University of South Australia

The University of South Australia is a public university in Adelaide, established in 1991 by merging the South Australian Institute of Technology, whose ancestor school opened in 1889, and the South Australian College of Advanced Education. It is a multi-campus university of technology and professional education, with principal sites at City West and City East in central Adelaide, Mawson Lakes, Magill, and regional campuses at Whyalla and Mount Gambier.

Academic groups cover business, creative industries, education, allied health, clinical and health sciences, STEM, and justice and society. Graduate students use the Future Industries Institute at Mawson Lakes, health laboratories at City East, and business and law facilities at City West. Applied work in minerals, manufacturing, health, and education is the usual emphasis.

Enrollment has been on the order of 35,000 students, with a large international cohort from more than 100 countries and a substantial postgraduate share. Staff number in the thousands. Alumni work in Australian public administration, engineering, and allied health.

Graduate study is dominated by coursework master’s degrees and professional doctorates alongside Ph.D. programs by supervision. Teaching runs in two main semesters with optional summer study. Students live across Adelaide rather than on one residential quad, using inner-city campuses for business and health and Mawson Lakes for engineering and technology.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of South Australia lists 1 master's program, in urban planning.