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Campus Setting

Located on the banks of the River Torrens, Thebarton Campus is less than 4km from Adelaide's central business district and comprises 5 hectares of office, laboratory, manufacturing and warehouse space. The Distillery Building, built in mid-1800s, is heritage-listed and is the central administration office for the campus. Einstein's Café is located in the Old Railway Building which was formerly located at Terowie, 220km north of Adelaide, and was where General McArthur saluted the people of Terowie and made his most famous statement during World War II.

The campus has been developed as a Research Park and is a vital link between the University of Adelaide and Australian business and industry. The campus aims to be an Australian leader in creative university/industry linkages.

• Self-funding since its inception
• Home to two technology incubators
• Among the larger research/technology parks in Australia (more than 70 tenant groups comprising commercial tenants, start-up companies, university research and service groups - with more than 400 employees)
• Synergistic co-location of University and commercial tenants in like discipline areas
• Unique Graduate Entrepreneurial Program supporting the establishment of 40 new graduate businesses during the period 1993 - 2003
• Industry-Linked Education engaging the wider business community
• Home of small business and entrepreneurship training at postgraduate level
• Networking of tenants and university researchers
• Strong community involvement

The Students
In 2007 Thebarton Campus had 54 postgraduate students predominantly associated with faculties based at North Terrace.

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