University of Tasmania

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University of Tasmania
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motto Ingeniis Patuit Campus ("The Field is Open to Talent")
founding 1890
Sponsorship state
place Hobart , Launceston and Burnie , Australia
Vice-Chancellor and President Rufus Black
Students 15,050
Employee 1,800
Website www.utas.edu.au

The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is an Australian university based in Hobart and Launceston on the island of Tasmania . It was founded in 1890 , making it the fourth oldest university in Australia.

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University of Tasmania campus building

The university was founded in 1890 as a college in Hobart; In 1991 it merged with the Tasmanian Institute of Technology in Launceston.

UTAS offers over 200 different courses in undergraduate subjects as well as postgraduate opportunities. The university is known for its educational and research qualities in arctic and marine sciences. She works closely with the Australian Antarctic Division and regularly sends researchers and students to one of the four Australian research stations in the Antarctic . It also has its own radio telescope in the Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory .

Faculties

The university has divided its subjects into 6 faculties :

  • Humanities
  • Business administration
  • education
  • Health sciences
  • law Sciences
  • Natural and engineering sciences and technology

Partner universities in the German-speaking area

Web links

Commons : University of Tasmania  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Vice-Chancellor and President. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .

Coordinates: 42 ° 54 ′ 17 ″  S , 147 ° 19 ′ 21.6 ″  E