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Institution Profile

elaide (pop.1.4 million) is a superbly well-planned city of SCHOLASTIC OPTIONS AT ADELAIDE U
wide streets and boulevards, neat public squares, parklands
and a mixture of historic and modern buildings. The eco- UoA’s three faculties offer 148 undergraduate and 87 post-
nomic, cultural, political and social epicentre of the state, graduate programmes. They include:
this coastal city is ranked #12 worldwide in The Economist’s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Adelaide Medical
Global Liveability Index 2022, and offers excellent social School, Adelaide Dental School, Adelaide Nursing School,
and recreational opportunities including cinemas and the- School of Public Health, School of Psychology, School of
atres, museums, art galleries, music, shopping, sailing and Allied Health Science and Practice, School of Biomedicine
windsurfing on its 60-km long coastline, hiking excursions and Adelaide Rural Clinical School.
and exploration of wineries on peripheries of the city. Faculty of Sciences, Engineering, and Technology. Centre for
Public transport infrastructure within the city is excel- STEM Education and Innovation, School of Agriculture,
lent, convenient and inexpensive and the climate is Medi- Food, and Wine, School of Animal and Veterinary Scienc-
terranean with warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. es, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, School
Average temperature varies between 25 C-35 C in summer of Biological Sciences, School of Chemical Engineering,
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and 10 C-15 C in winter. School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, School of
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Campus facilities. UoA hosts four campuses — North Terrace, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, School of Physics,
Roseworthy, Waite and Melbourne. The main North Ter- Chemistry, and Earth Sciences.
race campus is sited in the heart of Adelaide, within walk- Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics. Adelaide Busi-
ing distance of the Art Gallery of South Australia and State ness School, Adelaide Law School, Elder Conservatorium
Library of South Australia, and offers a mix of historical and of Music, School of Humanities, School of Education,
contemporary architecture combining old sandstone build- School of Social Sciences, School of Economics and Pub-
ings with state-of-the-art teaching, learning and research lic Policy and The National Centre for Aboriginal Language
facilities. This campus is the hub of undergrad studies and and Music Studies.
research centres. Tuition fees (per year): AUD 39,500-56,000
The Waite campus is sited within a seven kilometre ra- Living expenses (incl. accommodation): AUD 8,750-13,550
dius from North Terrace and hosts the university’s Urrbrae 1 AUD$ = INR 55.6
House Historic Precinct, Waite Arboretum, Waite Conser-
vation Reserve and Waite Research Institute. This campus
is Oz’s pre-eminent plant and agricultural science research provide proof of English language proficiency (minimum
hub providing high quality research facilities for farming IELTS score 6.5-7.0 or TOEFL score 79-94). Students who
systems, viticulture and oenology, food science and nutri- don’t meet admission eligibility criteria can enrol in the
tion. varsity’s foundation studies programme.
The Roseworthy campus, sited 50 km from Adelaide, For further information, contact +61 8 8313 7335 or
hosts South Australia’s sole veterinary school and also fo- 1800 407 527 (Toll free), email start@adelaide.edu.au or
cuses on research in drylands agriculture. Further afield visit www.adelaide.edu.au.
in the state of Victoria, the Melbourne campus within the Accommodation. Housing options include University of Ad-
Docklands Campus offers undergrad and postgrad pro- elaide Village, Mattanya Student Residents and Rosewor-
grammes in commerce, finance and information technolo- thy Residential Colleges. The village is located five minutes
gy. In addition, UoA also operates several research facilities from Adelaide’s central business district and Chinatown
at Thebarton, a suburb of Adelaide, and an international precinct, and provides fully furnished five-bedroom town-
campus in Singapore — the Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education houses and four-bedroom apartments.
Centre, which offers postgrad and research degree pro- Located in the suburbs, Mattanya offers residential fa-
grammes. cilities for students from four varsities. Students are allo-
Inevitably in sports and games-loving Oz, all campuses cated a single room within four-or five-bedroom residences
have excellent sports and recreation facilities. Over 70 clubs equipped with shared furnished kitchen, air-conditioned
offer a gamut of extra-curricular options, with the extensive living room and car parking. Roseworthy Residential Col-
scenic parklands bordering the university campus ideal for leges offer rooms, common kitchens, and laundry facilities.
walks and cycling. Apart from university managed accommodation, other
Admission. UoA recognises the class XII Indian School housing options include private rented apartments and
Certificate (ISC) awarded by CISCE and All India Senior dormitory options.
Secondary Certificate (CBSE), and class XII certifications Degree programmes. The university’s three faculties — Scienc-
awarded by the Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, es, Engineering, and Technology; Arts, Business, Law, and
Tamil Nadu and Telangana state boards, for admission into Economics and Health and Medical Sciences — offer a range
its undergraduate programmes. Minimum average score of undergrad, postgraduate and research programmes.
required is 68-78 percent. Moreover, students need to RESHMA RAVISHANKER

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