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The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian
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located in the coastal city of
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...
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, approximately 80 kilometres south of
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. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of more than 32,000 students (including over 12,800 international students from 134 countries), an alumni base of more than 131,859 and over 2,400 staff members. In 1951, a division of the
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(known as the
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from 1958) was established in Wollongong for the conduct of diploma courses. In 1961, the Wollongong University College of the
University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...
was constituted and the college was officially opened in 1962. In 1975 the University of Wollongong was established as an independent institution. Since its establishment, the university has conferred more than 120,000 degrees, diplomas and certificates. Its students, originally predominantly from the local
Illawarra The Illawarra is a coastal region in the Australian state of New South Wales, nestled between the mountains and the sea. It is situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the South Coast region. It encompasses the two cities of Wollongo ...
region, are now from over 140 countries, with international students accounting for more than 30 percent of total. The University of Wollongong has developed into a multi-campus institution, both domestically and globally. The Wollongong campus, the university's main campus, is on the original site five kilometres north-west of the city centre, and covers an area of 82.4 hectares with 94 permanent buildings. In addition, there are regional university campuses in Bega,
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,
Moss Vale Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wingecarribee Shire. It is located on the Illawarra Highway, which connects to Wollongong and the Illawarra coast via Macquarie Pass. Moss Vale has several h ...
and
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, as well as three Sydney campuses, including the UOW Sydney Business School, the South Western Sydney campus in Liverpool and Southern Sydney campus in Loftus. Overseas, the university has a presence in
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,
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. In the 2019 Student Experience Survey, the University of Wollongong recorded the highest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian universities, and the second highest student satisfaction rating out of all New South Wales public universities, with an overall satisfaction rating of 81.


History

Over 60 years, the university has grown from a provincial feeder college with 300 students to an international university with over 30,000 students spread across nine domestic campuses and four international centres.


Establishment

The University of Wollongong traces its origins to 1951.Castle wrote a history of the University from 1951 to 1991. The foundation of the university was in 1951 when a division of The
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(currently known as the University of New South Wales, UNSW) was established in Wollongong. In 1962, the division became the Wollongong College of the University of New South Wales. On 1 January 1975, the
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incorporated the University of Wollongong as an independent institution of higher learning consisting of five faculties (including engineering, humanities, mathematics, sciences and social sciences) with Michael Birt as its inaugural vice chancellor. In 1976, Justice
Robert Marsden Hope Robert Marsden Hope, (24 July 1919 – 12 October 1999) was a Justice of the New South Wales Court of Appeal and Royal Commissioner on three separate occasions, most notably the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security. As a judge Hope w ...
was installed as chancellor of the university. As of 1982, the university amalgamated the Wollongong Institute of Higher Education which had begun life in 1962 as the Wollongong Teachers' College; thus the merger formed the basis for a period of rapid growth in the 1980s.


History

In 1951, a foundation of the University of Wollongong was founded as a division of the
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in
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...
. A decade later, the division became the Wollongong College of the
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. In 1972, the library was three storeys high and could fit 280 students. In 1975, the University of Wollongong gained its autonomy as an independent institution of higher learning by the
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. In 1976, the library expanded and could fit 530 students. In 1977, the Faculty of Computer Science (currently known as the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences) developed a version of
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for the
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called UNSW 01, this was the first non-PDP Unix. In the late 70s,
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sourced
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software, an integral element of the World Wide Web, from the University of Wollongong. In 1981,
Ken McKinnon Kenneth Richard McKinnon was the second vice-chancellor of the University of Wollongong between 1981 and 1994. He also served as interim vice-chancellor of James Cook University in 1997 and Charles Darwin University from 2002 to 2003, where he w ...
was appointed Vice-Chancellor, overseeing the amalgamation of the university with the Wollongong Institute of Education (also known as WIE) in 1982. The Wollongong Institute of Education had originated in 1971 as the Teachers College (renamed the Wollongong Institute of Education in 1973) This merger formed the basis of the contemporary university. In 1983, the Faculty of Commerce was established along with the School of Creative Arts, followed by the creation of the Faculty of Education in 1984. Also in 1984 the commencement of the new Wollongong University building program began, which led to the construction and opening of the Illawarra Technology Centre (1985), Kooloobong (1985, 1986, 1990), Weerona College (1986), Administration, Union Mall (now known as UniCentre), URAC (1987), multi-storey carpark (1990) and heated swimming pool (1990). In 1993, the University of Wollongong Dubai Campus in
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, the
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was established. In 2000, the Shoalhaven campus was opened at
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on the
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. The Bega campus was also opened. In 2001, the Southern Highlands campus opened at
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. In 2008, the university opened the first building at Wollongong Innovation Campus (abbreviated as iC) on a 20-hectare site at Brandon Park in Wollongong. In August, the Faculty of Science Dean, Rob Whelan, took up a new role as president of the University of Wollongong in Dubai. In October 2009 Chancellor
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retired as chancellor after three four-year terms. He was succeeded by Jillian Broadbent. In July 2010, the New South Wales Health Minister, Carmel Tebbutt, opened the $30 million Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute. In August, a $20 million building housing the Sydney Business School and the UOW/TAFE Digital Media Centre opened at the Innovation Campus. The centre was named the Mike Codd Building in honour of a former chancellor. In 2014, work began on the $20 million iAccelerate building at the Innovation Campus (iC), which offers space for up to 200 budding entrepreneurs to develop their ideas. In 2016, the university awarded a controversial PhD to Judith Wilyman, in which she was alleged to advocate a vaccine
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. The university received criticism over this decision, but the university cited the need to permit 'freedom of opinion', and noted that the thesis passed the university's assessment procedures. In 2017, the University of Wollongong South Western Sydney campus opened on Moore Street in
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. In October 2020 Christine McLoughlin succeeded Jillian Broadbent as chancellor.


Overseas expansion

In 1993 the University of Wollongong in Australia opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) in the United Arab Emirates. Initially called the Institute of Australian Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary institution represented in the Persian Gulf region, as well as one of the earliest tertiary institutions founded in the UAE. IAS initially offered English language programs, before becoming a "feeder college" by 1995, where students completed part of a degree in business or IT in Dubai before coming to Australia to complete their studies. In 1999, it was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a licence from the federal government of the United Arab Emirates, and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of Wollongong in Dubai in 2004 and at present it has over 4,000 students from almost one hundred countries.


Campuses

The University of Wollongong comprises nine campuses in Australia:


Wollongong

The Wollongong campus, as the university's main campus, is located on the
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coast, 3 km from the centre of
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...
and 80 km south of
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. It is served by the
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which opened in 1915 on South Coast railway line. The Wollongong campus offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The courses are offered across four faculties comprising the Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities, the Faculty of Business and Law, the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences and the Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health. All together, nearly 30,000 students attend classes along with around 2000 staff on the Wollongong campus. Apart from the teaching and research buildings, the campus includes student residences, conference facilities, food halls, supermarket, cafes, restaurants, a bar, conference facilities, indoor sports centres and gymnasium, Olympic-standard swimming pool and sports fields. The Wollongong campus is also home to UOW College.


South Western Sydney (Liverpool)

In 2016 The University of Wollongong expanded t the growing South West Sydney region, with a campus in the Liverpool CBD taking its first cohort of students in 2017. The campus is expected to expand over the next several years.


Innovation Campus

The Innovation Campus, abbreviated as iC, is located in
Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...
,
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. The campus was established with seed funding from the New South Wales government and has received ongoing support from the federal and state governments as well as the Wollongong City Council and was established to drive partnerships and collaboration between the research and business communities by co-locating commercial and research organisation.


Sydney Business School

The Sydney Business School, which was established in 1997, is the graduate school of UOW's Faculty of Business and offers postgraduate business programs at the Sydney CBD Campus located at Circular Quay, and UOW's Wollongong Campus.


Regional campuses

*
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*
Bega, New South Wales Bega () is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley. Place name One claim is that place name ''Bega'' is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning "bi ...
* Southern Sydney (Loftus), New South Wales * Shoalhaven, New South Wales *
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** The Southern Highlands campus opened a new building designed by Australian architect
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in May 2007


Overseas Campus


Dubai

* The
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(commonly referred to as the University of Wollongong Dubai Campus), abbreviated as UOWD, was established by the University of Wollongong in Australia in 1993 and is located in Knowledge Village KV 14 and 15
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,
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. The university is one of the United Arab Emirates' oldest universities. The campus employs over 4,000 staff and has a student cohort of over 4,000 from almost one hundred countries. While affiliated to the University of Wollongong, UW Dubai remains a separate and autonomous institution.


Organisation

The University of Wollongong has four faculties. Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities * School of the Arts, English and Media *School of Education * School of Geography and Sustainable Communities * School of Health and Society *School of Humanities and Social inquiry *School of Liberal Arts * School of Psychology * Early Start Research Faculty of Business and Law * School of Accounting, Economics & Finance * School of Management, Operations & Marketing *School of Law * Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong * Australian Health Services Research Institute *Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences * School of Civil, Mining & Environmental Engineering * School of Physics * School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering * School of Computing and Information Technology * School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering * School of Mathematics & Applied Statistics * SMART Infrastructure Facility * Australian Steel Research Hub * Sustainable Buildings Research Centre * Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health * School of Biological Sciences * School of Chemistry * School of Earth & Environmental Sciences * School of Medicine * School of Nursing * Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute


Library

The University of Wollongong has multiple libraries across its campuses.


Academics


Awards, rankings and recognition

The University of Wollongong is ranked among the best 20 modern universities in the world in the QS Top 50 Under 50 Rankings 2019. It is ranked 171-180th in the world by the 2020 QS Graduate Employability Ranking for the quality of its graduates. Ranked 42nd in Times Higher Education Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019. Ranked among the top 200 universities in the world - QS World University Rankings 2021


Undergraduate rankings

UOW is rated Australia's leading public university for student experience in the 2019 Good Universities Guide. UOW is one of only two Australian universities – and the only publicly funded university – to achieve 5-stars in all student experience measures: Overall experience; Skills development; Student support; Learning resources, Learner engagement, Student retention and Staff qualifications. The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) has ranked UOW as the number 1 university in New South Wales. UOW is the highest rated university in Australia for: * Teacher Education UOW also received the highest rank among NSW/ACT universities in three study areas on QILT 2019. * Teacher Education * Creative Arts * Engineering


Historic recognition

*
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University Rankings 2018 – UOW is ranked 10th in Australia by the Australian Research Council. * Australian Good Universities Guide 2019 – Top rated university in Australia (Rated 1st in Australia in four subject areas) **Medicine **Agriculture and Environment Studies **Creative Arts **Health Services and Support


Student life


Facilities

The Wollongong Undergraduate Students' Association produces the magazine ''
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'', and many other services including representation, advocacy and student support. Postgraduate representation is provided by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association, a member of the
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. Wollongong UniCentre, an on-campus organisation and controlled entity of the university, provides the social and commercial infrastructure on the campus, administering the UniBar, student clubs and societies, food outlets, entertainment and activities, a books and news shop and other student services. The geographical and social centre of the university is the Duck Pond Lawn, and its surrounding eateries and other facilities, including the UniBar. The UniBar serves alcoholic drinks and a small range of lunch foods. The UniBar building was opened by Colin Markham MP, Simon Zulian Student Rep, Nigel Pennington UniCentre GM and Gerard Sutton VC on 14 May 2001. The UniBar has since won numerous awards including the Major Award and the Public Building Award of the Architectural Design Awards held in Wollongong in 2003, the "ACUMA" award for Best New Campus Facility and the Master Builders Award for Excellence in Construction by Camarda and Cantril. In line with Commonwealth legislation introduced in October 2011, the University of Wollongong instated the Student Services and Amenities Fee. This fee was charged to student depending on their study load and location, and has been used to upgrade and subsidise existing facilities and install new facilities such as common barbecue areas.


Publications

''Campus News'' is the university's official quarterly publication. It was first published when the university was established as an institution in its own right – in 1975. It started life as a weekly magazine on 2 April 1975 but moved to less regular publication dates in 1976. The magazine features news and announcements about the university, stories about graduates, research news, opinion pieces and awards and achievements. ''WUSA'' produces the campus magazine ''
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''. ''Tertangala'' has a 45-year history, making it older than the University of Wollongong itself. It began in 1962, when the university was an external campus of the University of New South Wales. The magazine features student investigative and feature articles, news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students (including student association representatives) makes up the bulk of the magazines content, however submissions from other members of the community are also accepted. ''Tertangala'' is produced eight times a year. ''TIDE'' is an annual literary compilation edited and published by third-year creative writing students. It features prose, poetry and artworks from students and community members and was first published May 2004. ''Paper, Rock'' is a magazine created by the School of Journalism and Creative Writing at UOW. It incorporates features, sections on arts and entertainment, stories about university life, fashion, food and wine. It was first published in August 2007. ''Rhizome Magazine'' is the magazine for postgraduate and research students at UOW. It features submissions from current postgraduate students at UOW, in many cases on the topic of the students' own research. It is produced by the Wollongong University Postgraduate Association (WUPA).


Sports


Soccer

The University of Wollongong announced a partnership with
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club
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in 2018. The partnership will see FA and
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-qualified Tottenham Hotspur coaches train participating students for 36 weeks a year at the university's Wollongong campus. As part of the UOW Tottenham Hotspur Global Football Program, students also have the opportunity to attend the Player Development Program at the state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre in
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.


Rugby

The Wollongong University RC (or UOW Mallee Bulls) competes in the Illawarra Rugby Union premiership. The club plays their home games at the University Oval, Wollongong. The Mallee Bulls wear red, white and blue jerseys. The club fields three senior teams and a women's side. The University of Wollongong Titans (or UOW Titans) is a former rugby league football team that was part of Country Rugby League and competed in the
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premiership.


Residential colleges

The university has a number of residential college and halls of residence: *Bangalay * Campus East *Graduate House * International House * Kooloobong Village *Marketview *Weerona College The International House is the oldest residential college of the University of Wollongong and is an affiliate of the 16 International Houses Worldwide. It provides accommodation to approximately 218 students who are attending the University of Wollongong. It is situated at the corner of Porter and Hindmarsh Avenue in North Wollongong, near the
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. Residents of the residential college are predominantly undergraduate students, with some postgraduate students also accommodated. International House provides catered, dormitory style accommodation. There are 218 beds, 14 shared rooms (28 beds) and 190 single rooms.


Handling of reports of on-campus sexual assaults

The university has been criticised for their handling of reported
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. One case highlighted the way in which the university claimed to "assist" a student after the student alleged sexual assault by another student.
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reported that the university did not take any disciplinary action against the alleged perpetrator, instead advising the victim to change behaviour, with the victim adding: "Nothing happened to him. Instead I was told to make all the changes". For self-protection the victim independently succeeded in taking out an
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via the courts against the alleged. Karen Willis, the executive officer of Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia, described the actions of the university as "disgraceful", as it placed the "onus and responsibility on the person who has experienced violence". The university responded that its instructions are "standard procedure", it "does not comment on specific allegations", and it is not able to investigate sexual assault claims, as those must be investigated by the
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. Another alleged victim considers their sexual assault and UoW's "response to be equally despicable." Between 2011 and 2016, there were 40 officially reported cases of sexual assault, harassment or misconduct on campus, resulting in no expulsions, one suspension and three reprimands.
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investigations reported by News Limited suggest this may represent "just the tip of the iceberg ... due to under-reporting". In contrast, the 2017
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report on sexual assault and harassment found reported figures substantially higher than this.


Cooperation


Affiliations

The University of Wollongong has affiliated to a number of associations and organisations: * The Member of the
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to ...
(AACSB) * The Member of the
Association of Commonwealth Universities The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913, and has over 500 member institutions in over 50 countries across the Commonwealth. The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities. Its mission is ...
(ACU) * The Member of the Australian European Network (AEN), related to the
Utrecht Network The Utrecht Network is a network of European universities. Founded in 1987, the network promotes the internationalisation of tertiary education through summer schools, student and staff exchanges and joint degrees. Utrecht Network member univer ...
* The Member of the
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...
(ASAIHL) * The Prominent Member of the Apple University Consortium (AUC) * The Member of the
International Association of Universities The International Association of Universities (IAU) is a membership-led non-governmental organization working in the field of higher education. It comprises more than 600 higher education institutions and organizations in over 130 countries. IAU ...
(IAU) * The Member of
Universities Australia Universities Australia (formerly the ''Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee'') is an organisation founded in Sydney in May 1920, which attempts to advance higher education through voluntary, cooperative and coordinated action. After being ba ...
* The Associate Member of the
Group of Eight The Group of Eight (G8) was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and returned to its previous name after Russia left in 2014. The forum originate ...
Deans of Engineering and Associates * The Member of the University Global Partnership Network * The Member of the NUW (Newcastle, UNSW, Wollongong) Alliance *
Jubilee Oval Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its Naming rights, sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-Leagu ...
in Kogarah, New South Wales, is commercially known as "UOW Jubilee Oval".


Research

The university's Innovation Campus is home to the Centre, an innovation accelerator housing over 280 start-up entrepreneurs.


Major research entities

* The Australian Institute of Innovative Materials (AIIM) * Early Start Research Institute (ESRI) * Smart Infrastructure Research Facility (SMART) * The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) * Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), an independent health and medical research institute based on the University of Wollongong campus. IHMRI is a joint initiative of the University of Wollongong and the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. It was initiated to improve the health and wellbeing of Illawarra residents by developing a regional centre of excellence in health and medical research. The building was dedicated to former Vice Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Gerard Sutton representing his significant contribution from 1995 to 2011 at the university. * Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI)


Research entities

* Advanced Manufacturing Technologies * Australian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research (AUSSCER) * Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) * Centre for Archaeological Science (CAS) * Centre for Medical & Molecular Bioscience (CMMB) * Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP) * Early Start Research Institute (ESRI) * Engineering Materials (EM) * GeoQuEST Research Centre * National Institute for Applied Statistical Research Australia (NIASRA)


International research

The University of Wollongong has formed key alliances with a number of international corporations and organisations: * Co-operation between the Geological Survey Organisation of Indonesia and the GeoQuEST Research Strength. * Members of the Institute for Social Transformation Research participating in numerous international networks dedicated to understanding the causes and implications of social change and cultural transformation. Current collaborative projects engage with research centres in Japan, Sweden, Malaysia, the UK and elsewhere. * Research partnerships between CAPSTRANS and a range of research groups in the Asia Pacific. * The Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) has developed global linkages with research institutions in the US, Japan, South Korea, China, Ireland, France, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom working on multifunctional, stimuli-responsive materials for various applications. * The Smart Foods and Public Health Centre is collaborating with research groups in Finland, Sweden, the US and Spain.


International exchanges

The University of Wollongong has 180 global partners, offering international short course and study abroad programs, and internships. ;Exchange destinations ;;
Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific (APAC) is the part of the world near the western Pacific Ocean. The Asia-Pacific region varies in area depending on context, but it generally includes East Asia, Russian Far East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Pacific Isla ...
* Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, China & New Caledonia ;;
Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
* Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey & the United Kingdom ;;
Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...
* Brazil, Canada, Mexico & the United States of America ;;
Utrecht Network The Utrecht Network is a network of European universities. Founded in 1987, the network promotes the internationalisation of tertiary education through summer schools, student and staff exchanges and joint degrees. Utrecht Network member univer ...
* Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & the United Kingdom ;; Dubai Study Program *
University of Wollongong in Dubai The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) ar, جامعة ولونغونغ في دبي) is an offshore campus of the University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1993, the university is located in the Dubai Knowledge ...


Alumni and staff

UOW is consistently ranked in the top 1% of universities in the world for the quality of its graduates, including in the 2018 QS Graduate Employability Rankings As of 2016 the
QS World University Rankings ''QS World University Rankings'' is an annual publication of university rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The QS system comprises three parts: the global overall ranking, the subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the ...
placed Wollongong at the 61–70 band in the world for graduate employability. As of 2014, the university has turned out more than a hundred thousand graduates, and also has alumni members all over the world in 143 countries. Although a large number of alumni live in Wollongong and Sydney, and a significant number also live in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
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Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
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Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
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Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
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Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
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London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
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See also

*
List of universities in Australia There are 43 universities in Australia: 40 Australian universities (36 public and 4 private) and 3 international private universities. The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of Australian higher education prov ...
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University of Wollongong in Dubai The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) ar, جامعة ولونغونغ في دبي) is an offshore campus of the University of Wollongong in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Established in 1993, the university is located in the Dubai Knowledge ...
* List of University of Wollongong people


References


Further reading

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External links

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UOW Photographs

University ephemera and memorabilia

University Recordings
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