The University of South Australia is Australia’s University of Enterprise. Our culture of innovation is anchored around global and national links to academic, research and industry partners. Our graduates are the new urban professionals, global citizens at ease with the world and ready to create and respond to change. Our research is inventive and adventurous and we create new knowledge that is central to global economic and social prosperity.

Global rankings

We’re #24 in QS (Quacarelli Symonds) Top 50 Under 50;
We’re #32 in THE (Times Higher Education) Top 150 Under 50;
We’re one of the top four rising stars in Nature Index’s 2016 Asia-Pacific index of scientific research;
We are one of the world’s most international universities (top 200 globally and ranked 8th in Australia).

We are ranked as one of the world’s best places to study:

Nursing (Top 50); 1
Architecture (Top 100); 1
Art and Design (Top 100); 1
Our Business School is ranked in the world’s top 1%. 2

Australian rankings

97% of our research assessed as world standard or above; 3
We’re Australia’s number one young university for industry; 4
We’re Australia’s youngest university to receive five-Stars in research; 5

South Australian rankings

Number 1 for student satisfaction; 6
Number 1 for graduate careers; 7 and
Number 1 for graduate employment in Education / IT / Business / Science and Mathematics; 8 and
Number 1 for overall teaching quality in Law. 9