean
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Our Schools
Our Research
The Arts, English and Media Humanities and Social Inquiry Law
Institute for Social Transformation Research Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security Legal Intersections Research Centre Contemporary Arts and Social Transformation
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Find out more about who we are and what we offer: lha.uow.edu.au
science, medicine & health The Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health (SMAH) offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs focused on expanding human knowledge and improving our quality of life. Our degrees are current with scientific advances, just as our research centres are at the forefront of international collaborative discovery. Our programs are accredited by professional organisations to prepare our students for careers in industry and academia. Our academic staff are committed to designing engaging, challenging and relevant educational experiences for our students. This means delivering courses at the nexus of research, teaching and professional practice. Most of our academic staff have active, successful research programs that have brought national and international recognition to UOW. Students interested in research have many opportunities to develop their research skills, to participate as a member of an established research team, and to develop their own research programs. We have established strong links with key organisations including local, State and Australian government agencies; non-governmental organisations; health and aged care providers; and, business and industry. These links help to ensure that our programs incorporate the knowledge and skills that employers require—and that our graduates are valued in the workplace. Professor Alison Jones Executive Dean Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Find out more about who we are and what we offer: smah.uow.edu.au
Professor Alison Jones Executive Dean
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Our Research
Biological Sciences Chemistry Earth and Environmental Sciences Medicine Nursing and Midwifery
Centre for Archaeological Science Centre for Medical and Molecular Bioscience GeoQuest Research Centre Centre for Translational Neuroscience Food and Health Institute for Conservation Biology and Environmental Management
Entity Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI)
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social sciences The Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC) combines traditional and emerging disciplines that have expertise in human behaviour and the way people interact with their environment. Our academic programs are informed by the latest research, are relevant to contemporary practice and accredited by professional bodies. Higher degree research training attracts candidates from all over Australia and the world, keen to work in research centres and schools where students belong to an academic community dedicated to social understanding and action. The School of Education is nationally recognised for innovative pre-service teacher education programs and has long-standing international links in teaching, research and professional experience. The Early Start facility will transform approaches to early childhood development, introducing new practice in communities, health, education and social disadvantage. The undergraduate program in the School of Psychology provides a solid foundation in psychological science and can be combined with studies in a range of other disciplines. Our postgraduate courses provide training in professional and clinical psychology leading to registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, and research programs in experimental, biological, clinical and applied psychology.
John Steele Executive Dean
Our Schools
Our Research
Early Start Research Institute Centre for Health Initiatives (CHI) Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research (AUSCCER) Illawarra Institute for Mental Health Centre for Psychophysics, Psychophysiology and Psychopharmacology (P3)
Education Psychology Health and Society Department of Geography and Sustainable Communities
entitY Early Start
Our vision for the School of Health and Society is to develop skilled, high quality graduates passionate about transforming lives. Undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree programs in social and public policy, public and population health, workplace health and safety are available, with new degree programs in Social Work and Social Science commencing in 2015. The Department of Geography and Sustainable Communities delivers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree research programs in geography, land and heritage management, environmental management and social planning, with a focus on urban and regional sustainability. John steele Executive Dean Faculty of Social Sciences
Find out more about who we are and what we offer: socialsciences.uow.edu.au
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our campuses UOW is not defined by its physical presence—we develop modern campuses that enable teaching, learning and research. We now deliver world-class education in Australia, through Asia and in the Middle East.
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wollongong UOW’s main Wollongong campus is set in native Australian bush and is one of the most picturesque university campuses in Australia. The campus caters for approximately 25,500 students and 2000 staff. Apart from extensive teaching, research and administrative buildings, the main campus includes student residences, library, conference facilities, food halls, cafes, restaurant and bar, retail outlets, indoor sports centres and gymnasium, Olympicstandard swimming pool and sports fields.
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The campus is situated at the base of Mt Keira, a few kilometres north-west of Wollongong CBD. Prominent buildings include the SMART Infrastructure Facility, the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and the Early Start Facility, currently under construction and due for completion in 2015 with an Australianfirst $7 million Children’s Discovery Centre.
INNOVATION CAMPUS UOW’s Innovation Campus (iC) in Wollongong is a 33-hectare high-tech research and development precinct that allows innovative corporations from around the world to co-locate with some of UOW’s leading research institutes in a collaborative campus environment. Leading companies such as global mining giant BHP Billiton, US IT company Commscope and Chinese IT provider Pactera are among the tenants at the Innovation Campus, alongside research institutes including the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute and the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, the
Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security and the Centre for Health Initiatives. iC is also home to the joint UOW/TAFE Digital Media Centre. It is a 10-minute drive from UOW’s main campus, and linked to UOW and Wollongong’s CBD by a free shuttle bus. innovationcampus.com.au
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SYDNEY CAMPUSES
REGIONAL CAMPUSES
UOW has two campuses in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, which is a leading financial centre for the Asia-Pacific region.
UOW established the first of its regional campuses in the Shoalhaven, 80km south of Wollongong, in 1993, so that residents of the area could benefit from a university education without the need to travel long distances or live away from home. Since then the network has been extended to include Batemans Bay and Bega on the NSW South Coast and Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands.
UOW’s Sydney Business School occupies three floors of an office tower at Circular Quay, in the heart of Sydney’s financial district, offering world-class and award-winning business courses. UOW Southern Sydney at Loftus on the city’s southern outskirts provides a range of courses for students living in the area.
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Each centre offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, with teaching on-site and via high-speed links with the main Wollongong campus. The Shoalhaven Campus also includes a sub-campus of our School of Medicine, and the Shoalhaven Marine and Freshwater Centre for aquaculture and fisheries research.
uow in dubai UOW established the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) in 1993. From humble beginnings with a handful of students, it is now one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the United Arab Emirates. UOWD currently has around 200 staff and 3650 students enrolled in 12 accredited undergraduate degree courses, 11 Masters and a highly regarded PhD course. It offers courses in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, International Studies and Media and Communications at its campus in Dubai’s Knowledge Village. UOWD is arguably Australia’s most successful off-shore higher education facility. In 1999 it became the first foreign university to receive a licence from the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research— a hugely important milestone. It was also the first western university to open an operation in the United Arab Emirates, and has built a reputation as one of the leading universities in the Gulf region, attracting students from across the Middle East, North Africa, the Indian sub-continent and beyond. UOWD’s alumni include many UAE government employees, while UOWD has significant research and training partnerships with major UAE organisations and government departments as well as multinational corporations such as Mercedes Benz, Virgin and General Electric. uowdubai.ac.ae
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RESEARCH & IMPACT In 2012 the Australian Research Council’s research assessment system rated 90% of UOW’s Fields of Research as “above, or well above world standard”. The results of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2012 Initiative confirmed what a succession of international ratings had indicated for some years—UOW has world-class researchers and world-class research facilities.
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Global challenges At UOW we believe in thinking globally, acting locally. We know that tackling challenges in our own backyard is the first step towards solving the greater, global issues of the 21st century. Our Global Challenges Research program brings together researchers from a variety of disciplines to work together on three of Australia’s biggest challenges:
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LIVING LONGER, WELL: Managing an ageing population by looking into solutions for the wide-ranging challenges resulting from a drastic demographic shift; seen in developed nations all over the world.
MANUFACTURING INNOVATION: Coping with industrial transformation by encompassing both traditional R&D in materials and devices, as well as broader economic issues relating to rethinking models and processes of innovation and manufacturing.
SUSTAINING COASTAL AND MARINE ZONES: We recognise the social and environmental importance of coastal and marine environments to Australia, our region and the world, as well as our increasing economic reliance on ocean resources and activities. Researchers will be investigating policies and processes on how best to manage these zones. By harnessing the expertise of existing and emerging UOW research strengths, we are rethinking our past to redesign our future. Learn more about how our global challenges research program: globalchallenges.uow.edu.au
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RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS At UOW we understand that research that will truly make a difference to our world often needs to be conducted with a global perspective. So we have developed key research partnerships and collaborations with universities, institutes, governments, corporations and individual researchers around the world to tackle some of the big issues facing the planet – from how best to deal with climate change, to meeting the medical challenges of our times and helping the world feed its rapidly growing population.
Our international research partnerships include: Climate change scientists from the GeoQuest Research Centre are working with South Pacific island nations who are facing the threat of rising sea levels, providing them with accurate data about the changing nature of their islands and the sea that surrounds them. Engineers from the Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials are working with Chinese steelmaker Baosteel and other partners to improve the energy efficiency of steel plants, by developing new ways to capture heat from the steel-making process and convert it to usuable energy. Medical Bionics scientists from the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute working with Hanbat National University in South Korea are building expertise in energy conversion and storage systems for medical bionics.
Centre for Medical Radiation Physics researchers collaborated with NASA scientists to develop instrumentation for measuring the radiobiological effects of cosmic radiation on humans, and are working with leading radiation oncology institutes around the world on ground-breaking cancer treatments. Centre for Archaeological Science experts are working with Indonesian archaeologists on one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries of modern times – the discovery of a previously unknown species of tiny humans on the island of Flores who had co-existed with modern humans until relatively recently. The world now knows that species by its nickname “the Hobbits”. uow.edu.au/research/partnerships
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key facilities We invest in facilities that will help us grow, expand our understanding of the world and develop solutions to global problems.
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SMART INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY An international leader in applied infrastructure research and training, SMART undertakes interdisciplinary research to assist governments and business provide better infrastructure. It draws on UOW’s proven inter-disciplinary research track record and our academic strength in the areas of engineering, commerce, informatics, law and science to holistically assess infrastructure solutions. SMART’s purpose-built headquarters on our main campus has sophisticated laboratories, teaching facilities and a simulation centre that allows researchers to use a range of data sets, combined or in isolation, for infrastructure modelling and analysis. smart.uow.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION MATERIALS The Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM) on UOW’s Innovation Campus houses two of our research flagships, the Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) incorporating the lead node for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Electromaterials Science (ACES), and the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials (ISEM). AIIM’s $50 million Processes and Devices Facility, opened in 2012, was built with assistance from a $43.8 million Australian Government grant. The building was designed to bridge the gap between research breakthroughs, prototyping and eventual commercialisation, and sets a new standard for multi-functional materials research facilities in Australia. It is equipped to develop the new production processes, devices and prototypes that will enable research breakthroughs to be scaled-up for commercial application. The AIIM facility also houses UOW’s Electron Microscopy Centre, which contains seven highly sophisticated microscopy suites, two state-of-the-art preparation laboratories housing precision cutters, quality grinding and polishing tools, cryogenic microtomes and highly accurate ion polishing systems. The facility caters for characterisation of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers and biological specimens. aiim.uow.edu.au
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ILLAWARRA HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE The Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) is a collaborative venture between UOW and the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and is dedicated to excellence and innovation in health and medical research that will lead to better health services in the region and the broader Australian community. Based at a $30 million research facility with purpose-built clinical trials facilities and sophisticated laboratories on the UOW campus, IHMRI was established to bring UOW’s best health and medical researchers together with the region’s best clinicians. More than 100 scientists are now based at IHMRI with a further 180 using the facilities on a regular basis. IHMRI’s research program is based around population health, with four core research themes: Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Neuroscience and Mental Health; Ageing and Chronic Conditions; and Health Care Delivery. ihmri.uow.edu.au
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH & SECURITY Australian National Centre for Ocean Research and Security (ANCORS) is a unique international research and training centre within UOW’s Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts. It plays a key global role in international ocean management in areas including maritime security, maritime boundaries, ocean law, fisheries management and environmental issues. Since its establishment in 1994, ANCORS has run regular capacitybuilding training courses for navy, coast guard and fisheries officers from maritime nations across the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and more recently, the Caribbean. It also provides consultancy services to many nations on international boundary disputes, management of ocean resources such as fisheries and policy advice on critical maritime issues ranging from piracy and people-smuggling to terrorism threats and marine pollution. ancors.uow.edu.au
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EARLY START On schedule to open in 2015, UOW’s $44 million Early Start initiative is rapidly becoming a reality. Construction of the main facility at the Wollongong campus is underway and includes a Discovery Space with public access to innovative resources that stimulate learning experiences for children and families. With state-of-the-art teaching, research and community engagement facilities utilising enhanced technologies, the building will act as a hub connecting to a network of 38 partner centres in regional, rural and remote communities across NSW. Early Start will transform lives through education by driving social change to reduce current gaps in inequality. The focus is on ‘investing’ in the earliest years of life because of their influence on the development of the individual and the implications this has for the social and economic wellbeing of society.
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Early Start promises to create a landscape for learning and social change that is markedly different to the image traditionally associated with higher education. earlystart.uow.edu.au
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS RESEARCH CENTRE UOW’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) is the latest building on the Innovation Campus, and a showpiece of innovation and research excellence. SBRC has a major focus on reducing the carbon footprint of existing buildings and developing technologies that will make Australia’s future buildings more environmentally sustainable. SBRC researchers’ projects include developing sustainable building technologies for residential and commercial applications, analysing and improving thermal design for buildings to reduce the need for using energy for heating and cooling, and developing control and sensor technology to improve building performance. The SBRC building has been designed to a 6 Star Green Star Design rating and is on track to be the first Australian building certified by the Living Building Challenge, the world’s most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment. The Living Building Challenge comprises seven performance areas - site, water, energy, health, materials, equity and beauty. As part of meeting the Living Building Challenge, the SBRC is an ultra-low energy building with natural ventilation and carefully-selected materials, many of which have been recycled and/or sourced locally. sbrc.uow.edu.au
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LIBRARY The Library at our main campus is one of the University’s key resources for students, researchers, academic staff and alumni. The Library has a vast collection of books and journals, both in print and digital formats. It has half a million books, more than 100,000 e-books and over 100,000 journal titles – most of which are on-line and full-text. Library users also have access to millions of other titles and publications held in other libraries around the world. The Library is also a great place to study, with more than 300 computers for students use as well as hundreds of powered sites and a wireless network for people using their own technology. It also has designated study spaces, music and media spaces, teaching laboratories, postgraduate rooms and academic spaces, as well as an impressive collection of art on display. The Library has a range of services to assist users, and digitalised collections of the University’s research publications and archived publications. Staff and students at our other campuses, including the University of Wollongong in Dubai, can access the Library’s resources on-line. library.uow.edu.au
SCIENCE CENTRE & PLANETARIUM Around 60,000 people visit UOW’s Science Centre and Planetarium at the Innovation Campus every year, making its interactive exhibitions, science shows, planetarium and observatory with a research-quality telescope, one of Wollongong’s most popular indoor tourist attractions. The visitors include around 600 school groups, many from outside the area. The Science Centre opened in 1989 under the directorship of physics lecturer Glen Moore, and has been in its current building since 2000. Mr Moore continues as director while an army of volunteers, including retired engineers and technicians maintain the exhibits. Student interns act as tour guides for the school groups that come through. sciencecentre.uow.edu.au
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global partnerships At UOW we know the value of working together. We cooperate, we collaborate, and we look worldwide for the best, most passionate minds.
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OFF-SHORE COURSE DELIVERY Around 1000 students are currently undertaking UOW courses in Malaysia under a partnership with leading South-East Asian education provider INTI International University and Colleges. UOW offers a Masters degree in International Business and Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Computing Science, Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Media and Communications degrees at INTI’s campuses in Kuala Lumpur and on the island of Penang. UOW also has long-standing partnerships with two of Singapore’s leading private colleges, the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) and the PSB Academy, to deliver internationallyrecognised academic programs in business, information technology and psychology. UOW also delivers a Master of Education degree in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) at Thailand’s Assumption University in Bangkok.
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UOW has partnerships with government organisations around the world to deliver targeted training courses in fields ranging from business to fisheries management. For example, since 2010 the Sydney Business School has run a postgraduate training course for officials from the Beijing Municipal Government. Each year around 20 Chinese officials come to Wollongong to complete Certificate of Management courses in Public Administration and Business Administration.
UOW has Study Abroad and Student Exchange partnerships with over 200 universities in 44 countries. This includes Europe, Scandinavia, North America and South America. UOW also has many mobility partnerships with Universities in Asia in China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, New Caledonia, Taiwan and Thailand.
For the past three decades UOW’s Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) has provided capacity-building courses to officials from maritime nations in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. The courses include maritime security, ocean governance and fisheries resource management. For example, ANCORS works closely with the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, running courses three times a year for government officials from Pacific island nations on international fisheries negotiations.
Student Mobility between Wollongong and overseas institutions broadens both the experiences of the students who travel abroad, and those studying in Australia who are joined in the classroom by international students with different perspectives on the world. Research suggests that students who undertake an overseas study component benefit personally, academically and professionally, returning with greater inter-cultural awareness, adaptability and improved academic performance.
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COMMUNITY partnerships More than half a century ago a community fund-raising campaign in Wollongong helped establish a small technical college—one that grew into a world-class university. UOW hasn’t forgotten its roots.
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We have maintained close ties with our community ever since, contributing much more than educational opportunities for residents of the Illawarra. We strengthen our ties through partnerships and support programs, and by providing community access to our facilities and services. In 2012 the inaugural QS Intelligence Unit benchmarking audit of the world’s universities gave UOW 50 out of 50 points for engagement as part of a five-star ranking for UOW across the audit’s six criteria of employability, teaching, infrastructure, internationalism, innovation and engagement. Our community partnerships and services range from funding research and providing services that enhance the health and well-being of the community, assisting students from low socio-economic backgrounds prepare and qualify for higher education and welcoming community groups on to our campus to share our excellent sporting and cultural facilities.
Our community partnerships include: Operating Northfields Clinic as a low-cost, highquality psychological clinic for more than 30 years. UOW’s School of Psychology established the clinic in 1981 to provide psychological assessment and treatment services to the public and an advanced clinical training setting for postgraduate psychology interns. Since then it has treated more than 10,000 patients for a range of issues including anxiety and phobias, depression, drug and alcohol problems, obsessive compulsive disorders, stress managements, sleeping disorders, anger management, learning disabilities and child behavioural problems.
Supporting the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music with a substantial annual financial grant. The “Con” is the largest regional conservatorium in NSW, catering for around 1500 students a week. UOW has played a major role in the Con’s development since 1984, when it amalgamated with the University. These days it is an incorporated body and UOW contributes a six-figure annual grant to assist with its operating expenses. UOW makes its sporting facilities available for all community groups – from learn-to-swim classes to local primary and high schools staging their swimming carnivals in the Olympic 50 metre pool, to junior coaching clinics, junior sports squads that train and play on the sports fields and people attending fitness classes at Wollongong’s best-equipped gymnasium. Other facilities at the University Recreation and Aquatic Centre (URAC) include a top-class cricket field, fields for rugby and AFL, a championship-standard hockey field with artificial surface, tennis courts, physiotherapy centre, indoor courts for basketball and volleyball and a sports hall (called the Sports Hub) with three courts for sports like basketball, volleyball, futsal and netball. URAC also houses the headquarters of the Illawarra Academy of Sport - a regional junior sports academy that has produced Australian representatives in many sports, from cricketers Brett and Shane Lee, rugby league stars Brett Stewart, Craig Fitzgibbon and Shawn Timmins to Olympian hockey star Casey Eastham, Commonwealth games gold medal-winning cyclist Rochelle Gilmore and international surfing star Sally Fitzgibbons.
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At UOW we take the student experience seriously. Not only do we offer a 5-star education, we have also been ranked first in Australia for Educational Experience and Graduate Outcomes by the Australian Good Universities Guide 2013. We believe in taking a holistic approach to delivering the best possible student experience, by providing opportunities for students to participate in vocational programs to enhance their personal and professional development, the arts, volunteering and uni sporting teams. Students are enveloped in the UOW community right from Orientation Week, with opportunities to join over 100 active clubs and societies on campus. Outdoor festivals on our lawns, art exhibitions, student performances, UniBar parties and sporting matches fill student event calendars and mean the campus is constantly buzzing with activity. Our Centre for Student Engagement (CSE) runs leadership, training, community engagement and environmental programs designed to give our students the chance to learn new things and apply themselves to real world challenges. Our PASS program (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) is a free academic assistance program that utilises peer-led group study to help students succeed. Sessions are designed to maximise students’ understanding of their subjects in a casual and relaxed environment and integrate study tools and successful exam techniques specific to their course. Services for students range from the UOW Wellbeing Centre, which helps students manage their health and wellbeing, to Careers Central, which helps graduating students explore career options and improve their employability. Our Woolyungah Indigenous Centre is responsible for Australian Indigenous student recruitment, access, development and support. Its entry programs aim to foster equity by supporting Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with entry to UOW. Woolyungah promotes a community environment where all Indigenous students are invited to network with other students and discover themselves as professionals.
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UOW LIVING UOW Living is committed to providing an environment that fosters high academic achievement, involvement, development and fun — within secure, supportive and sustainable residential communities. Our diverse residences create a vibrant and engaged community, providing every student with access to academic, social, sporting and cultural events. Academic support programs cover peer mentoring, formal tutoring sessions, guest lectures, and more recently the Positive Residence program at Kooloobong Village.
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Leadership and development opportunities are available to students through Residential Advisors and other student leader roles. Every student who lives at UOW is part of a community of friends and peers, sustained by highly experienced staff, residence teams and student networks.
The UOW Living portfolio of residences includes catered, flexi-catered and self-catered rooms, with a combination of living arrangements to suit a range of students’ needs. There is a mix of dormitory style accommodation, units and studio apartments which cater to undergraduates, postgraduate and families.
Kooloobong Village’s positive psychology program is a world first for student residences, where activities are based on the science of human flourishing - how we can be the best we can. The vision of having every student flourish while living at UOW is firmly supported by the combination of wellbeing and education.
We also provide a housing service to students seeking off campus accommodation in share, private or rental accommodation. Through our Housing Assessment Scheme (HAS), students can be assured that properties meet a minimum set of criteria and are suitable places to live.
CULTURE ON CAMPUS UOW’s Art Collection is on display across our campuses. Paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and textiles adorn the walls, corridors, offices, grounds and public spaces, exposing students, staff and visitors to a diverse range of art. The Collection has more than 3500 individual pieces, including works by eminent Australian artists including Lloyd Rees, Arthur Boyd, Dr Guy Warren, Emily Kame Kngwarrye, Judy Watson and James Gleeson. It also has one of Australia’s most extensive collections of prints of Aboriginal art.
Dr Warren, who was the Art Collection’s Director from 1992-2005, donated his 1985 Archibald prize-winning portrait of his great friend, sculptor and former UOW academic Bert Flugelman to the Collection. It now hangs in the University’s Library. Dr Flugelman’s stainless steel sculpture Wave – Gateway to Mt Keira, is another campus landmark.
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We are students, teachers and scholars driven to make a difference to the world we live in. This is who we are.
The University of Wollongong attempts to ensure the information contained in this publication is correct at the time of production (April 2014); however, sections may be amended without notice by the University in response to changing circumstances or for any other reason. Check with the University at the time of application/enrolment for any updated information. UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG: 00102E