nauka: University of Adelaide

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The University of Adelaide (UofA) was a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it was the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre included many sandstone buildings of historical and architectural significance, such as Bonython Hall. Its royal charter awarded by Queen Victoria in 1881 allowed it to become the second university in the English-speaking world to confer degrees to women. On 5 January 2026, it merged with the neighbouring University of South Australia to form Adelaide University. The antecedent institutions were formally disestablished after 31 March 2026, when both the University of Adelaide A…

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Adelaide University (Kaurna: Tirkangkaku) is a public research university based in Adelaide, Australia. Founded in 2024 and officially opened on 29 January 2026, it merged the University of Adelaide, the third-oldest university in Australia, and the University of South Australia (UniSA), which had an antecedent history dating back to 1856. Its two main campuses are located in the Adelaide city centre, one, City West, adjacent to the Adelaide BioMed City and near the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and the other, City East, located at the east end of North Terrace, near the Lot Fourteen tech precincts and containing the original University of Adelaide campus, with additional campuses located across…

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The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia's oldest tertiary education institutions. Most were founded in the colonial era, the exceptions being the University of Queensland (1909) and University of Western Australia (1911). All the universities in the group have buildings constructed primarily of sandstone. Membership of the group is based on age; some universities, such as the private Bond University, have sandstone-plated buildings but are not considered sandstone universities. Additionally, Griffith University will operate out of the heritage-listed Treasury Building in Brisbane from 2027. However, the university was established in 1971, and thus, is…

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The University of South Australia (UniSA) was a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1991, it was the successor of the former South Australian Institute of Technology (SAIT). In mid-2023, it agreed to merge with the neighbouring University of Adelaide to form Adelaide University. The merger began in 2024, with the merged university formally opening in January 2026. The existing institutions were formally disestablished after 31 March 2026, when the University of Adelaide Act 1971 and University of South Australia Act 1990 were repealed. UniSA's earliest antecedent institutions were both founded in the Jubilee Exhibition Building of the former Royal S…

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The Adelaide Dental School is a component of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Adelaide. The Adelaide Dental School engages in both teaching and research. Its programs include the Bachelor of Dental Surgery and the Bachelor of Oral Health, together with a range of postgraduate degrees. The school also offers to the dental profession a program of continuing education. It is the third-oldest university in Australia. In 2014, it was announced that the Dental School would be moving to a new campus in the North Terrace campus.

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There are 44 universities in Australia out of which 39 are public universities and 5 private universities. The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of Australian higher education providers: universities, other self-accrediting higher education institutions and state and territory accredited higher education institutions. For admissions to universities, those students who have completed Australian state curricula are granted a state-specific Australian Tertiary Admission Rank. All Australian universities use the ATAR based "selection rank" as one of their methods of admission; universities also use past study, work experience and other considerations in granti…

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This is an incomplete list of University of Adelaide people including notable alumni and staff associated with the former University of Adelaide (1874–2026) in Australia. On 31 March 2026, the university was formally dissolved and (via a bilateral merger) transitioned into Adelaide University, also known as Tirkangkaku.