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Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research)
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia
enquiries.dvcr@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 8303 5665
Fax: +61 8 8303 4409
For direct numbers please see the Contacts page.

Enquiries about studying should be directed to the Student Centre.

Facts & Figures

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The University of Adelaide is:
  • The third oldest university in Australia, founded in 1874
  • Member of the Group of Eight (Go8) – Australia’s leading research universities
  • Member of the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21) – International network of currently 18 members of mostly comprehensive, research-intensive universities
  • Associated with 5 Nobel Prize winners, over 100 Rhodes scholars and many distinguished graduates
  • Ranked internationally among the world’s top 200 universities (Times Higher Education Supplement QS World University Rankings 2008)
  • Ranked in the top 25 universities in the Asia Pacific region (Shanghai Jiao Tong University Rankings 2007)
  • Currently educating 21,000 students, including more than 5,000 international students from over 90 countries
  • Comprised of 5 Faculties with 24 Schools

For further statistics about the University of Adelaide are available [more information]