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2009 RESEARCH
POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS
The University of Adelaide is an innovative exist between its academic staff and their
and forward-looking university, and an colleagues worldwide are complemented by a A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE
Australian leader in research, with major series of formal relationships with other ASSOCIATED with five Nobel Prize winners
strengths in agriculture, wine and food, universities, government bodies, non-government and 101 Rhodes Scholars.
biological sciences, physical sciences, organisations and industry groups. RANKED among the world’s top 100
health sciences, information technology and In 2007, the University had formal linkages
universities in the THES-QS World University
telecommunications, environmental sciences Rankings 2007.
with more than 170 universities in 32 countries,
and social sciences. including student and staff exchange agree- RANKED in the top 25 universities in the
Asia Pacific region by Shanghai Jiao Tong
Since its establishment in 1874, the University ments and memoranda of understanding for University Rankings 2006.
has developed a reputation for excellence in academic cooperation and research.
FIVE STARS for staff-student ratio, research
teaching, learning and research. The University grants, research intensiveness and electronic
is associated with five Nobel Prize winners and
has produced 101 Rhodes Scholars, and is
Quality Facilities support in the 2007 Australian The Good
Universities Guide.
a member of the Group of Eight - Australia's and Resources
leading research-intensive universities.
The University of Adelaide is one of the best-
With more than 20,000 students and over resourced higher education institutions in
2,800 staff, the University is small enough to Australia, with a wide range of facilities, including
provide personal interaction with teaching modern lecture theatres, state-of-the-art
and research staff, yet large enough to offer laboratories and computer suites, and an out-
a broad range of programs and student standing library with over two million items.
support services.
The University's strong reputation for providing
At the heart of the University's vision, quality face-to-face instruction is backed up
achievement and impact is a sense that by excellent electronic resources, including
a focus on the experience of the student universal student email, wireless internet
is fundamental, and a belief that research access, worldwide data-base access and
intensity and innovative, high quality teaching extensive online teaching tools. The quality
have a symbiotic relationship that underpins of the information technology environment at
and characterises the finest universities Adelaide was noted in the 2007 Australian Good
in the world. The University of Adelaide Universities Guide, with the maximum rating
is committed to producing graduates awarded to all campuses for electronic support.
recognised worldwise for their creativity,
Cultural and recreational pursuits are also
knowledge and skills, as well as their culture
and tolerance.
well-catered for, with expansive sporting The University is
grounds, several theatres, a variety of retail
outlets and many acres of open space.
associated with five
An International Outlook For more information, visit: Nobel Prize winners
The University of Adelaide is strongly www.adelaide.edu.au/student/new/itservices and 101 Rhodes
www.adelaide.edu.au/student/current
committed to international education. It
admitted its first international students more
Scholars.
than 60 years ago. Today, around 5,500 A Global Alumni Network
international students from 94 countries
make up approximately 25 per cent of the Graduates of the University of Adelaide
student population. The University accounts become part of a distinguished alumni
for 40 per cent of onshore international community that extends around the world.
enrolments in all South Australian universities. Internationally, University of Adelaide alumni
A truly international outlook requires two- occupy positions of influence in business,
way exchange, and the University works to government, academia and the arts. Some
ensure that the many informal linkages that of the University's notable earlier graduates
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include penicillin pioneer Howard Florey and
the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Prize FACULTIES AND SCHOOLS
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A VIBRANT CAMPUS CULTURE
With its main campus located in the centre of the city of Adelaide,
the University extends across four campuses where grand old
buildings and leafy grounds combine with modern facilities to provide
an exceptional learning atmosphere in which students can achieve
their best. For detailed maps and a virtual tour of the University, visit:
www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses
This section of the research prospectus The academic structure is based on a faculty
introduces the major areas in which the system, meaning that individual schools
university is conducting research and gives are located within larger faculty structures.
insight into our research ethos, i.e. what we This has significant benefits for researchers
do and how we do it. because it enables them to engage in
researching multi-disciplinary subject areas,
Insight into the exact nature of the research
such as defence, water, healthy development,
topics and areas of interest in specific
and climate change. The University also has
faculties, schools and disciplines can be Professor Alan Cooper
a number of innovative research institutes
found later in this publication. However, as a
and centres, and contains many high-profile
means of introducing the reality of research
researchers working in a vast array of fields. Professor Alan Cooper is a world expert
at the University of Adelaide, it is useful
to have a broad outline of the University’s on ancient and fragmentary DNA. Professor
Federation and Australia Fellows
research and its national and international Cooper’s primary research area is the use of
profile and standing. www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/fedfellows/fedfellows ancient DNA, or preserved genetic information,
_overview.htm to examine evolution and environmental change.
The University of Adelaide is a member
www.nhmrc.gov.au/fellows/types/granttype/ Current research topics include the roles of
of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities.
career.htm human impact and climate change in the wave
The Go8 are Australia’s most prestigious
of extinctions of ice-age large mammals, the
universities and are the destination of choice The University of Adelaide has a number
origin and spread of domestic animals and
for Australia’s most talented students and of ARC Federation Fellows and an NHMRC
plants, and the evolution of extinct species
academics. The University of Adelaide is one Australia Fellow working at the institution. These
such as sabre-tooth cats, New Zealand moa,
of the top universities in Australia in terms Fellows are researchers of global renown and
and the giant Australian marsupials.
of research output, research funding and the University currently hosts four of these
quality of postgraduate research experience. prestigious positions. The University of Professor Tanya Monro is Chair of Photonics
Indeed, this University is one of the highest Adelaide’s Federation Fellows are Professor at the University of Adelaide, Director of the
earners of research funding per researcher Mark Tester, Professor Alan Cooper and University's Centre of Expertise in Photonics
in Australia. However, research isn’t all about Professor Tanya Monro, and our Australia within the School of Chemistry and Physics,
numbers: it is also about experience, and Fellow is Professor James Paton. and one of the world's leaders in optical
research students are an integral part of the fibre technology. Her work has already
Professor Mark Tester is researching the
research life of the University. Well-trained received support from both state and federal
growth of crops in saline soils. His research
and engaged research students are vital to governments, as well as the Defence Science
with the Australian Centre for Plant Functional
maintaining a healthy research culture, and & Technology Organisation. Professor Monro
Genomics is focused on developing cereal
as such the University of Adelaide provides is developing a new platform for exploring
crops, such as wheat and barley, which have an
a challenging and supportive environment in and controlling interactions between light and
increased tolerance of saline soils. Professor
which to achieve a research qualification. matter using new classes of optical fibres.
Tester also researches the generation of
This will lead to innovative applications in
We have major research strengths in plants with altered concentrations of nutrients
medical research, defence and environmental
many areas including, but not confined in their leaves and grain. This research has
science. Each of these researchers enhances
to, reproductive health and early the potential to improve radically the grain
not only the reputation of the University of
childhood development, animal and plant crop in large areas of Australia, and to
Adelaide as a world leader in research, but
functional genomics, sustainable resource improve the viability of farming in poor and
their experience also adds significantly to
management, and advanced engineering saline soils all over the world.
the nature of our research culture and the
sensing and control.
experience of our students.
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RESEARCH STRENGTHS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
Professor Mark Tester
FEDERATION FELLOW (ACPFG)
ARC-NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES (CRCS) UNIVERSITY DESIGNATED RESEARCH CENTRES
RESEARCH COUNCIL RESEARCH NETWORK
Genes and Environment in Development CRC for Australian Weed Management Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity
NATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies Australian Institute for Social Research
OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM CRC for Desert Knowledge (associate) Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health
Australian Stem Cell Centre (partner) CRC for Future Farm Industries Centre for Biomedical Engineering
NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies Centre for Defence Communications
and Information Networking
Program for Early Origins of Adult Disease CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry
Centre for the Early Origins of Health and Disease
Program in Reproductive Health for Women: CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral
From Egg to Embryo Exploration Centre for High Performance Computing and Applications
Program for Understanding the Human Genome: CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding Centre for High Performance Integrated
Molecular Mechanisms of Genetic Disease (affiliate) Technologies and Systems
CRC for National Plant Biosecurity
Program for Leukocyte and Endothelial Cell Biology Centre for Human Movement Control
CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity
(affiliate) Centre for International Economic Studies
CRC for Sustainable Aquaculture of Finfish
Program for the Molecular Basis of Bacterial Centre for Labour Research
Infectious Diseases (partner) CRC for Water Quality and Treatment
Centre for Reproductive Health
Program for a Practical Model of Pig Islet e-Water CRC
Xenotransplantation (partner) Centre for Soil-Plant Interactions
Program for Post-traumatic Mental Health: Centre for the Quantification and Management of Risk
Enhancing Resilience and Recovery (partner)
Institute for Geometry and its Applications
Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability
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RESEARCH CENTRES
OTHER UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND RESEARCH NOBEL LAUREATES THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
CENTRES
John M. Coetzee
JOINT UNIVERSITY UNITS/OTHER RESEARCH
ORGANISATIONAL UNITS South Africa, b.1940
Literature "Who in innumerable
Adelaide Microarray Facility
guises portrays the surprising
Adelaide Proteomics Centre involvement of the outsider"
Australian Centre for Visual Technologies
Centre of Expertise in Photonics
Ethics Centre of South Australia
Human Nutrition and Vascular Physiology Research Facility
Monoclonal Antibody Facility J. Robin Warren
Australia, b.1937
SARDI/University of Adelaide Food Safety Alliance
South Australian Centre for Economic Studies Physiology or Medicine
"For the discovery of the
South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health
bacterium Helicobacter pylori
South Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing
and its role in gastritis and
peptic ulcer disease."
RESEARCH CENTRES 11
LIVING AND STUDYING
IN ADELAIDE
South Australian
Industry Highlights
Arts and Culture SA hosts many festivals
WITH A PLEASANT CLIMATE, THRIVING ECONOMY, DYNAMIC CULTURAL including the Festival of Arts, Fringe Festival
and WOMADelaide, and is a popular location
SCENE AND AFFORDABLE COST OF LIVING, SOUTH AUSTRALIA OFFERS AN
for film and television production.
ENVIABLE LIFESTYLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS IDEAL FOR STUDY. Bioscience Generating $175 million in
revenue each year, the state’s bioscience
sector has generated internationally
Home to many indigenous tribes for thousands
recognised advances in biotherapeutics,
SOUTH AUSTRALIA AT A GLANCE of years before European settlement began in
molecular plant breeding, genomics and
AREA 984,377 square kilometres 1836, Adelaide has since welcomed migrants
stem cell research.
from all over the world and is characterised
CAPITAL Adelaide
by a great diversity of cultural traditions, Defence SA is the high-technology centre
COASTLINE 4,800 kilometres (with 100 islands) languages spoken and systems of belief. of Australia’s defence industry, focussing on
POPULATION Statewide 1.5 million The state of South Australia boasts a stable systems integration, surveillance, aerospace,
Adelaide 1.1 million shipbuilding and R&D.
economy and low unemployment rate,
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE English with a broad base of thriving industries, Food and Wine With an estimated value of
CURRENCY Australian Dollars (A$) including agriculture, wine, information and $10.1 billion, the state’s food sector is an inter-
CLIMATE Summer (Dec-Feb) 28°C
communications technology, automotive national leader in the production of wine, sea-
average maximum Winter (Jun-Aug) 16°C production, defence, biosciences, health, food, cereal products, dairy produce, fruit and
average maximum tourism and the arts. vegetables. South Australia produces around
ECONOMY Major industries include With a population of 1.1 million, Adelaide half of the nation’s wine and 60% of its wine
BioScience, Defence, Minerals and Energy, exports, valued at nearly $1.8 billion a year.
is Australia’s fifth largest city with all of the
Wine, Automotive Production
conveniences of a major city but few of the Health More than 300 companies specialising
USEFUL WEBSITES
hassles. Situated on a fertile plain, Adelaide is in optics, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals,
www.studyadelaide.com
www.southaustralia.com flanked by the natural beauty of the Adelaide complementary medicines, education and
www.southaustralia.biz Hills and 22 kilometres of white sandy beaches. management. Advanced expertise includes
Adelaide is a safe, relaxed and affordable place cranio-facial, ophthalmic and cardiac surgery.
to live. In 2008 it was ranked equal fifth as ICT Worth more than $5 billion annually,
one of the most liveable cities in the world the combined IT, telecommunications and
by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and electronics sector employs more than 19,000
other recent EIU research shows that the cost people in 1,100 companies.
of living in Adelaide is 18% less than Sydney,
17% less than Melbourne and 6% less than Resources With resource production
Brisbane and Perth. With its centre surrounded totalling $1.6 billion a year, SA has extensive
by parklands, Adelaide is one of Australia’s oil and gas resources, and substantial
most cosmopolitan cities, with an array of deposits of base metals and gold.
cafés, restaurants and shops reflecting the Water Management Being the driest state
diversity of its ethnic communities. The city on the driest inhabited continent, SA has
hosts many festivals, including WOMADelaide, developed expertise in all aspects of water
the Adelaide Festival of Arts and the Adelaide treatment and distribution, be it for drinking,
Fringe Festival, and has an extensive range of medical or industrial use, irrigation, mining or
world-class sporting and recreational facilities. commercial operations.
Known as the 20-minute city, Adelaide is easy
to get around thanks to its broad boulevards
and public transport network. Its central
location makes it an ideal gateway to explore
South Australia’s many tourist attractions,
from world-renowned wineries and rugged
coastlines to the Australian outback.
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LIVING AND STUDYING IN ADELAIDE
Adelaide is a safe,
relaxed and affordable
place to live, with
broad boulevards
and an array of cafés,
restaurants and shops.
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MARVEL AT NATURE
Adelaide has several conservation and national parks
only minutes from the city, perfect for bushwalking,
picnics, and spotting native animals. For wonderful
walks, Waterfall Gully and Morialta are recommended,
while a visit to Cleland Wildlife Park is a must.
Salisbury To Roseworthy
SHOP TILL YOU DROP
To Port
Wakefield Campus In the city centre, Rundle Mall has the biggest
Gulf concentration of department and chain stores, while
Point
Marina Rundle Street is known for its trendy boutiques, pubs
Parafield
and cafes. Explore the trendy suburbs for everything
North Haven To Barossa from designer fashion to antiques.
Valley
ENJOY THE NIGHTLIFE
Adelaide has a wealth of pubs and clubs, so grab
Golden Grove Tea Tree Plaza
Exchange some friends and enjoy the variety on offer – all
Semaphore Port Adelaide within close proximity to the North Terrace Campus.
Grand Junction Rd
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Woodville No Athelstone
Rd Visit the Central Market for fresh food needs, the East
End Rundle Street Markets for art and entertainment,
Prospect
Grange Rd the Willunga and Wayville Farmers Market for organic
Grange Rostrevor
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produce and the Torrens Island North Arm Market for
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Henley Beach
Thebarton
Campus Magill GO FOR COFFEE, BRUNCH OR LUNCH
West Beach ADELAIDE
Meet your friends at one of Adelaide’s excellent cafés
Adelaide
Airport and enjoy the wide range of local and international
Gre
cuisines, to suit all budgets, available throughout the
Hyde enh
city and beachside suburbs.
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Glenelg Campus
Mitcham HOP OVER TO KANGAROO ISLAND
South of Adelaide by ferry is Kangaroo Island,
Brighton Rd
Reynella
EXPLORE THE OUTBACK
LEGEND
Four hours north of Adelaide, the Flinders Ranges
Morphett Vale possess some of the world’s oldest fossils and
Main Road
Minor Road ancient Aboriginal stone carvings. Further afield,
To McLaren Vale
marvel at the huge cliffs and whale breeding grounds
of the Great Australian Bight.
University Temporary
Accommodation Service Accommodation Service
www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/ All international students are guaranteed
Finding comfortable accommodation in a one week of single room temporary
convenient location with the right people is accommodation upon arrival (a fee applies).
important but can take time, so students are This service is provided by the International
advised to begin considering their options well Student Centre and must be arranged before Other features include laundromat, bicycle
before they arrive in Adelaide. you arrive in Adelaide. storage areas, roof top gardens and balconies,
Adelaide boasts a wide range of and state-of-the-art security.
accommodation options to suit different Accommodation On-site staff provide advice and assistance,
budgets and tastes, including University
managed accommodation, residential
for Families and social events are scheduled throughout
the year.
colleges, student hostels, private rental and Students accompanied by family members
Average cost: A$186-$210 per week (includes utilities)
share housing. will find that private rental accommodation
in houses or apartments is the most suitable Mattanya
University-managed accommodation and
accommodation option.
residential colleges offer many advantages, www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/
as they are close to campus and offer It can be easier for students to come to uni/mattanya/
furnished rooms with electricity, gas and Adelaide alone initially in order to arrange Mattanya is a group of four University-owned
water all included in the fee. If University suitable permanent family accommodation. houses in North Adelaide, only a 15 minute
or college accommodation does not Spouses and children who arrive later can then walk across the parklands to the North
suit individual circumstances, students move directly into permanent accommodation Terrace Campus and close to the Melbourne
can contact the friendly team at the without requiring temporary accommodation. Street café and restaurant district.
Accommodation Service who will be pleased
Mattanya provides comfortable and
to help them find an alternative with the
benefit of local knowledge.
Accommodation Options convenient living in a quiet suburban location.
Houses each have four or five bedrooms,
The Village
with shared bathrooms and living areas.
www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/uni/ Average cost: A$165 per week (includes utilities)
thevillage/
Managed by the University of Adelaide, The Roseworthy
Village is a new, purpose built accommodation www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/uni/
facility for over 400 students offering a range roseworthy/
of accommodation options, including fully
Roseworthy campus offers accommodation for
furnished four or five bedroom townhouses
students studying at the campus, 50 kilometres
and four bedroom apartments.
north of Adelaide.
Situated in the West End district close to the
Postgraduate students reside in the Custance
Central Market, the Village is a 20 minute walk
Centre which comprises a number of five
or free bus ride to the North Terrace Campus.
bedroom houses and three bedroom units.
Each dwelling contains a fully equipped Enjoy campus living with a library, computer
kitchen, comfortable living/dining areas, air centre, chapel, swimming pool, gymnasium,
conditioning and high-speed Internet access. billiard room, and canteen on site.
16 ACCOMMODATION
Adelaide boasts
a wide range of
accommodation
options to suit different
budgets and tastes.
Left: The Village courtyard
Top right: The Village apartment living area
Bottom right: The Village apartment living balcony
A free transport service operates daily Private Rental and Share Housing for public transport costs. Hostels offer
to Gawler, linking with trains to and from different lengths of stay varying from daily,
www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/
Adelaide, and an inter-campus shuttle bus options/private/ weekly, three, six or twelve-month leases or
operates three times each weekday during on a semester/academic year basis.
Renting a house or apartment can be a less
semester between the Roseworthy, North
expensive option, particularly if sharing with Hostels are not affiliated with the University,
Terrace and Waite campuses.
others; however, students will need to factor and students must apply directly to the hostel
Average cost: A$139 per week (includes utilities of their choice.
and some evening meals)
in to their budget extra costs such as food,
electricity, gas, telephone and furniture. Average cost: A$100-$200 per week
Residential Colleges The University Accommodation Service can
Boarding and Homestay
www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/ help find private accommodation through the
Private Rental Database, which is updated Living or boarding in a home with a local
colleges/
daily and free of charge. person or family can be a great way to
The University of Adelaide is affiliated with experience and learn more about the
five privately managed residential colleges Rental costs vary depending on location, Australian way of life.
across Adelaide. quality and size, with prices generally
decreasing as you move further from the city Full board usually includes a furnished room,
Each college enjoys a long history of two or three meals per day and all expenses
academic success together with a strong centre. Leases are usually for six or twelve
months, with a refundable bond of four to six besides personal items and telephone calls,
reputation for developing community leaders while part board generally includes one
and a proud alumni tradition. weeks rent in advance.
meal per day. Room only or share house
Average cost: A$100-$390 per week (does not
Colleges offer fully catered accommodation include utilities) accommodation is where only a furnished or
where most meals and a weekly room clean unfurnished room is provided. Students must
are incorporated into the accommodation Student Hostels buy and prepare their own food and pay for
fee. They are located close to the city within additional expenses such as electricity, gas
www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/
a 15-20 minute walk from the North Terrace options/hostels/ and telephone.
Campus and a 15-25 minute bus or bicycle Boarding and homestay should be
Student hostels usually offer single bedroom
ride from Thebarton and Waite campuses. organised independently of the University
accommodation, with some offering a limited
College options include: Aquinas College, number of twin, double and triple share rooms. Accommodation Service.
Lincoln College, St Ann’s College, St Mark’s Each bedroom is fully furnished with access Average cost: A$160-$250 per week
College and Kathleen Lumley College (only to a shared bathroom, laundry, lounge and
for postgraduate and mature age students). recreational activities. Gas, electricity and Note: Figures are average estimates only,
All colleges are coeducational. water are generally included in the set fee. and do not include bonds/security deposits.
Average cost: A$250-$300 per week (includes Students should contact the relevant
utilities, most meals)
Most hostels are located in suburban areas accommodation provider for actual costs.
of Adelaide so students will need to budget
ACCOMMODATION 17
SUPPORT SERVICES
Postgraduate Coordinators
Each discipline has its own postgraduate
coordinator. They oversee postgraduate
activities and provide assistance, advice
and support, where appropriate, in matters
such as resolution of grievances, and
provision of resources.
A list of postgraduate coordinators can
be found at www.adelaide.edu.au/
graduatecentre/forms/pgcoordinators.pdf
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Professor Richard Russell
PRO VICE-CHANCELLOR (RESEARCH OPERATIONS)
SUPPORT SERVICES 19
drug and alcohol counselling, women’s health,
sports medicine, skin care, travel medicine
and psychotherapy. Both female and male
doctors are available and consultations are
usually covered by Medicare or Overseas
Student Health Cover (OSHC).
Library
www.library.adelaide.edu.au
With over two million print and electronic
resources, including more than 10,000
journal titles, the Library is well placed to
support learning, teaching and research
at the University of Adelaide. Collection
strengths include medicine, dentistry,
biological sciences, agriculture, law, music,
nineteenth century English literature, and
Australian history. Electronic resources such
as databases, journals and e-books can be
accessed 24 hours a day.
Students can take advantage of a number of
Centre for Learning Counselling Services services including wireless Internet access
and Professional www.adelaide.edu.au/counselling_centre/ for laptops, study areas for individual or
Development (CLPD) The Counselling Service provides personal group study, computers, photocopiers, and
counselling for students in relation to issues an interlibrary loan and document delivery
www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd that are affecting their study. Counselling is service. Specialist librarians provide training
The Centre for Learning and Professional confidential and available to students free of and assistance in searching for information
Development (CLPD) provides a variety charge. The Counselling Service also offers and using the Library.
of support services designed to improve self-help resources and runs workshops
student learning. on a range of issues including stress
management, exam anxiety and meditation.
Student Care
The Centre’s Language and Learning Service
offers a daily drop-in Helpdesk, online and www.union.adelaide.edu.au/student/
services/care.html
print resources, and a range of workshops,
including programs designed specifically for
Disability Services Student Care on the North Terrace campus
international students. www.adelaide.edu.au/services/disability/ is staffed by professionally qualified and
The University of Adelaide provides a range of experienced Education and Welfare Officers
The CLPD also runs the Maths Drop-In
services to students with temporary or ongoing (EWOs). The EWOs provide wide-ranging
Centre, where students can consult tutors
disabilities or medical conditions. Disability and confidential welfare and support services
about mathematical or statistical problems
Liaison Officers are available at the Disability to students, including the following:
over a cup of tea or coffee.
Service to advise on how to access special • academic, personal and financial
provisions such as note takers, specialised counselling and information
Childcare software, enlarged print, brailing, scribes, • advice, advocacy and representation in
examination arrangements, and help adjusting complaints, grievances and student rights
www.adelaide.edu.au/childcare/
to teaching and assessment procedures. issues (including Centrelink)
Government accredited, community operated
childcare centres are located at the North • information and referral
Terrace, Waite and Roseworthy campuses. Health • loans and small grants
Full-time, part-time, and occasional care is www.adelaide.edu.au/student/health/ • tax, legal and child care assistance.
provided, and the centres are open Monday Doctors are available at University Health on
to Friday. Fees apply. the North Terrace Campus. Services include
health checks, immunisations and vaccinations,
20 SUPPORT SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES 21
STUDENT LIFE
Special Interest
and Social Clubs
Being part of a club is a good way to meet
new people, and with around 80 non-
sporting clubs at the University, there are
groups to suit all kinds of interests. Existing
clubs include a variety of cultural, faculty-
based, social, political and religious groups.
Students can join an existing club, or choose
to start a new club with at least 10 members.
Adelaide University Union a wide range of issues, including financial Student Media
matters, academic advice and advocacy,
Getting involved in student media is a great
www.union.adelaide.edu.au counselling, and welfare support.
way to gain skills, develop networks and have
Founded in 1895, the Adelaide University Other AUU services and facilities include fun, and the University of Adelaide has some
Union (AUU) has a proud tradition a fitness centre, sporting clubs, social and of the longest established and best regarded
of providing student services and cultural clubs, a 24-hour computer suite, student media facilities in Australia.
representation. With its headquarters in the employment service, food and beverage outlets,
iconic Union Building on the North Terrace The student newspaper On Dit was
bookshop, publications, theatres and cinemas,
Campus, the AUU coordinates a variety of established in 1932 and continues to provide
lockers, student radio and religious spaces.
services for all students, and offers special a lively forum for student news and views.
benefits and discounts to those who choose Editors are elected each year, and they are
to take out membership. Sporting Clubs joined by a large group of students who
Orientation Week (O’Week) is a highlight and Facilities contribute articles, subedit, proofread, and
help with distribution.
on the AUU calendar, with a full program www.theblacks.com.au
of events run by students, for students, Adelaide University Student Radio is
The University of Adelaide has an extensive broadcast three nights a week via Radio
culminating with the O’Ball – an outdoor
array of sporting facilities and an eclectic Adelaide - Australia's first community radio
concert featuring the best local and national
mix of sporting clubs catering for everyone station, established by the University in 1972.
bands. Activities held throughout the year
from elite athletes through to social players Students are involved in producing and
include band and DJ competitions, movie
and casual gym-goers. There are more than presenting a variety of special interest shows,
screenings, market days, barbecues and
35 sports to choose from including athletics, and the station offers training courses to
regular gigs at the Unibar, one of Adelaide’s
baseball, basketball, cricket, fencing, football, those new to radio.
best-loved live music venues.
gliding, golf, gymnastics, hockey, karate,
As part of the AUU’s Student Care program, rowing, rugby, scuba diving, sailing, soccer,
Education and Welfare Officers provide skiing, squash, swimming, table tennis,
confidential and professional support on tennis, triathlon, volleyball, water-skiing –
22 STUDENT LIFE
COUNTRY INSTITUTION DISCIPLINES
Indonesia University of Indonesia University-wide
Italy Bocconi University Business, Economics
STUDENT EXCHANGE
Student Exchange Students can also participate in a range of
exchange opportunities at some of these partner institutions. Students
Japan KansaiHiroshima
Gaidai University
KansaiHokkaido
Shudo University
UniversityUniversity
Asian Studies; Business
University-wide
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INTERNATIONAL LINKS
negotiate, usually via their supervisor, to spend time undertaking their
research overseas (international students are not permitted to participate
in exchange programs in their home country). All exchange students remain
Meiji University
Hosei University
Nagoya University
University-wide
Computer
Science
University-wide
NarutoKansai Gaidai
University University
of Education Asian Studies/
University-wide
enrolled at the University of Adelaide during their period of exchange. Travel Commerce
TheandUniversity of Adelaide has established exchange agreements
living costs must be met by the student, and international students are
Okayama University University-wide
Kansai University University-wide
with a number
charged of prestigious
their normal universities
international around
program tuition fees. the world,
For the mostallowing
up to date Osaka University University-wide
Meiji University University-wide
students to undertake
information, please referone or following
to the two semesters
website: of their University of
www.adelaide.edu.au/ Tsukuba University Urban development
Nagoya University University-wide
Adelaide degree at another
student/study_abroad/ institution.
or discuss A small
with your number
potential of places
supervisor. University of Electro-communications Engineering
Naruto University of Education University-wide
(usually 2-5 per year) are available at each university, and selection Waseda University University-wide
Okayama University University-wide
is based on academic
COUNTRY
merit and an interview. Travel
INSTITUTION
and living costs
DISCIPLINES
Korea Yeungnam University Engineering
Tsukuba University Urban
are covered by the student, and students are charged their normal Korea University University-wide
development
Canada McGill University University-wide
University of Adelaide international tuition fees. Malaysia Universiti Sains Malaysia
University of Engineering University-wide
Electro-
University of British Columbia University-wide communications
Netherlands The Hague University Business
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RESEARCH PROGRAMS
24 RESEARCH PROGRAMS
A Professional Doctorate
is specific to a discipline
and aimed at practitioners
in the field.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS 25
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
26 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PROFICIENCY FOR ENTRY
MINIMUM ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY FOR ENTRY
Note: Under the English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements of the Australian Government immigration
regulations, applicants from Assessment Level 3 - 4 countries must submit IELTS Academic Test results for their
student visa application (see www.immi.gov.au). In line with these regulations, the University will only accept
IELTS – not TOEFL – results from these applicants as their evidence of English language proficiency.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 27
Students who intend to sit an IELTS must
PEP FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING AN ACADEMIC PROGRAM IN SEMESTER 1, 2009 ensure that their results are provided prior to
COURSE LENGTH COURSE NUMBER BEGIN DATE FINISH DATE COST (A$) the closing date for scholarship applications
30 weeks 09PEP01 29 May 2008 6 February 2009 $10,200 (refer to page 32).
25 weeks 09PEP02 10 July 2008 6 February 2009 $8,500
20 weeks 09PEP03 21 August 2008 6 February 2009 $6,800 For the most up-to-date information please
15 weeks 09PEP04 2 October 2008 6 February 2009 $5,100 visit: www.international.adelaide.edu.au/
10 weeks 09PEP05 13 November 2008 6 February 2009 $3,400 admission/#elp
5 weeks* 09PEP06 5 January 2009 6 February 2009 $1,700
28 ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 29
APPLICATION, SCHOLARSHIPS & O
INFORMATION FOR LOCAL STUDEN
Application Deadlines
Application for admission is open all year
for local applicants. Please refer to the
section on Commencement below, for further
ANY STUDENT WHO IS A CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT OF information on when studies may commence.
AUSTRALIA OR A CITIZEN OF NEW ZEALAND ENROLS AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF ADELAIDE AS A LOCAL STUDENT.
Admission Procedure
After assessment of qualifications and
consideration by the relevant academic
Below is an overview of the specific require- The Adelaide Graduate Centre School, successful applicants will receive
ments, procedures, and scholarships for local The University of Adelaide an official written offer of a place from the
students. All other applicants must apply as Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia Adelaide Graduate Centre. Please note this is
international students. Information for inter- the only source of an official offer. Verbal or
Applications must be sent in triplicate. Faxed
national applicants can be found on page 32. written offers of admission received from any
or emailed applications will NOT be accepted.
other source are not binding or official in any
The University of Adelaide has an excellent
Applicants should include the following with way. Students must accept their place in writing,
scholarships program for local higher
their application form: by the deadline specified in their letter of offer.
degree by research students providing
• A certified copy of academic qualifications* Unsuccessful applicants will be notified
funding support to over 1000 continuing
students, and offering approximately 300 new • A certified copy of transcripts* in writing if they are not accepted into a
scholarships each year. • Evidence of English language proficiency postgraduate academic program.
(if required)
Application Deadlines
Completed applications must be received
by the International Office, University of
ANY STUDENT WHO IS NOT A CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT OF Adelaide, by the following dates:
AUSTRALIA OR A CITIZEN OF NEW ZEALAND MUST ENROL AT THE UNIVERSITY For entry into academic programs
commencing Semester 1, 2009:
OF ADELAIDE AS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT. 1 December 2008
For entry into academic programs
commencing Semester 2, 2009:
Below is an overview of the specific The completed application form and all
1 May 2009
requirements, procedures, and scholarships supporting documentation should be sent to:
for international students. For entry into academic programs
International Office commencing Semester 1, 2010:
The University of Adelaide, 1 December 2009
Preparing Your Application Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia
Fax: +61 8 8232 3741 In order to be considered for postgraduate
Before applying for any research program you
www.international.adelaide.edu.au/enquiries scholarships in 2009, applications must be
are strongly advised to contact the research
Applications may also be submitted through received by 31 August 2008.
area that you wish to study in to discuss pot-
ential supervision and any other issues relating one of the University’s official international Note: Lengthier visa application processes
to your eligibility to undertake a research degree representatives (see page 77). apply to students from certain countries under
in that area. The appropriate contact in the first Applicants should include the following with their the current Australian Government immigration
instance is usually the postgraduate coordinator. completed International Student Application regulations (see www.immi.gov.au). Students
Contact details for all postgraduate coordin- for Postgraduate Research Studies 2009: from Assessment Level 3-4 countries must
ators can be found at: www.adelaide.edu.au/ submit their applications at least three months
• A certified copy of academic qualifications*
graduatecentre/forms/pgcoordinators.pdf before the above application closing dates.
• A certified copy of academic transcripts*
• Evidence of English language proficiency
English Language • A non-refundable application fee of A$50 (or
Admission Procedure
Requirements verification of financial support from a After assessment of qualifications and
recognised sponsor - see Application Fee English language proficiency, and
For information on English Language Require-
Information, page 35). consideration by the relevant academic
ments and the Pre-enrolment English Program,
• A 1-2 page statement of the research School, successful applicants will receive
see pages 27-28. Students wishing to apply
proposal, including the research topic, a an official written offer of a place from the
for a scholarship must provide evidence of
brief literature survey, methodology, and University. Please note this is the ONLY
minimum English language proficiency before
expected timeline and outcomes source of an official offer. Students must
the closing date. Students who intend to
accept their place in writing by the deadline
sit an IELTS must ensure that their results • A current curriculum vitae, including details
specified in their Offer Statement and
are provided prior to the closing date for of any research publications
Acceptance Agreement.
scholarship applications (see information under • Two confidential referees reports on the
Application Deadlines on this page for dates). University’s proforma, available in this Unsuccessful applicants will be notified
Prospectus or online at: www.international. in writing if they are not accepted into a
postgraduate academic program.
Application Forms adelaide.edu.au/apply/appforms
• Copies of any email contact with University All international students, except those
Application forms for admission and sponsored by the Australian government,
of Adelaide academic staff members.
scholarships can be found in this Prospectus will be required to make a tuition fee deposit
* Certified English translation is required if original
or online at www.international.adelaide.edu. of A$6,000, plus full payment of Overseas
documents are not in English.
au/apply/appforms Student Health Cover (OSHC)*. On receipt
Conditions for EIPRS, ASI and • Scholarship holders must commence study AusAID Scholarships
AFSI Scholarships at the University of Adelaide in Semester The University of Adelaide has contracted
1 or Semester 2, 2009. Scholarship with the Australian Agency for International
• Scholarships will be awarded strictly
winners will not be permitted to defer Development (AusAID) to provide education
on academic merit. Extra-curricular
commencement until 2010. to AusAID scholars.
achievements will not be considered.
The purpose of AusAID scholarships is
• Citizens and Permanent Residents of Adelaide Graduate Fee
to provide educational, research and
Australia, and citizens of New Zealand are Scholarships (AGFS)
professional development opportunities to
ineligible for any of the above scholarships. Up to 15 scholarships may be available to support growth in the Asia-Pacific region
• Those undertaking research as a outstanding international students from any and to build enduring links at the individual,
remote candidate are ineligible for the country to undertake a higher degree by institutional and country levels. There are
above scholarships. research at the University of Adelaide. Eligible several scholarship programs available.
candidates must be currently enrolled at the
• Candidates who have applied for Australian Australian Development Scholarships (ADS)
University of Adelaide or have completed a
permanent resident status are ineligible aim to strengthen human resource capacity
program at the University in 2007 and met the
to apply. in Australia’s partner countries to contribute
entry requirements for admission into a research
• Candidates are required to enrol in the program (Masters by Research or Doctor of to long-term development needs and
University of Adelaide as international Philosophy) to commence in February 2009. promote greater stability in the region.
students and must maintain international Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) aim to
Benefits are payment of full tuition fees for
student status for the duration of their develop leadership, build partnerships and
the normal duration of the program.
enrolment in the University. links and address priority issues. AusAID
Further information and an application form scholarships cover tuition fees, living
• Scholarships are available for the normal
can be found at: www.international.adelaide. allowance, airfares and other expenses.
duration of the program, subject to
edu.au/scholarships/ua/#pgrs
satisfactory progress. Extensions beyond Applications for ADS and ALA scholarships
the normal duration of the program may be China Scholarship Council - must be made directly to AusAID, usually
considered for a total of up to 12 months University of Adelaide Joint through the Australian diplomatic mission
only in exceptional circumstances. Postgraduate Scholarships Program in the home country. For further information,
The China Scholarship Council (CSC) and please see www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/
The University of Adelaide are jointly offering default.cfm
More information is available at: www. Applications are assessed by DIAC fees and receiving refunds, and are offered
international.adelaide.edu.au/living/family according to the Assessment Level of support services to assist them to settle into
individual applicants. The passport held Australia and complete their studies.
and the education sector of the principal
Part-Time Work academic program determine the Country
This law also requires that the University
assist the government to check that
Many international students and their dependants Assessment Level.
international students comply with their
hope to obtain part-time work to supplement
For a full list of Country Assessment Levels, visa conditions, and advise the Department
funds for living costs. It may be possible to
go to www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/ of Immigration and Citizenship if students
secure part-time work, however we advise
iforms.htm and select form 1219i breach their visa conditions.
that students should not rely on part-time
work for essential expenses, as obtaining a Lengthier visa application processes apply More information is available on the University’s
job is not guaranteed and can take time. to students from certain countries under ESOS website at www.adelaide.edu.au/esos
current Australian Government immigration
Students may work up to 20 hours per week
regulations. Students from Assessment
during term time, and unrestricted hours
Level 3-4 countries should submit their visa
Sponsored Students
during the published University holidays if not
applications at least three months before the International students studying at the
on a scholarship.
University application closing date. University of Adelaide should be aware
Scholarship holders are usually only permitted that sponsors frequently impose specific
For more information on student visas,
to work up to 8 hours per week during business conditions upon their students relating to
please consult:
hours at all times of the academic year and study time and residency in Australia.
• an agent, if applying through an official
should check with the International Student
overseas representative of the University It is important that prospective sponsored
Centre to confirm the terms of the scholarship.
students clarify what these conditions might
• the nearest Australian Diplomatic Mission,
The Australian government imposes certain be before accepting an offer of candidature.
Embassy, Consulate or High Commission the
restrictions on the employment of dependants
DIAC website at www.immi.gov.au/students For the sake of clarity and accuracy this
or spouses of people holding student visas.
advice should be sought directly from the
For more information on working while studying sponsors as their requirements may on
go to www.immi.gov.au/students/students/ Education Services for occasion overrule the normal conditions
working_while_studying/conditions.htm Overseas Students Act of candidature as laid out in the Research
Students’ Handbook.
The Education Services for Overseas
International Student Visas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 provides
consumer protection to international students
All international students wishing to study in
studying in Australia.
Australia must obtain a valid student visa.
The visa application process can be lengthy, The Commonwealth government is committed
taking anywhere from a few weeks up to to ensuring that students receive quality tuition,
several months. are treated fairly regarding payment of tuition
38 MONEY MATTERS
BEFORE ARRIVAL AFTER ARRIVAL Refund Policy
Tuition Fee deposit A$6000 All Students: All applicants must read the Refund Policy for
Overseas Student Health Cover* A$370−$703 Rent in advance 2 weeks
International Students before accepting an
offer of admission. The policy complies with
Economy air travel A$1200−$1800 Household set-up A$220
all of the requirements for tuition fee refunds
(linen, groceries, etc)
Visa application charge A$450 stipulated in the Education Services for
Remainder of tuition fee
Medical examination for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000, associated
visa application# A$250 For Private Accommodation Options Only: Australian Government regulations, and the
Refundable deposit for University Refundable ESOS National Code of Practice (2007).
managed rental accommodation accommodation bond 4-6 weeks’ rent
Policy details can be viewed at:
(if applicable) A$500
Electricity and gas connection A$29−$72 www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/61
* Total program length cover (eg, A$370 for 12
months, A$703 for 24 months) based on 2008 rate Landline telephone connection A$59−$299
and subject to change.
Furniture and household goods A$1000+
# Approximate cost for standard examination only.
Additional costs may be incurred if more
comprehensive medical examinations are required.
MONEY MATTERS 39
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND WINE
CONTACT DETAILS The School’s research interests include: integrated business management for farm,
• Agribusiness pastoral, horticultural, viticultural and wine
Phone: 61 8 8303 7105 Fax: 61 8 8303 7291
related enterprises. It is based at both the
Email: agwine.studentcentre@adelaide.edu.au • Agronomy
Waite and the Roseworthy Campus.
Web: www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/ • Animal science
• Drivers of on-premise beverage selection
• Crop improvement
The School of Agriculture, Food and Wine • Food-related cross-cultural consumer
• Integrated pest management
provides a world-class concentration of lifestyle studies
scientific research, education and infra- • Plant biotechnology
• Price risk management by South
structure across the Waite and Roseworthy • Viticulture and oenology
Australian farmers
Campuses of the University of Adelaide. • Wine business.
• Relationship between product pricing,
The School has well-established links, packaging, labelling and buyer behaviour.
extensive external and co-located industry AGRICULTURAL AND ANIMAL SCIENCE
partners. These include: the Australian Centre www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/animal/ PLANT AND FOOD SCIENCE
for Plant Functional Genomics, the South
This research focuses on underlying www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/plant/
Australian Research Development Institute,
biological principles for producing high quality Based at the Waite and Roseworthy Campuses,
the Pig and Poultry Production Institute, the
crops, wool, meat or milk. Our research the discipline boasts one of the most prestigious
National Wine Industry Cluster and Australian
groups are also involved in the more applied agricultural research and education facilities in
Grain Technologies Pty Ltd, the largest wheat
management of crop and animal enterprises, the southern hemisphere and has access to
breeding company in the world.
and all of the research activities occur within Australia’s finest resources for training in the
The School is involved in various Cooperative the framework of sustainable, humane and area of plant science.
Research Centres including: profitable production systems.
• Functional foods
• CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies The group has large, well-equipped
• Pathology and entomology of pests
• CRC for Environmental Biotechnology laboratories, excellent animal facilities and
and weeds
• CRC for Future Farm Industries access to the resources of the farm at
Roseworthy Campus. • Physiology, nutrition and agronomy
• CRC for an Internationally Competitive
• Animal nutrition and biochemistry of animals • Plant biotechnology, genetics and breeding.
Pork Industry
• CRC for Molecular Plant Breeding • DNA biotechnology for animal production.
WINE AND HORTICULTURE
• CRC for National Plant Biosecurity • Farming systems (geographic,
environmental and social contexts) www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/wine/
• CRC for Poultry
• Gastrointestinal form and function Research is conducted at the Waite campus,
• CRC for Seafood.
• Gene mapping where students learn to combine cutting edge
and world's best-practice wine marketing
• Molecular biology and microbiology
knowledge with a working knowledge and
• Molecular diagnostic technologies for skills in both winemaking and viticulture.
food safety
In addition, we offer Australia’s first university
• Molecular genetics of livestock programs in wine business for internal and
• Reproductive physiology external studies.
• Resource use efficiency (water and nutrients) • Behaviour linked with sensory studies
• Simulation modelling • Metabolism and genetics of industrial
• Skin and wool biology microorganisms
• Weed ecology and management. • Risk management strategies in the
wine industry
AGRI-FOOD AND WINE BUSINESS • Wine yeast nitrogen and oxygen
www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au/people/agribus/ metabolism in fermentation reliability and
flavour formation.
This research aims to improve the
management of businesses associated with
the wine and agricultural industries. There
is particular expertise in the marketing of
wine and other agricultural products and in
After graduating from the B.Sc, Rebecca sought Rebecca was awarded a SARDI Science Bursary
to follow her interests in animal science by in 2003 on the merit of her PhD research proposal.
completing Honours in Agricultural and Animal
Rebecca’s postgraduate research has focused
Science at Roseworthy Campus. Her honours
on post-hatch development and the effects of
thesis, Vitamin A effects on fat deposition in cattle
bacterial colonisation on intestinal mucosal dynamics
looked at reduced dietary vitamin A as a means
(mainly the production of different mucin types by
to increase marbling in beef, a highly valued trait
intestinal goblet cells) as a means to aid in enhan-
for Asian export markets.
cing bird growth. Microbial-intestinal interactions
During her Honours year Rebecca developed are of great importance because of their potential
a keen interest in physiology and histology and application in reducing antibiotic usage in animal
decided to continue her studies by undertaking a feeds, an issue that has recently become a major
PhD in poultry research. concern within the Australian poultry industry.
The switch from beef to poultry was brought Manipulation of microbial populations for a
about by the opportunities available through the desired microflora beneficial to the chicken
Australian Poultry CRC, in which her skills could without antibiotics could become a possibility;
Rebecca was awarded a SARDI assist in achieving a greater understanding of decreasing the bird’s susceptibility to disease for
Science Bursary in 2003. digestive physiology and metabolism of poultry. enhanced, efficient production and product quality.
CONTACT DETAILS within the ambit of the areas of expertise of • Islam and secular urban culture
available staff within the School. in early modern Middle East
Postgraduate Coordinator:
Associate Professor Samer Akkach • Landscape and environmental design
Cross-cultural/cross-disciplinary studies
Phone: 61 8 8303 5832 and planning.
• Arab-Islamic intellectual history
Fax: 61 8 8303 4377 Digital design media
(17th -18th Centuries)
Email: samer.akkach@adelaide.edu.au
• Architecture and planning history of British • Computer-aided architecture and
Web: www.architecture.adelaide.edu.au
India and Ceylon landscape architecture design
Research Interests • Arid design and planning • Computer modelling and generative design
of cities, neighbourhoods and buildings
The School of Architecture, Landscape • Colonial and contemporary issues in Asian
architecture • Digital design media in architecture and
Architecture and Urban Design has three
landscape architecture
major areas of research interest and has a • Comparative cultural landscape studies
strong preference for enrolling higher degree • Inter-relationships between digital design
• Cross-cultural approaches to design pedagogy
research candidates in one of those fields. media and their cultural context
• Cross-cultural/cross-disciplinary studies in
• The World Wide Web in design practice.
However, it may also consider enrolling design and practice
students in other fields of architecture and • Cultural landscape interpretation Sustainability and building performance
landscape architecture. The Centre for Asian and conservation • Computer simulation of life-cycle
and Middle Eastern Architecture (CAMEA) is performance in buildings, including
• History and theory of Islamic architecture
located in the School. environmental impacts and costs
(modern and pre-modern)
Prospective candidates should discuss their • History of design and planning • Dimensions of sustainability and the role of
proposed area of research with either the (landscape and urban) architecture and landscape architecture
Head and Chair of School or Postgraduate • Sustainability and building performance
• Indigenous landscapes and seasonality
Coordinator to ensure that the topic comes evaluation.
Dr Carolin Plewa is helping one of Australia’s most Dr Carolin Plewa’s research in Australia and
research-intensive universities improve its research Europe identified trust as the most important
impact. From the University of Adelaide Business issue to deal with.“Given the risks and
School, Carolin has identified how to maximise uncertainties involved, trust is the fuel for parties
university/industry relationships for the benefit of to engage, communicate and commit.”
both parties, and in turn the whole community.
Carolin came up with recommendations on how
Universities have long recognised the mutual ben- to build trust in these vital relationships and make
efit of research collaboration with private business. them more effective. “The University of Adelaide
Both think and act differently and this is what makes is investing in understanding how to maximise
the collaboration so valuable. But this also means the impact of its research. My research supports
that the cultures and priorities are different. the University in this quest.”
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EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENC
CONTACT DETAILS • Molecular interactions between plants and • Systematics and biodiversity
microorganisms • Terrestrial ecology.
Phone: 61 8 8303 5504
• Natural resource science
Fax: 61 8 8303 4347
GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
Email: ees.careers@adelaide.edu.au • Soil science
Web: www.ees.adelaide.edu.au/ • Spatial information science. Web: www.ees.adelaide.edu.au/disciplines/gg/
Professor Brook is working to combat one of employs research methods to analyse and
the most urgent challenges facing the global model known changes, as well as future climate
community: climate change. change impact to provide information that helps
guide agricultural and wildlife management
“We have so far had less than one degree of
practices and Government policy for the future.
recent global warming, yet it is already affecting
the lives of millions of people and thousands “In the future we hope to identify ways and
of species.” means of reducing extinctions and mitigating the
WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE
worst ravages of global change.”
CHANGE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY WORSEN Professor Brook holds the Sir Hubert Wilkins
DURING THIS CENTURY, BARRY AND HIS TEAM
OF RESEARCHERS WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE
Chair of Climate Change, and is Director,
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HUMAN IMPACT Research Institute for Climate Change and
ON BIODIVERSITY. Sustainability. He teaches in Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology in the School of Earth and
Professor Brook holds the Their work focuses particularly on climate Environmental Sciences.
Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of change, deforestation and overexploitation in
Climate Change the hope of curbing the current trend. His team
Australia has one of the highest rates of mammal investigating why bandicoots are using blackberry,
extinctions in the world, and it is well-known that and what we can do about this dilemma.
the small-medium sized mammals have suffered
The project aims to help conserve the Southern
the worst. It was the threat of a disturbing loss of
Brown Bandicoot by developing better
biodiversity that inspired Jasmin to devote her PhD
management strategies for blackberry where
studies to helping prevent the disappearance of
it provides the last remaining habitat for the
an endangered bandicoot in the Mt Lofty Ranges.
bandicoot and other small mammals.
THE SOUTHERN BROWN BANDICOOT IS THE
LAST REMAINING SPECIES FROM THE BILBY “It was the reputation for high quality research,
AND BANDICOOT FAMILY OCCURRING NATURALLY combined with the opportunity to work under the
IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. guidance of Associate Professor Sue Carthew, that
It is renowned for taking refuge amongst thickets drew me to the University of Adelaide for my PhD
of blackberry - one of Australia's worst environ- research. With the combined wisdom of state
mental weeds and one that is being cleared by government, local landholders and the University
“It was the reputation for high landholders each year. Building on a partnership of Adelaide we hope there will be Southern Brown
quality research ... that drew me
between the University and the Department Bandicoot snuffling around for truffles in the
to the University of Adelaide.”
for Environment and Heritage, Jasmin is Mount Lofty Ranges for many years to come.”
CONTACT DETAILS finance and international trade and • Natural resources and environment
development economics. The University of • Public economics
Head of School: Professor Christopher Findlay
Adelaide is one of the few in Australia to offer
Phone: 61 8 8303 5540
graduate-level coursework for the Masters
Fax: 61 8 8223 1460
and PhD degrees in economics.
Email: pgcoordeco@adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.economics.adelaide.edu.au/prospective/pg/ Research Interests
Postgraduate (Research) Academic • Applied econometrics
Coordinator: Dr Ralph Bayer
• Development economics
Phone: 61 8 8303 5540
Fax: 61 8 8223 1460
• Econometric theory
Email: ralph.bayer@adelaide.edu.au • Economic history
• Economies in transition
The School of Economics is responsible for • Financial economics
teaching economics to students in a range • International trade
of undergraduate and postgraduate • Macroeconomics
degrees in the University, and in all areas of
• Microeconomics
theoretical and applied economics, statistics,
econometrics, economic history, international • Monetary economics.
Professor Pomfret has been Professor of IN 1996 HE SPENT SIX MONTHS AT THE OECD
Economics at the University of Adelaide since IN PARIS WHERE HE PREPARED A REPORT ON
1992. Prior to this he was Professor of Economics CHINA’S ROLE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY.
at the Johns Hopkins University School of Richard’s research interests centre on economic
Advanced International Studies in Washington development and international economics, and
DC, Bologna (Italy) and Nanjing (China). he has published over one hundred papers in
He previously worked at Concordia University in these fields.
Montréal and the Institut für Weltwirtschaft at the He has written 17 books, including Investing in
University of Kiel in Germany. He has also held China 1979-1989; Ten Years of the Open Door
visiting positions at universities in Australia, Canada, Policy (1991), The Economics of Regional Trading
China, France and the USA, and is an honorary Arrangements (1997, paperback edition 2001),
Fellow of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, University Constructing a Market Economy: Diverse Paths
of Reading, UK, and of the research centre from Central Planning in Asia and Europe (2002),
ROSES-CNRS, Université-Paris I (Sorbonne). and most recently, The Central Asian Economies
Richard has written 17 books Richard has acted as adviser to the Australian since Independence,(2006).
and published numerous
Government and to international organisations. He has also published numerous textbooks on
textbooks on international trade.
In 1993 he was seconded to the United Nations for international trade and development economics.
a year, acting as adviser on macroeconomic policy
to the Asian republics of the former Soviet Union.
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EDUCATION
CONTACT DETAILS formal research proposal. The thesis must then • Languages education
be completed within a stipulated time frame. • Leadership and innovation
Postgraduate Coordinator: Professor Ron Tzur
Email: higher.education@adelaide.edu.au Doctor of Education: the first part of • Learning objecct and educational
Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/professions/education the degree involves a structured program simulations
focused on research methodology. Students
The School of Education, in the Faculty of then complete three research projects, which • Measurement in education research
the Professions, has a history of over 120 are written up and presented for external
• Multivariate and multilevel modelling in
years of educational research and teacher examination as a research portfolio.
educational research
education in South Australia. The School
currently offers three research degrees: Research Areas • Professional and reflective practice,
including mentoring
Master of Education: requires a one- • Assessment and evaluation
• Science and mathematics education
semester involvement in a research • Curriculum, teaching and learning
methodology course and one other • Social and cultural context of education.
• Families, culture and society
preparatory course as part of a structured • Teaching practicum and associated models
• History of the interaction of religion,
program. The last three semesters are spent of best practice.
education and social change
completing a research thesis.
• ICT in education
PhD: requires one semester of a structured • Implications of cognitive neuroscience and
program in which students complete neural network for education
necessary background study and prepare a
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ENGINEERING
Research Interests and Strengths CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
Engineering is comprised of the Schools of Phone: 61 8 8303 5446 Fax: 61 8 8303 4373 • Catalysis
Chemical; Civil, Environmental and Mining; Email: pg@chemeng.adelaide.edu.au • Combustion and gasification of coal
Electrical and Electronic; and Mechanical Web: www.chemeng.adelaide.edu.au/
• Laser studies of the reactions of silicon
Engineering; and the Australian School of The School has a strong research team and germanium associated with
Petroleum. The Schools of Computer Science that is focused on solving problems and microelectronic component
and Mathematical Sciences also contribute to providing answers for industry and the wider • Reaction engineering studies of coal
programs offered by Engineering. community. Research groups study a wide processing have important ramifications in
Engineering has a fine reputation for innovative spectrum of problems and have a strong the study of greenhouse gas production
research across a wide range of fields. Individual connection to related industries, which in association with combined cycles
staff members have close links with industry, provide much of the necessary funding. power generation systems, catalytic
their research is well supported and a signifi- decomposition of nitric oxide and engine
cant number are world leaders in their disciplines. Research Interests exhaust clean-up Thermal pyrolysis.
Many of their technological breakthroughs Biochemical Engineering
form the basis of independent companies. Fluid and Particle Mechanics
• Design, modelling and simulation of
• Development of a continuous flow
The Faculty has an extensive research infra- processing systems for the production
rheometer for industrial slurries
structure. Specialist facilities include acoustic of recombinant proteins from genetically
and microwave anechoic chambers, micro- engineered microorganisms and for the • Dynamic settling of particles in a
circuit design suites, bioprocessing, combustion production of non-specific growth factors sheared fluid
and water laboratories, earthquake simulators, for by-product cheese whey • Effect of mechanical vibrations on settling
strongfloors, dynamic testing machines and • Design of processing system disinfection behaviour of flocculated suspensions
a visualisation laboratory. All Schools have for the elimination of contaminating • Flow visualisation of time-dependent visco-
access to state-of-the-art software for design microorganisms. plastic fluids in Coutette and coating flows
and analysis purposes.
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• Mechanics of phase inversion in • Technical and economic optimisation of • Environmental geotechnics and landfills
liquid-liquid emulsions such plant in the context of a standard • Expansive soil behaviour and design
• Numerical modelling. industrial environment
• Fatigue assessment of residual strength
and endurance
Laser Diagnostics and CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL
Combustion Engineering AND MINING ENGINEERING • Finite element modelling in structures
and hydraulics
• Gas combustion Phone: 61 8 8303 5451 Fax: 61 8 8303 4359
Email: pg@civeng.adelaide.edu.au • Geostatistics
• Laser diagnostic techniques have greatly
Web: www.ecms.adelaide.edu.au/civeng • Hydraulic modelling of pipe networks
contributed to our understanding of
complex phenomena. The non-intrusive Research Interests and transients
nature of the laser radiation allows precise • Artificial intelligence techniques applied to • Hydrology, especially rainfall modelling
probing, with high temporal and special water resources management • Infrastructure diagnosis, assessment
resolution, without interfering with the flow and rehabilitation
• Coastal zone processes and near shore
• Plasma • In situ and laboratory testing of soil and rock
sediment transport
• Turbulent flow. • Joint probability analysis in water engineering
• Column separation in water hammer
Process Systems Engineering • Composite steel and concrete structures • Leak detection in pipe networks
• Dynamic simulation of water treatment • Earth retaining structures • Physical hydraulic modelling
• Optimisation and retrofitting of process • Enhancing learning and teaching in • Probabilistic methods in geomechanics
energy systems civil engineering • Response of soils to cyclic loading
Deputy Director of the Research Institute for led to the joint development of award winning
Climate Change and Sustainability Institute technologies such us "Gyrotherm" low-NOx
and head of the Fluid Mechanics, Energy burner technology applied in the cement, lime
and Combustion Research Group–the largest and steel industries and low emission flames
research group within the Faculty of Engineering, used in the Olympic Torches at the Sydney and
Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Gus Athens Olympic Games, and in the Stadium
Nathan is passionate about the development Flames at Athens and Doha.
and implementation of sustainable energy. IN ADDITION, GUS IS ENGAGED IN EMERGING
He is actively involved in establishing TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS GEOTHERMAL,
SOLAR-THERMAL, BIOMASS WIND AND WAVE
partnerships with industry and government
TECHNOLOGY.
to adopt multi-disciplinary approaches to
mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and he has He has published over 150 peer-reviewed
worked with a range of industries and research articles in the field and is the joint inventor of
organisations in sectors spanning power seven patents. He has undertaken around 50
Gus Nathan is passionate about
generation, minerals processing, transport fuels consulting and contract research programs for
sustainable energy.
and Olympic flames in order to develop and industries spanning the cement, lime, aluminium,
implement cleaner technologies. His work has power generation, mining, steel, glass,
included technologies to mitigate emissions petrochemical and geothermal sectors.
of NOx, CO2, fine particles and soot and has
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• Retrofitting structures with fibre Research Interests Microelectronics and Radio
reinforced plastic Frequency Engineering
Sensor, Signals and Information Processing
• Risk and uncertainty Major thrusts include:
Major thrusts include signal processing and
• River hydraulics sensor systems for: • Antennas and radio wave propagation
• Spatial variability of soils • Biomedical applications • Integrated microelectronic RF systems
• Sustainability in civil engineering • Imaging • Lightweight cryptography for passive RFID
• Water quality monitoring and analysis systems
• Navigation
• Wetland modelling and design. • RFID technologies for supply chain
• Surveillance.
management application
ELECTRICAL AND Research Centres:
• VLSI for high speed high performance
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING • Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME) applications.
Phone: 61 8 8303 5277 Fax: 61 8 8303 4360 • Centre for Expertise in Phased Array and Research Centres:
Email: enquiries@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au Microwave Radar Systems (CEPAMiR)
Web: www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au
• Adelaide Auto-ID Lab
• Sensor Signal Processing Program (SSP).
• Centre for High Performance Integrated
The School has a strong research focus with
Power Engineering Technologies and Systems (CHiPTec).
staff and students active in a wide variety of
projects. The School's vision is to increase Major thrusts include: Telecommunications
the scale and impact of world-class research • Power electronics, electrical machines Major thrusts include:
undertaken and to provide the highest quality and drives
• Automated planning and concurrent
PhD supervision. Research activities span • Power quality and condition monitoring systems science
fundamental theoretical advances through • Power system dynamics and control
to commercial spin-offs. Recent research • Commercial, policy and regulatory issues in
• Renewable energy systems and electric telecommunications, internet and the media
outcomes include significant contributions
transportation.
to power systems, radar signal processing, • Forensic investigation techniques for
terahertz imaging, biologically inspired vision telecommunications and multimedia
and radio frequency identification (RFID).
• Performance analysis and quality of service
provisioning for wireless and wired networks
When pipes burst, precious water is wasted. Based to solve practical problems for the community,
on research by Professor Angus Simpson at the government and industry. Professor Angus
University of Adelaide, there are better ways to have Simpson and his team in the School of Civil,
an impact on dramatic pipe failures. Water is life. But Environmental and Mining Engineering at the
delivery infrastructure is rapidly ageing and is prone University of Adelaide have found a way to find leaks
to failure - sometimes dramatic. It is a global and identify pipe weakness before trouble occurs.
problem with many countries losing up to 35%
“We can very quickly find leaks and bursts using
through water leakage. “When water pipes burst,
computerised water hammer techniques. In addition,
the wastage is very visible. However blockages,
we’ve replaced invasive and expensive cameras
minor leaks and valve malfunctions occur every
with inverse transient techniques, based on 10
day. And water is wasted without detection.”
years’ research. We listen to what the pipes tell us
The University of Adelaide has created a and that gives us an extremely detailed image of the
water research cluster that brings together pipe’s condition. Droughts bring water conservation
researchers in engineering, science, economics, to the forefront. However the delivery of fresh water is
“We're making sure there's irrigation science and architecture. This a global problem. We’re making sure there’s
water in every tap each time it's Cluster has created a much greater focus on water in every tap each time it’s turned on.”
turned on.” integrated water research within the University
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• Signal processing, coding and system design
for communications and radar systems.
Research Centre:
Centre for Internet Research.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Phone: 61 8 8303 5460 Fax: 61 8 8303 4367
Email: enquiry@mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.mecheng.adelaide.edu.au
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HEALTH SCIENCES 55
• Mesenchymal stem cell biology and OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCES • Optic nerve pathology in experimental
tissue regeneration glaucoma
Phone: 61 8 8222 2729 Fax: 61 8 8222 2741
• Metabolic bone and joint disease Email: robert.casson@adelaide.edu.au • Osteopontin in the retina
• Mucositis research • Phacotrabeculectomy using a biaxial
Research Interests phacoemulsification technique
• Nerve gut research
• Nutrition in critical illness • Analysis of chromosomal translocations in • Prevalence and causes of visual
ocular-adnexal MALT lymphoma impairment
• Programmed cell death
• Anterior capsule phimosis with foldable • Prevalence and risk factors for cataract and
• Public health
and rollable IOL's retinal disease in central Sri Lanka
• Respiratory physiology
• Anterior segment OCT examining effective • Proliferative markers in basal cell
• Vitamin D.
lens position of ThinOptx IOL's following carcinoma and in orbital cavernous
MEDICINE (QUEEN biaxial phacoemulsification haemangioma
ELIZABETH HOSPITAL) • Aspects of optic nerve pathology after • Risk factors of common age-related
retinal excitotoxic injury eye diseases
Email: jenny.kennedy@nwahs.sa.gov.au
• Astigmatism • The effect of ultra-short pulsed laser on
Research Interests • Detection of bacterial and viral DNA in trabecular meshwork cells.
• Basic neuroscience in genetics ocular-adnexal lymphoma
ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMA
• Basic neuroscience in genetics of stroke • Early molecular events after neuronal injury
Phone: 61 8 8222 5760 Fax: 61 8 8232 3065
• Cell physiology and molecular science • Establishment of optimal choice of type of
Email: oksana.holubowycz@adelaide.edu.au
in nerve, gut, kidney, cardiac, synovial aspheric IOL to match corneal asphericity Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/ot/
and respiratory tissues • Examination of the effect of smoking on the
• Clinical science in gastroenterology, outcome of LASIK and PRK Research Interests
geriatrics, cardiology, rheumatology, • Glaucoma and retina diseases • Bone cancers
neurology, respiratory and renal medicine • Immunohistochemistry of normal lacrimal • Bone cell biology
• Population health and epidemiology of sac and tumours of lacrimal sac • Bone imaging
chronic disease • Indigenous eye health • Bone structure and function
• Stem cell research. • Intraocular lens implant
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• Hand and upper limb SURGERY • Haemodynamics of incompetent calf
• Hip reconstruction (ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL) perforating veins
• Joint disorders Phone: 61 8 8222 415 Fax: 61 8 8222 5896
• Health technology assessment in surgery
• Joint replacement surgery Email: neville.deyoung@adelaide.edu.au • Inflammatory bowel disease
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/surgery/
• Knee and sports injury • Liver surgery
• Musculoskeletal disease, trauma Research Interests • Minimally invasive surgical techniques.
and rehabilitation • Gastroesophageal reflux disease PAEDIATRICS AND
• Pathological bone loss • Head injury neurotrauma, spinal REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
• Spinal trauma and disease. cord trauma
Head: Professor Julie Owens
• Medical education Postgraduate enquiries:
PSYCHIATRY Assoc Professor David Kennaway
• Melanoma vaccine therapy
Phone: 61 8 8222 5141 Fax: 61 8 8222 2865 Phone: 61 8 8303 4090 Fax: 61 8 8222 6028
Email: helen.winefield@adelaide.edu.au • Oesophageal cancer and Barrett’s Email: david.kennaway@adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/psychiatry/ oesophagus treatment and gene Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/school_paedrepro/
expression
The School of Paediatrics and Reproductive
Research Interests • Operative complications and risks Health comprises the Discipline of Paediatrics
• Anxiety disorders • Sentinal lymph node surgery in breast and the Discipline of Obstetrics and
• Child and adolescent health cancer and melanoma treatment Gynaecology. The amalgamation of these two
and illness • The immune system and tumour growth Disciplines creates a School that will lead Child
• Dementia • Tumour immunology Health and Reproductive Health in the areas
of research and research training as well as
• Depression • Tumour antigens and dendritic cells.
translation of research into health practice.
• Eating disorders
SURGERY
• History of psychiatry OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL)
• Medical education Phone: 61 8 8303 4090 Fax: 61 8 8222 6028
Phone: 61 8 8222 7541 Fax: 61 8 8222 6028
• Post-traumatic stress disorder Email: prue.cowled@adelaide.edu.au
Email: david.kennaway@adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/og/
• Psychology of health and health care Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/surgery/
The Young Investigator Award (YIA) is an initiative of in how to effectively communicate their science, the
the Children, Women's Health Services and the Faculty of Health Sciences is ensuring graduates
Faculty of Health Sciences. It rewards excellence are confident and equipped to sell the messages
in SA's young researchers in both science and their of their success to the world!
ability to communicate and 'sell’ their research.
“My time as a postgraduate student at the
The 2007 winner was Cadence Minge, for her
University of Adelaide has been a tremendously
study in ovarian malfunction caused by a high-
rewarding one, in which I have been continuously
fat diet that is reversed with short-term treatment
encouraged to participate in awards, and
with the anti-diabetic drug Rosiglitazone.
numerous training programs. I am confident that
“I was fortunate to be awarded this prize for my I can expand on these valuable experiences as I
research. By rewarding excellence in South start postdoctoral work.”
Australia's young researchers, and providing training
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• Developmental neuromotor physiology • Child and adolescent public health rural and remote localities, nursing in all its
• Early life programming of health and disease • Child health and nutrition practice specialities, and indigenous health.
• Embryology • Complex carbohydrates and
CENTRE FOR MILITARY
• Health and social outcomes in reproduction lysosomal diseases
& VETERANS' HEALTH
• Human and animal reproductive • Consumer involvement in health care
curriculum development, especially in Phone: 61 8 8303 5200 Fax: 61 8 8303 5368
biotechnology and stem calls Email: alexander.mcfarlane@adelaide.edu.au
child health
• Maternal and fetal biology and medicine Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/school_phcp/cmvh/
• Diabetes and endocrinology in children
• Maternal-fetal physiology The Centre for Military and Veterans' Health
• Genetics and molecular genetics
• Menopause (CMVH) is an internationally-unique, academic
• Genetic medicine (lysosomal diseases,
• Nutrition, environment and reproduction community and military partnership which is
neurogenetics)
• Oocyte and early embryo development dedicated to innovatively seeking solutions to
• Immunology military and veterans' health issues through
• Ovarian and follicular function
• Paediatric gastroenterology and research, post-graduate education and
• Perinatology respiratory medicine professional development, e-Health and
• Reproductive immunology • Rheumatology and vaccinology public debate.
• Uterine biology, implantation and • Tissue growth and repair (bone, gut and skin). Research Interests:
placental development.
POPULATION HEALTH AND • Long term effects of lead exposure on
PAEDIATRICS CLINICAL PRACTICE cognitive ability
Phone: 61 8 8161 6562 Fax: 61 8 8161 7031 Head: Professor Konrad Jamrozik • Mental health outcomes of
Email: simon.barry@adelaide.edu.au Postgraduate enquiries: deployed personnel
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/paediatrics/ Associate Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
Phone: 61 8 8303 3569 Fax: 61 8 8303 3511
Research Interests Email: annette.braunackmayer@adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/school_phcp/ GENERAL PRACTICE
• Allergy
The School of Population Health and Clinical Phone: 61 8 8303 3569 Fax: 61 8 8303 3511
• Cellular immunology (cancer biology,
Practice brings together academic disciplines Email: annette.braunackmayer@adelaide.edu.au
immune system development, cell Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/health/gp/
concerned with preventing disease and
signalling)
promoting health in populations, provision
• Child and adolescent health services research Research Interests
of health services which are the first point
• Child and adolescent mental health of contact for individuals and families in the • Grief and palliative care
community, health services generally and in • Health services research
• Mental health
• Multi-method research using qualitative
interpretive methods and quantitative
techniques
• Point of care testing in general practice
• Primary health care practice in rural and
remote areas, and international health
• Psychological aspects of cancer screening
• Respiratory health.
NURSING
Phone: 61 8 8303 4878 Fax: 61 8 8303 3594
Email: rick.wiechula@adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/nursing/
Research Interests
• Change management and clinical audit
• Clinical research
• Design and analysis of research studies
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Faculty of Health Sciences Research Expo Winners
• Embedding evidence in health systems MEDICINE, LEARNING AND • Changes in information processing
and decision support systems TEACHING UNIT (MLTU) associated with ageing
• Evidence review, synthesis, transfer and Phone: 61 8 8303 4696 Fax: 61 8 8303 6225
• Clinical and health psychology
utilisation/implementation Email: anne.tonkin@adelaide.edu.au • Cognitive development in children
• Health services research. Web: http://curriculum.adelaide.edu.au/index.asp
• Cognitive psychology
The Medicine, Learning and Teaching Unit
PUBLIC HEALTH • Cultural factors influencing organisational
has research interests in student learning
behaviour and work
Phone: 61 8 8303 3569 Fax: 61 8 8303 3511 in the context of an integrated problem-
• Discourse and rhetoric
Email: annette.braunackmayer@adelaide.edu.au based learning curriculum, clinical teaching,
Web: www.health.adelaide.edu.au/publichealth/ curriculum design and implementation, • Early intervention and prevention of
evaluation and assessment. mental health problems
Research Interests
• Factors influencing gambling behaviour
• Clinical trials methodology Research Interests • Forgiveness and social justice
• Communicable diseases
• Curriculum implementation • Health services evaluation
• Epidemiology
• Development of reasoning ability, assessment • Human decision-making
• Ethics in public health of performance in a clinical setting • Human performance under stress
• Health economics • Role of language in learning in medicine. • Individual differences in personality
• Health services research
PSYCHOLOGY • Intellectual disability - epidemiology
• Health technology assessment and psychopathology
• Indigenous health Head: Professor Deborah Turnbull
Postgraduate enquiries: • Language processing
• Occupational health and safety Professor Martha Augoustinos • Memory
Phone: 61 8 8303 5693 Fax: 61 8 8303 3770
• Public policy • Needs assessment and support services
Email: martha.augoustinos@adelaide.edu.au
• Research design and statistical analysis. Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/psychology/ for people with disabilities
RURAL HEALTH Staff and students within the School of • Neuropsychological investigations of
Psychology are engaged in research fields of acquired brain damage and impairments
Phone: 61 8 8303 6030 Fax: 61 8 8683 2095 cognition, perception, neuropsychology, and associated with ageing
Email: jonathan.newbury@adelaide.edu.au
individual differences. There is also a strong • Occupational stress
Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/health/gp/rural/
emphasis on applied research engaging
• Optimising the human-machine interface
Research Interests with social and organisational issues. Further
• Perceptual motor organisation
• Community based studies to counter interests focus on human health and wellbeing
through the lifespan and the evaluation of • Psychoneuroimmunology
overweight and obesity
interventions to promote health and wellbeing, • Psychosocial aspects of chronic illness
• Community development in rural
and the health policy implications of all. • Social and organisational psychology
health workforce
• Epidemiology of osteoporosis and lung Research Interests • Social representations theory
disease in Aboriginal communities • Sports psychology
• Assessment and management of pain
• Indigenous health. in children • Theories of intelligence and its measurement
• Categorisation and knowledge representation • Unemployment and health.
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HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Demography, or the study of populations, gives services, policies and infrastructure? And in this
us a powerful insight into how Australia's population ‘Age of Immigration’ how do we reduce brain
will change. Professor Graeme Hugo believes drain and capitalise on brain circulation?”
clear vision is vital to planning for future communities.
Globalisation has seen a massive increase
People say hindsight is always 20/20. But what if we
in population movement between nations.
had a partial but accurate view of Australia's future and
Professor Hugo’s research is looking at ways
could plan with certainty? Considered one of the
in which policy interventions can result in better
world’s top three in his field, Professor Graeme Hugo,
outcomes for countries of origin and destination
a Federation Fellow at the School of Social Sciences
of migrants as well as the migrant themselves.
from 2002-2007 is helping us see ‘over the horizon’.
And his work provides valuable insights into “People are important. Detailed information on
trends in the Australian and Asian populations. populations and the changes we can expect for
the future are very important to create equitable,
“In ten years the number of people over 65
diverse and healthy societies.”
will have doubled, how do we provide effective
• Digital story-telling
Philosophy
• Eco-media
• Aesthetics: pictorial representation and
• E-democracy and e-government style; form and creativity; comparison
• E-learning and digital pedagogy between aesthetic and ethical judgments;
• Emerging media technologies naturalising aesthetic value; theories of
• Games pleasure; beauty and the sublime
• Philosophy of religion: systems of belief;
• Intranets and peer production • Ancient philosophy and history of ideas:
revelation; reason
stoicism and Epicureanism
• Media literacies and learning • Philosophy of science: philosophy of
• Cognitive science: neurocomputational
• Mobile technologies and practices physics; space and time; quantum theory;
models of cognition; delusions; theoretical
• Production/practice scientific knowledge and method; theories
foundations of cognitive neuropsychiatry;
• User-generated-content. of explanation; levels of explanation in
theories of perception; cognitive
cognitive science; cognitive approaches
neuroscience; evolution of cognition
Media Theory, Industry and to philosophy of science
• Epistemology: self knowledge, memory
Policy Studies • Social and political philosophy: contemporary
• Kant: aesthetics; epistemology; moral theory theories of justice; history of political thought;
• Communication theory
• Legal philosophy: philosophy of criminal liberalism; paternalism; game theory.
• Cultural policy studies
law; challenges to liberal legal theory
• Film theory and practice SOCIAL SCIENCES
• Logic and philosophy of mathematics:
• Media censorship and regulation paraconsistent logic, impossible pictures;
• Media education policy deontic logic Anthropology
• Media ethics Phone: 61 8 8303 5730 Fax: 61 8 8303 5733
• Metaphysics: mind; function; mental
Email: anthropology@adelaide.edu.au
• Media and policy management causation, reduction and emergence,
Web: www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences
• Screen industries (film and television) program explanation, the determinable
determinate relation • Aboriginal Australia; Australia; Europe;
• Strategic communications.
• Moral philosophy: metaethics; normative Melanesia and Oceania; South Africa; South
ethical theory; applied ethics (esp. medical Asia (Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan);
Global Media Studies
ethics); bioethics; practical reason; Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos, Indonesia,
• Asian print media Timor-Leste); and East Asia (China)
consequentialism; naturalised theories of
• Chinese media ethics; personhood; the moral status of • Applied anthropology; environmental
• Communication for social change non-human animals; Kantian ethics anthropology; ethnography in anthropology;
and development • Philosophy of art: theories of art; structure theory and methods of anthropology; post-
• Indigenous and multicultural media of judgments of conceptual art modern ethnography; material culture
• Nepali media • Philosophy of film: aesthetics, ontology, • Art and aesthetics in cultural process; belief
• ‘Nollywood’ and African Cinema and epistemology of film systems and ritual symbolism; cosmology
and myth; cultural constitution of identity
• Popular media in the Asia-Pacific region • Philosophy of language: semantic realism;
ethnicity; multiculturalism, nationalism,
• Virtual African and Asian Diasporas. linguistic meaning and understanding
regionalism; domestic organisation; feminist
• Philosophy of mind: consciousness; mental perspectives in ethnography
representation; rationality; weakness of will;
self-deception; naturalised theories of mind
• Colonialism, the state and Third and Fourth • Japan and: the Asia-Pacific; contemporary Geographical and
world peoples; contemporary society political issues; educational issues; environ- Environmental Studies
• Critical studies in social development, mental issues; foreign policy; defence and Phone: 61 8 8303 5643 Fax: 61 8 8303 3772
especially in the Asia-Pacific region; security; Australia-Asia relations; industrial Email: jennifer.payne@adelaide.edu.au
change; youth culture and identity. Web: www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/ges
peasant society; rural society and the
contemporary state; small communities • Asian demography
Gender, Work and Social Inquiry
in contemporary complex society; social • Climate change
Phone: 61 8 8303 3715 Fax: 61 8 8303 3345
and political organisation; social mobility;
Email: sarah.hoggard@adelaide.edu.au • Coastal management
systems of hierarchy and inequality; Web: www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/gls
systems of land tenure • Environmental Change: Australia,
• Australia: cultural studies; gender and South-East Asia and the Pacific
• Gender relations; mass/popular
cultural difference; popular culture and • Environmental Impact Assessment
consumption; media; medical anthropology;
media representations; race relations • Environmental planning and governance
photography and the production of political
symbols; Theravada Buddhism; visual • Feminism and: literary history; generations • Environmental studies in biodiversity
anthropology. of women; historiography; history: conservation and food security
Australia and Britain, 19th and 20th
• Human impact on lakes and wetlands
Asian Studies centuries; media studies; post-modernism
Phone: 61 8 8303 5815 Fax: 61 8 8303 4388 and post-colonial perspectives • Migration and development
Email: asian.studies@adelaide.edu.au
• Gender and: health, particularly in relation • Migration policy
Web: www.arts.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/asian
to reproduction; violence • Non-market valuation
• Asia and: Nationalism and minority • Health: medical anthropology; social policy • Population policy
issues; social change; rural development; • Regional development
• History: life stories; social movements
philosophy; politics and history; regional
• Industrial relations; media and power; • River monitoring
development; social and political reform;
social movements; union structures and • Small-scale forestry
work and leisure; industrial change in
practice; urban politics, work and social • Urban futures
Korea
life; youth and work
• China and: Confucianism; rural studies; • Urban management
contemporary politics; migration; grammar; • Post-colonial histories; research
• Water security.
history of medicine; education; intellectual methodology; theory
and cultural change; intellectual history; • Sexuality
late imperial history; classical and modern • Women and: ageing and health; heritage;
literature women in Australian society; work.
The Confucius Institute welcomes Professor Mobo and more informed understanding of China, both
Gao as its new Director. Professor Gao is also across South Australia and beyond. It seeks to
Professor of Chinese Studies and a leading authority help Australians to build and/or strengthen their
on the Chinese cultural revolution in the Maoist economic and business links with China.
era. His latest book, The Battle for China's
The establishment of the Confucius Institute with
Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution, is a
Shandong University consolidates longstanding
reassessment of the Cultural Revolution. His
ties with the University of Adelaide. Its official
research also covers studies of rural China,
launch in 2007 coincided with the
contemporary Chinese politics, and linguistics.
twentieth anniversary of the Sister
The Confucius Institute promotes the learning of State relationship between South
Chinese language and culture, and a broader Australia and Shandong Province.
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LIFE SCIENCES
The principal research areas in the School Researchers within biochemistry are inter- Genetics is concerned with the nature
underpin our understanding of major nationally renowned for their cutting edge of genetic material, its replication,
diseases such as cancer, neurological and research in areas such as protein structure transmission, organisation, expression
cardiovascular disorders, developmental and function, understanding gene regulation, and its role in development, behaviour and
abnormalities, genetic and viral diseases, and understanding the control of neuronal evolution. Genetic information controls the
chronic inflammatory diseases, and bacterial development and cell proliferation during early development, behaviour and reproduction
infections, and offer potential cures for these. development. In addition to basic research of all biological organisms. Variation in this
The School of Molecular and Biomedical aimed at understanding the fundamental genetic information underpins biological
Science hosts a number of important principles of cellular biochemistry, this evolution and heredity including the
Research Centres and Clusters, including research has extensive applications in inheritance of genetic disease.
the Research Cluster for Computational disease treatment. For example, structure-
based drug design is currently being used to
Research Interests
Neuroscience, the University’s Healthy
Ageing Research Cluster, the ARC Network develop novel antibiotics. • Animal models of human genetic disease
in Genes and Environment in Development • Bioinformatics and computational genetics
Research Interests
(NGED), the Centre for Human Movement • Evolutionary genetics: molecules and
Control, and the Cardiovascular Research • Cellular oxygen sensing genomes
Centre. It additionally is an integral part of the • Developmental genetics and • Genetic regulatory networks
University Clusters for Healthy Ageing and neurodevelopmental disorders
• Molecular genetics of development
Healthy Development Adelaide, as well as • Growth factors and cancer
the Research Centre for Reproductive Health, • Science education research
• Molecular basis of biological switches and development.
and the Men’s Health Initiative.
• Neuronal cell development, RNA binding
The Adelaide Proteomics Centre is located within For further information please contact the
proteins and protein targeting
the School and is responsible for the global postgraduate coordinator in Genetics,
• Structure-based drug design Dr. Michael Lardelli.
analysis of protein expression in cells and tissues.
• Transcription factor biology.
For further information please contact the
postgraduate coordinator in Biochemistry,
Dr Dan Peet.
A cure for cancer may be a long way off but and Biomedical Science. Supported by the
Professor Shaun McColl and his team at the University of Adelaide’s success in attracting
University of Adelaide are working towards funding and state-of-the-art facilities such as
preventing 90% of cancer related deaths. the Adelaide Proteomics Centre, the efforts of
Imagine the impact of being able to prevent the Professor McColl and his team have enabled
growth of secondary cancers. A key to combating Adelaide to extend its internationally recognised
these insidious complications lies in understanding leadership position in the field of cancer research.
what controls cell movement through the body - a
“There’s a tremendous work environment here.
long term project of the University of Adelaide’s
It has been described as the strongest concen-
Professor Shaun McColl. Technically his focus
tration of biomedical and biotechnology research
is on understanding the pathobiology of cell
in the State and a significant investment in the
migration. Literally it is about saving lives.
future. We know we will make a difference to the
Professor McColl, an Adelaide graduate, is health and well-being of people around the world.”
based at the University’s School of Molecular
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MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY • Pathogenesis and prevention of bacterial Research Interests
infections, particularly those caused by
Phone: 61 8 8303 4259 Fax: 61 8 8303 3356 • Biomimetic hardware development
Email: shaun.mccoll@adelaide.edu.au
Shigella species, Listeria monocytogenes,
Streptococcus pneumoniae and Shiga • Cardiac electrophysiology and biophysics
www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/research/micro/
toxigenic Escherichia coli • Cell and membrane physiology
The discipline offers research education in
• Use of biotechnological approaches for • Contractile mechanisms in skeletal
the fields of molecular biology, microbiology,
rapid diagnosis and epidemiological muscle and excitation-contraction
immunology and virology using fully equipped
analysis in bacterial and viral infections coupling in skeletal muscle
laboratories with state of the art facilities for
For further information please contact the • Human motor control and reorganisation
DNA sequencing, real time PCR, confocal
postgraduate coordinator in Microbiology in the normal and stroke-damaged cortex
microscopy, high speed flow cytometry and cell
sorting, DNA micro-array preparation and analysis, and Immunology, Professor Shaun McColl. • Molecular mechanisms of ion channel
and high throughput proteomics. Immuno- regulation
biology research focuses on inflammatory
PHYSIOLOGY • Molecular physiology of cardiac and
diseases, tumour biology and the inflammatory Phone: 61 8 8303 4435 Fax: 61 8 8303 3356 vascular smooth muscle
response to parasites . It employs animal Email: david.ocarroll@adelaide.edu.au
• Muscle fatigue and adaptations in cortical
Web: www.adelaide.edu.au/mbs/research/physiology/
models of multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and spinal motor systems with exercise
asthma and tumour metastasis to study The Discipline of Physiology offers and training
mechanisms responsible for local tissue damage. postgraduate research training in cellular • Nutritional physiology, exercise and
The discipline also specialises in viruses that lead physiology and neurobiology, human metabolic fitness
to persistent infections in man - hepatitis viruses, movement and endocrinology, and growth
• Pituitary biology and the role of
HIV/AIDS, herpes and papilloma viruses. and development. These groupings consist of
intercellular communication
internationally recognised internal and external
Research Interests • Visual physiology, and the physiology
research laboratories, each having substantial
• Cellular immunology of acute and chronic of movement and feature detectors in the
national and international competitive grant
inflammatory processes. insect visual system
funding. Research training is supported
• Immunity to bacterial enteric infections by a wide range of modern facilities and • Voluntary and reflex control of human
equipment, with recent expansion of the SA movements including mastication and the
• Molecular biology and biology of members
Facility for Cellular Imaging and Ion Channel control of fingers and hand.
of the chemokine gene superfamily and
their role in chronic autoimmune diseases Analysis and the Molecular Biology Facility For further information please contact the
with real-time PCR. postgraduate coordinator in Physiology,
• Molecular events in the replication of
hepatitis, HIV (AIDS), herpes and Associate Professor David O’Carroll.
papilloma viruses
Nicole had a close look at both marine biology the University of Adelaide. Nicole’s discovery
and clinical genetics through work experience presents new avenues in the exciting field of
while still at school. It was her enjoyment of structure based drug design, where drug
biology, and in particular the manipulation of compounds are specifically designed to “fit” the
DNA, that led her to a B.Sc. (Molecular Biology) shape of the target molecules.
at the University of Adelaide. IT IS HOPED THAT NICOLE’S WORK WILL
Nicole continued her study with an Honours degree DELIVER NEW ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE TREATMENT
OF DRUG-RESISTANT “SUPER BUGS”.
in Biochemistry and was then awarded a PhD
scholarship. During her postgraduate studies she Nicole’s findings are the subject of a patent appli-
has worked on a project examining the molecular cation and she is now disseminating her work in
structures of essential enzymes. She now has international journals and at conferences in Australia
determined the 3-dimensional structure of one such and overseas. She now works in collaboration
enzyme using X-ray crystallography, a technique with laboratories around the country to fast-track
pioneered by William and Lawrence Bragg at the work done at the University of Adelaide.
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MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES www.
The School of Mathematical Sciences APPLIED MATHEMATICS Council. The School houses the Institute
encompasses the disciplines of Applied for Geometry and its Applications, which
Phone: 61 8 8303 5407 Fax: 61 8 8303 3696
Mathematics, Pure Mathematics and Email: admin.maths@list.adelaide.edu.au
coordinates and promotes research in this
Statistics. Staff in the School facilitate Web: www.maths.adelaide.edu.au sub-discipline, forming an internationally
teaching and research in the disciplines of recognised Centre.
mathematics and statistics and are Australian Applied mathematics has an active research
leaders in postgraduate research training in program with substantial funding from Research Interests
these areas. The School is highly respected external organisations including the Australian • Differential geometry, algebraic geometry,
internationally as a centre for research Research Council, the Defence Science and gauge theory and analysis on manifolds
in bioinformatics, differential and finite Technology Organisation (DSTO) and Telstra.
• Finite geometry and combinatorics, and
geometry, fluid mechanics, mathematical Active research groups in the areas are
applications to information security
modelling, medical statistics and in selected listed below:
• Finite group theory including applications
areas of telecommunications. • Applied probability
to finite geometries and combinatorics
Many other areas of the mathematical • Computational mathematics
• Integral geometry, Lie group representation
sciences are actively researched within the • Financial mathematics theory, several complex variables and
School and the exceptional quality of the staff • Fluid mechanics twistor theory
has been recognised by awards and medals
• Operations research • K-theory, index-theory and non-
from the Australian Academy of Science
• Stochastic modelling commutative geometry
and the Australian Mathematical Society.
Research groups in the School are supported • Telecommunications network modelling • Mathematical physics in particular string
by a variety of sources including external and performance analysis. theory, conformal field theory, (fractional)
competitive grants from major funding bodies quantum Hall effect and gauge theories
PURE MATHEMATICS
and commercial and industrial consultancies. • Number theory and applications
Facilities of special note affiliated with the Phone: 61 8 8303 5407 Fax: 61 8 8303 3696 to cryptography
Schools include: Email: admin.maths@list.adelaide.edu.au
Web: www.maths.adelaide.edu.au STATISTICS
• Centre for the Quantification and
Management of Risk Pure Mathematics has an active research Phone: 61 8 8303 5407 Fax: 61 8 8303 3696
program in the areas of mathematics listed Email: admin.maths@list.adelaide.edu.au
• Fluid Mechanics Group Web: www.maths.adelaide.edu.au
below, and members of the School are in
• Institute for Geometry and its Applications
receipt of numerous grants from external Statistics research activities are at the
• TRC Mathematical Modelling. bodies such as the Australian Research cutting edge of theoretical and applied
statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics and
statistical computing.
Research Interests
• Bayesian statistics of estimation
• Bioinformatics
• Biostatistics focusing on clinical trials,
survival analysis, statistical aspects
of AIDS, quantitative epidemiology and
quantitative genetics
• Design and analysis of microarray
experiments
• Longitudinal data analysis
• Random effects modelling
• Statistical modelling focusing on the
development and fitting of statistical
models, together with the
ensuing problems
• Survival analysis.
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Alys Clark B.A. (Hons) Math.Sc, M.Math.Sc, PhD Applied Mathematics
Alys’ main research interest is the application of research in this field has allowed Alys to develop
mathematics to biological problems. Her PhD many skills beyond those of her undergraduate
project involves collaboration with scientists from maths training. Through developing mathematical
Adelaide’s Research Centre for Reproductive models of biological systems, Alys has found
Health, who study the development of mammalian herself asking questions about those systems
eggs. The main aim of this research is to improve that need to be experimentally investigated. This
understanding of how nutrients are transported has enabled her to learn about experimental
to the developing egg within the ovary. This has design and statistical analysis, fields that she had
application to fertility treatments where eggs are little experience of as an undergraduate.
matured in laboratory environments, which aim to
Throughout her studies Alys has enjoyed learning
replicate conditions in the body.
about possible applications of her mathematical
ALYS DEVELOPS MATHEMATICAL MODELS skills, as well as new techniques. Undertaking
THAT INCORPORATE CURRENT BIOLOGICAL research in mathematics has given her the
KNOWLEDGE TO DESCRIBE THE TRANSPORT
OF KEY NUTRIENTS TO THE EGG.
opportunity to meet other scientists and to present
her research at both national and international
Alys has enjoyed learning about
These models can be validated against conferences. The opportunities to learn from
possible applications of her
mathematical skills.
experimental results, and have the potential to others at Adelaide and internationally have
be used as tests of biological hypotheses and allowed Alys to develop skills both as a
as predictive tools. The collaborative nature of mathematician and as a collaborative scientist.
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MUSIC www.
CONTACT DETAILS Audition Requirements for Music Folio Requirements for Music
Director: Professor David Lockett
Performance Specialisation Technology Specialisation
Head of Postgraduate Programs: In addition to meeting the academic admission Requirements vary according to the area of
Associate Professor Kimi Coaldrake requirements, entry to the Music Performance research. Please contact Stephen Whittington
Phone: 61 8 8303 5823 Fax: 61 8 8303 4423 specialisation is subject to an audition. Local for further information.
Email: music.international@adelaide.edu.au or and Interstate students must audition in person. Phone: 61 8 8303 3689
music@adelaide.edu.au Email: stephen.whittington@adelaide.edu.au
International applicants must submit with their
Web: www.music.adelaide.edu.au
application a recording of their performances Research Interests
The Elder Conservatorium of Music offers as evidence of their professional standing.
Research interests of staff in Music include:
the research PhD and Masters degrees It can either be a CD or DVD recording. The
recording must be clearly labelled with the • Australian Indigenous music
by research in all specialisations in music,
applicant’s name, instrument specialisation, • Contemporary Polish music
including composition, musicology,
ethnomusicology, performance and music the date on which the recording was made, • Music and politics in the 20th century
technology. Music students can use the and whether it represents a live performance, • Musical analysis
range of excellent facilities such as the commercial release, radio broadcast etc.
• Music composition (including concert
Electronic Music Unit and Elder Hall. The A letter of verification (preferably from a music etc, music for film and television,
Elder Music Library, the largest in the teacher) should also be enclosed stating that electro acoustic music, jazz composition)
southern hemisphere, forms a considerable the recording is a true representation of the • Musical performance
research resource. applicant’s performance.
• The Russian Ballet (in Australia)
The Conservatorium recognises the
Folio Requirements for Music • Traditional and contemporary Japanese music
significance of music to the cultural life
Composition Specialisation • Music Technology
of society, the importance of exploring
new parameters of artistic and scholarly Composition applicants should submit a
endeavour, the importance of developing folio of original works (or arrangements,
the highest professional standards of music if they contain significant original content)
training and education, and the importance that include three recently completed
of fostering and maintaining close links with compositions. A letter of verification
professional arts bodies as well as the wider (preferably from a teacher) should also be
community through course offerings, public enclosed stating that the portfolio is the
lectures, performances, workshops, seminars applicant’s own work.
and other events.
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PETROLEUM SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM • Enhanced methane recovery from methane Reservoir Analogues
hydrate reservoirs by CO2 injection
Phone: 61 8 8303 8010 Fax: 61 8 8303 8030 • Definition and prediction of stratigraphic
Email: admin@asp.adelaide.edu.au • Enhanced oil recovery (EOR): CO2 and air architectures and ranges of potential
Web: www.asp.adelaide.edu.au injection, microbial (MEOR) and reservoir and heterogeneity geometries.
chemical EOR
Key research areas, focused on support for • Direct application of outcrop and
oil and gas production in the Asia Pacific • Gas assisted gravity drainage (GAGD) subsurface data to hydrocarbon
region, include: process for the enhanced oil and extraction issues.
gas recovery
• Documentation of modern and ancient
Basin Modelling • Improved oil recovery using reservoir analogues across a range
• Understanding hydrocarbon generation, horizontal wells of depositional environments (dryland,
migration and charge history of the • Improved oil recovery using waterflood marginal marine, deep water) with the aim
Bass Basin with fractured wells. of improving hydrocarbon exploration and
• Regional controls on hydrocarbon charge • Reservoir simulation and visualization exploitation techniques.
in the Cooper/Eromanga Basin. • Role of asphaltenes and waxes in • Lake Eyre Basin Research Group
petroleum production (LEBARG) - focussed on dryland reservoirs
Dynamic Modelling and Simulation
• Tight-Gas reservoirs: Study of the reservoir • WAVE consortium - focussed on the
• Environmental problems: CO2 prediction of reservoir geometries and
and production engineering aspects.
sequestration, groundwater contamination, heterogeneities in wave-influenced
tracers, foam remediation Greenhouse Gas Technologies marginal marine systems. Impacts of
• Fluid flow dynamics in porous media: oil • Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and depositional architecture on CO2 migration
rims, stratified reservoirs, fractures, foams geological storage (geosequestration) and sequestration.
(blocking, polymers), flow of suspension
• Developing safe and economical CO2 Reservoir Characterisation at
and colloids
geosequestration technologies to reduce Pore Level
• Geomechanics: borehole stress and greenhouse gas emissions
stability, fracture growth, formation • Petrology and diagenesis of reservoirs
• Otway geosequestration research project
compaction, faults associated with petroleum and CO2
in south-western Victoria.
• Modelling methods: finite element, finite sequestration
difference, particle and mesh free Improved Business Performance • Thin section analysis,
• Proxy models: statistical, experimental cathodoluminescence, XRD, image
• Decision making and risk analysis
design, gradients, networks analysis, pore Casting, SEM, electron
• Economic evaluation, real options,
microprobe, isotope analysis, quantitative
• Theory of multiphase continua and flow: portfolio management
chemistry, MICP, porosity, permeability,
diffusion and convection, up/down scaling, • Impacts on business performance of and CEC.
micro- and macro-models with averaging, improved decision making and uncertainty
different media and stiffness, mechanical- Current Project:
assessment
electrochemical coupling. • Investigating CO2-related diagenesis in the
• Psychological and judgemental aspects of
Otway, Gippsland and Cooper Basins.
Enhanced and Improved (Petroleum) eliciting expert uncertainty assessments
Recovery (E/IPR) and opinions. Seals
E/IPR processes target oil and gas reserves Petroleum Geomechanics • Characterising fine grained sediments in
which remain unexploited in ‘already-proven’ terms of mercury injection capillary
• Major projects include the 'Australian
reservoirs following the primary production pressure (MICP) seal capacity, scanning
Stress Map', 'Stress and Neotectonics
phase - remaining reserves could be as electron microscopy (SEM), X-Ray
of Borneo' and 'Geomechanics of CO2
high as 80 percent. Therefore, without an mineralogy and Gamma logs. Research
Sequestration'.
adequate and efficient E/IPR strategy, a vast in present day seal analogues also
amount of these proven reserves will remain • FAST - Fault analysis seal technology
incorporated to gain a fuller understanding
unrecovered. • Geomechanical theory – new non-linear of seal thickness, areal extent and
3D yield criteria depositional environments.
Current research areas:
• Wellbore Instabilities
• Enhanced coal-bed-methane (ECBM)
Recovery through CO2 and N2 injection • Geomechanical numerical modelling.
CHEMISTRY
Web: www.chemphys.adelaide.edu.au/chemistry/research/
Research within the field of chemical • Chemical synthesis major advances of world significance in the
sciences has international recognition for • Laser and ion chemistry understanding of the structure of hadronic
excellence in the areas of laser and ion matter and is viewed internationally as one
• Molecular recognition
chemistry (one of the leading facilities in the of the three centres in the world for research
• New materials.
southern hemisphere), biological chemistry, in nuclear theory. The Theory Group in the
molecular recognition and new materials. PHYSICS discipline of Physics, along with e-Research
Molecular design and nanoscience research South Australia applies theoretical and
at the University involves the design and Web: www.chemphys.adelaide.edu.au/physics/research/ computational techniques to topics in
construction of new molecules and molecular science and engineering such as chaotic
In the physics discipline, astrophysicists
assemblies, incorporates fundamental systems, photonics, atmospheric physics,
are leading the world in studies of extreme
scientific advances and involves a range of computational chemistry, bioinformatics,
environments near super-massive black
advanced materials such as peptides and nanoscience, robotics and defence science.
holes at the centres of galaxies. Likewise,
other polymers, catalysts, molecular wires the optics group is at the forefront of Major research programs include:
and optical switches and sensors. international laser research for astronomy, • Atmospheric physics
Researchers within chemistry have been remote sensing and as part of one of the • Geophysics
extremely successful in attracting funding most exciting national and international
• High energy astrophysics
for instrumentation and Adelaide has efforts in experimental physics to detect
outstanding spectroscopic facilities for • High performance computing
and use gravitational waves in astronomy.
current research programs, including The Centre of Expertise in Photonics, a • Medical physics
structure determination of large biologically joint venture between the University and the • Optics and photonics
important molecules like peptides and Defence Science Technology Organisation, • Theoretical physics.
proteins. The research interests in chemistry focuses on the area of soft glass optical For information on specific research projects,
are grouped into the following themes: fibres. The Centre for the Subatomic visit our website.
• Analytical and green chemistry Structure of Matter (CSSM) in theoretical
• Biological chemistry nuclear and particle physics is making
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Hilary Coleman has always liked science at school, She carried over her work on zinc into a PhD
so she applied for a Bachelor of Science at the which she began in 2007. The behavior of zinc
University of Adelaide. She chose to major in in the human body is related to many diseases,
chemistry and geology, subjects she had never and so it is hoped Hilary’s work may lead to a
studied before but found she loved once given better understanding and improved treatment
the opportunity to study it. “I found the general of such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease,
Bachelor of Science to be very rewarding as it Parkinson’s Disease, forms of Leukemia, Asthma
allowed me to keep my options open and choose and Diabetes to name a few.
all of my own courses. The double major was a
Now she is very involved in university teaching,
wonderful combination and saw me working in
from tutoring first year students and supervising
the lab as well as traveling Australia on field trips
second year practicals to teaching Introductory
in my third year.”
Chemistry bridging courses. She has also written
“The double major saw me IN HER HONOURS YEAR, HILARY WORKED IN science articles.
working in the lab and travelling THE LAB TO SYNTHESISE A MOLECULE THAT
Australia on field trips.” BINDS TO ZINC IN CELLS, REVEALING ITS
LOCATION AND CONCENTRATION.
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SUMMARY OF POSTGRADUATE RESEA
Master of:
Agricultural Science 40 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Applied Science (Engineering) 1 50-53, 71 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Applied Science (Sciences) 46-47, 66-67, 72-73 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Architecture 42 up to 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Arts (see Humanities & Social Sciences) 60-64 2 yrs RTS $25,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of at least
IIA standard or equivalent
Building Science 42 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Clinical Science 54-59 2 yrs RTS $28,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
and MBBS or equivalent
Commerce 43 2 yrs RTS $25,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of at least
IIA standard or equivalent
Design Studies 42 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Design Studies (Landscape) 42 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Economics 48 2 yrs RTS $24,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Education 49 2 yrs RTS $22,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of at least
II standard and GradDipEd or equivalent
Engineering Science 1 50-53 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Grief and Palliative Care Research 58 2 years RTS tba Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Landscape Architecture (Research) 42 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Laws 65 2 yrs RTS $25,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor comprising
a signifiant research component or equivalent
Medical Science 54-59 2 yrs RTS $28,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of at least
II standard or equivalent
Music 70 2 yrs RTS $22,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Ophthalmology 56 2 yrs RTS $28,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Science 46-47, 66-67, 72-73 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of equivalent
Science in Dentistry 54-55 2 yrs RTS $28,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
and BDS or equivalent
Science (Medical Physics) 72 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor of equivalent
Science in Mathematical 44, 68 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
and Computer Sciences
Science in Petroleum Geology 46, 71 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
and Geophysics
Science (Reservoir Geoscience) 71 2 yrs RTS $26,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Surgery 57 2 yrs RTS $28,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent and
MBBS or equivalent
Urban Design 42 2 yrs RTS $21,000 Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor or equivalent
Combined PhD/Masters in:
Psychology (Clinical) 59 4 yrs RTS N/A Relevant Honours degree of Bachelor with Honours in
Psychology at I level
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SUMMARY OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ARCH PROGRAMS
+ Honours degree of Bachelor is usually an extra year of study after a three-year Bachelor degree program, involving a specialised research component. Four-year Bachelor
programs may include an Honours component in the fourth year of study. May be used as a prerequisite for PhD or Masters studies.
* for information on RTS for local students, see p.31; for further information on fees for international students, please refer to p.36.
1 may be undertaken as a combination of research and some coursework.
2 combined research & clinical academic program which now leads to specialist registration
3 other requirements for registration in Australia include completion of a medical degree & the secondary examination of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
4 the Master of Business Research provides research training for students who complete a postgraduate coursework degree (Master of Commerce, Master of Accounting and
Finance, Master of Business Administration, Master of Finance and Business Economics, or equivalent coursework Masters ) and who wish to go on to undertake research
leading to a PhD.
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Applications from Professional Development (CLPD) Law Library Economics
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auu.resourcecentre@adelaide.edu.au
Education & Welfare Officers Agriculture, Food and Wine www.maths.adelaide.edu.au
Sports Hub
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Ph: 61 8 8303 5430 www.agwine.adelaide.edu.au www.music.adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 61 8 8223 7165 International Student Centre Architecture, Landscape Architecture Sciences
Email: studentcare@adelaide.edu.au
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Business
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CONTACTS
International
Glossary Representatives
Advanced standing Status/credit/exemptions Faculty An academic branch in the University,
granted on the basis of work already completed consisting of various schools, e.g. the Faculty
at another post-secondary institution. of Health Sciences. The University appoints agents to act as its
Articulation agreement A formal agreement Honours An extra year of study after a three- official international representatives. Agents are
where study at selected institutions may year Bachelor degree program, involving a located within Australia and in more than forty
be counted towards University of Adelaide specialised research component. Four-year
qualifications. Bachelor programs may include an Honours countries around the world. These representatives
Assumed knowledge Previously acquired component in the fourth year of study. May are appointed to:
knowledge that will enable understanding of be used as a prerequisite for PhD or
a course or program. Masters studies. 1) Provide accurate information about the University
Bachelor degree An undergraduate IELTS The International English Language of Adelaide and its programs to prospective
qualification gained after a minimum of three Testing System, an internationally-recognised
UK-based test for English language assessment, international students.
years full-time study. A Bachelor program is
made up of a range of core (compulsory) essential for student visa requirements.
2) Advise on admission requirements and choice
courses and elective courses, usually Indicative Annual Tuition Fee The annual
delivered via lectures and tutorials. fee quoted for a particular program, based on a of programs.
Campus The grounds of a university or other standard full-time study load of 24 units per year.
institute of higher education. The actual fee charged may vary if a student 3) Assist with verification of supporting documentation.
overloads or underloads, or takes a subject from
Combined degree A combined degree a different discipline. 4) Assist with the processing and forwarding of the
program allows students to complete the
requirements of two degrees in less time than Lecture A class on a specific topic presented application, and the acceptance and payment, to
if the degrees were completed separately. by a lecturer to a large group of students. the University.
Successful completion results in the award of Level A stage or period (generally one year in
a single parchment listing the combined duration) within a program of study, e.g. Level 5) Assist with visa application, travel, accommod-
degrees. A student may not graduate until the 1, 2, 3. The depth and complexity of courses ation and pre-departure arrangements.
requirements for both degrees have been met. increases through each level.
For example: B.Engineering/B.Arts. Major Sequence A combination of approved
Confirmation of Enrolment The document courses leading to specialisation within a field
sent by the University after receipt of the tuition of study, which are completed over one or more The University of Adelaide currently
fee deposit. May be used as proof of student years of a degree program. has international representatives
status to apply for a visa.
Core course A compulsory subject taken as
OSHC Overseas Student Health Cover,
compulsory health insurance that provides basic
covering the following countries:
part of program of study. and emergency health cover. It is an essential Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Course An individual subject taken as part of requirement for international students to obtain
a student visa. Botswana, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China,
a program of study.
Part-time study Any study load that is less than Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hong
Coursework program A program of study
structured around particular courses, usually 75%, or 18 units a year. Note that under current Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan,
delivered via lectures and tutorials. student visa regulations, part-time study is not
an option for international students. International
Kenya, Korea (South), Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia,
CRICOS Commonwealth Register of Institutions students are required by DIAC to complete within Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia,
and Courses for Overseas Students. the specified duration of the program. Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi
DEEWR The Department of Education, Personal Qualities Assessment (PQA)
Employment and Workplace Relations. Arabia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa,
A test designed to assess a range of personal
DIAC The Department of Immigration qualities considered important for the study and Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand,
and Citizenship. practice of medicine, dentistry and other health United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United
professions.
Diploma Some schools in the University States of America, Vietnam
offer Diplomas, which usually consist of 1-2 Prerequisite A subject, course, or degree
years of full-time coursework, delivered via program that must be completed before a
lectures and tutorials. student is admitted into a particular program. A full listing of the University of Adelaide’s
Discipline A field or area of study, e.g. Program A series of courses making up a international representatives with their contact
engineering, architecture, nursing. particular qualification, e.g. Master of Commerce,
Bachelor of Arts. details can be found on www.international.
Double degree A double degree program
allows students to complete the requirements of Semester The standard length of an individual adelaide.edu.au/offshore/reps/
two degrees in less time than if the degrees were course. University courses are taught in two
completed separately. Successful completion semesters, Semester 1, from February/March
results in the award of two degrees with separate until late June, and Semester 2, from July/August
parchments. A student may graduate from until November.
each degree as soon as the requirements for Seminar A small class similar to a tutorial,
each degree have been met. For example: involving presentations by students.
B.Commerce/B.Laws.
TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language,
Elective course A non-compulsory subject that an internationally-recognised US-based English
may be chosen as part of a program of study. language test.
Exchange agreement An agreement Tutorial Small, weekly classes led by a tutor or
between universities allowing students to lecturer, where students discuss issues relevant
undertake 1-2 semesters of their degree to a particular course.
program at= an overseas institution.
Twinning agreement An official agreement
Extra admission requirements Requirements, allowing students to begin University of Adelaide
in addition to the specified qualifications, needed degrees at partner institutions overseas.
for a student to be accepted into a particular
program, e.g. audition, interview, portfolio Unit A value assigned to courses identifying
submission, personal qualities assessment. the amount of work involved. Full time students
normally undertake 24 units of study a year.
Full-time study A standard full-time study load
consists of 24 units per academic year, and 12
units per semester. The University and DIAC
considers a 75% study load (9 units per semester
or trimester) a full-time load. While international
students can enrol in a 75% study load, it may
result in their not completing their program within
the standard duration. International students are
required by DIAC to complete within the specified
duration of the program.
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Read the Application Instructions on page 4 carefully before completing this form.
An A$50 application fee must accompany this application (an exemption may apply for government/externally sponsored students or some official representatives). The
non-refundable fee must be paid either (a) in the form of a bank draft payable to ‘The University of Adelaide’ or (b) by credit card. Please indicate your payment details in
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application fee is paid as specified.
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Given names:
1 PERSONAL DETAILS
If you have previously enrolled at, or applied to this University, please state your student/application number: ID No:
Surname/Family Name:
Given/Personal Name(s): Preferred Name:
Are you an Australian Permanent Resident? No Yes If yes, do not fill in this form. See Application Instructions on page 4.
What Australian Visa will you be studying on? Student Visa Another type of Temporary Resident Visa If not a Student Visa, attach a certified copy of the visa
from your passport. It is your responsibility to ensure that this visa allows you to study and covers the duration of the program for which you have applied.
Correspondence/Agent’s Address Note: Courier delivery is not possible with PO Box Permanent Address in Home Country Note: Your application cannot be processed if
numbers. All correspondence will be sent to the address listed below. this information is not supplied, as it is required by the Australian Government.
Street: Street:
City: City:
Country: Postcode: Country: Postcode:
Email: Email:
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Proficiency in English is essential for successful study in the University. All international applicants must demonstrate an acceptable level of Certified results
English proficiency to gain admission to the University. Please refer to pages 28 of the prospectus for further information about English language attached
requirements, then indicate below how you have met the requirements.
IELTS (Academic) test undertaken in the 24 months preceding application. Date of test: ____ /____ / ____
TOEFL test undertaken in the 24 months preceding application. Date of test: ____ /____ / ____
First language is English (you may still be required to provide formal test results).
I will be sitting an IELTS (Academic)/TOEFL test on ____ /____ / ____ and will forward the results to the University as soon as possible.
I wish to enrol in a Pre-Enrolment English Program and have provided my IELTS (Academic)/TOEFL test result.
Other - please give details:
Please provide details and documentation of all completed and/or current studies of your tertiary qualifications. Attach:
1. Certified copies of all academic transcripts and award certificates.
2. An official explanation/guide to the grading system for any post-secondary studies.
3. If the documents are not in English, they must be accompanied by an official certified translation in English.
A certified copy of an original document is one which has been certified − by an official agent or a staff member of this University, a Justice of the Peace, a Notary Public,
a university registrar, a police officer, or an examining authority − as a true copy of the original document.
Tertiary Qualifications
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Masters Qualification (or Bachelor/Honours degree with significant research component)
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Title of research thesis Duration of research for the thesis in months:
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Employment Experience (Please list your present or the latest employment first)
Please provide a current curriculum vitae including details of your work/research experience and any relevant research publications. ■ CV attached
5 FINANCIAL SUPPORT
International students must ensure that they have sufficient funds to meet the tuition fees and living costs. A sum of approximately $A275-580 Evidence of Sponsorship/
per week is recommended for living in Adelaide. Please indicate your source of financial support while studying at the University of Adelaide. Scholarship attached
❒ Self ❒ Family ❒ Loan ❒ Sponsored by: ❒ your employer ❒ home government ❒ other organisation
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Scholarship awarded by: Submission Date: ____ /____ / ____ ■
Deadline to receive offer letter if applying for external scholarship: Date: ____ /____ / ____
Scholarship Application: A limited number of scholarships are available from the University for exceptionally outstanding applicants. The scholarship selection is
extremely competitive. For example, recent successful applicants for the University scholarships have usually had a research Master (or coursework Master with
a substantial research component) from an internationally recognised university, and outstanding performance in the Master degree (eg, first-class honours,
Distinction/A grades), plus publications in internationally refereed journals.
Do you wish to apply for a scholarship? ❒ Yes ❒ No Do you wish to study as a full-fee paying student if the scholarship application is not successful? ❒ Yes ❒ No
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6 REFEREES (The completed Academic Referee's Confidential Report proformas are required by the selection committee. General letters of
recommendation or open references are not accepted.)
List below the names and addresses of two referees who can comment confidentially on your academic and/or professional background. Please give your referees the Academic Referee's Confidential
Reports (if not stapled with this form download at www.international.adelaide.edu.au/apply/appforms) and ask them to send the completed reports to International Office, The University of
Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia as soon as possible (but no later than 31 August 2008 if you wish to be considered for a scholarship). Applications for research programs will not be processed
without the referees' reports.
Name (with title, eg Dr/Prof/Ms) Organisation Email address Ph/Fax: Country code Area code Local number
Phone:
Fax:
Phone:
Fax:
7 RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Please state your area of research interest (from department/school entries in the Postgraduate Research Prospectus) and the University staff member whom you have contacted about your proposed
research topic:
8 CHECKLIST
Your application cannot be considered unless all required documents are attached. Please ensure you have:
❒ paid the A$50 application fee ❒ attached certified copies of IELTS/TOEFL/other ELP results - see Section 3
❒ completed all sections of this application form ❒ attached evidence of sponsorship/scholarship (if applicable) - see Section 5
❒ attached a certified copy of your visa (if not a student visa) - see Section 1 ❒ contacted your referees and requested that they send the Academic Referee's
Confidential Reports to the International Office, University of Adelaide, SA 5005,
❒ attached the completed Remote Candidature Application form if applying for remote
Australia - see Section 6
off-shore study - see Section 2
❒ attached certified copies of all transcripts of academic results, grading systems, and
❒ attached correspondence with University staff and a 1-2 page research
proposal - see Section 7
translations (if applicable) - see Section 4
❒ attached certified copies of any professional membership - see Section
❒ signed the declaration (a proxy cannot be authorised to sign on your behalf)
- see Section 9
❒ attached current CV including any research publications - see Section 4
❒ made a copy of this application for your record and reference
I agree to:
● comply with the rules on admission, enrolment, fee payment and refunds of the University of Adelaide;
● notify the International Office if there is any change to the information I have given in this application for admission;
● permit the University to disclose personal information collected from this application form to the relevant bodies for the verification and assessment of my previous qualifications; and
● receive electronic communication and information from the University relating to my application.
I understand that:
● the documents submitted for my application become the property of the University of Adelaide and will not be returned to me;
● the University may vary or reverse any decision regarding admission or enrolment made on the basis of incorrect or incomplete information provided by me;
● the University reserves the right to inform other tertiary institutions, if any of the material presented to support my application is found to be false;
● the personal information that I have provided may be released to Australian Government and State agencies under the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act;
● I am seeking temporary entry into Australia as a fee paying international student for education purposes only, and that I may not undertake part-time studies, or full-time employment;
● I, or my sponsor, will be responsible for the full costs of the program for which I am seeking admission and for the attendant travel and living costs;
● the University will not provide a subsidy to me for any costs incurred by, or behalf of, my dependants;
● I may be subject to different rules and conditions prescribed by the University and the Australian Government if I change my visa status.
I declare that I have read the Application Instructions on this application form and that the information provided by me in this application is true and complete in every particular.
I authorise the University of Adelaide to release personal information relevant to my application and visa documentation to the following official agent of the University of Adelaide
(see list of official agents at www.international.adelaide.edu.au/future/overseas/)
Name of Agent:
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Complete this application form (see How to complete this form below). the institution - issued by its central administration office, eg. Registry, Student
2. Attach all required documentation and any fees (refer to checklist in Section 8 of the Administration, Graduate School - confirming the completion. Letters from individual
application form). academic staff are not accepted.
The University reserves the right to inspect and verify the originals of your
3. Submit the completed application form and required documentation to:
qualifications and transcripts prior to and during your enrolment.
• International Office, University of Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
• one of the University’s official representatives/agents (see the Overseas Representatives Do not staple any attached documents. Clip all documents, preferably with a foldback
page on our website: www.international.adelaide.edu.au/offshore/reps/); or clip, on top of page 3 of this application folder.
• online at: www.international.adelaide.edu.au/enquiries The documents should be presented in the same sequence as they are requested in the
application form.
Admission and Acceptance Procedure All submitted documents become the property of the University of Adelaide and will not
After assessment of qualifications and English language proficiency, successful applicants be returned to applicants.
will receive an official written offer of a place from the University. Students must accept This application form is used as a file folder. Please do not cut or fold.
their place, in writing, by the deadline specified in their letter of offer, otherwise the offer
will lapse. Evidence of English Language Proficiency (ELP)
Unsuccessful applicants will be notified in writing if they are not accepted into an You must include certified ELP evidence with your application or have applied to sit for
undergraduate academic program. IELTS/TOEFL at the time of application. Delay in providing such evidence may result in
Students (or their sponsors) will be required to pay a deposit for tuition fees of A$6000, you not being able to commence in your preferred semester.
plus entire payment of program length Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). On receipt
of these payments and fulfilment of any conditions of the offer, the University will send Change of application details
the documents necessary to apply for a student visa at the Australian Diplomatic Mission in
It is your responsibility to immediately advise the International Office in writing of any change
the student’s home country to the student, or the nominated University official representative.
of application details, including personal information such as address and name changes.
Certification and submission of documents Note: Lengthier visa application processes apply to students from
Documentation submitted with the application must be certified. A certified copy of certain countries under the current Australian Government immigration
an original document is one which has been certified - by an official agent or a staff regulations (see www.immi.gov.au).
member of this University, a Justice of the Peace, a Notary Public, a university registrar,
Students from Assessment Level 3-4 countries must submit their
a police officer, or an examining authority - as a true copy of the original document.
applications at least three months before the above application
If the official transcript does not state the successful completion of the qualification,
closing dates.
applicants must provide an original or certified copy of an official letter from
PLEASE KEEP A COPY OF THIS APPLICATION FOR YOUR OWN RECORD AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ENQUIRY.
International Student Application
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Academic Referee's Confidential Report
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Advice to Applicants
This form is for use in conjunction with the application for a postgraduate research program and certain postgraduate coursework programs at the University of Adelaide. Applicants have
the right to choose their own referees. However, it is recommended that the referees nominated have informed, personal and professional knowledge of the applicant's academic ability
and are those who may exercise judgement on the applicant's academic potential.
Please complete Section A below, then forward the form to your referee.
Note: You are requested to complete questions 1 to 3 in the report form and forward it directly to: International Office, The University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005,
Australia to reach the University no later than 31 August 2008. Applications for which reports have not been received by 31 August will not be considered for scholarships.
1 Please rate the applicant under the following headings (a) to (f) by placing a number in the range of 1 to 10 in the appropriate box. Please complete boxes in
Section B as appropriate to the applicant’s proposed program of study. The scores you provide will be applied within a formula used by the University of Adelaide
to make an initial separation of candidates according to their academic record and referees’ assessments.
Explanation of Scores on a scale of 1 - 10: A score of 10 signifies that the applicant is regarded by you as being in the top 2% of ALL candidates in each
assessment category. A score of 9 indicates that the applicant is in the top 5% of all candidates. A score of 8: top 10%, score of 7: top 20%, score of 6: top 30%,
score of 5: top 40%, score of 4: upper 50%, score of 3: upper 60%, score of 2: upper 70%, score of 1: bottom 30%.
a) Research Potential: intrinsic research potential (as distinct from examination results). Referees are requested to comment in greater detail in their
written remarks if they are of the opinion that an applicant’s research potential is not indicated by his/her academic record, giving reasons for this opinion.
b) Creative Ability: ability to develop original ideas/hypotheses, to write original compositions or to assemble orthodox work in some original way.
d) Perseverance: ability to work steadily even in difficult circumstances or where motivation or external direction is minimal.
3 All referees are also requested to provide comments, below, on the applicant’s qualities. These might include capacity to work well with colleagues and, for students undertaking
programs by research, future potential for research contribution to the field of knowledge.
As mentioned, please include comment on the particular aspects of the applicant’s performance that have impressed you with regard to his/her research potential. In the case of
applicants in arts/humanities areas, relevant comments concerning cultural understanding and awareness, linguistic ability, etc, may be helpful.
Your written report is regarded as important and may be referred to in detail during the selection process. It is requested that it be typewritten if possible in the interest of legibility.
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Please return the completed report to: International Office, The University of Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia