Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. It was founded in 1966 and named for the navigator Matthew Flinders. The main Bedford Park campus occupies a ridge south of the city, adjacent to Flinders Medical Centre. The university later added a city campus in Adelaide and regional sites in South Australia.

Teaching and research are organized into colleges covering education, psychology and social work; business, government and law; humanities, arts and social sciences; medicine and public health; nursing and health sciences; and science and engineering. Graduate-relevant strengths include medicine, public health, psychology, archaeology, and environmental science. The medical centre precinct and associated health research groups sit beside the Bedford Park campus.

Flinders enrolls about 25,000 students, including a substantial graduate group and international students from more than 90 countries. Academic staff number in the hundreds. Alumni include mathematician Terence Tao, who completed early degrees at Flinders, and former South Australian premier John Bannon.

Graduate awards include master's degrees by coursework or research and the PhD by thesis under a supervisor. The academic year follows the Australian calendar, with semesters beginning in March and July. Research scholarships and living stipends are the usual support for doctoral candidates. Bedford Park is a suburban campus with on-site housing; many graduate students also live in Adelaide's southern suburbs or in the city.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Flinders University lists 1 doctoral program, in education. Flinders University holds rank 364 in the GSN Overall University Ranking.