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The University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre, adjacent to the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia. The university is associated with five Nobel laureates, constituting one-third of Australia's total Nobel Laureates, and 110 Rhodes scholars. The university has had a considerable impact on the public life of South Australia, having educated many of the state's leading businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians. The university has been associated with many notable achievements and discoveries, such as the discovery and development of penicillin, the development of space exploration, sunscreen, the military tank, Wi-Fi, polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography, and the study of viticulture and oenology. The university currently has more than 25,000 students enrolled.

Faculty

• Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences

• Health and Medical Sciences

• Arts

• Professions

• Sciences

Scholarships

• Global Citizens Scholarship

This scholarship rewards international students commencing undergraduate or postgraduate qualification who have received academic merit in their studies.

Ranking

• 1% university

  According to QS ranking, THE 2020 and ARWU 2019 ranking, the University of Adelaide ranked top 1% of university in the world