Our Research Expertise and Strengths
The University of Adelaide is one of Australia’s most highly research-intensive institutions.
As a member of the Group of Eight we are a destination of choice for highly talented researchers and academics.
The University has a distinguished track record spanning basic research to commercial outcomes, and has major strengths in:
Strengths
- Climate Change & Adaptation
- Geothermal Energy
- Mining & Petroleum Engineering
- Nanostructured Materials
- Petroleum Geosciences
- Soil & Natural Resource Management
- Water Quality & Engineering
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- Animal Sciences
- Biochemistry & Cell Biology
- Crop Science
- Ecology & Conservation Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Food & Nutrition
- Marine Sciences
- Oenology & Viticulture
- Plant Science & Genomics
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- Creative & Performing Arts
- Law
- Philosophy & Applied Ethics
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- Applied Economics
- History
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- Computer Vision & Visual Technologies
- Mathematics
- Networks & Communications
- Signal Processing
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- Acoustics & Vibration
- Modelling & Optimisation
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- Astronomical & Space Sciences
- Geosciences
- Medicinal & Biological Chemistry
- Photonics & Optical Physics
- Particle & Nuclear Physics
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- Nanostructured Materials
- Physical & Structural Chemistry
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- Gender, Politics & Social Inclusion
- Population & Migration Studies
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- Cancer
- Cardiovascular Health
- Childhood Development
- Infectious Diseases
- Molecular Genetics
- Nutrition
- Oral Health
- Population Health
- Primary Care
- Reproductive Health
- Neuroscience
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