Vice-Chancellor and Principal:Professor Paul Wellingswww.uow.edu.au |
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The University of Wollongong (UOW) is one of Australia's most dynamic universities. It is ranked among the best in the country for teaching and learning, and has a reputation for innovative, interdisciplinary research. It is an enterprising university with strong industry partnerships and personalised style. With nine Faculties - Commerce, Informatics, Arts, Law, Science, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Engineering, Creative Arts and Education - a Graduate School of Medicine and a Graduate School of Business, UOW currently offers around 180 undergraduate, 160 postgraduate courses and 30 research degrees to more than 29,000 enrolments. UOW's emphasis on student-centred learning and support for students as individuals helps the University's graduates emerge as creative, innovate thinkers who are much sought after by employers, and who enjoy starting salaries significantly higher than the national average. UOW's research is underpinned by the University's effective partnerships with industry, a multi-disciplinary approach that sees close cooperation and collaboration between Faculties and research centres, as well as world-class facilities. Its research is defined by five themes - Environmental Sustainability; Innovative Materials, Engineering and Manufacturing; Health and Medicine; Information and Mathematical Sciences; and Science, Policy and Culture. Its research strengths include world-leading research centres in 21st century technologies such as nanotechnology, intelligent materials, medical radiation physics, internet security, superconductivity, and transnational crime prevention. UOW's Strategic research priority areas and emerging strengths are the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI); the Smart Infrastructure Research Facility (SMART) and Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM). The University's Innovation Campus (iC), an award winning research and development precinct, is on a 22-hectare beachside site in Wollongong designed to give innovative companies and organisations the opportunity to locate alongside and collaborate with its leading research institutes, is attracting corporations from Australia and overseas. UOW has a strong international focus and reputation, and attracts close to 5,800 international students each year to study at its Australian campuses. It also operates the University of Wollongong in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where more than 3,200 students undertake undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The University also has two satellite campuses in Sydney (in the CBD and at Loftus in the southern suburbs), as well as campuses at Nowra, Batemans Bay and Bega on the NSW South Coast, and at Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands.
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