Adelaide University is a leading contemporary comprehensive university of global standing. We are dedicated to ensuring the prosperity, wellbeing and cohesion of society by addressing educational inequality through our actions and through the success and impact of our students, staff and alumni. Partnered with the communities we serve, we conduct outstanding future-making research of scale and focus.
Adelaide University is Australia’s new university for the future ranked in the global top 100.* With more than 180 years of collective experience and achievement, Adelaide University will leverage the capabilities and resources of its foundation institutions to launch bright futures and breakthroughs.
We’re transforming teaching and learning for contemporary learners and global citizens and establishing South Australia as a centre for progress and innovation through partnered research that is nation-critical and globally relevant. Our activities will contribute an estimated $4.7 billion a year to the Australian economy driving greater investments and opportunities.
A place for excellence and equity, Adelaide University will stand as a differentiated member of Australia’s Group of Eight, and shape what’s next for a better Australia and a better world.
*Ranked equal 82, 2026 QS World University Rankings
Through meaningful partnerships anchored in educational and research excellence, Adelaide University will make a measurable impact. Our ambition is to be world leading and world referenced through our actions and through the success and influence of our students, staff, researchers, partners and alumni community. Our aspirations include:
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Adelaide University is proud to be the first university in Australia to have provision for an Aboriginal name in its founding legislation and has been bestowed the Kaurna name, Tirkangkaku, meaning Place of Learning.
This reflects the importance of discovery and two-way thinking and the university’s deep commitment to recognising and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges, culture, country and people in our foundations and future.
We’re launching bright futures and breakthroughs to shape what's next for a better Australia - and a better world.
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