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Flinders University

Our university

Established in 1966, Flinders has grown to become a model for a modern university – successful, progressive and dynamic, yet still friendly and accessible. We place high value on innovation and excellence in teaching and research across a wide range of disciplines and offer a vibrant and stimulating environment in which to study.  Flinders is a member of the Innovative Research Universities Australia (IRUA).

Our students

Flinders has over 17,00 students. We are a highly diverse community with many nationalities, cultures, religions and languages represented among our students. We have 2,100 onshore international students from 85 different countries at Flinders. 

Our campus

The University campus is 10km south of Adelaide, state capital of South Australia. The 180 hectare campus, which offers panoramic views, features modern buildings and facilities, set on Australian bush, pine forests and gardens. Flinders provides a wide range of on-campus services and facilities and has on-campus accommodation for up to 560 students (for details, visit www.flinders.edu.au/housing).

Our recognition and awards

According to the 2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities, Flinders is in the top 14 universities in Australia; the top 68 universities in the Asia-Pacific region, and the top 401 universities in the world. Its staff have won Australian awards for teaching, including the Prime Ministers Award – University Teacher of the Year 2004 and 2006.

Our research

International research collaboration is a central element of our strategy. We have a high research profile and consistently rank among Australia’s top universities on a per capita basis for research spending and for the citation of work in professional journals. Flinders offers research degree supervision in all disciplines. 

Our Alumni

High achieving alumni include Professor Terence Tao, Professor of Mathematics at UCLA and the first Australian to win the Fields Medal, the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in mathematics; Dr Mamoru Mohri, Japan’s first astronaut and executive director of Tokyo’s National Museum of Emerging Science & Innovation; Professor Rodney Brooks, Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT and designer of the first Mars robots in the 1990s and Scott Hicks, filmmaker, who earned seven Oscar nominations for the film Shine, starring Geoffrey Rush. 

Areas of study at Flinders include: 

Archaeology

Arts

Audiology

Biodiversity

Behavioural science

Biotechnology

Business and commerce

Creative arts

Disability studies

Education

Engineering

Environment

Governance

Health administration

Health sciences

Information technology

International development

International relations

Languages

Law

Medicine

Nanotechnology

Nursing and midwifery

Nutrition and dietetics

Psychology

Public administration

Science

Social work

Speech pathology

TESOL

Theology

Tourism

Water resource management

Women’s studies

 

 

UK student Kate Vanhinsbergh is studying criminology and English literature at Flinders on exchange

“Adelaide is very laid back, and everyone is surprisingly warm, open and welcoming. I also seem to be doing more sports here than I ever do at home, so I feel amazing!

“Flinders is more challenging than my university at home - I’m certainly never bored here!
I live in the university hall and we have all pretty much been forced into getting to know each other. It’s been embarrassing, hilarious, warming – there is not a bad apple among us.

“When I finish at Flinders I want to write. I’d love to start in music journalism but eventually I want to be an international journalist... maybe even write for National Geographic.”

 

 

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