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University of Adelaide
Coat of Arms of the University of Adelaide
Latin: Universitas Adelaidensis
Motto	Sub Cruce Lumen
Motto in English	"The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross"
Type	Public
Established	1874; 149 years ago (1874)
Endowment	$265.7 million
Budget	$929 million
Chancellor	Catherine Branson AC
Vice-Chancellor	Peter Hoj AC
Academic staff	1,481
Administrative staff	1,920
Students	27,357 (2018)
Undergraduates	20,005 (2018)
Postgraduates	7,352 (2018)
Location	Adelaide , South Australia , Australia 34°55'14.4"S 138°36'19.3"E
Campus	Urban: North Terrace Suburban: Waite, Thebarton, and the National Wine Centre Rural: Roseworthy Overseas Education Centre: Singapore
Colours	Black, white, red, gold, and blue
Affiliations	Member of the Group of Eight, ASAIHL, ACU
Website	www.adelaide.edu.au

The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre, adjacent to the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia.

The university has four campuses, three in South Australia: North Terrace campus in the city, Roseworthy campus at Roseworthy and Waite campus at Urrbrae, and one in Melbourne, Victoria. The university also operates out of other areas such as Thebarton, the National Wine Centre in the Adelaide Park Lands, and in Singapore through the Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre.

The University of Adelaide is composed of five faculties, with each containing constituent schools. These include the Faculty of Engineering, Computer, and Mathematical Sciences (ECMS), the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of the Professions, and the Faculty of Sciences. It is a member of the Group of Eight and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The university is also a member of the Sandstone universities, which mostly consist of colonial-era universities within Australia.

The university is associated with five Nobel laureates, constituting one-third of Australia's total Nobel Laureates, and 110 Rhodes scholars. The university has had a considerable impact on the public life of South Australia, having educated many of the state's leading businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians. The university has been associated with many notable achievements and discoveries, such as the discovery and development of penicillin, the development of space exploration, sunscreen, the military tank, Wi-Fi, polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography, and the study of viticulture and oenology.

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The founders of the Adelaide University(1875 engraving, Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers)
Mitchell Building from front, 2008.
Adelaide University Union Building 1930
The main building at the Waite Research Institute.
Stirling Street entrance to Thebarton
Former Vice-Chancellor Gavin Brown (left) with wife Diane Ranck and Brendon Coventry in 2009
Robin Warren, pathologist and Nobel Laureate graduated from the University of Adelaide
Bonython Hall and Mitchell Building from North Tce (looking west).
View of eastern side of the Mitchell Building from North Terrace, 2007.
Bonython Hall & the Ligertwood Building (viewed from North Terrace).
Bust of Sir Douglas Mawson & the Elder Conservatorium of Music (viewed from North Terrace).
Bonython Hall & the Elder Conservatorium of Music (viewed from North Terrace).
Bonython Hall & the Elder Conservatorium of Music (viewed from the north).
Bonython Hall & the Napier Building (viewed from the north).
The Cloisters.
The Cloisters and the Student Union Building.
The Barr Smith Library with the Napier building visible in the background
Barr Smith Lawns.
The old Adelaide Teachers College buildings, now part of the University.
University of Adelaide site map 1926

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