University of Wollongong

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University of Wollongong
logo
motto "Excellence Innovation Diversity"
founding 1951
Sponsorship state
place Wollongong , Australia
Vice-Chancellor and Principal Paul Wellings CBE
Students 34,144 (2018, of which 7557 abroad)
Employee 1,477
Networks IAU
Website uow.edu.au

The University of Wollongong , UOW for short , is a university in Wollongong in the Australian state of New South Wales .

The University of Wollongong was founded in 1951 from the New South Wales University of Technology (now the University of New South Wales ), initially as Wollongong University College. The university has existed under its current name since 1975.

Around 35,000 students are enrolled at the university. In addition to the main location in Wollongong and the campus in Shoalhaven City , the university has locations in Bega , Batemans Bay , Nowra , Moss Vale and Sydney (Sydney Business School). A branch has existed since 1993, the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), in the United Arab Emirates .

In 1999/2000 the university was awarded the prize “Outstanding Research and Development Partnerships” and in 2000/2001 the prize “Preparing Graduates for the e-world”.

Rankings and Reputation

The University of Wollongong ranks 201–250 in the Times Higher Education Rankings worldwide and 212 in the QS World University Rankings . Individual faculties such as Mining Engineering and Materials Science are in the top 100 places.

Faculties

  • Art studies
  • Trade and business administration
  • Creating art
  • education
  • Engineering
  • Health and Behavioral Sciences
  • Computer science
  • law Sciences
  • Natural sciences

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Wollongong: About UOW> Our people> Leadership> Professor Paul Wellings CBE. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ UOW at a glance. University of Wollogong, accessed September 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ UOW in Numbers. December 2019, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
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