University of Adelaide

{{short description|Public university in South Australia}} {{about|the defunct university in Adelaide|the merged successor university|Adelaide University}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox university | name = The University of Adelaide | latin_name = Universitas Adelaidensis<ref>{{Cite book |title=Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the University of Sydney |date=1903 |publisher=William Brooks and Co. |isbn=9781112213304 |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Records of The Tercentenary Festival of Dublin University |date=1894 |publisher=Hodges, Figgis & Co. |isbn=9781355361602 |publication-place=Dublin, Ireland |language=en-IE }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Actes du Jubilé de 1909 |date=1910 |publisher=Georg Keck & Cie |isbn=9781360078335 |publication-place=Geneva, Switzerland }}</ref> | other_name = Adelaide University{{#tag:ref|Adelaide University was used as a colloquial name since at least 1872,<ref name="Colloqual Name" /> and is now the name of the successor institution formed by the 2026 merger.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement" />|group=Note}} | former_name = Union College (1872–1874) | image = University-of-Adelaide-Crest.svg | image_alt = This is the coat of arms of the university. | caption = Coat of arms{{#tag:ref|The coat of arms, which is printed on degree parchments,<ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> has been ''de facto'' retired for new students starting in 2025.<ref name="Parchments" /> University of Adelaide alumni and continuing students who started their programs on or before 2024 will continue to have the option to graduate with Adelaide University degrees bearing the coat of arms.<ref name="Parchments" /> This excludes University of South Australia students and alumni, who will have access to their existing trademark instead.<ref name="Parchments" />|group=Note}} | image_upright = .7 | logo = The University of Adelaide Logo.svg | logo_alt = This is the logo of the university. | logo_size = 225px | motto = {{langx|la|Sub Cruce Lumen}} | motto_lang = lat | mottoeng = "The light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross" | established = {{start date and age|df=yes|1874|11|06}} | closed = 31 March 2026 | endowment = {{AUD}}393.4 million (2023) | budget = {{AUD}}1.09 billion (2023) | chancellor = Catherine Branson | vice_chancellor = Peter Høj | academic_staff = 1,700 (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | administrative_staff = 1,978 (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | total_staff = 3,678 (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | students = 30,279 (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | undergrad = 19,493 bachelor (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | postgrad = 7,962 coursework (2023) 2,362 research (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | other = 772 (2023)<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics"/> | doctoral =  | address = North Terrace | city = Adelaide | state = South Australia | postalcode = 5001 | country = Australia | website = {{URL|https://www.adelaide.edu.au/|adelaide.edu.au}} | footnotes = | coordinates =  | campus = Urban and regional with multiple sites | colours = Black White | sports_nickname = The Blacks | mascot = Gus the Black Lion | sporting_affiliations = {{hlist |UniSport |EAEN |UBL }} | academic_affiliations = {{hlist||Group of Eight|APRU|Australian Space Agency|SAHMRI|UniSA|OUA|Universities Australia}} | type = Public research university | accreditation = TEQSA }}

The '''University of Adelaide''' ('''UofA''')<ref>https://youtube.com/watch?v=niN4-Pl7L50</ref> was a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it was the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre included many sandstone buildings of historical and architectural significance, such as Bonython Hall. Its royal charter awarded by Queen Victoria in 1881 allowed it to become the second university in the English-speaking world to confer degrees to women. On 5 January 2026, it merged with the neighbouring University of South Australia to form Adelaide University. The antecedent institutions were formally disestablished after 31 March 2026, when both the ''University of Adelaide Act 1971'' and ''University of South Australia Act 1990'' were repealed.

The university was founded at the former Royal South Australian Society of Arts by the Union College and studies were initially conducted at its Institute Building. The society was also the original birthplace of the South Australian Institute of Technology as the School of Mines and Industries. The institute later became the University of South Australia during the Dawkins Revolution following a merger with an advanced college dating back to the School of Art, also founded at the society. The two universities, which then accounted for approximately three-quarters of the state's public university population, agreed to merge in mid-2023. This combined institution was established as Adelaide University (previously a colloquial name for the existing university), with the merged university having been established in 2024 and formally opened in 2026.

The university had four campuses, three in South Australia: its main North Terrace campus in central Adelaide, the Waite campus in Urrbrae, a regional campus in Roseworthy and a study centre in Melbourne, Victoria. Its academic activities were organised into three faculties, which were subdivided into numerous teaching schools. It also had several research subdivisions. In 2023, the university had a total revenue of {{AUD|1.13 billion}}, with {{AUD|334.15 million}} from research grants and funding. It was a member of the Group of Eight, an association of research-intensive universities in Australia, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities.

Notable alumni of the university included the first female prime minister of Australia, two presidents of Singapore, the first astronaut born in Australia and the first demonstrator of nuclear fusion. It was also associated with five Nobel laureates, constituting one-third of Australia's total Nobel laureates, 117 Rhodes scholars and 168 Fulbright scholars. It had a significant impact on the public life of South Australia, having educated many of the state's earliest businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians. It had also been associated with the development of penicillin, space exploration, sunscreen, the military tank, Wi-Fi, polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography, and the study of viticulture and oenology.

==History== thumb|The founders of the University of Adelaide (1875 engraving)|alt=An illustration of the founders of the University of Adelaide from an 1875 engraving.

=== Foundation === The history of the university dates back to the Union College established in 1872 to provide education to aspiring Protestant ministers who were previously required to travel to the United Kingdom.<ref name="Sumerling 2006">{{Cite web |last1=Sumerling |first1=Patricia |last2=McDougall |first2=Katrina |date=August 2006 |title=The City of Adelaide: A Thematic History |url=https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/adelaide-city-council-key-historical-dates/resource/45a3f1bf-7c69-4842-a3f0-b564fd6685b5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216102814/https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/adelaide-city-council-key-historical-dates/resource/45a3f1bf-7c69-4842-a3f0-b564fd6685b5 |archive-date=16 December 2019 |access-date=28 August 2024 |website=McDougall & Vines |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Hodder 2013">{{Cite book |last=Hodder |first=Edwin |date=July 2013 |title=The History of South Australia Volume II. |url=https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1303951h.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428190038/https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks13/1303951h.html |archive-date=28 April 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia |isbn=9781334291111}}</ref> It provided education in the natural sciences, mathematics, English literature and theological studies of the Greek Testament.<ref name="The South Australian Register 1886">{{Cite web |date=9 December 1886 |title=Disestablishing Union College |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/15033/56/page148.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707044149/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/15033/56/page148.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=11 July 2024 |publisher=The South Australian Register |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The college approached Scottish-born pastoralist Walter Watson Hughes with the proposal for a then-called Adelaide University with a request for endowment towards its creation.<ref name="The South Australian Advertiser 1872">{{Cite news |date=4 November 1872 |title=The Proposed Adelaide University |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28689891 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711210047/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28689891 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="The South Australian Register 1886" /><ref name="Hodder 2013" /> Following an agreement, the Adelaide University Association was established by the Union College on 23 September 1872 to manage the creation of the university.<ref name="Hodder 2013" /><ref name="The South Australian Advertiser 1872" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 July 1926 |title=UNIVERSITY JUBILEE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54864446 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710205718/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54864446 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Register |location=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The University of Adelaide, which is named after its founding city namesake to Queen Adelaide, was formally established on 6 November 1874 following the passage of ''The Adelaide University Act of 1874'' through the South Australian parliament.<ref name="University Act 1874" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Michael |date=3 May 2013 |title=How well do you really know our Queen Adelaide? |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/how-well-do-you-really-know-our-queen-adelaide/news-story/b249bd054376d472496f232a7f3d75ed |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425141811/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/how-well-do-you-really-know-our-queen-adelaide/news-story/b249bd054376d472496f232a7f3d75ed |archive-date=25 April 2023 |access-date=6 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The parliament also provided a 2 hectare (5 acre) land grant for a campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North Terrace Campus |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7322 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707201936/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7322 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its royal charter, which was granted by Queen Victoria in 1881, allowed the university to confer degrees to women.<ref name="Hodder 2013" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1981 |title=1981-1983 Calendar: Volume I |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/104006/1/1981%20-%201983%20Calendar%20-%20Volume%201%20-%20General%20Information.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616103036/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/104006/1/1981%20-%201983%20Calendar%20-%20Volume%201%20-%20General%20Information.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=26 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |publisher=Griffin Press |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its early benefactors, many of whom Scottish immigrants, made large donations to develop the university that are now worth tens of millions adjusted for inflation.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book">{{Cite book |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/30399 |title=The University of Adelaide - 150 Years of Making History |publisher=The University of Adelaide |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU |access-date=19 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819183403/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/30399 |archive-date=19 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dutton 2014" /> [[File:Heinrich von Angeli (1840-1925) - Queen Victoria (1819-1901) - RCIN 405021 - Royal Collection.jpg|alt=This is a portrait of Queen Victoria whose royal charter allowed women to study at the university.|thumb|The royal charter grant by Queen Victoria allowed women to study at the university]] It was founded with the backing of its first benefactor Walter Hughes and Thomas Elder, also a Scottish-born pastoralist and another founder of the university, who each donated £20,000 towards the association.<ref name="Dutton 2014">{{Cite web |last1=Dutton |first1=Connie |last2=Sanchez |first2=Genevieve |last3=Williams |first3=Ian |last4=Cook |first4=Andrew |last5=Burdon |first5=Peter |last6=Grantham |first6=Leah |date=2014 |title=Lumen |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/binary11421/Lumen.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226152109/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/binary11421/Lumen.pdf |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Van Dissel |first=Dirk |title=Sir Walter Watson Hughes (1803–1887) |date=1972 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=4 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-sir-walter-watson-3813 |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707010358/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-sir-walter-watson-3813 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref> The university initially occupied the South Australian Institute Building prior to the construction of the University Building which housed the entire university at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |title=Institute Building |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/institute-building |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130175339/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/institute-building |archive-date=30 November 2023 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Elder also bequeathed an additional £65,000 in his will following his death in 1897 of which £20,000 were allocated to set up the Elder Conservatorium of Music.<ref name="Elder Hall Connect" /> Other donors include Scottish philosopher William Mitchell who also taught literature and psychology, established many teaching schools and served as vice-chancellor and chancellor of the institution.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /> The University Building, now the chancellery, was later renamed to the Mitchell Building in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mitchell Building, The University of Adelaide |url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/mitchell-building-the-university-of-adelaide-north-terrace-adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825232805/https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/mitchell-building-the-university-of-adelaide-north-terrace-adelaide/ |archive-date=25 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=Experience Adelaide |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide (Adelaide Economic Development Agency) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

According to its founding Act, the university was intended as a secular institution to "promote sound learning in the Province of South Australia" to be "open to all classes and denominations of Her Majesty's subjects".<ref name="University Act 1874" /> It commenced its first class, a Latin lecture towards the Bachelor of Arts, in March 1876 following its inauguration at the Adelaide Town Hall.<ref name="Harvey 2012">{{Cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Nick |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/ua/media/667/uap-faculty-arts-ebook.pdf |title=A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide 1876-2012 |last2=Fornasiero |first2=Jean |last3=McCarthy |first3=Greg |last4=Macintyre |first4=Clem |last5=Crossin |first5=Carl |date=June 2013 |publisher=University of Adelaide Press |isbn=9781922064363 |editor-last=Harvey |editor-first=Nick |location=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU |doi=10.1017/9781922064363 |hdl=2440/74965 |editor-last2=Fornasiero |editor-first2=Jean |editor-last3=McCarthy |editor-first3=Greg |editor-last4=Macintyre |editor-first4=Clem |editor-last5=Crossin |editor-first5=Carl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214154937/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/ua/media/667/uap-faculty-arts-ebook.pdf |archive-format=PDF |archive-date=14 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Harvey |first=Nick |title=The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the BA Degree at the University of Adelaide since 1876 |date=2012 |work=A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide |pages=1–22 |editor-last=Harvey |editor-first=Nick |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.20851/j.ctt1t30501.4 |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710220017/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.20851/j.ctt1t30501.4 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |url-status=live |series=1876-2012 |place=Adelaide, South Australia |publisher=University of Adelaide Press |language=en-AU |jstor=10.20851/j.ctt1t30501.4 |isbn=978-1-922064-37-0 |editor2-last=Fornasiero |editor2-first=Jean |editor3-last=McCarthy |editor3-first=Greg |editor4-last=Macintyre |editor4-first=Clem}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Interactive Timeline |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/university-history/interactive-timeline |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514071939/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/university-history/interactive-timeline |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its first chancellor was former premier Richard Hanson and its first vice-chancellor was Anglican bishop Augustus Short.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SIR RICHARD HANSON |url=https://law.adelaide.edu.au/ua/media/619/ch13-alr-35-1-stubbs.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323215158/https://law.adelaide.edu.au/ua/media/619/ch13-alr-35-1-stubbs.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Adelaide Law Review |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Van Dissel |first=Dirk |title=Augustus Short (1802–1883) |date=1976 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=6 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/short-augustus-4577 |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708230217/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/short-augustus-4577 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref> Its first graduate was Thomas Ainslie Caterer, who graduated in 1879 with a Bachelor of Arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thomas Ainslie Caterer |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25569 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302165251/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25569 |archive-date=2 March 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> In 1882, it was also the first university in Australia to provide degree programs in science and its faculty of arts was inaugurated in 1887.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Margaret |date=15 February 2016 |title=The University of Adelaide |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/the-university-of-adelaide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205084047/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/the-university-of-adelaide |archive-date=5 December 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its Adelaide Law School was established in 1883 as Australia's second law school, its medical school in 1885 and its Adelaide Business School in 1902 as the country's first business school.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edgeloe |first=Victor Allen |date=1983 |title=The Adelaide Law School 1883-1983 |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AdelLawRw/1983/7.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605032019/https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AdelLawRw/1983/7.pdf |archive-date=5 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute |publisher=Adelaide Law School (which owns "Adelaide Law Review") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of General Practice in Australia |url=https://gp.org.au/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519125010/https://gp.org.au/history.html |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=General Practitioners of Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Business School |url=https://business.adelaide.edu.au/adelaide-business-school |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731030735/https://business.adelaide.edu.au/ |archive-date=31 July 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref> They have produced some of Australia's earliest businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians.<ref name="Sendziuk 2018">{{Cite book |last1=Sendziuk |first1=Paul |title=A history of South Australia |last2=Foster |first2=Robert |date=2018 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-62365-1 |location=Cambridge, United Kingdom |language=en}}</ref>

{{Quote box | quote = willing and ordaining that Degrees in Arts, Medicine, Law, Science and Music conferred by the University of Adelaide upon any person, '''male or female''', should be recognised as academical distinctions and rewards of merit and be entitled to rank, precedence and consideration | source = William Jervois in a 1882 speech paraphrasing Queen Victoria's royal charter<ref name="Hodder 2013" /> | align = right | width = 220px | border = 2px | bgcolor = cornsilk }}

Another early benefactor Robert Barr Smith, who had previously studied under financial hardship in Scotland and served on the University Council for 19 years, had long desired for education to be accessible to all students in Adelaide.<ref name="Gosse 1996">{{Cite book |last=Gosse |first=Fayette |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/95696 |title=Joanna and Robert: the Barr Smiths' life in letters, 1853-1919 |date=1996 |publisher=Barr Smith Press |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722193033/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/95696 |archive-date=22 July 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Robert Barr Smith" /> In 1913, Robert wrote at the age of 89 that "''tho' in its vigorous and lusty youth''," the university was poorly endowed and constructed on little land.<ref name="Robert Barr Smith" /> His donations included a combined £9000 towards books for the then-struggling university library and £500 towards radiation research by Lawrence and William Henry Bragg who later won the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics.<ref name="Burn 1982">{{Cite book |last=Burn |first=Margy |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/15901 |title=The Barr Smith Library: its early days |date=1982 |publisher=The University of Adelaide Library |isbn=978-0-909766-04-7 |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121055826/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/15901 |archive-date=21 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="Robert Barr Smith" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Robert Barr |author-link=Robert Barr Smith |date=30 November 1906 |title=Letter 30 November 1906 from William Bragg to the University Council informing them of Barr Smith's donation of £500 for laboratory materials |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/stories/images/letter_1906_bragg_donation.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117174511/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/stories/images/letter_1906_bragg_donation.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pietzsch |first=Joachim |title=Speed read: Crystal Patterns Made Plane and Simple |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/speedread/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429114603/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/speedread/ |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=The Nobel Foundation |language=en |publication-place=Stockholm, Sweden}}</ref>

[[File:Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission Public Forum, Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide, 22 May 2015.jpg|thumb|The interior of Bonython Hall, used for graduations, during a forum on nuclear energy|alt=This is a photograph of the interior of Bonython Hall, a venue for graduations and other events, during a public forum on nuclear energy.]]

Bonython Hall, the great hall of the university, was built in 1936 following a donation of over £50,000 from the owner of ''The Advertiser'' newspaper, John Langdon Bonython, who was inspired following his visit to the Great Hall of the University of Sydney.<ref name="Elton Bonython Hall">{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |title=Bonython Hall |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/bonython-hall |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611085054/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/bonython-hall |archive-date=11 June 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU}}</ref> The hall, which is used during graduation ceremonies among other events, was designed by architect Louis Laybourne-Smith based on medieval great halls in a Gothic Revival architecture style inspired by the ancient universities in Europe.<ref name="Elton Bonython Hall" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonython Hall - University of Adelaide |url=https://simonfieldhouse.com/adelaide-architecture/bonython-hall-university-of-adelide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710215504/https://simonfieldhouse.com/adelaide-architecture/bonython-hall-university-of-adelide/ |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Simon Fieldhouse |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

[[File:Bonython Hall, Adelaide by Paul Weston (cropped).jpg|alt=This is a photograph of Bonython Hall, which was inspired by the Great Hall of the University of Sydney and of the ancient universities in Europe.|thumb|Bonython Hall, inspired by the Great Hall of the University of Sydney and ancient universities]]

The institution was the third of its kind on the Australian continent after the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, which then educated solely men.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 July 2024 |title=South Australia - Government, Society, Constitution |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Australia/Government-and-society |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223150840/https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Australia/Government-and-society |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |language=en |publication-place=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Radford |first=Neil |date=2016 |title=University of Sydney |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/university_of_sydney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303184130/https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/university_of_sydney |archive-date=3 March 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The Dictionary of Sydney |publisher=State Library of New South Wales |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Melbourne. (1853-) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/593909 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615031757/https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/593909 |archive-date=15 June 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> The university, which allowed women to study alongside men since its commencement including eligibility for all academic prizes and honours, became the second university in the English-speaking world following the University of London in 1878 to formally admit women on equal terms as men in 1881.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Women's Education">{{Cite web |title=University of Adelaide second in the world and Australia's first to admit women students on equal terms in 1881 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-university-second-in-world-first-in-australia-admits-women-in-1881 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303223758/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-university-second-in-world-first-in-australia-admits-women-in-1881 |archive-date=3 March 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> This was following a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria that year, which allowed for women to be conferred degrees.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /> This has contributed to its long history of achieving notable milestones and firsts for women's rights in higher education.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Women's Education" />

In 1991, it formally opened two additional campuses in Greater Adelaide outside of the city centre.<ref name="Waite Institute Connect" /> These included the Waite and Roseworthy campuses, though the university operated at the Waite site since at least 1924 as the Waite Agricultural Research Institute.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 August 1934 |title=The Waite Agricultural Research Institute |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/134258b0 |journal=Nature |language=en-AU |publisher=Springer Nature (which owns "Nature Portfolio") |publication-place=London, United Kingdom |volume=134 |issue=3381 |pages=258–259 |doi=10.1038/134258b0 |bibcode=1934Natur.134R.258. |issn=1476-4687 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603035738/https://www.nature.com/articles/134258b0 |archive-date=3 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="Waite Institute Connect" /> The Roseworthy campus was the former Roseworthy Agricultural College which, although affiliated with the university since 1905, was an independent institution prior to their merger.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Candy |date=October 2008 |title=Roseworthy celebrates 125 years |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/29582/news29585.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717061620/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/29582/news29585.https://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/29582/news29585.html |archive-date=17 July 2021 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Additionally, the university previously operated research facilities across {{Convert|5|ha|acre|abbr=off}} in Thebarton approximately {{Convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the campus until 2020 when it was sold for housing development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlesinger |first=Larry |date=31 May 2016 |title=University of Adelaide offers Thebarton Campus as $20m development site |url=https://www.afr.com/property/residential/university-of-adelaide-offers-thebarton-campus-as-20m-development-site-20160531-gp80vn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729094955/https://www.afr.com/property/residential/university-of-adelaide-offers-thebarton-campus-as-20m-development-site-20160531-gp80vn |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Australian Financial Review |publisher=Nine Entertainment |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2021 |title=Former uni campus at Thebarton to be transformed into residential hub |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/former-uni-campus-at-thebarton-to-be-transformed-into-residential-hub/news-story/a87126df9631af5559b145c810e810cb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518003041/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/west-beaches/former-uni-campus-at-thebarton-to-be-transformed-into-residential-hub/news-story/a87126df9631af5559b145c810e810cb |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Prateek |date=22 August 2016 |title=University of Adelaide divests from Thebarton Campus to fund new medical building |url=https://www.urban.com.au/news/university-of-adelaide-divests-from-thebarton-campus-to-fund-new-medical-building |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729094704/https://www.urban.com.au/news/university-of-adelaide-divests-from-thebarton-campus-to-fund-new-medical-building |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Urban.com.au |publisher=First Chance Group |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> The flames for several summer Olympic Games, among other sporting events, were developed there with the now-called FCT Flames.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spence |first=Andrew |date=6 December 2018 |title=Olympic success sparks boom for Adelaide company |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/business/2018/12/06/olympic-success-sparks-boom-for-adelaide-company |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729100013/https://www.indaily.com.au/business/2018/12/06/olympic-success-sparks-boom-for-adelaide-company |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide industrial firm FCT the designer and builder of torches and cauldrons for Olympics Games since 2000 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-firm-designing-and-building-torches-and-cauldrons-for-the-olympic-games-since-2000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927000621/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-firm-designing-and-building-torches-and-cauldrons-for-the-olympic-games-since-2000 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Projects |url=https://fctflames.com/projects/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507170312/https://fctflames.com/projects/ |archive-date=7 May 2021 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=FCT Flames |publisher=FCT International |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

=== Neighbouring amalgamations === {{See also|Dawkins Revolution}} [[File:Jubilee Exhibition Building 1885.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the now-demolished Jubilee Exhibition Building in 1885.|thumb|The now-demolished Jubilee Exhibition Building in 1885]] The SA School of Art was founded in 1856 by the former Royal South Australian Society of Arts, predating the university which was also established there.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aland |first=Jenny |date=May 2023 |title=FRIENDS SASA 170-YEAR HISTORY BOOK |url=https://thefriendsofsasa.org.au/history-project |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314131316/https://thefriendsofsasa.org.au/history-project |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=Friends of the South Australian School of Art |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History">{{Cite web |title=Our Proud Antecedent History |url=https://unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/antecedent-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202095428/https://unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/antecedent-history/ |archive-date=2 February 2024 |access-date=9 May 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The independent art school, which went through many name changes, resided for most of its history at the Jubilee Exhibition Building which was later transferred to the university in 1929.<ref name="Adelaide AZ School of Art" /><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref name="Adelaide City Heritage 2017" /> It remained on the campus until 1962 when the building was demolished to make way for several university buildings.<ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Jubilee Building">{{Cite web |title=Jubilee building, for 1887 global exhibition attended by twice Adelaide's population, demolished in 1962 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/jubilee-building--home-to-1887-international-exhibition-attended-by-twice-adelaide-s-population--demolished-in-1962 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710234803/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/jubilee-building--home-to-1887-international-exhibition-attended-by-twice-adelaide-s-population--demolished-in-1962 |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jubilee Exhibition Building (1887-1962) |url=https://heritageforthepeople.au/jubilee-exhibition-building-1887-1962/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201034953/https://heritageforthepeople.au/jubilee-exhibition-building-1887-1962/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=Heritage For The People |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The Jubilee Exhibition Building was also the birthplace of the South Australian Institute of Technology which was established in 1889 as the SA School of Mines and Industries.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Jubilee Building" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ SAIT">{{Cite web |title=School of Mines and Industries starts formal technical education in South Australia from 1889 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/school-of-mines-and-industries-brings-formal-technical-education-to-south-australia-in-1889--later-the-institute-of-technology |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711184514/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/school-of-mines-and-industries-brings-formal-technical-education-to-south-australia-in-1889--later-the-institute-of-technology |archive-date=11 July 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2023 |title=A legacy that helped shape SA |url=https://unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/alumni-news/alumni-connect/2023/issue7/business/a-legacy-that-helped-shape-sa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711183134/https://www.unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/alumni-news/alumni-connect/2023/issue7/business/a-legacy-that-helped-shape-sa/ |archive-date=11 July 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It moved to the neighbouring Brookman Building in 1903, named after the Scottish-born businessman George Brookman who contributed £15,000 towards its construction.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 February 1902 |title=SCHOOL OF MINES. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4928117 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112222958/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4928117 |archive-date=12 November 2022 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=The Advertiser |page=5 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |date=20 May 2021 |title=Brookman Building |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/brookman-building |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229225703/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/brookman-building |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The institution acted ''de facto'' as part of the university while remaining legally distinct.<ref name="SAIT Connect" /><ref name="SAIT" /> The relationship was expanded in 1903 with the two institutions formally agreeing to combine teaching, laboratories and examinations across fields of engineering and sciences.<ref name="SAIT Connect">{{Cite web |title=South Australian School of Mines and Industries |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25616 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301034615/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25616 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="SAIT">{{Cite web |title=SA School of Mines and Industries |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-school-of-mines-and-industries |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514071952/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-school-of-mines-and-industries |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Harvey 2012" /> Despite the university later establishing its own faculty of engineering in 1937, the reciprocal relationship remained intertwined to the University Council and studies completed at the institute were recognised as equivalent studies eligible for credit towards university courses.<ref name="SAIT Connect" /><ref name="SAIT" /><ref name="Edgar 2000">{{Citation |last=Edgar |first=Suzanne |title=Reginald Theodore Kleeman (1901–1979) |date=2000 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=15 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kleeman-reginald-theodore-10757 |access-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203171001/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kleeman-reginald-theodore-10757 |archive-date=3 December 2023 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Engineering Faculty">{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Engineering |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7401 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323201258/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7401 |archive-date=23 March 2023 |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The institution expanded into the site of the former Adelaide Technical High School in 1963, to the regional city of Whyalla in 1962 and to the Adelaide suburb of Mawson Lakes as ''The Levels'' in 1972.<ref name="Adelaide AZ SAIT" /><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref name="Edgar 2000" /> In 1965, it was designated an advanced college which initiated an expansion in the variety of courses available.<ref name="UniSA Milestones">{{Cite web |title=Milestones |url=http://www.unisa.edu.au/about/intro/milestones.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218134712/http://www.unisa.edu.au/about/intro/milestones.asp |archive-date=18 February 2012 |access-date=14 October 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

alt=This map shows the university and the locations of its neighbouring institutions in 1926.|thumb|220x220px|State of the university and its surrounding institutions in 1926

The Adelaide Teachers College, which changed names and shifted locations multiple times throughout its existence, was established in 1876.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref name="Adelaide Teachers College" /> Despite not being located at the university campus until 1900, students from the institution attended university lectures since at least 1878.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref name="Adelaide Teachers College" /> In 1921, it renamed to the Adelaide Teachers College, in line with other interstate teachers colleges.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref name="Adelaide Teachers College" /> Despite offers from the university to take control of the college, which was heavily integrated into the university, the Education Department retained administrative authority throughout its early history.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref name="Adelaide Teachers College">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Teachers College |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/adelaide-teachers-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514071951/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/adelaide-teachers-college |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The Hartley Building, named after former vice-chancellor John Anderson Hartley, was built as its permanent home in 1927.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hartley Building (originally Adelaide Teachers College), The University of Adelaide |url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/hartley-building-originally-adelaide-teachers-college-the-university-of-adelaide-kintore-avenue-adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707210227/https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/hartley-building-originally-adelaide-teachers-college-the-university-of-adelaide-kintore-avenue-adelaide/ |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=Experience Adelaide |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide (Adelaide Economic Development Agency) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide Teachers College" />

alt=This is a photograph of Blue, a theatre performance, during the Adelaide Festival 2024 at the Scott Theatre, now the university's largest lecture hall.|thumb|The Scott Theatre, also part of the former teachers' college, is the largest lecture hall

It continued constructing new buildings such as the Scott Theatre, Madley and Schulz buildings and eventually renamed to the Adelaide College of the Arts and Education.<ref name="Hernen 2020">{{Cite web |last=Hernen |first=Danielle |date=2020 |title=Adelaide Teachers College |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7414 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202181037/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7414 |archive-date=2 December 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Harvey 2012" /> It also established additional teachers colleges in other parts of the city including Magill.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ SACAE">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide and suburban teachers college became colleges of advanced education all merged as South Australian CAE |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-teachers-college-part-of-colleges-of-advanced-education-from-1873-on-university-campus-until-new-university-formed-in-1990s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305030017/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-teachers-college-part-of-colleges-of-advanced-education-from-1873-on-university-campus-until-new-university-formed-in-1990s |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /> Following a series of mergers,<ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sergeant |first=Kate |title=Guides: UniSA Calendars: CAEs (1973-1981) |url=https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/CAEs |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010611/https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/CAEs |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide AZ SACAE" /> the colleges expanded to become advanced colleges which all later amalgamated with the original mother college to become the South Australian College of Advanced Education in 1982.<ref name="Hernen 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 January 1982 |title=South Australian College of Advanced Education Act 1982 |url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/home/historical-numbered-as-made-acts/1985/0001-South-Australian-College-of-Advanced-Education-Act-No-1-of-1982.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628011120/https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/home/historical-numbered-as-made-acts/1985/0001-South-Australian-College-of-Advanced-Education-Act-No-1-of-1982.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=South Australian Legislation |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SA College of Advanced Education |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-college-of-advanced-education |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010611/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-college-of-advanced-education |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The combined institution continued its presence alongside the university as its City campus and maintained joint teaching, facilities and committees.<ref name="Harvey 2012" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=SA College of Advanced Education |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-college-of-advanced-education |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514072010/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/sa-college-of-advanced-education |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="UniSA Awarding Bodies">{{Cite web |title=Parchments, transcripts and AHEGS |url=https://unisa.edu.au/Student-Life/Support-services/Student-administration/parchments-transcripts-and-ahegs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322114144/https://unisa.edu.au/Student-Life/Support-services/Student-administration/parchments-transcripts-and-ahegs/#Antecedent |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Hernen 2020" /> The campus merged with the university in 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sergeant |first=Kate |title=Guides: UniSA Calendars: SACAE (1982-1990) |url=https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/SACAE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708114154/https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/SACAE |archive-date=8 July 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide AZ School of Art">{{Cite web |title=School of Art (from 1856) and Institute of Technology (1889) part of new University of South Australia 1991 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/south-australian-school-of-art--from-1856--and-institute-of-technology--1889--absorbed-with-colleges-into-new-university-in-1991 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003164725/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/south-australian-school-of-art--from-1856--and-institute-of-technology--1889--absorbed-with-colleges-into-new-university-in-1991 |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

alt=This is a photograph of the Spanish Mission Revival-style Hartley Building of the Adelaide Teachers College and its successor the South Australian College of Advanced Education, now part of the university.|thumb|The Hartley Building was the first to be purpose-built for the Adelaide Teachers College

Stronger demand for advanced college places throughout the country resulted from a broadening appeal of higher education beyond the traditionally elite education provided by the universities.<ref name="Wesley 2023">{{Cite web |last=Wesley |first=Michael |date=7 September 2023 |title=Robert Menzies and Australia's Universities |url=https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/institute-news/robert-menzies-and-australias-universitiesnbsppresentation-to-the-robert-menzies-institute-university-of-melbourne7-september-2023nbspmichael-wesley |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419215325/https://www.robertmenziesinstitute.org.au/institute-news/robert-menzies-and-australias-universitiesnbsppresentation-to-the-robert-menzies-institute-university-of-melbourne7-september-2023nbspmichael-wesley |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Robert Menzies Institute |publisher=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, 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|url=https://www.aair.org.au/app/webroot/media/pdf/JIR/Journal%20of%20Institutional%20Research%20in%20Australasia%20and%20JIR/Volume%206,%20No.%202%20September%201997/Skuja.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226124748/https://www.aair.org.au/app/webroot/media/pdf/JIR/Journal%20of%20Institutional%20Research%20in%20Australasia%20and%20JIR/Volume%206,%20No.%202%20September%201997/Skuja.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2017 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Australasian Association for Institutional Research |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> Advanced colleges were originally designed to complement universities, forming a binary system modelled on that of the United Kingdom.<ref name="Skuja 1997" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Meek |first=Vincent Lynn |date=July 1990 |title=The rise and fall of the binary policy of higher education in Australia∗ |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0268093900050309 |journal=Journal of Education Policy |language=en-GB |publisher=Taylor & Francis |publication-place=Abingdon, United Kingdom |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=282–292 |doi=10.1080/0268093900050309 |issn=0268-0939|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Mahony 1994">{{Cite journal |last=Mahony |first=David |date=January 1994 |title=A Comparison of the Australian and British Post Binary Higher Education Systems |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0729436940130107 |journal=Higher Education Research & Development |language=en-GB |publisher=Taylor & Francis |publication-place=Abingdon, United Kingdom |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=71–84 |doi=10.1080/0729436940130107 |issn=0729-4360|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Mahony 1993">{{Cite journal |last=Mahony |first=David |date=1993 |title=The Construction and Challenges of Australia's Post-Binary System of Higher Education |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1050566 |url-status=live |journal=Oxford Review of Education |language=en-GB |publisher=Taylor & Francis |publication-place=Abingdon, United Kingdom |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=465–483 |doi=10.1080/0305498930190404 |jstor=1050566 |issn=0305-4985 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713231753/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1050566 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Beddie 2014">{{Cite web |last=Beddie |first=Francesca |date=25 August 2014 |title=A differentiated model for tertiary education: past ideas, contemporary policy and future possibilities |url=https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-statistics/publications/all-publications/a-differentiated-model-for-tertiary-education-past-ideas,-contemporary-policy-and-future-possibilities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709014919/https://www.ncver.edu.au/research-and-statistics/publications/all-publications/a-differentiated-model-for-tertiary-education-past-ideas,-contemporary-policy-and-future-possibilities |archive-date=9 July 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=National Centre for Vocational Education Research |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was originally created by the Menzies government following World War II on the advice of a committee led by physicist Leslie H. Martin, during a period of high population growth and corresponding demand for secondary and tertiary education.<ref name="Wesley 2023" /><ref name="Beddie 2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 1965 |title=SPEECH BY RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES, K.T., C.H., Q.C., M.P., ON TERTIARY EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA |url=https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00001081_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713235320/https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00001081_0.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=PM Transcripts |publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref><ref name="Abbott 2003">{{Cite web |last1=Abbott |first1=Malcolm |last2=Doucouliagos |first2=Chris |date=July 2003 |title=The changing structure of higher education in Australia, 1949-2003 |url=https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/402594/swp2003_07.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526085402/https://www.deakin.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/402594/swp2003_07.pdf |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=Deakin University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> This sector ceased to exist when, between 1989 and 1992, the Hawke-Keating government implemented the sweeping reforms of Education Minister John Dawkins that dismantled the binary system.<ref name="Skuja 1997" /><ref name="Beddie 2014" /><ref name="Department of Education 2023">{{Cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=2022 Section 1 Commencing students |url=https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-statistics/resources/2022-section-1-commencing-students |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711014218/https://www.education.gov.au/higher-education-statistics/resources/2022-section-1-commencing-students |archive-date=11 July 2024 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=Department of Education |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> The states, eager for increased education funding, merged the colleges either with existing universities or with each other to form new universities.<ref name="Skuja 1997" /><ref name="Mahony 1994" /><ref name="Mahony 1993" /><ref name="Beddie 2014" /><ref name="Abbott 2003" /><ref name="AVCC 2004">{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=Australian Higher Education Institutions as at 4 November 2004 |url=http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/universities/AustralianHEMerges-Amalgamations.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110170536/http://www.avcc.edu.au/documents/universities/AustralianHEMerges-Amalgamations.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2006 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=13 July 2024 |website=Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee (later Universities Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> Following its expansion and increasing autonomy from the university, the South Australian Institute of Technology was given the option to merge with either TAFE South Australia or the South Australian College of Advanced Education.<ref name="Adelaide AZ School of Art" /><ref name="SAIT Connect" /><ref name="SAIT" /> It chose to merge with the latter advanced college resulting in the establishment of the University of South Australia, which continues to remain neighbours with the university.<ref name="Adelaide AZ School of Art" /><ref name="AVCC 2004" /><ref name="UniSA City East" />

=== Ongoing merger with the University of South Australia === {{see also|Adelaide University|University of South Australia}} [[File:Brookman Building on North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia (cropped).jpg|thumb|The University of South Australia's Brookman Building located next to Bonython Hall|alt=This is a photograph of the Brookman Building of the University of South Australia through which both universities have had an intertwined history.]]

The University of South Australia is the state's third public university, a continuation of the former South Australian Institute of Technology that merged with most of the remaining SACAE, and maintained their presence next to the University of Adelaide, in the suburbs of Mawson Lakes and Magill and in the regional city of Whyalla.<ref name="Sumerling 2006" /><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref name="Mackinnon 2016">{{Cite book |last=Mackinnon |first=Alison |title=A New Kid on the Block: the University of South Australia in the Unified National System |date=July 2016 |publisher=Melbourne University Publishing (The University of Melbourne) |isbn=9780522870572 |location=Melbourne, Victoria |language=en-AU }}</ref> Its expansion over the next few decades, including to sites on the west end of North Terrace, and broadening fields of studies contributed to its status as the state's largest university by student population.<ref name="Sumerling 2006" /><ref name="Mackinnon 2016" /> It also became the second-largest university nationally by number of online students, either in the state or from other parts of the country, and expanded to Mount Gambier in 2005.<ref name="Department of Education 2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Watkinson |first1=Julie |last2=Ellis |first2=Bronwyn Joan |last3=Sawyer |first3=Janet |date=October 2010 |title=Collaborative development of a university presence in regional South Australia |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228743416 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820191757/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228743416_Collaborative_development_of_a_university_presence_in_regional_South_Australia |archive-date=20 August 2024 |access-date=20 August 2024 |website=ResearchGate |language=en-AU |publication-place=Berlin, Germany}}</ref>

In June 2018, the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia began discussions regarding the possibility of a merger. The proposition was dubbed a "super uni" by then South Australian premier, Steven Marshall, and Simon Birmingham,<ref>{{cite news |last=Griffiths |first=Luke |date=19 June 2018 |title=South Australian universities in merger talks |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/south-australian-universities-in-merger-talks/news-story/cdaaba662218904f4e856ee48e32ca27?nk=b12ecadd9292107e802d5324e80aa7c9-1529400560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121134116/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/south-australian-universities-in-merger-talks/news-story/cdaaba662218904f4e856ee48e32ca27?nk=b12ecadd9292107e802d5324e80aa7c9-1529400560 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=The Australian |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 2018 |title=University of Adelaide and UniSA to explore potential merger to create new institution |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-19/sa-universities-to-discuss-potential-merger/9885996 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619072551/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-19/sa-universities-to-discuss-potential-merger/9885996 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |access-date=19 June 2018 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2018 |title=Adelaide Uni and UniSA in merger talks |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-university-and-unisa-to-officially-explore-merging-their-institutions/news-story/f0103cfe4e3e08a91c4fafd7246c9a47 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> but the merger was called off in October 2018 by the University of South Australia, which was less keen.<ref name="ABC News 2018">{{Cite news |date=23 October 2018 |title=South Australian universities decide against merger |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-23/unisa-and-adelaide-university-decide-against-merger/10418520 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025152513/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-23/unisa-and-adelaide-university-decide-against-merger/10418520 |archive-date=25 October 2018 |access-date=24 October 2018 |work=ABC News |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Siebert 2021" /> Vice-chancellor David Lloyd, in an email to University of South Australia staff, claimed that the amalgamation lacked a compelling case. This statement was contradicted by the University of Adelaide's chancellor who said that the merger continues to be in the state's best interests and a spokesperson for the university added that it was still open to future talks.<ref name="Siebert 2020">{{Cite news |last=Siebert |first=Bension |date=31 October 2020 |title=Labor promises commission on merging South Australia's three top universities |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-31/sa-labor-election-promise-university-merger-commission/12834964 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125210848/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-31/sa-labor-election-promise-university-merger-commission/12834964 |archive-date=25 January 2024 |access-date=9 July 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Richards 2022" /><ref name="Siebert 2021" /> Following the release of several internal FOI documents retrieved by ''ABC News'', it was later revealed that the merger talks failed due to disagreements on the post-merger institution's leadership structure.<ref name="Siebert 2021" /> The name ''Adelaide University of South Australia'' was agreed upon by both universities and Chris Schacht, who previously served on the University of Adelaide Council, alleged that the merger talks failed due to disagreement on which vice-chancellor would replace the other following their amalgamation.<ref name="Siebert 2021">{{Cite news |last=Siebert |first=Bension |date=20 January 2021 |title=University of Adelaide texts, emails reveal backstory to merger breakdown |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-21/documents-shed-light-on-university-of-adelaide-sa-failed-merger/12960276 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205131614/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-21/documents-shed-light-on-university-of-adelaide-sa-failed-merger/12960276 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

In early 2022, the topic of a merger was raised again by the new state government led by premier Peter Malinauskas, which proposed setting up an independent commission to investigate the possibility of a merger between the state's three public universities should they decline.<ref name="Siebert 2020" /><ref name="Kelsall 2023 Headlock">{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=27 June 2023 |title='The government has them in a headlock': Uni merger decision imminent |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/27/the-government-has-them-in-a-headlock-uni-merger-decision-imminent |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630070912/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/27/the-government-has-them-in-a-headlock-uni-merger-decision-imminent |archive-date=30 June 2023 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> He had made an election promise to take a heavy-handed approach towards the merger to reduce students departing to higher-ranking institutions on the east coast and to improve the state's ability to attract international students and researchers.<ref name="Kelsall 2023 Headlock" /><ref name="Siebert 2020" /> At the time, staff's opinions were evenly divided on the idea of the commission.<ref name="Richards 2022">{{cite web |last=Richards |first=Stephanie |date=3 June 2022 |title=Uni staff divided over latest merger push |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/06/03/uni-staff-divided-over-latest-merger-push/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605121721/https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/06/03/uni-staff-divided-over-latest-merger-push/ |archive-date=5 June 2022 |access-date=5 June 2022 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Following the appointment of merger advocate Peter Høj as University of Adelaide vice-chancellor, both universities announced that a merger would once again be considered.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Jemma |date=3 June 2022 |title=Uni staff divided over latest merger push |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2022/06/03/uni-staff-divided-over-latest-merger-push |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629074105/https://indaily.com.au/news/2022/06/03/uni-staff-divided-over-latest-merger-push/ |archive-date=29 June 2023 |access-date=9 July 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="ABC News 2022" /> The universities began a feasibility study into a potential merger at the end of the year.<ref name="ABC News 2022">{{Cite news |date=7 December 2022 |title=University of Adelaide and UniSA revive merger talks, with single uni pitched for 2026 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/universities-of-adelaide-and-south-australia-move-to-merge/101746396 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505153915/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-07/universities-of-adelaide-and-south-australia-move-to-merge/101746396 |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=ABC News |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref> The invitation to merger negotiations was rejected by Flinders University, the state's third public university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Stephanie |date=8 December 2022 |title=Flinders Uni 'rejected invitation' to merge with Adelaide Uni/UniSA |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2022/12/08/flinders-uni-rejected-invitation-to-merge-with-adelaide-uni-unisa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401013212/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2022/12/08/flinders-uni-rejected-invitation-to-merge-with-adelaide-uni-unisa |archive-date=1 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

[[File:Growing Universities.jpg|thumb|The University of Adelaide (right) is set to merge with the University of South Australia (left) by 1 January 2026|alt=This is a photograph of two neighbouring buildings, each belonging to the University of South Australia and the University of Adelaide respectively.]]

The agreement for the merger was reached on 1 July 2023 by the two universities, which then accounted for approximately two-thirds of the state's public university population, in consultation with the South Australian Government.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement">{{Cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Stephanie |last2=Boscaini |first2=Joshua |last3=Kagi |first3=Jacob |date=1 July 2023 |title=University of South Australia and University of Adelaide reach agreement to merge |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/sa-adelaide-university-merger-deal/102547600 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308064913/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/sa-adelaide-university-merger-deal/102547600 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Stephanie |last2=Lim |first2=Josephine |last3=Clarke |first3=Bernadette |date=16 August 2023 |title=University merger delay could come at $250 million cost, but impact on jobs unclear |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/adelaide-university-merger-delay-could-cost-millions/102730508 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240220223808/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-16/adelaide-university-merger-delay-could-cost-millions/102730508 |archive-date=20 February 2024 |access-date=26 March 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2024 |title=2023 Pocket Statistics |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/planning/ua/media/1614/pocket-stats-2024_web.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701145118/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/planning/ua/media/1614/pocket-stats-2024_web.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=2023 Annual Review |url=https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/about-unisa/docs/unisa-annual-review-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240901125742/https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/about-unisa/docs/unisa-annual-review-2023.pdf |archive-date=1 September 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=University of South Australia |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 June 2023 |title=2023 Annual Report |url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/about/annual-reports/2023-annual-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919145642/https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/about/annual-reports/2023-annual-report.pdf |archive-date=19 September 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=Flinders University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The rationale for the amalgamation was a larger institutional scale may be needed in order to increase the universities' ranking positions, ability to secure future research income and a net positive impact on the state economy.<ref name="McClaren 2023">{{Cite news |last=McClaren |first=Rory |date=18 August 2023 |title=The unis might be in unison, but is the SA merger deal a unicorn? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-19/debate-over-south-australia-adelaide-university-merger/102747032 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410154632/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-19/debate-over-south-australia-adelaide-university-merger/102747032 |archive-date=10 April 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Sydney, New South Wales |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2023 |title=Report of the Joint Committee on the Establishment of Adelaide University |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/siteassets/docs/report-of-the-joint-committee-on-the-establishment-of-adelaide-university.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426070938/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/siteassets/docs/report-of-the-joint-committee-on-the-establishment-of-adelaide-university.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 May 2024 |publisher=Parliament of South Australia |language=en-AU }}</ref> The two universities argued that by combining their expertise, resources and finances into a single institution, they can be more financially viable, with stronger teaching and research outcomes.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Deal" /> Support for the merger among existing staff were mixed, with a National Tertiary Education Union SA survey showing that only a quarter were in favour of the amalgamation.<ref name="Kelsall 2023 Staff Reactions">{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=16 June 2023 |title=Uni staff fears over merger impact on education and research |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/16/uni-staff-fears-over-merger-impact-on-education-and-research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811235248/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/16/uni-staff-fears-over-merger-impact-on-education-and-research |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement" /> Warren Bebbington, who previously served as vice-chancellor at the University of Adelaide, described the proposed institution as a "lumbering dinosaur" in reference to its timing during an ongoing federal review of the higher education sector.<ref name="McClaren 2023" /> Vice-chancellor Colin Stirling described plans to provide the new institution with {{AUD|300 million}} in research funding and scholarships as "unfair" to students who choose to study at Flinders University.<ref name="McClaren 2023" /> The combined figure was later revised to {{AUD|464.5 million}} to include land purchases, with an additional {{AUD|40 million}} research fund set up for Flinders University.<ref name="InDaily 2023" />

[[File:Murray House, UniSA.JPG|alt=This is a photograph of the Murray House on the Magill site, one of two University of South Australia campuses where land will be sold for housing and commercial development.|thumb|The Magill campus is one of two UniSA campuses where land will be sold for development]]

In November 2023, legislation passed state parliament enabling the creation of the new university to be named ''Adelaide University'', previously a colloquial name used by the University of Adelaide.<ref name="InDaily 2023">{{cite web |date=16 November 2023 |title=University merger legislation clears parliament |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/11/16/university-merger-legislation-clears-parliament |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326085055/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2023/11/16/university-merger-legislation-clears-parliament |archive-date=26 March 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Colloqual Name">{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?keyword=%22Adelaide+University%22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714011736/https://trove.nla.gov.au/search?keyword=%22Adelaide+University%22 |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> An application for self-accreditation authority was submitted to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) on 15 January 2024, which was needed for the institution to offer courses that issue qualifications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TEQSA application submitted |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/staff/news/news/list/2024/02/02/teqsa-application-submitted |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507020825/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/staff/news/news/list/2024/02/02/teqsa-application-submitted |archive-date=7 May 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2022 |title=Application Guide for Self-Accrediting Authority |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/saa-application-guide-2022-v0-6.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320212437/https://www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/default/files/saa-application-guide-2022-v0-6.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> Following approval on 22 May 2024, students starting studies at the pre-merger institutions from 2025 onwards will be issued degree certificates from Adelaide University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Adelaide University |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/adelaide-university |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625164250/https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/adelaide-university |archive-date=25 June 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024 |website=Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref name="Merger FAQs">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=FAQs |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506194851/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/#students |archive-date=6 May 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=Adelaide University |language=en-AU}}</ref> Students enrolled on or prior to 2024 will also be able to opt in adding antecedent institutions' names and logos on their parchments.<ref name="Merger FAQs" /> The combined institution is expected to become operational by January 2026, with an additional transitional period extending to 2034.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Deal">{{Cite news |last1=Richards |first1=Stephanie |last2=Boscaini |first2=Joshua |last3=Kagi |first3=Jacob |date=1 July 2023 |title=University merger deal reached to create one of Australia's largest education institutions |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/sa-adelaide-university-merger-deal/102547600 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308064913/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-02/sa-adelaide-university-merger-deal/102547600 |archive-date=8 March 2024 |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2024 |title=Our Strategic Ambition and Direction 2024-2034 |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/siteassets/docs/au-strategic-ambition-and-direction-2024-34.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508183254/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/siteassets/docs/au-strategic-ambition-and-direction-2024-34.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=Adelaide University |language=en-AU }}</ref> It is projected to have 70,000 students at launch, with one-in-four students being international students, and contribute approximately {{AUD|4.7 billion}} to the Australian economy annually.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2024 |title=Turning to the future: Adelaide University will bring about much change |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/sponsored-content/2024/10/15/turning-to-the-future-adelaide-university-will-bring-about-much-change |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The amalgamation has been subject to mixed reactions.

==Campuses and buildings==

===Adelaide=== thumb|220x220px|The Mitchell Building, formerly the University Building, is the oldest building on campus|alt=This is a photograph of the Mitchell Building, formerly the University Building, which is the oldest building on campus.

The primary campus of the university is located on North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre, one of four terraces bounding the inner city's central business district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2017 |title=Capital City Policy Review (Design Quality) Development Plan Amendment |url=https://plan.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/856818/Capital_City_Policy_Review_Design_Quality_DPA_-_approval.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411152047/https://plan.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/856818/Capital_City_Policy_Review_Design_Quality_DPA_-_approval.PDF |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide via PlanSA |publisher=Government of South Australia (Department of Housing and Urban Development) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is co-located on its west with the historical Royal South Australian Society of Arts which included the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Baker |first1=David |last2=Dutkiewicz |first2=Adam |date=9 September 2020 |title=Royal South Australian Society of Arts: A Brief History |url=https://rsasarts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RSASA-A-Brief-History.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321134011/https://rsasarts.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RSASA-A-Brief-History.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Royal South Australian Society of Arts |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Built in the Gothic Revival architecture style in 1882, the Mitchell Building is the oldest building on the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |title=Mitchell Building |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/mitchell-building/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717045620/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/mitchell-building/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was called the University Building until 1961 when it was renamed after William Mitchell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mitchell Building |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/mitchell-building |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520084816/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/mitchell-building |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The Barr Smith Library is the main library on the site and is notable for its large reading room.<ref name="Libraries" /><ref name="Francis 2023" /> On the western border, the campus is planned to merge with the neighbouring ''City East'' campus of the University of South Australia and the ''City West'' campus on the west end of the terrace to form the combined ''Adelaide City'' campus following the merger.<ref name="UniSA City East">{{Cite web |title=City East Campus |url=https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/campus-facilities/maps/city-east-campus-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507095448/https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/campus-facilities/maps/city-east-campus-map.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=City West Campus |url=https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/campus-facilities/maps/city-west-campus-and-access-map.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507095452/https://unisa.edu.au/siteassets/campus-facilities/maps/city-west-campus-and-access-map.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide City Campus |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/why-adelaide/campuses/adelaide-city-campus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715103947/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/why-adelaide/campuses/adelaide-city-campus/ |archive-date=15 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

[[File:Elder Conservatorium.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the Elder Hall, a venue for concerts and events with a statue of early benefactor Thomas Elder in front.|thumb|Elder Hall, named after early donor Thomas Elder, integrates freestone from Mount Gambier]]

Bonython Hall, the great hall used during graduation ceremonies, is a prominent building facing the terrace.<ref name="Elton Bonython Hall" /> The hall takes inspiration from the Great Hall of the University of Sydney and is also constructed in the Gothic Revival architecture style to resemble the medieval halls used by the ancient universities in Europe.<ref name="Elton Bonython Hall" /> In between it and the Mitchell Building, which both face the terrace, is the Elder Hall which is its oldest great hall.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elder Hall |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7320 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815210034/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7320 |archive-date=15 August 2024 |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is a large concert hall that is used by the Elder Conservatorium of Music among others and, along with Bonython Hall, both feature large organs.<ref name="Elder Concert Series" /><ref name="Elton Elder Hall" />[[File:Adelaide (AU), Barr Smith Library -- 2019 -- 0677.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the Barr Smith Library.|thumb|The Barr Smith Library on the main Adelaide campus]]

The university also has other venues including the Scott Theatre, Little Theatre and the College Green. The Scott Theatre is the largest lecture theatre on site and is often hired out for performances of various kinds such as the Adelaide Fringe events.<ref name="Scott Theatre Connect">{{Cite web |title=Scott Theatre |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7369 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722141224/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7369 |archive-date=22 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Theatre mixes Adelaide University lectures with music, dance and theatre performances |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/scott-theatre-mixes-adelaide-university-lectures-with-music--dance-and-theatre-performances |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305100958/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/scott-theatre-mixes-adelaide-university-lectures-with-music--dance-and-theatre-performances |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Theatre at The University of Adelaide |url=https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/venues/space-8b5be012-2280-4c61-9ee6-263ce6c75dec |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310232221/https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/venues/space-8b5be012-2280-4c61-9ee6-263ce6c75dec |archive-date=10 March 2023 |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=Adelaide Fringe |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It features two revolving stages and a seating capacity of 635 people.<ref name="Scott Theatre Connect" /> The Little Theatre is located in the Cloisters and is primarily used for dramatic performances by the Theatre Guild.<ref>{{cite web |title=Little Theatre |url=https://www.onlyadelaide.com.au/little-theatre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323154821/https://www.onlyadelaide.com.au/little-theatre |archive-date=23 March 2024 |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=OnlyAdelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The 1970s Little Theatre at Adelaide University and a Parks theatre in Angle Park share style via Ralph Middenway |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/little-theatre-at-adelaide-university-and-a-theatre-at-parks-centre--in-northwest-angle-park-share-similar-style-via-ralph-middenway |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223044504/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/little-theatre-at-adelaide-university-and-a-theatre-at-parks-centre--in-northwest-angle-park-share-similar-style-via-ralph-middenway |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Theatre Guild |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707105357/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/ |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The College Green stretches from the Cloisters across the lawns down to Victoria Drive, next to the River Torrens.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /><ref name="Von Einem 2020">{{cite web |last=Von Einem |first=Johnny |date=22 October 2020 |title=The College Green is turning the University of Adelaide's Cloisters into 'Adelaide's biggest beer garden' |url=http://citymag.indaily.com.au/habits/plate-and-cup/the-college-green-is-turning-the-university-of-adelaides-cloisters-into-adelaides-biggest-beer-garden/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205135724/https://citymag.indaily.com.au/habits/plate-and-cup/the-college-green-is-turning-the-university-of-adelaides-cloisters-into-adelaides-biggest-beer-garden/ |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=CityMag |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It hosts various social events throughout the year including parties, live bands, DJs and open-air cinema among others.<ref name="Von Einem 2020" /><ref name="Broadsheet" /><ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2020 |title=UniBar, Cloisters & Lawns at Adelaide Uni to host the most epic party series all summer long |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/unibar-cloisters-lawns-at-adelaide-uni-to-host-the-most-epic-party-series-all-summer-long/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205032911/https://glamadelaide.com.au/unibar-cloisters-lawns-at-adelaide-uni-to-host-the-most-epic-party-series-all-summer-long/ |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was created in response to the impact of social distancing restrictions owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, which hit many live music venues.<ref name="Broadsheet">{{cite web |title=College Green |url=https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/event/college-green-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226103409/https://www.broadsheet.com.au/adelaide/event/college-green-2020 |archive-date=26 December 2020 |access-date=26 December 2020 |website=Broadsheet |publisher=Broadsheet Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

The Napier and Ligertwood Buildings were built following the demolition of the Jubilee Exhibition Building in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |date=14 July 2024 |title=Exhibition Building and Grounds |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/exhibition-building-and-grounds,%20/places/exhibition-building-and-grounds |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814180124/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/exhibition-building-and-grounds |archive-date=14 August 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide City Heritage 2017">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=31 August 2017 |title=Remembering the Jubilee Exhibition Building |url=https://www.adelaideheritage.net.au/remembering-the-jubilee-exhibition-building/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717045617/https://www.adelaideheritage.net.au/remembering-the-jubilee-exhibition-building/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide City Heritage |publisher=National Trust of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> They are named after Mellis Napier and George Ligertwood who were both former chancellors.<ref>{{Citation |last=Howell |first=Peter Anthony |title=Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier (1882–1976) |date=2000 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=15 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/napier-sir-thomas-john-mellis-11220 |access-date=17 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708122732/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/napier-sir-thomas-john-mellis-11220 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Zelling |first=Howard |title=Sir George Coutts Ligertwood (1888–1967) |date=2000 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=15 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ligertwood-sir-george-coutts-10829 |access-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726232038/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ligertwood-sir-george-coutts-10829 |archive-date=26 July 2024 |url-status=live |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref> The Mawson Building (originally Mawson Laboratories)<ref>{{cite web | title=Mawson Laboratories at Adelaide North Terrace | website=StudentVIP | url=https://studentvip.com.au/adelaide-uni/north-terrace/maps/121210 | access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> was named after geologist and Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, who taught at the university from 1905 (professor from 1921) until his retirement in 1952. The building was completed in 1953.<ref>{{cite web | title=Earth Sciences History | website=School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences | date=21 February 1948 | url=https://set.adelaide.edu.au/physics-chemistry-earth-sciences/history/earth-sciences#proposal | access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> The Tate Museum, which houses the Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research (founded 1959),<ref name=60th>{{cite web | title=60-year anniversary of Douglas Mawson Antarctic Collection | website=Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology | date=29 April 2021 | url=https://set.adelaide.edu.au/news/list/2021/04/29/60-year-anniversary-of-douglas-mawson-antarctic-collection | access-date=22 August 2025}}</ref> and Mawson Geo Centre are located in this building.<ref>{{cite web | title=Home | website=Mawson Geo Centre | date=28 March 2022 | url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/mawson-geo/ | access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref>

Some other notable buildings include the Ingkarni Wardli Building, Darling Building, Hartley Building, and the Helen Mayo North and South Buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2023 |title=Self-guided tour |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/publications/ua/media/264/tour.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815023228/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/publications/ua/media/264/tour.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /> The {{AUD|100 million}} Braggs Building, named after two Nobel laureates associated with the university, was built in 2013 and features a large number of cross-disciplinary scientific research facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Lauren |date=26 August 2013 |title=University of Adelaide 'braggs' about transdisciplinary facility |url=https://www.labonline.com.au/content/lab-design-fit-out-services/article/university-of-adelaide-lsquo-braggs-rsquo-about-transdisciplinary-facility-355231955 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308112933/https://www.labonline.com.au/content/lab-design-fit-out-services/article/university-of-adelaide-lsquo-braggs-rsquo-about-transdisciplinary-facility-355231955 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Lab + Life Scientist |publisher=Westwick-Farrow |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Braggs Building |url=https://www.hamessharley.com.au/project/the-braggs-building |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323152040/https://www.hamessharley.com.au/project/the-braggs-building |archive-date=23 March 2024 |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=Hames Sharley |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> The Adelaide University Footbridge was constructed in 1937 following a decade of delays during the Great Depression.<ref name="City Explorer Footbridge">{{Cite web |date= |title=University Footbridge |url=https://adelaidecityexplorer.com.au/items/show/247 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027202452/https://adelaidecityexplorer.com.au/items/show/247 |archive-date=27 October 2023 |access-date=27 October 2023 |website=Adelaide City Explorer |publisher=National Trust of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=UNIVERSITY FOOTBRIDGE |url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-university-footbridge.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809120346/https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-university-footbridge.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide 1996 |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The footbridge, which crosses the River Torrens, features cast iron balustrading that is a popular location for love locks.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 1937 |title=UNIVERSITY BRIDGE OVER TORRENS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74334377 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917145149/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74334377 |archive-date=17 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024 |work=The Advertiser |page=18 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=River Torrens Running Loops |url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/docs/map-running-loops.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504015826/https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/docs/map-running-loops.pdf |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Adelaide Park Lands |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="City Explorer Footbridge" />

[[File:UofAdelaide-Cloisters-Aug08.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the Cloisters that form part of the Adelaide University Union redevelopment that connect the Union buildings with the surrounding buildings.|thumb|The Cloisters are a war memorial to University of Adelaide members who served and died during World War I]]

The Adelaide University Union redevelopment, also known as Union Buildings or Union Building Group, was completed in stages between 1967 and 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Building Details |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/build_full.asp?B_ID=396 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423094319/https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/build_full.asp?B_ID=396 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Architects of South Australia |publisher=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It created some of the most significant buildings in the complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Building Group, The University of Adelaide (including the Lady Symon Building, the George Murray Building, the Cloisters, the Western Annexe and the multi-level Union House) |url=http://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/union-building-group-the-university-of-adelaide-including-the-lady-symon-building-the-george-murray-building-the-cloisters-the-western-annexe-and-the-multi-level-union-house-victoria-drive-adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423094318/http://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/union-building-group-the-university-of-adelaide-including-the-lady-symon-building-the-george-murray-building-the-cloisters-the-western-annexe-and-the-multi-level-union-house-victoria-drive-adelaide/ |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Experience Adelaide |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide (Adelaide Economic Development Agency) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Laurence |first=Sarah |date=7 February 2002 |title=ASSESSMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/17619_Research.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409200135/https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/17619_Research.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Enviro Data SA |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The redevelopment was designed by lead architect Robert Dickson and includes a heritage-listed group of buildings including the Union House, the Lady Symon Building named after the wife of Josiah Symon, the George Murray Building, the Cloisters and the Western Annexe.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Architect Details |url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=40 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423094318/https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=40 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Architects of South Australia |publisher=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Union Buildings Heritage 2002">{{cite web |author= |date=25 July 2002 |title=Assessment of heritage value: Union Building Group, Adelaide University |url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-union-building-group.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121212633/https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-union-building-group.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2021 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=18 January 2021 |website=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide |series=File 17619 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref> The earlier Georgian-style buildings were designed by the architects Woods, Bagot, Jory and Laybourne-Smith who also designed Bonython Hall, the Mitchell Gates, the Johnson Laboratories, the Barr Smith Library, and the Benham Laboratories.<ref name="Union Buildings Heritage 2002" /> The Adelaide University Union Cloisters were built in 1929 as a war memorial to the 470 University of Adelaide members who served during World War I, of which 64 had died during the war.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Cloisters |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7332 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707131648/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7332 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Larsen 2016">{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Marie |date=25 April 2016 |title=Building the University of Adelaide War Memorial |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25414 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722063235/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25414 |archive-date=22 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Union Cloisters |url=https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/50018-adelaide-university-union-cloisters |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405014510/https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/conflict/ww1/display/50018-adelaide-university-union-cloisters |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Monument Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> There are three plaques on the site, with the latest added in 2015 to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing.<ref name="Larsen 2016" />

The university also has a presence in the adjacent Lot Fourteen precinct, that is also home to the national headquarters of the Australian Space Agency among other institutions in the fields of science and technology.<ref name="Australian Space Agency">{{Cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.space.gov.au/contact-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504233401/https://www.space.gov.au/contact-us |archive-date=4 May 2024 |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=Australian Space Agency |publisher=Australian Government (Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Lot Fourteen (Old Royal Adelaide Hospital) Innovation Area Development Plan Amendment |url=https://plan.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/856849/Lot_Fourteen_Old_Royal_Adelaide_Hospital_Innovation_Area_DPA_-_approval.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411151548/https://plan.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/856849/Lot_Fourteen_Old_Royal_Adelaide_Hospital_Innovation_Area_DPA_-_approval.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide via PlanSA |publisher=Government of South Australia (Department of Housing and Urban Development) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Directory Archive |url=https://lotfourteen.com.au/directory/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331052414/https://www.lotfourteen.com.au/directory/ |archive-date=31 March 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Lot Fourteen |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It also operates the National Wine Centre further along of the terrace and adjacent to the Adelaide Botanic Garden.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /> On the west end of North Terrace, the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building is surrounded by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the Royal Adelaide Hospital forming part of the Adelaide BioMed City precinct.<ref name="AECOM">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building |url=https://aecom.com/sa/projects/adelaide-health-medical-sciences-building/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204083511/https://aecom.com/sa/projects/adelaide-health-medical-sciences-building/ |archive-date=4 December 2018 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=AECOM |language=en-US |publication-place=Dallas, Texas}}</ref><ref name="Lyons">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences |url=https://www.lyonsarch.com.au/project/adelaide-health-and-medical-sciences/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519102544/https://www.lyonsarch.com.au/project/adelaide-health-and-medical-sciences/ |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Lyons |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> The {{AUD|246 million}} biomedical teaching and research facility was completed in 2017 and is home to various clinical and simulation facilities in the fields of healthcare and medicine.<ref name="AECOM" /><ref name="Lyons" />

===Waite===  thumb|The Waite campus is home to the Waite Research Institute|alt=This is a photograph of the main building at the Waite campus, which is home to the Waite Research Institute.

The Waite campus specialises in agricultural science, viticulture, oenology, plant breeding, food research and biotechnology.<ref name="Waite Research" /> It is located in the suburb of Urrbrae in Adelaide's eastern foothills, adjacent to the Urrbrae Agricultural High School, on {{Convert|184|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of which a large amount was donated through the will of Scottish-born pastoralist Peter Waite.<ref name="South Australian Heritage Council 2013">{{Cite web |date=25 October 2013 |title=Original School Building/Headmaster's Residence, Urrbrae Agricultural High School |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/26306_Research.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409183402/https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/26306_Research.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=South Australian Heritage Council |publisher=Department for Environment and Water (Government of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Gardner 2023">{{Cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=J.A. |last2=Delaporte |first2=K.L. |date=24 March 2023 |title=Waite Arboretum – An enduring gift |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P069_Gardner.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529004833/https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG30P069_Gardner.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Enviro Data SA (Government of South Australia) |publisher=Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Approximately half of the land donated was dedicated for studies in agriculture and the remainder as a public park.<ref name="Gardner 2023" /> The Waite Research Precinct is home to several research centres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The WAITE Research Precinct |url=https://www.businesseventsadelaide.com.au/choose-adelaide/adelaides-innovation-expertise/the-waite-research-precinct/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204005348/https://www.businesseventsadelaide.com.au/choose-adelaide/adelaides-innovation-expertise/the-waite-research-precinct/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Business Events Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The Waite Agricultural Research Institute was established in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Waite Research Institute |url=https://www.thewaite.org/waite-partners/waite-research-institute/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115084433/https://www.thewaite.org/waite-partners/waite-research-institute/ |archive-date=15 January 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Waite Research Precinct |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="About The Waite">{{Cite web |title=About The Waite |url=https://www.thewaite.org/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808102234/https://www.thewaite.org/about/ |archive-date=8 August 2024 |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its first director was Arnold E. V. Richardson.<ref name="Gardner 2023" /> Later renamed to the Waite Research Institute, it produces approximately 70% of Australia's research output in viticulture and oenology and around 80% of cereal varieties used in southern Australia were created there.<ref name="Waite Research" /><ref name="Waite Plant Breeding" /> A Soil Research Centre was founded in 1929 with a donation of £10,000 from Harold Darling of J. Darling and Son, grain merchants.<ref name="The Advertiser 1929" /> In 2004, State Premier Mike Rann opened the A$9.2 million Plant Genomics Centre at the campus.<ref name="Adelaidean 2004" /> In 2010, he opened The Plant Accelerator, a A$30 million research facility which is the largest and most advanced of its kind in the world.<ref name="The University of Adelaide 2010" />

alt=This is a photograph of "The Plant Accelerator" on the Waite campus in Urrbrae, a plant phenotyping facility.|thumb|The Plant Accelerator is a plant phenotyping facility

A number of other organisations are co-located in the precinct including the South Australian Research and Development Institute (or ''SARDI'', part of Primary Industries and Regions SA which is also headquartered at the campus), Australian Grain Technologies, Australian Wine Research Institute and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997 |title=Waite Accompli |url=https://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/49508/Waite_Collocation.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407094359/https://www.pir.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/49508/Waite_Collocation.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2012 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Department of Primary Industries and Regions |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.agtbreeding.com.au/about/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701061251/https://www.agtbreeding.com.au/about/history |archive-date=1 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Australian Grain Technologies |language=en-AU |publication-place=Roseworthy, South Australia}}</ref>

The Urrbrae House built in 1891, now a museum, served as the home of Peter and Matilda Waite who purchased the land with support from Thomas Elder.<ref name="Urrbrae House History">{{Cite web |title=The History |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-historic/urrbrae-house-precinct/the-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209022832/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-historic/urrbrae-house-precinct/the-history |archive-date=9 December 2023 |access-date=20 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its interior & Co is designed by Aldam Heaton & Co, who was also responsible for designing interiors for the Titanic.<ref name="Urrbrae House History" /> The campus is also home to the Waite Arboretum and Conservation Reserve.<ref name="Gardner 2023" /> The Waite Arboretum is a tree museum which is home to over 2,500 tree specimens<ref name="Waite Campus" /> from over 1,000 taxa, many of which are endangered in the wild.<ref name="Waite History Spaces">{{Cite web |title=History and Public Spaces |url=https://www.thewaite.org/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304081437/https://www.thewaite.org/history/ |archive-date=4 March 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Waite Research Precinct |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Gardner 2023" /><ref name="Gardner">{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Jennifer A. |title=The Waite Arboretum – Science, Trees and Technology |url=https://www.foresthistory.org.au/2015_conference_papers/01-Gardner.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316171414/https://www.foresthistory.org.au/2015_conference_papers/01-Gardner.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Australian Forest History Society |language=en-AU}}</ref> The Waite Conservation Reserve, also co-located on the campus, is home to native plants and wildlife.<ref name="Waite History Spaces" /><ref name="Gardner 2023" /><ref name="Friends of Waite Conservation Reserve">{{Cite web |title=Friends of Waite Conservation Reserve |url=https://friendsofwaitereserve.org.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707233631/https://friendsofwaitereserve.org.au/ |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Friends of Waite Conservation Reserve |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

===Roseworthy=== {{Main|Roseworthy College}}

alt=This is a photograph of the main building on the Roseworthy campus which was built in 1883 and now serves as a student hub.|thumb|The Roseworthy College Hall, built in 1884, is a student hub

Located north of the city, the Roseworthy campus comprises {{Convert|16|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of farmland and is a large centre for agricultural research and veterinary sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy Campus |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/roseworthy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801143339/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/roseworthy |archive-date=1 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agricultural Science Research |url=https://set.adelaide.edu.au/agriculture-food-wine/research/agricultural-science |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228070602/https://set.adelaide.edu.au/agriculture-food-wine/research/agricultural-science |archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was the site of the former Roseworthy Agricultural College which was established in 1883 as the first agricultural college in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy Agricultural College |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/roseworthy-agricultural-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514072024/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/university-archives/related-institutions/roseworthy-agricultural-college |archive-date=14 May 2024 |access-date=22 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Elder" /> The Roseworthy College Hall, now the student hub, is the main building on the campus and was built in 1884.<ref name="Roseworthy Hall Connect" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Adelaide Roseworthy Student Hub |url=https://sarah.com.au/projects/roseworthy-student-hub/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523211008/https://sarah.com.au/projects/roseworthy-student-hub/ |archive-date=23 May 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Sarah Constructions |publisher=Sarah Group |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its clock tower features a Swiss precision clock that is synced via GPS with Greenwich Mean Time.<ref name="Roseworthy Hall Connect">{{Cite web |title=Main Building, Roseworthy |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7372 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724014109/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7372 |archive-date=24 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Elder" /> The clock tower was missing a clock for more than 120 years until 2003, when the mechanism was finally added following a donation.<ref name="Roseworthy Hall Connect" /><ref name="Elder" /> The colleges' teaching and research in oenology and viticulture were transferred to the Waite campus, along with the bulk of its work in plant breeding.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Wine Industry Cluster">{{Cite web |title=Wine course move from Roseworthy to Waite campus puts students within Wine Industry Cluster research core |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/wine-course-move-from-roseworthy-to-waite-campus-make-students-part-of-wine-industry-cluster-research-core- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519201928/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/wine-course-move-from-roseworthy-to-waite-campus-make-students-part-of-wine-industry-cluster-research-core- |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Centennial celebration: 100 years of scientific discovery at Waite Campus |url=https://winetitles.com.au/centennial-celebration-100-years-of-scientific-discovery-at-waite-campus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519201928/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/wine-course-move-from-roseworthy-to-waite-campus-make-students-part-of-wine-industry-cluster-research-core- |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Winetitles Media |publisher=Provincial Press Group |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Zeitz |first=Lynette D. |date=2014 |title=The Waite: A Social and Scientific History of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/waite |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716184803/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/press/titles/waite |archive-date=16 July 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |publisher=Barr Smith Press |pages=82–85 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia |doi=10.20851/waite |isbn=9781922064615 |issn=0312-9640}}</ref> Before studies in oenology were transferred to the Waite campus, the college had produced a number of highly regarded and awarded winemakers and wine critics.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Wine Industry Cluster" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bishop |first=Geoffrey C. |title=Australian Winemaking, the Roseworthy Influence: the contribution of Alan R. Hickinbotham and Roseworthy Agricultural College to winemaking in Australia [1879-1970] |publisher=Investigator Press |year=1980 |isbn=9780859640404 |location=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU }}</ref>

alt=This is a photograph of the Roseworthy Memorial Chapel, which was built to memorialise fallen soldiers from the college.|thumb|The Roseworthy Memorial Chapel was built to memorialise fallen soldiers from the college

Following the merger, the campus expanded its focus in dryland agriculture, natural resource management and animal production by the mid-1990s.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Roseworthy College">{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy, Australia's first agricultural college in 1883, grows from viticulture to veterinary science |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/roseworthy--australia-s-first-agricultural-college-from-1883--starts-the-tradition-of-research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506040300/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/roseworthy--australia-s-first-agricultural-college-from-1883--starts-the-tradition-of-research |archive-date=6 May 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The campus is also now home to South Australia's first veterinary science training program, which commenced in 2008.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Roseworthy College" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=VETERINARY SCIENCE PROJECT |url=https://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/SAHAStaCPW/2008/12.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804154329/https://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/SAHAStaCPW/2008/12.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute |publisher=Parliament of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The Veterinary Science Centre houses teaching facilities including a surgical skills suite, a public veterinary clinic offering general practice as well as emergency and specialist veterinary services for pet animals.<ref name="Veterinary Hospital">{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy Veterinary Hospital |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/vet/roseworthy-veterinary-hospital |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407063100/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/vet/roseworthy-veterinary-hospital |archive-date=7 April 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> There are also specialised pathology laboratories at the centre for teaching, research and diagnostics.<ref name="Veterinary Hospital" /> In 2013, the veterinary science facilities were expanded with the opening of the Equine Health and Performance Centre, a specialised facility for equine surgery, internal medicine, sports medicine and reproduction.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Roseworthy College" />

The Memorial Chapel is a notable building on the Roseworthy campus.<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect">{{Cite web |title=Memorial Chapel |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25421 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723124617/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25421 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Elder">{{Cite web |last=Elder |first=Bruce |title=Roseworthy, SA |url=https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/roseworthy-sa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518231825/https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/roseworthy-sa |archive-date=18 May 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Aussie Towns |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> It was built in 1955 to memorialise students from the former college who died during World War I, World War II and the Boer Wars.<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect" /><ref name="Elder" /><ref name="Memorial Hall Heritage Survey 2004">{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=Heritage Survey of the Light Regional Council |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/heritage-surveys/2-Light-Regional-Survey-Vol-2-Pt-C-2004.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405161241/https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/heritage-surveys/2-Light-Regional-Survey-Vol-2-Pt-C-2004.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Enviro Data SA (Government of South Australia) |publisher=McDougall & Vines |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The entrance features a limestone statue of a young soldier "discarding his uniform in readiness to return to the land".<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect" /> The organ of the chapel was donated by the mother of a student that died in New Guinea during World War II.<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect" /> There is a time capsule from 1976 located near the chapel.<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect" /> It is expected to be opened in 2026.<ref name="Memorial Chapel Connect" />

In 2021, the {{AUD|7 million}} Roseworthy Solar and Energy Storage Project was opened on the campus. It included a solar farm with an output of 1.2MW with a 420/1200kWh hybrid battery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=David |date=20 May 2021 |title=Roseworthy solar farm looms as high achiever for Adelaide university |url=https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/05/20/roseworthy-solar-farm-looms-as-high-achiever-for-adelaide-university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401193955/https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2021/05/20/roseworthy-solar-farm-looms-as-high-achiever-for-adelaide-university/ |archive-date=1 April 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=pv magazine Australia |publisher=pv magazine |language=en-AU |publication-place=Berlin, Germany}}</ref> Its 3,200 solar panels are estimated to produce 42% of the campus' energy requirements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradbrook |first=Sam |date=21 August 2019 |title=Roseworthy solar farm project begins |url=https://www.bunyippress.com.au/news/page/roseworthy-solar-farm-project-begins |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710185811/https://www.bunyippress.com.au/news/roseworthy-solar-farm-project-begins |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The Bunyip |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==Governance and structure== [[File:Bonython Hall detail, University of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia (5103643265).jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the entrance to Bonython Hall, the great hall of the university and venue for graduation ceremonies.|thumb|Entrance to Bonython Hall, a great hall of the university, and venue for graduation events]]

=== Faculties and departments === Research and teaching is organised into three faculties, each of which contains a number of constituent schools, departments and institutes.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Academic Faculties |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/about/leadership-structure/faculties-divisions/academic-faculties |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218161151/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/about/leadership-structure/faculties-divisions/academic-faculties |archive-date=18 February 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |publisher= |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The current faculties at the university were developed over a series of mergers,<ref name="Harvey 2012" /><ref name="Engineering Faculty" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Medicine |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7389 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707212641/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7389 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=24 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> the latest of which were in 2022 following a merger between the Arts and Professions faculties and the Faculty of Sciences into the Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Stephanie |date=24 August 2021 |title=Adelaide Uni Council votes for faculty mergers |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2021/08/24/adelaide-uni-council-votes-for-faculty-mergers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926063448/https://indaily.com.au/news/2021/08/24/adelaide-uni-council-votes-for-faculty-mergers/ |archive-date=26 September 2021 |access-date=2 September 2022 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The establishment of faculties and academic departments is formally the responsibility of the University Council.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2017 |title=Statutes of the University |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/233?dsn=policy.document;field=data;id=227;m=view |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204071804/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/233?dsn=policy.document;field=data;id=227;m=view |archive-date=4 December 2022 |access-date=1 July 2022 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

{{Collapsible list | title = Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences|Adelaide Dental School|Adelaide Medical School|Adelaide Nursing School|Adelaide Rural Clinical School|School of Allied Health Science and Practice|School of Biomedicine|School of Psychology|School of Public Health }} {{Collapsible list | title = Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology|School of Agriculture, Food and Wine|School of Architecture and Civil Engineering|School of Biological Sciences|School of Chemical Engineering|School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences|School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering|School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences|School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences }} {{Collapsible list | title = Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics|Adelaide Business School|Adelaide Law School|Elder Conservatorium of Music|School of Economics and Public Policy|School of Education|School of Humanities|School of Social Sciences| }}

[[File:Catherine Branson 2011.jpeg|thumb|Catherine Branson at a ceremony to present the 2010 Human Rights Medal to Therese Rein prior to her chancellorship|alt=This is a photograph of Catherine Branson at a ceremony to present the 2010 Human Rights Medal to Therese Rein before her chancellorship at the University of Adelaide.]]

=== University Council === The main governing body of the institution is its Council.<ref name="University Act 1971" /> It is the executive committee responsible for managing operations, setting policies and appointing the chancellor and vice-chancellor.<ref name="University Act 1971" /> The Council comprises the chancellor, vice-chancellor, a member of the academic staff, a member of the professional staff, an undergraduate student, a postgraduate student, at least one member with a commercial background, two members with prior experience in financial management and other members appointed by the selection committee.<ref name="University Act 1971" /> The selection committee, which comprises the chancellor and six other appointed members, can appoint members to the Council to serve for between 2 and 4 years.<ref name="University Act 1971" /> This excludes elected staff and student members, which have a term limit of 2 years.<ref name="University Act 1971" />

==== Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor ==== The chancellor of the university was a limitless term position that was mainly ceremonial and was held for the final time by former Federal Court judge Catherine Branson (who succeeded Kevin Scarce following his retirement in May 2020).<ref name="Marsh 2020">{{Cite web |last=Marsh |first=Walter |date=15 July 2020 |title=University of Adelaide names new Chancellor |url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/latest/news/2020/07/15/university-of-adelaide-names-new-chancellor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315121940/https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/latest/news/2020/07/15/university-of-adelaide-names-new-chancellor/ |archive-date=15 March 2023 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The Adelaide Review |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=McGuire |first1=Michael |last2=Bond |first2=Caleb |date=5 May 2020 |title=Adelaide Uni breaks silence on leaders' departure |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/education/tertiary/former-south-australian-governor-kevin-scarce-quits-adelaide-uni-post-six-months-early/news-story/a8c89f185bc75d95c0620885f79cff37s-story/a8c89f185bc75d95c0620885f79cff37 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320175247/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/education/tertiary/former-south-australian-governor-kevin-scarce-quits-adelaide-uni-post-six-months-early/news-story/a8c89f185bc75d95c0620885f79cff37 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Branson was appointed by the University Council.<ref name="Marsh 2020" /> The 24th and final vice-chancellor was Danish biochemist Peter Høj, who began his role in February 2021 following similar roles at the University of South Australia and the University of Queensland.<ref name="2021 Vice Chancellor">{{Cite web |title=Professor Peter Høj |url=https://www.ipgroupanz.com/about-us/our-people/steeringgroup/peter-hoj |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804150847/https://www.ipgroupanz.com/about-us/our-people/steeringgroup/peter-hoj |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=IP Group |language=en |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref> While the chancellor's office was ceremonial, the vice-chancellor served as the university's de facto principal administrative officer.<ref name="University Act 1971">{{Cite web |date=1 July 2021 |title=University of Adelaide Act 1971 |url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/__legislation/lz/c/a/university%20of%20adelaide%20act%201971/current/1971.41.auth.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128124618/https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/__legislation/lz/c/a/university%20of%20adelaide%20act%201971/current/1971.41.auth.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=South Australian Legislation |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The university's internal governance was carried out by the University Council formed through the University of Adelaide Act 1971.<ref name="University Act 1971" /> The legislation, which superseded the Adelaide University Act 1874, was repealed due to the introduction of the Adelaide University Act 2023.<ref name="University Act 1874">{{Cite web |date=1874 |title=Adelaide University Act 1874 |url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/home/historical-numbered-as-made-acts/1874/0020-Adelaide-University-Act-No-20-of-37-and-38-Vic,-1874.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707202837/https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/home/historical-numbered-as-made-acts/1874/0020-Adelaide-University-Act-No-20-of-37-and-38-Vic,-1874.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=South Australian Legislation |publisher=Parliament of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=Adelaide University Act 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/__legislation/lz/c/a/adelaide%20university%20act%202023/current/2023.32.auth.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508134414/https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/__legislation/lz/c/a/adelaide%20university%20act%202023/current/2023.32.auth.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=South Australian Legislation |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

=== Finances and endowment === In 2023, the University of Adelaide had a total revenue of {{AUD|1.13 billion}} (2022 – {{AUD|1 billion}}) and a total expenditure of {{AUD|1.09 billion}} (2022 – {{AUD|995.46 million}}).<ref name="2023 Annual Report" /> Key sources of income included {{AUD|228.2 million}} from research grants and fees (2022 – {{AUD|190.97 million}}), {{AUD|105.95 million}} from other research funding (2022 – {{AUD|93.22 million}}), {{AUD|350.71 million}} from tuition fees and grants (2022 – {{AUD|318.44 million}}), {{AUD|313.91 million}} from HESA funding (2022 – {{AUD|305.91 million}}) and {{AUD|134.47 million}} from donations and investments (2022 – {{AUD|86.48 million}}).<ref name="2023 Annual Report" /> At year-end the university had endowments of {{AUD|393.4 million}} (2022 – {{AUD|366.3 million}}) and total net assets of {{AUD|2.19 billion}} (2022 – {{AUD|2.15 billion}}).<ref name="2023 Endowment Report">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Endowment Fund Investment Report |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/give/ua/media/1923/final_2023-endowment-fund-investment-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701171059/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/give/ua/media/1923/final_2023-endowment-fund-investment-report.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=2022 Endowment Fund Investment Report |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/give/ua/media/1808/2022-endowment-fund-investment-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516162534/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/give/ua/media/1808/2022-endowment-fund-investment-report.pdf |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="2023 Annual Report">{{Cite web |date=April 2024 |title=2023 Annual Report |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/publications/ua/media/504/annual-report-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701170818/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/publications/ua/media/504/annual-report-2023.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

=== Heraldry and insignia === The university uses a number of symbols to represent the institution. The present logo is based on the coat of arms.<ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> Other symbols utilised by the university includes a flag, also based on the coat of arms, as well as a ceremonial mace.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2017 |title=Leading at Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/ua/media/1776/pdp-leading-handbook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121172615/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/hr/ua/media/1776/pdp-leading-handbook.pdf |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moy |first=Theen |date=6 October 2014 |title=Sub Cruce Lumen |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy/15299286997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122180059/https://www.flickr.com/photos/theenmoy/15299286997 |archive-date=22 January 2019 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Flickr |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Tomevska |first=Sara |date=14 April 2021 |title=Adelaide University refuses millions in research projects due to foreign interference concerns |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/adelaide-uni-refuses-research-projects-foreign-interference/100067534 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619083320/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/adelaide-uni-refuses-research-projects-foreign-interference/100067534 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> The university also uses several taglines including its motto and the slogans "seek light" and "make history".<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 May 2013 |title=Uni of Adelaide launches new brand campaign |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news61601.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816144414/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news61601.html |archive-date=16 August 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=11 January 2024 |title=The University of Adelaide's next chapter of 'Make History' via Richards Rose - AdNews |url=https://www.adnews.com.au/campaigns/the-university-of-adelaide-s-next-chapter-of-make-history-via-richards-rose |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111205158/https://www.adnews.com.au/campaigns/the-university-of-adelaide-s-next-chapter-of-make-history-via-richards-rose |archive-date=11 January 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=AdNews |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> The overall branding is expected to be superseded following the merger.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=15 July 2024 |title=New Adelaide University unveils logo |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/07/15/new-adelaide-university-unveils-logo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819005332/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/07/15/new-adelaide-university-unveils-logo |archive-date=19 August 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

Additionally, Adelaide University Sport has its own crest and motto.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brand Guidelines Version 1.0 |url=https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/adelaideunisport/files/y6jx5fnnbjdhroah.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813154014/https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/cups/adelaideunisport/files/y6jx5fnnbjdhroah.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Coppin 2011" />

==== Coat of arms ==== While all Australian universities have common seals that are used on parchments, some Australian universities also possess a coat of arms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=John |date=20 December 2017 |title=Key 4: The University Seal 1855/Grant of Arms by the College 1863/Letters Patent 1859/Ceremonial Mace 1965 |url=https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/archives/resources/research-guides/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409055522/https://library.unimelb.edu.au/asc/collections/archives/resources/research-guides/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-4 |archive-date=9 April 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |publisher= |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our motto and coat of arms |url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/our-story/our-motto-and-coat-of-arms.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606184105/https://www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/our-story/our-motto-and-coat-of-arms.html |archive-date=6 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fact sheet 37: Execution clauses |url=https://www.ags.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-07/Fact_sheet_No_37.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518102023/https://www.ags.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-07/Fact_sheet_No_37.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Australian Government Solicitor |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> These were usually grant by the College of Arms in London due to, as opposed to the United Kingdom and Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Arms |url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517001909/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ |archive-date=17 May 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=College of Arms |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=12 April 2021 |title=Heraldry |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407014146/https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry |archive-date=7 April 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Canadian Heraldic Authority |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |language=en-AU |publication-place=Ottawa, Ontario}}</ref> an absence of a national heraldic authority.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heraldry SIG |url=https://www.familyhistoryact.org.au/heraldry-sig |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315212258/https://www.familyhistoryact.org.au/heraldry-sig |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Family History ACT |publisher=The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> The coat of arms of the university was grant during the reign of George V in 1925 and has historically since been used on all degree parchments issued by the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George V (r. 1910-1936) |url=https://www.royal.uk/george-v |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208025934/https://www.royal.uk/george-v |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The Royal Family |publisher=The Royal Household |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref><ref name="2023 May Graduations">{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Graduation ceremonies |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/graduations/ua/media/485/6995-1-2023-may-graduation-booklet-web.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620135757/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/graduations/ua/media/485/6995-1-2023-may-graduation-booklet-web.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> While some universities such as the Universities of Western Australia and Queensland have modified the coat of arms issued on parchments over time,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Archive collections |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/library/find-resources/records-and-archives/archive-collections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527075607/https://www.uwa.edu.au/library/find-resources/records-and-archives/archive-collections |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Western Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Perth, Western Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Queensland's Coat of Arms: Historical Aspects |url=https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/4244/UQcoat-of-arms.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118001520/https://www.uq.edu.au/about/files/4244/UQcoat-of-arms.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Queensland |language=en-AU |publication-place=Brisbane, Queensland}}</ref> its design has mostly remained the same with the exception of a minor tweak to the crux.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coat of Arms |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/62211/13/Page183.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129064611/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/62211/13/Page183.pdf |archive-date=29 November 2021 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> The motto in Latin reads ''Sub Cruce Lumen'' translated "the light (of learning) under the (Southern) Cross".<ref name="2015 Calendar" /> The official coat of arms, in heraldic terminology, is:<ref name="2015 Calendar">{{Cite web |date=23 March 2024 |title=2015 Calendar, Professional and Continuing Education |url=https://calendar.adelaide.edu.au/pdf/calendar2015-pce.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323085634/https://calendar.adelaide.edu.au/pdf/calendar2015-pce.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> {{Emblem table|name=the University of Adelaide|image=University-of-Adelaide-Crest.svg|year_granted=in 1925 by the College of Arms, London<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" />|escutcheon=Per pale Or and Argent an Open Book proper edged Gold on a Chief Azure five Mullets, one of eight, two of seven, one of six and one of five points of the second, representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross<ref name="2015 Calendar" />}}As part of the merger, the coat of arms has been ''de facto'' retired for new students and will only be available to University of Adelaide alumni and continuing students who started their programs on or before 2024.<ref name="2023 May Graduations" /><ref name="Parchments" >{{Cite web |title=What parchment will I receive? |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/about/faqs/answer//4244 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923082733/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/about/faqs/answer//4244 |archive-date=23 September 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Adelaide University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== University mace ==== Many universities possess ceremonial maces used during graduation ceremonies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Muniments - The Mace. |url=https://uma.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/442125 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620150650/https://uma.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/442125 |archive-date=20 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Melbourne |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=23 February 2024 |title=University Archives – 70 Years, 70 Stories – Week 5 |url=https://university-history.sydney.edu.au/university-archives-70-years-70-stories-week-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620150746/https://university-history.sydney.edu.au/university-archives-70-years-70-stories-week-5/ |archive-date=20 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=The University of Sydney |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> The University of Adelaide Mace was forged by silversmiths using silver-gilt under the supervision of Frederick Millward Grey.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /><ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> It features the coat of arms on an orb symbolising the world protruding from an open book representing learning with gum leaves-inspired design.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /><ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> Grey was a designer based at the School of Fine Arts in Adelaide which later became an antecedent institution of the University of South Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Millward Grey expands from fine arts school to making a wider mark on Adelaide and South Australian image |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/millward-grey-goes-behind-running-fine-arts-school-to-make-wider-mark-on-adelaide-south-australian-image |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927182239/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/millward-grey-goes-behind-running-fine-arts-school-to-make-wider-mark-on-adelaide-south-australian-image |archive-date=27 September 2023 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sergeant |first=Kate |title=Guides: UniSA Calendars: Art Schools (1856-1972) |url=https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/ArtSchools |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327073035/https://guides.library.unisa.edu.au/UniSACalendars/ArtSchools |archive-date=27 March 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The first mace bearer was KH Boykett in 1926 who carried it during the 50th anniversary jubilee of the first classes at St Peter's Cathedral.<ref name="2023 May Graduations" /> The mace symbolises protection of the chancellor and the mace bearer, who is usually a student of the university, carries it in front of the chancellor during ceremonies.<ref name="2023 May Graduations" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Edward |date=17 July 2020 |title=Mace-Bearer |url=https://skeptric.com/mace-bearer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303050917/https://skeptric.com/mace-bearer/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=skeptric |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==Academic profile== The university is a member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of research-led Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Go8 Members |url=https://go8.edu.au/about/members |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904110612/https://go8.edu.au/about/members |archive-date=4 September 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=Group of Eight |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> It is also a member of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, an international association of research-intensive universities, and the former Academic Consortium 21.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The University of Adelaide |url=https://apru.org/members/the_university_of_adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621093953/https://apru.org/members/the_university_of_adelaide/ |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Association of Pacific Rim Universities |language=en |publication-place=Hong Kong}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2023 |title=Members |url=http://www.ac21.org/about-ac21/members |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419122217/http://www.ac21.org/about-ac21/members |archive-date=19 April 2023 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Academic Consortium 21 |publisher=Nagoya University |language=en |publication-place=Nagoya, Japan}}</ref> It plans to merge with the University of South Australia, forms part of the Adelaide BioMed City research precinct and is a close partner with the Australian Space Agency whose national headquarters is located alongside it on Lot Fourteen.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement" /><ref name="Lyons" /><ref name="Australian Space Agency" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research and Development |url=https://sasic.sa.gov.au/industry/research-and-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240503221029/https://sasic.sa.gov.au/industry/research-and-development/ |archive-date=3 May 2024 |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=South Australian Space Industry Centre |publisher=Australian Space Agency |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The university also offers a wide range of free online MOOC courses on digital learning platforms edX and FutureLearn, including the MathTrackX bridging program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Adelaide |url=https://www.edx.org/school/adelaidex |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629113641/https://www.edx.org/school/adelaidex |archive-date=29 June 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=edX |publisher=2U, Inc. |language=en-US |publication-place=Lanham, Maryland}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=University of Adelaide Online Courses |url=https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/university-of-adelaide |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227082109/https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/university-of-adelaide |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=FutureLearn |publisher=Global University Systems |language=en |publication-place=Amsterdam, Netherlands}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MathTrackX XSeries Program |url=https://www.edx.org/xseries/adelaidex-mathtrackx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803171344/https://www.edx.org/xseries/adelaidex-mathtrackx |archive-date=3 August 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=edX |publisher=2U, Inc. |language=en-US |publication-place=Lanham, Maryland}}</ref>

The university also offers degree programs in Singapore as part of a joint venture with the Ngee Ann Kongsi foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre |url=https://thengeeannkongsi.com.sg/en/education/ngee-ann-adelaide-education-centre/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523035747/https://thengeeannkongsi.com.sg/en/education/ngee-ann-adelaide-education-centre/ |archive-date=23 May 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Ngee Ann Kongsi |language=en |publication-place=Singapore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Welcome to Ngee Ann Kongsi |url=http://www.ngeeann.com.sg/webtop |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914104659/http://www.ngeeann.com.sg/webtop/ |archive-date=14 September 2008 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Ngee Ann Kongsi |language=en |publication-place=Singapore}}</ref>

=== Research and publications === [[File:Adelaide (25093006117).jpg|thumb|South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute|alt=This is a photograph of a South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute building in North Terrace.]]

In 2023, the University of Adelaide had a total research income of {{AUD|261.59 million}}, of which {{AUD|121.62 million}} was from the National Competitive Grants Program; {{AUD|65.48 million}} from other public sector research; {{AUD|8.04 million}} from Cooperative Research Centres; and {{AUD|66.44 million}} from industry and other research.<ref name="2023 Annual Report" /> Additionally, it also received {{AUD|49.59 million}} from the Research Support Program and {{AUD|53.24 million}} from the Research Training Program as research block grants.<ref name="2024 Pocket Statistics">{{Cite web |date=June 2024 |title=2024 Pocket Statistics |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/planning/ua/media/1614/pocket-stats-2024_web.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701133014/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/planning/ua/media/1614/pocket-stats-2024_web.pdf |archive-date=1 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

In the 2018 ERA National Report, the Australian Research Council evaluated work produced between 2014 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=State of Australian University Research |url=https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/ERA/NationalReport/2018/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502140017/https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/ERA/NationalReport/2018/ |archive-date=2 May 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Excellence in Research for Australia |publisher=Australian Research Council |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> 100 per cent of the university's research activity was judged to be "at or above world standard" (3-5*) with 57 of the 67 fields of research evaluated being "above world standard" (4*) or "well above world standard" (5*).<ref name="Research Performance">{{Cite web |title=Our Performance |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/our-performance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621151648/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/our-performance |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The university had a positive trajectory since 2010.<ref name="Research Performance" />

=== Research institutes === The university operates a large number of disciplinary-specific research institutes in partnership with other research institutions and private enterprises.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Institutes |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/research-institutes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516102615/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/research-institutes |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Centres |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/research-centres |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621151619/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/research-centres |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Notable examples include:

[[File:Australian Institute for Machine Learning 2022.jpg|thumb|The Australian Institute for Machine Learning next to the Australian Space Agency HQ|alt=This is a photograph of the Australian Institute for Machine Learning next to the Australian Space Agency headquarters in Lot Fourteen.]]

==== Australian Institute for Machine Learning ==== {{Main|Australian Institute for Machine Learning}}

The Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) is an artificial intelligence and machine learning research and translation institute based on Lot Fourteen, a business and technology precinct.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Impact |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/our-impact |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406052853/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/our-impact |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Australian Institute for Machine Learning |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Research |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/our-research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014121628/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/our-research |archive-date=14 October 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Australian Institute for Machine Learning |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="PACE Today 2020">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=19 February 2020 |title=Australian Institute for Machine Learning opens research space at Lot Fourteen |url=https://pacetoday.com.au/australian-institute-machine-learning-opens-research-space-lot-fourteen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406191914/https://pacetoday.com.au/australian-institute-machine-learning-opens-research-space-lot-fourteen/ |archive-date=6 April 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=PACE Today |publisher=Prime Creative Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref name="Technology Decisions 2020">{{Cite web |date=18 February 2020 |title=Australian Institute of Machine Learning joins Lot Fourteen |url=https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/it-management/news/australian-institute-of-machine-learning-joins-lot-fourteen-526964983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225025738/https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/it-management/news/australian-institute-of-machine-learning-joins-lot-fourteen-526964983 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Technology Decisions |publisher=Westwick-Farrow Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> It is located in a former Royal Adelaide Hospital building in-between the Australian Space Agency headquarters and the University of South Australia's Brookman Building.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map">{{Cite web |date=January 2024 |title=North Terrace Campus Map |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/ua/media/39/north_terrace.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225085305/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/australian-institute-of-machine-learning-s-work-in-ai-leads-australia-and-among-best-in-world--at-adelaide-s-lot-fourteen- |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarraf |first=Samira |date=11 December 2017 |title=SA Govt pumps $7.1M into machine learning institute - ARN |url=https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/631075/sa-govt-pumps-7-1m-into-machine-learning-institute/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213040508/https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/631075/sa-govt-pumps-7-1m-into-machine-learning-institute/ |archive-date=13 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=ARNnet |publisher=International Data Group (which owns "Foundry") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Needham, Massachusetts}}</ref><ref name="Chief IT 2018">{{Cite web |date=9 October 2018 |title=Lockheed Martin partners with Uni of Adelaide on machine learning |url=https://chiefit.me/lockheed-martin-partners-with-uni-of-adelaide-on-machine-learning/ |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Chief IT |publisher=MySecurity Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> Established in 2018 with funding from the South Australian government, it is the largest university-based research site dedicated to machine learning in Australia, as well as ranking among the global top sites for its computer vision research capability.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crozier |first=Ry |date=11 December 2017 |title=Adelaide to open a machine learning institute |url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/adelaide-to-open-a-machine-learning-institute-479583 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225025851/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/adelaide-to-open-a-machine-learning-institute-479583 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=iTnews |publisher=Forum Media Group (which owns "nextmedia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Merching, Germany}}</ref><ref name="Technology Decisions 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Australian Institute of Machine Learning work in AI leads Australia, at Lot Fourteen, Adelaide city; funds boost in 2024 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/australian-institute-of-machine-learning-s-work-in-ai-leads-australia-and-among-best-in-world--at-adelaide-s-lot-fourteen- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225085305/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/australian-institute-of-machine-learning-s-work-in-ai-leads-australia-and-among-best-in-world--at-adelaide-s-lot-fourteen- |archive-date=25 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The institute runs on an open access basis; most of its research is open to the rest of the world, either through conferences and journals or via open source software. Its researchers have used machine learning to support industries such as agriculture, medical imaging, defence, space exploration, manufacturing, mining operations and filmmaking.<ref name="PACE Today 2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research & Development |url=https://www.acaciasystems.com.au/research-development/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314214623/https://www.acaciasystems.com.au/research-development/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Acacia Systems |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft 2021">{{Cite web |date=9 September 2021 |title=Microsoft joins forces with Australian Institute for Machine Learning to soar into space |url=https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/features/microsoft-joins-forces-with-australian-institute-for-machine-learning/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602191736/https://news.microsoft.com/en-au/features/microsoft-joins-forces-with-australian-institute-for-machine-learning/ |archive-date=2 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Microsoft |language=en-AU |publication-place=Redmond, Washington}}</ref> Notable partners have included its foundational partner Lockheed Martin, Rising Sun Pictures and Microsoft.<ref name="Chief IT 2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2024 |title=Excellence in Science & Industry Collab {{!}} Science Awards 2021 |url=https://www.scienceawards.sa.gov.au/excellence-in-science-indus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317124038/https://www.scienceawards.sa.gov.au/excellence-in-science-indus |archive-date=17 March 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=SA Science Excellence and Innovation Awards |publisher=Government of South Australia (Department of State Development) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Microsoft 2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Failes |first=Ian |date=10 August 2022 |title='Elvis' featured a ton of VFX you may not have noticed |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2022/08/10/elvis-featured-a-ton-of-vfx-you-may-not-have-noticed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202211748/https://beforesandafters.com/2022/08/10/elvis-featured-a-ton-of-vfx-you-may-not-have-noticed/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=befores & afters |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

==== Defence and Security Institute ==== The Defence and Security Institute in Lot Fourteen conducts research in the defence and security sectors including lasers, robotics, autonomous systems, CBRN defence, space exploration, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and fields of quantum mechanics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 December 2023 |title=Defence & Security Institute |url=https://defencesa.com/industry/industry-directory/the-university-of-adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203212141/https://defencesa.com/industry/industry-directory/the-university-of-adelaide/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Defence SA |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/defence-security/research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203212141/https://defencesa.com/industry/industry-directory/the-university-of-adelaide/ |archive-date=3 December 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Defence and Security Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Environment Institute ==== {{Main|Environment Institute University of Adelaide}}

The Environment Institute specialises in environmental sciences and research in the areas of climate, biodiversity, ecology and marine sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925044038/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/research |archive-date=25 September 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Environment Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing ==== thumb|Researchers working at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing|alt=This is a photograph of researchers working with glove boxes at the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing.

The Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing specialises in photonics, sensing and precision measurement technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430015100/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/ |archive-date=30 April 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is based in the Braggs Building, a purpose-built {{AUD|95 million}} headquarters funded with support from the federal and state governments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Braggs Building |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/facilities/the-braggs-building |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206040603/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/facilities/the-braggs-building |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The institute has 10 research groups and is home to various interdisciplinary scientific and advanced manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/facilities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206045902/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/facilities |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It has developed high-precision measuring instruments used in the agriculture, defence, health, space exploration, tectonics, earth system science, manufacturing, mining and resources sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Groups |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/research-groups |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223200206/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/research-groups |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Real-World Impact |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/ipas/real-world-impact |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources ==== The Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources conducts research in the sustainability, energy, mining and resources sectors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Capabilities |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/iser/our-capabilities |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509052057/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/iser/our-capabilities |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It has over 20 research centres in fields including mineralology, geosciences, ecology, energy generation, space resources, food production, mineral processing, radiation science, hydrogen production, supply chains, environmental and natural resources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Research Centres |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/iser/our-research-centres |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509052102/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/iser/our-research-centres |archive-date=9 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

alt=This is a photograph of the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building.|thumb|The Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building

==== Robinson Research Institute ==== The Robinson Research Institute conducts biomedical research concerning fertility, pregnancy and child health.<ref name="Robinson Research Institute">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227062752/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/about-us |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Robinson Research Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Publications |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/research/publications |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530163004/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/research/publications |archive-date=30 May 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Robinson Research Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It has over 45 research groups specialising in fields including biotechnology, congenital disorders, endocrinology, epigenics, genomics, gynaecology, immunology, medical machine learning, medicine, metabolic health, neurology, nutrition, obesity, obstetrics, oncology, ovarian development, placental development, pharmacology, polysomnography, reproductive biology, vaccinology and women's health.<ref name="Robinson Research Institute" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Research Groups |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/research/research-groups |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224101022/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/research/research-groups |archive-date=24 February 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Robinson Research Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute ==== The South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) is a planned ({{as of|lc=yes|December 2024}} cancer research institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New $80m cancer facility coming to Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/new-institute-to-turbo-charge-cutting-edge-cancer-research/news-story/2cdb7eea55a4aeb062850e7f528d65db |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corp |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About SAIGENCI |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/saigenci/about-saigenci |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627232705/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/saigenci/about-saigenci |archive-date=27 June 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide}}</ref> It was established through {{AUD|80 million}} in funding from the federal government,<ref>{{Cite web |title=New $80m cancer facility coming to Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/80m-worldleading-cancer-research-and-treatment-institute-for-adelaide/news-story/9344b352a2333ec18e43df69ef56ba63 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corp |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide}}</ref><ref name="Savage 2021">{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Crispin |date=17 May 2021 |title=State-of-the-art Cancer Institute to deliver world-leading research and treatment for South Australians |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/05/17/state-of-the-art-cancer-institute-to-deliver-world-leading-research-and |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325103948/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/05/17/state-of-the-art-cancer-institute-to-deliver-world-leading-research-and |archive-date=25 March 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide}}</ref> which was obtained with the support of South Australian Senator Stirling Griff. It is jointly resourced by the federal Department of Health and Aged Care, the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, and the University of Adelaide.<ref name=about2024>{{cite web |title=About SAIGENCI |website=South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) |date=6 August 2024 |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/saigenci/about-saigenci |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

SAiGENCI is located in the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building, in between the University of South Australia's Bradley Building and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, adjacent to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /><ref name="Savage 2021" />

====Stretton Institute====  {{distinguish|Stretton Centre}} The Stretton Institute<ref>{{cite web |date=16 October 2024 |title=Home |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241021114813/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/ |archive-date=21 October 2024 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> is named in honour of Hugh Stretton, who was professor and reader at the university from 1954 until he retired in 1989.<ref name="Stretton Institute">{{cite web |date=29 October 2021 |title=Professor Hugh Stretton AC. |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/our-people/professor-hugh-stretton-ac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521003914/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/our-people/professor-hugh-stretton-ac |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=Stretton Institute |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was established in 2020 under director Adam Graycar "to conduct research on public policy issues in a multi-disciplinary and multi-method manner and to contribute to policy agendas locally and beyond".<ref name="Stretton Annual Report 2020" /> No research was undertaken in the first year as it focused on engaging with stakeholders and building recognition.<ref name="Stretton Annual Report 2020" /> The COVID-19 pandemic delayed some of its plans, such as the inaugural ''Hugh Stretton Oration''.<ref name="Stretton Annual Report 2020" /> In 2020, through online meetings and webinars with stakeholders, the institute established five initiatives: Agrifood Policy; Building a City for the Future; Climate Change and Energy Transition; Democracy, Security, Trust and Integrity; and Economic Productivity through Population.<ref name="Stretton Annual Report 2020">{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Stretton Institute Annual Report 2020 |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/ua/media/405/stretton-institute-annual-report-2020-final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102154013/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/ua/media/405/stretton-institute-annual-report-2020-final.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2021 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The inaugural Hugh Stretton Oration was held in 2021, with Glyn Davis as the speaker, after being postponed from 2020.<ref name="Hugh Stretton Oration" /> Since then, speakers included Natasha Stott Despoja, Mark Butler and Danielle Wood.<ref name="Hugh Stretton Oration">{{cite web |title=Hugh Stretton Oration |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/policy-engagement/hugh-stretton-oration#2022-australia-fair-is-the-playing-field-fair-for-women-and-girls-natasha-stott-despoja-ao |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714141844/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/stretton/policy-engagement/hugh-stretton-oration#2022-australia-fair-is-the-playing-field-fair-for-women-and-girls-natasha-stott-despoja-ao |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Waite Research Institute ==== The Waite Research Institute specialises and conducts research in agricultural science, viticulture, oenology, plant breeding, food research and biotechnology.<ref name="Waite Research">{{Cite web |title=Our Research |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-research-institute/our-research |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303140615/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-research-institute/our-research |archive-date=3 March 2024 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Waite Research Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is located on the Waite campus in Adelaide's south-eastern foothills, in the suburb of Urrbrae on {{Convert|184|ha|acre|abbr=off}}, a large amount of which was donated through the will of Scottish-born pastoralist Peter Waite.<ref name="South Australian Heritage Council 2013" /><ref name="Gardner 2023" /> It was established in 1924 as the Waite Agricultural Research Institute.<ref name="About The Waite" /> The institute produces approximately 70% of Australia's research output in viticulture and oenology and around 80% of cereal varieties used in southern Australia were created there.<ref name="Waite Research" /><ref name="Waite Plant Breeding">{{Cite web |title=Plant Breeding |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-research-institute/our-research/plant-breeding |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926214725/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/waite-research-institute/our-research/plant-breeding |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Waite Research Institute |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> A Soil Research Centre was founded in 1929 with a donation of £10,000 from Harold Darling of J. Darling and Son, grain merchants.<ref name="The Advertiser 1929">{{cite news |date=5 June 1929 |title=GIFT OF £10,000 TO THE UNIVERSITY. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35736252 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822055310/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35736252 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |access-date=30 November 2011 |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide, South Australia |page=8 |language=en-AU |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 2004, State Premier Mike Rann opened the {{AUD|9.2 million}} Plant Genomics Centre at the campus.<ref name="Adelaidean 2004">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2004 |title=Pivotal role for new Waite research centre |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/2004/issue3_april04.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418152517/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/2004/issue3_april04.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2007 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=Adelaidean |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> In 2010, he opened ''The Plant Accelerator'', a {{AUD|30 million}} research facility which is the largest and most advanced of its kind in the world.<ref name="The University of Adelaide 2010">{{Cite web |date=28 January 2010 |title=$30m super greenhouse to help sustain global agriculture |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news37761.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042714/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news37761.html |archive-date=31 May 2023 |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

== Academic reputation == {{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==82|USNWR_W=99|ARWU_W=151–200|ARWU_W_year=2025|CWTS_W=205{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2025|QS_W_Employability=171–180|QS_W_Employability_year=2022|THE_W==128|THE_W_year=2025|USNWR_W_year=25/26|ARWU_N=8|ARWU_N_year=2025|CWTS_N=7{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|ERA_N=8|ERA_N_year=2018|QS_N=8|QS_N_year=2025|THE_N=7|THE_N_year=2025|USNWR_N=9|USNWR_N_year=25/26|AFR_N=7|AFR_N_year=2025|type=University|THE_W_Reputation=151–200|THE_W_Reputation_year=2025}}

In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #95 (8th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=University of New South Wales |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney}}</ref>

=== National publications === In the ''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking 2025, the university was ranked #7 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{cite web | title=Best Universities Ranking | website=Australian Financial Review | date=25 November 2025 | url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126032810/https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking | archive-date=26 November 2025 | url-status=live | access-date=26 November 2025}}</ref>

=== Global publications ===

In the 2025 ''Quacquarelli Symonds'' World University Rankings (published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #82 (8th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings 2025: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=QS World University Rankings |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |language=en-GB |publication-place=London}}</ref>

In the ''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings 2025 (published 2024), the university attained a tied position of #128 (7th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=Times Higher Education |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref>

In the 2025 ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'', the university attained a position of #151–200 (8th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=Academic Ranking of World Universities |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=Shanghai, China}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #99 (9th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |language=en-US |publication-place=Washington, D.C., United States}}</ref>

In the ''CWTS Leiden Ranking'' 2024,{{efn|The CWTS Leiden Ranking is based on P (top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #205 (7th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=CWTS Leiden Ranking (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=Leiden University |language=en |publication-place=Leiden, Netherlands}}</ref>

== Libraries and archives == [[File:Mortlock Wing, State Library of South Australia.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the State Library of South Australia, located adjacent to the university, where studies were initially conducted.|thumb|220x220px|The university is co-located with the State Library where studies were initially conducted]]The library system comprises four libraries located across its three campuses.<ref name="Libraries">{{Cite web |title=Locations & Hours |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420011330/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The largest library is the Barr Smith Library which is located with the Sir John Salmond Law Library on the main campus and the two satellite campuses each have their own libraries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barr Smith Library |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/barr-smith-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513231300/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/barr-smith-library |archive-date=13 May 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sir John Salmond Law Library |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/sir-john-salmond-law-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204002315/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/sir-john-salmond-law-library |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy Campus Library |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/roseworthy-campus-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516102540/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/roseworthy-campus-library |archive-date=16 May 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Woolhouse Library">{{Cite web |title=Waite Campus Library |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/waite-campus-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526213743/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/locations-hours/waite-campus-library |archive-date=26 May 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Additionally, the university also has several open access repositories and university members have subscriptions to online academic journals and databases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open Access Repositories |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/library-services/services-for-researchers/open-access/open-access-repositories |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620082819/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/library-services/services-for-researchers/open-access/open-access-repositories |archive-date=20 June 2023 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Library Search |url=https://librarysearch.adelaide.edu.au/discovery/search |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525055741/https://librarysearch.adelaide.edu.au/discovery/search |archive-date=25 May 2021 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The State Library of South Australia is also co-located with the university.<ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" />

=== Barr Smith Library === {{Main|Barr Smith Library}}

[[File:The Barr Smith Library Corinthian Pillars.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the Barr Smith Library which was built in the Georgian Revival style with Corinthian pillars.|thumb|Corinthian pillars incorporated into the Barr Smith Library]]

The Barr Smith Library is the third-oldest university library in Australia and was originally located in the Mitchell Building.<ref name="Burn 1982" /><ref name="Experience Bonython Hall">{{Cite web |title=Barr Smith Library, The University of Adelaide |url=https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/barr-smith-library-the-university-of-adelaide-north-terrace-adelaide/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818062204/https://www.experienceadelaide.com.au/heritage-places/barr-smith-library-the-university-of-adelaide-north-terrace-adelaide/ |archive-date=18 August 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Experience Adelaide |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide (Adelaide Economic Development Agency) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide AZ Library Building">{{Cite web |title=Tom Elder Barr Smith adds to family legacy by funding 1932 Adelaide University library as a Walter Bagot classic |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/tom-elder-barr-smith-add-to-family-legacy-by-funding-new-adelaide-university-library-opened-in-1935-to-walter-bagot-s-classic-design |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228134248/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/tom-elder-barr-smith-add-to-family-legacy-by-funding-new-adelaide-university-library-opened-in-1935-to-walter-bagot-s-classic-design |archive-date=28 February 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The library purchased its first book in 1877 for £11, prior to its formal establishment in 1882.<ref name="Burn 1982" /><ref name="Experience Bonython Hall" /> It was later named after its founder Robert Barr Smith who throughout his life had donated £9,000 to purchase books towards the struggling library, which previously had no librarian and an annual budget of £200 of which £150 were spent on books.<ref name="Gosse 1996" /><ref name="Library Heritage Guide">{{Cite web |date=1996 |title=BARR SMITH LIBRARY |url=https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-north-terrace-barr-smith-library.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818062937/https://d31atr86jnqrq2.cloudfront.net/heritage-places/heritage-place-information-sheet-north-terrace-barr-smith-library.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Heritage of the City of Adelaide: An Illustrated Guide 1996 |publisher=The Corporation of the City of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Robert Barr Smith">{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |title=Robert Barr Smith & The University of Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/stories/barr-smith/university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415134621/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/stories/barr-smith/university/ |archive-date=15 April 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Burn 1982" /> William Barlow, the registrar, acted as the ''de facto'' first librarian of the then-small library and R. J. M. Clucas was the first ''official'' librarian in 1900.<ref name="Burn 1982" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Library Building" />

Following Robert's death in 1915, an additional endowment of £11,000 in 1920 was made by his family.<ref name="Robert Barr Smith" /><ref name="Gosse 1996" /> In 1928, his son Tony Elder Barr Smith donated almost £35,000 towards a new building for the library to reduce congestion at its original site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barr Smith Library |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7318 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707145057/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7318 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Gosse 1996" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Reading Room">{{Cite web |title=Reading room of Barr Smith library created as a beautiful scholarly space by Walter Bagot at Adelaide University |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/reading-room-of-adelaide-university-s-barr-smith-library-a-beautiful-scholarly-space-created-by-walter-bagot |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226085312/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/reading-room-of-adelaide-university-s-barr-smith-library-a-beautiful-scholarly-space-created-by-walter-bagot |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=17 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Robert's granddaughter Christine Margaret Mcgregor also donated almost 5,000 books in 1974.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /> The building was designed in the Georgian Revival architecture style by Walter Hervey Bagot of the Adelaide-based architecture firm Woods, Bagot & Laybourne Smith and was inspired by Kensington Palace in London.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Library Building" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Reading Room" /> Following its completion, its collection was transferred from the Mitchell Building through a zip line.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Library Building" /> The building features red-brick exteriors with an entrance with Corinthian pillars below an inscription reading "''The Barr Smith Library''".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chizea |first=Chukwuebuka |date=2 June 2022 |title=The Barr Smith Library by Woods Bagot |url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a7050-the-barr-smith-library-by-woods-bagot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206052126/https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a7050-the-barr-smith-library-by-woods-bagot/ |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Rethinking The Future |language=en |publication-place=New Delhi, India}}</ref> It was later expanded twice to increase capacity, reaching a peak of 2 million books in 1999.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Library Building" />

thumb|The Reading Room in the library features gilded ivory arches and tall pillars|alt=This is a photograph of the Reading Room inside the Barr Smith Library. It features gold and ivory arches, pillars and a high ceiling.

The Barr Smith Reading Room is a notable feature of the library on Level 2. It features oak flooring and furniture with white pillars holding the gilded and ivory arches that form the rounded ceiling.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Reading Room" /><ref name="Experience Bonython Hall" /><ref name="Library Heritage Guide" /> Between the pillars and the arches are two large Latin inscriptions that run across both sides of the room in gold and commemorate the donations from Robert and his family who played a major role in its development.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Reading Room" /><ref name="Robert Barr Smith" /><ref name="Experience Bonython Hall" /> In mid-2023, over 61 paper planes were found in ledges around the ceiling of the reading room, including one made using a university brochure dating back to 1991.<ref name="Francis 2023">{{Cite web |last=Francis |first=Ben |date=9 August 2023 |title=Library restoration unearths unusual hidden history |url=https://glamadelaide.com.au/library-restoration-unearths-unusual-hidden-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717051119/https://glamadelaide.com.au/library-restoration-unearths-unusual-hidden-history/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Glam Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The library is also home to a collection of rare books, the archives documenting the development of the university among other collections across various subject areas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Collections and Archives |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/collections-archives/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412154253/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/collections-archives/ |archive-date=12 April 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> This includes books belonging to Samuel Way's collection, who had donated 16,000 books.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" />

=== Sir John Salmond Law Library === Established in 1883, the Sir John Salmond Law Library holds a collection of legal works from Australian and overseas sources including the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.<ref name="Babie 2010">{{Cite web |last=Babie |first=Paul |date=June 2010 |title=125 YEARS OF LEGAL EDUCATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA |url=https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AdelLawRw/2010/6.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818092733/https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/AdelLawRw/2010/6.pdf |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Australasian Legal Information Institute |publisher=Adelaide Law School (which owns "Adelaide Law Review") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Library History">{{Cite web |title=History Of The Library |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/about-the-library/history-of-the-library |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418203744/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/about-the-library/history-of-the-library |archive-date=18 April 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> In 1967, the law library moved to the Ligertwood Building, which was among those that replaced the demolished Jubilee Exhibition Building.<ref name="Library History" /><ref name="Adelaide City Heritage 2017" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gavaskar |first=Tanvi |date=21 February 2021 |title=Jubilee Exhibition Building in Adelaide: Building lost in time |url=https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a3391-jubilee-exhibition-building-in-adelaide-building-lost-in-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520200026/https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/case-studies/a3391-jubilee-exhibition-building-in-adelaide-building-lost-in-time/ |archive-date=20 May 2022 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Rethinking The Future |language=en |publication-place=New Delhi, India}}</ref> It was renamed two years later after John William Salmond who was the third Professor of Law at the Adelaide Law School.<ref name="Babie 2010" />

=== Roseworthy Library === {{See also|Roseworthy Agricultural College}} The Roseworthy Campus Library, formerly the Roseworthy Agricultural College Library, is located on the Roseworthy campus.<ref name="Emery 1990">{{Cite web |last=Emery |first=Margaret |date=November 1990 |title=Roseworthy Agricultural College and its Library 1883 – 1990 |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/ua/media/58/history.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521013619/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/ua/media/58/history.pdf |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Roseworthy Agricultural College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Roseworthy, South Australia}}</ref>

It dates back to the former Tassie Memorial Library which was funded by John Tassie in 1920.<ref name="Emery 1990" /> It was built as a memorial to his son, also named John Tassie, who was a student at the then Roseworthy College who died during World War I in France.<ref name="Memorial Hall Heritage Survey 2004" /><ref name="Emery 1990" /> It was later expanded in 1945 through donations by A Lowrie, the widow of former principal William Lowrie.<ref name="Emery 1990" /> The William Lowrie Memorial Annexe, which connected to the previous library in a T-shape, was completed in 1947.<ref name="Emery 1990" /> The library moved to its current site in 1974 due to increasing size constraints with the former site now used as a gymnasium.<ref name="Emery 1990" /><ref name="Memorial Hall Heritage Survey 2004" />

=== Waite Woolhouse Library === The Waite Campus Library, also known as the Woolhouse Library, is located on the Waite campus in Urrbrae.<ref name="Woolhouse Library" />

==Museums and collections== === Tate Museum ===  [[File:Mawson Laboratories.JPG|alt=This is a photograph of the Mawson Laboratories to where the Tate Museum moved from the former Prince of Wales building in 1952|thumb|The Tate Museum, located in the Mawson Building ]] The Tate Museum is a large geological museum housed in the Mawson Building.<ref name="McKay 2022" /> It was established in 1902 following the death of its namesake botanist and geologist Ralph Tate, foundation Elder Professor of Natural Sciences from 1875 until 1901.<ref name=60th/> The museum had existed informally since 1881, when Tate first began the collection.<ref name="Heruc 2009" /><ref name="McKay 2022" /> In 1952, it moved from the former Prince of Wales Building to the Mawson Laboratories (now Mawson Building; named after geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson).<ref name="McKay 2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 2018 |title=Tate Museum Brochure |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25426 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707121626/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25426 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

It is one of the largest geological museums in Australia, with a collection of approximately 29,000 rocks and fossils including meteorites, tektites, and specimens of early life.<ref name="Milnes 2018">{{Cite web |last1=Milnes |first1=Tony |last2=Gostin |first2=Vic |date=16 May 2018 |title=Tate Museum attracts young scientists |url=https://earthnotes.blog/2018/05/16/tate-museum-attracts-young-scientists/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531093326/https://earthnotes.blog/2018/05/16/tate-museum-attracts-young-scientists/ |archive-date=31 May 2023 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=earthnotes |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Heruc 2009">{{Cite web |last=Heruc |first=Mirna |date=March 2009 |title=Art & Heritage Collections: Tate Museum |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/31921/news31932.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707110307/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/31921/news31932.html |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=Adelaidean |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="McKay 2022">{{Cite web |last=McKay |first=Tayla |date=22 March 2022 |title=The Tate Museum |url=https://issuu.com/adelaideuniversityunion/docs/issue_2-issuu/s/15182738 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815162257/https://issuu.com/adelaideuniversityunion/docs/issue_2-issuu/s/15182738 |archive-date=15 August 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Notable specimens include some of earth's earliest organisms from the Ediacaran, a number of which are from up to 550 million years ago, as well as a display on an asteroid impact that smashed into the state's Gawler Ranges around 580 million years ago, and its associated widespread ejecta layer.<ref name="Heruc 2009" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tate Museum |url=https://set.adelaide.edu.au/physics-chemistry-earth-sciences/disciplines/earth-sciences/tate-museum |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419054143/https://set.adelaide.edu.au/physics-chemistry-earth-sciences/disciplines/earth-sciences/tate-museum |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The museum also hosts artefacts from Mawson's various expeditions to the Antarctic, including one of his original sleds,<ref name="McKay 2022" /><ref name="Milnes 2018" /> bequeathed to the university by Mawson's widow Paquita Mawson after his death in 1958, and officially named the Douglas Mawson Antarctic Collection.<ref name=60th/> It also houses Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research (founded 1959).<ref name=60th/> The aim of the institute was to foster Antarctic study and research, by the maintenance of a library and collection, and by the delivery of occasional public lectures. George Ligertwood, deputy chancellor of the university, was the inaugural chairman of the management committee.<ref name=polarrecord1961>{{cite journal | title=The Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research | journal=Polar Record | publisher=Cambridge University Press (CUP) | volume=10 | issue=67 | year=1961 | issn=0032-2474 | doi=10.1017/s0032247400051706 | pages=408 | bibcode=1961PoRec..10Q.408. }}</ref>

The museum's first official curator is Tony Milnes, who had worked to restore and document the large collection.<ref name="McKay 2022" /> thumb|Urrbrae House, built in 1891, now a museum|alt=This is a photograph of Urrbrae House, now a museum forming part of the Waite Historic Precinct.

===Waite Historic Precinct=== The Waite Historic Precinct includes the Urrbrae House museum, Waite Arboretum, and Waite Conservation Reserve.<ref name="Urrbrae House History" /> The museum resides in the former home of Peter Waite and was built in 1891.<ref name="Urrbrae House History" /> Its interior is designed by Aldam Heaton & Co, who was also responsible for designing interiors for the Titanic.<ref name="Urrbrae House History" /> The Waite Arboretum, a tree museum, is home to over 2,500 tree specimens<ref name="Waite Campus">{{Cite web |title=Waite Campus |url=https://adelaideuni.edu.au/why-adelaide/campuses/waite-campus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002073055/https://adelaideuni.edu.au/why-adelaide/campuses/waite-campus/ |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=Adelaide University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> from over 1,000 taxa, many of which are endangered in the wild.<ref name="Waite History Spaces" /><ref name="Gardner 2023" /><ref name="Gardner" /> The annual rainfall at the arboretum is 622mm.<ref name="Waite Institute Connect">{{Cite web |title=Waite Agricultural Research Institute |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7384 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707211658/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7384 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The Waite Conservation Reserve is home to native plants and fauna.<ref name="Waite History Spaces" /><ref name="Gardner 2023" /><ref name="Friends of Waite Conservation Reserve" />

== Other divisions == Other notable divisions of the university include:

=== Elder Conservatorium === {{Main|Elder Conservatorium of Music}}

[[File:Elder Hall interior, Adelaide.jpg|thumb|The Elder Hall was inspired by Florentine Gothic architecture|alt=This is a photograph of the interior of the Elder Hall, which was inspired by Florentine Gothic architecture.]]

Established in 1883, the Elder Conservatorium of Music is the oldest tertiary music academy in Australia.<ref name="2018 Elder Con Handbook">{{Cite web |date=December 2018 |title=Elder Conservatorium Handbook |url=https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/ua/media/66/Elder%20Conservatorium%20Handbook.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411114946/https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/ua/media/66/Elder%20Conservatorium%20Handbook.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It offers study and research programs in jazz, classical performance, musical theatre, classical voice, pop music, sonic arts, music production, song-writing, music composition, conducting, teaching, ensembles and performance studies.<ref name="Elder Con">{{Cite web |title=Elder Conservatorium of Music |url=https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524014545/https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/ |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="2018 Elder Con Handbook" /> It is also home to the Australian String Quartet, Sia Furler Institute and the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music.<ref name="Elder Con" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 March 2016 |title=Sia lends star power to university |url=https://adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/south-australianborn-singer-sia-furler-gives-her-name-to-a-new-adelaide-university-music-institute/news-story/e945c7b44f4de4fca175c4601b303865 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120123716/https://adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/south-australianborn-singer-sia-furler-gives-her-name-to-a-new-adelaide-university-music-institute/news-story/e945c7b44f4de4fca175c4601b303865 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=16 August 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=31 March 2016 |title=Sia lends her name to new music institute at University of Adelaide |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2016/mar/31/sia-lends-her-name-to-new-music-institute-at-university-of-adelaide |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715161548/https://www.theguardian.com/music/australia-culture-blog/2016/mar/31/sia-lends-her-name-to-new-music-institute-at-university-of-adelaide |archive-date=15 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |publisher=The Scott Trust (which owns "Guardian Media Group") |language=en |publication-place=London, United Kingdom |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The conservatorium also offers theatre performances and ''Lunchtime'' and ''After Hours'' concert series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre |url=https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/engage/elder-conservatorium-music-theatre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524015333/https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/engage/elder-conservatorium-music-theatre |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Elder Concert Series">{{Cite web |title=Concert Series |url=https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/engage/concert-series |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605144903/https://able.adelaide.edu.au/music/engage/concert-series |archive-date=5 June 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The academy's first Professor of Music was Cambridge graduate Joshua Ives, also the first professor of music in Australia.<ref name="Elder Con" /><ref name="Elder Hall Connect">{{Cite web |title=Elder Conservatorium of Music |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7382 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707133133/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7382 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=7 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Controversial Joshua Ives starts Australia's first music doctorates at Adelaide University's Elder Conservatorium |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/controversial-joshua-ives-starts-conservatorium-as-australia-s-first-music-academy-with-doctorates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229150632/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/controversial-joshua-ives-starts-conservatorium-as-australia-s-first-music-academy-with-doctorates |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Edward Harold Davies was the first Australian to graduate with a Doctor of Music in 1902 and Ruby Claudia Davy was the first Australian woman to earn the doctorate.<ref name="Elton Elder Hall">{{Cite web |last=Elton |first=Jude |title=Elder Hall |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/elder-hall |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229223734/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/places/elder-hall |archive-date=29 February 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=G. G. |date=25 December 1918 |title=Australia's First Lady Doctor of Music. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212479175 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010627/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212479175 |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The Critic |page=7 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The Elder Hall used by the conservatorium was built following the death of its namesake and music lover Thomas Elder who left £20,000 towards its construction.<ref name="Elder Con" /><ref name="Elton Elder Hall" /> The founding stone, made from nearby gumtree, was placed on 26 September 1898 by then-state governor Thomas Fowell Buxton.<ref name="Elder Hall Connect" /><ref name="Elton Elder Hall" /> The building was officially opened exactly two years later on 26 September 1900 in a formal ceremony despite having been already used for months.<ref name="Elder Con" /><ref name="Elder Hall Connect" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Elder Hall |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7320 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707130817/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7320 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> ''The South Australian Register'' reported the next day that the great hall was opened by Lord Tennyson "''positively for the last time''" and that "''the majority of those who were present had already attended at two more or less appropriate ceremonial openings of the Elder Hall''".<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 September 1900 |title=ELDER HALL. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54534233 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707124615/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54534233 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The South Australian Register |page=4 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 September 1900 |title=THE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL CONGREGATION. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54534252 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815204302/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54534252 |archive-date=15 August 2024 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=The Register |page=4 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its current organ is built by Casavant Fréres of Quebec in 1979, having replaced the previous Dodd organ that later was purchased by St Mark's Cathedral in Port Pirie.<ref name="Elton Elder Hall" />

The great hall, which was previously used for graduation ceremonies until the construction of Bonython Hall in 1936, was constructed in the Florentine Gothic architectural style integrating freestone from Mount Gambier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Elder Hall's rich and varied feast – classical, jazz, experimental – at Friday lunch and more |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/elder-hall-presents-rich-and-varied-feast-of-music-at-friday-lunchtime-and-nights |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227011850/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/elder-hall-presents-rich-and-varied-feast-of-music-at-friday-lunchtime-and-nights |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Elton Elder Hall" />

=== National Wine Centre === {{main|National Wine Centre of Australia}}

[[File:National Wine Centre.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the National Wine Centre of Australia on North Terrace.|thumb|The National Wine Centre of Australia on North Terrace]]

Located in the Adelaide Park Lands at the eastern end of North Terrace, the National Wine Centre offers some of the university's oenology courses.<ref name="Wine Centre History">{{Cite web |title=The History & Architecture Of Adelaide SA's National Wine Centre Of Australia |url=https://www.nationalwinecentre.com.au/architecture-and-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315092755/https://www.nationalwinecentre.com.au/architecture-and-history |archive-date=15 March 2024 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=National Wine Centre of Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Opened in 2001, the facility also hosts public exhibitions about winemaking and its industry in South Australia.<ref name="State Library 2006">{{cite web |date=16 May 2006 |title=National Wine Centre of Australia |url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=264 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130013838/http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=264 |archive-date=30 January 2014 |access-date=15 November 2013 |work=State Library of South Australia |publisher=Arts South Australia (Government of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It contains an interactive permanent exhibition of winemaking, introducing visitors to the technology, varieties and styles of wine.<ref name="Wine Centre History" /><ref name="State Library 2006" /> It also has wine tasting areas, giving visitors the opportunity to taste and compare wines from across Australia.<ref name="Wine Centre History" /> The building, which is adjacent to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, was designed by Phillip Cox and Grieve Gillett and uses building materials to reflect items used in making wine.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Wine Centre |url=http://dynamic.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20025028 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031350/http://dynamic.architecture.com.au/awards_search?option=showaward&entryno=20025028 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=15 November 2013 |website=The Royal Australian Institute of Architects |publisher= |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref>

==Student life==

===Student association=== {{Main|Adelaide University Union|}}

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Founded in 1895, the Adelaide University Union, trading as YouX, is one of the oldest students' unions in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our history |url=https://youx.org.au/about/aboutus/history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408052618/https://youx.org.au/about/aboutus/history/ |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2012 |title=ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY UNION CONSTITUTION |url=https://youx.org.au/pageassets/about/governance/rules/Constitution-of-the-Adelaide-University-Union.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923184911/https://youx.org.au/pageassets/about/governance/rules/Constitution-of-the-Adelaide-University-Union.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The union operates both as the representative voice for university students and as a provider of a wide range of services.<ref name="About YouX">{{Cite web |title=About YouX |url=https://youx.org.au/about/aboutus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703224203/https://youx.org.au/about/aboutus/ |archive-date=3 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is democratically controlled through its Board and Students Representatives Council and is run by elected student officers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governance |url=https://youx.org.au/about/governance/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704003635/https://youx.org.au/about/governance/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The union also supports a range of services, including numerous clubs and societies, social events and an advice service.<ref name="About YouX" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=YouX Clubs Guide 2023 |url=https://youx.org.au/pageassets/interests/clubs/YOUX-CLUBS-GUIDE-2023(1).pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430022005/https://youx.org.au/pageassets/interests/clubs/YOUX-CLUBS-GUIDE-2023(1).pdf |archive-date=30 April 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://youx.org.au/interests/events/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323233937/https://youx.org.au/interests/events/ |archive-date=23 March 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Care |url=https://youx.org.au/support/studentcare/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703232107/https://youx.org.au/support/studentcare/ |archive-date=3 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Union members also receive various discounts including at the UniBar, cafes and shops.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Discounts |url=https://youx.org.au/membership/discounts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227204405/https://youx.org.au/membership/discounts/ |archive-date=27 February 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

As of 2024, there are over 175 clubs and societies under the umbrella of the union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clubs |url=https://youx.org.au/interests/clubs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422093519/https://youx.org.au/interests/clubs/ |archive-date=22 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> These include the Adelaide University Sciences Association (the oldest society at the union not related to sports), the Adelaide Medical Students' Society established in 1889 and formerly the Adelaide University Sports Association whose founding clubs predate and ultimately founded the union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Sciences Association |url=https://youx.org.au/interests/clubs/join/sciences/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401104121/https://youx.org.au/interests/clubs/join/sciences/ |archive-date=1 April 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Medical Students Society |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25445 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707130806/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25445 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Sports Association Connect" /> The sports association, which was founded in 1896, became directly affiliated with the university in 2010.<ref name="Sports Association Connect" />

In September 2024, YouX and the University of South Australia Student Association announced their intention to merge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2024 |title=USASA & YouX All-Student Merger Survey |url=https://www.thewaite.org/usasa-youx-all-student-merger-survey/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008052441/https://www.thewaite.org/usasa-youx-all-student-merger-survey/ |archive-date=8 October 2024 |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Waite Research Precinct |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

=== Annual Prosh === {{Main|Prosh (University of Adelaide)}}

alt=This is a photograph from the first Prosh Parade in Adelaide following its formalisation in 1905.|thumb|The inaugural Prosh Parade following its 1905 formalisation The student union also organises the annual ''Prosh'' week events inspired by the medieval tradition of ''ragging'' or "an extensive display of noisy disorderly conduct, carried on in defiance of authority or discipline".<ref name="Student Activism">{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |title=Student raggers and radicals: Student activity and activism from 1880 |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/student-raggers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626041422/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/student-raggers/ |archive-date=26 June 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Student Activism Connect">{{Cite web |title=Student raggers and radicals: Student activity and activism from 1880 |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25407 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318091356/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25407 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The annual ''Procesh'' procession began in 1905 as a means for students to poke fun at established South Australian institutions, though ragging at the university dates back to the late 19th century.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="Student Activism Connect" /> In one example, multiple alarm clocks set and hid by students behind books made constant interruptions during a 1896 ceremony at the former Mitchell Building library.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="Student Activism Connect" /> The Prosh parade has in modern times included live band performances on flatbed trucks, student club-made floats and booze cruisers transporting inebriated students.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="PROSH Week Connect">{{Cite web |title=PROSH Week |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7472 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708024032/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7472 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Among notable pranks, students suspended a Holden car on Adelaide University Footbridge in 1971 above the River Torrens as part of ''Operation Bridge-hang''.<ref name="150th Anniversary Book" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide Uni's Prosh Week 1966 uproar after Ernie Sigley's broadcast from beyond Kangaroo Island jammed in city |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-uni-s-prosh-week-1966-starts-uproar-with-ernie-sigley-s-offshore-radio-broadcast-from-kangaroo-island |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829192029/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-uni-s-prosh-week-1966-starts-uproar-with-ernie-sigley-s-offshore-radio-broadcast-from-kangaroo-island |archive-date=29 August 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=PMG jams Adelaide Uni students' Prosh pirate radio, using Ernie Sigley to broadcast off Kangaroo Island in 1966 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/federal-pmg-jams-adelaide-uni-students--prosh-pirate-radio--using-ernie-sigley-to-broadcast-in-international-waters-off-kangaroo-island-in-1966 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301231751/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/federal-pmg-jams-adelaide-uni-students--prosh-pirate-radio--using-ernie-sigley-to-broadcast-in-international-waters-off-kangaroo-island-in-1966 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |access-date=29 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

[[File:1905 Prosh Procession.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of students on horse cart taking part in the annual Prosh event IN 1905, poking fun at Nobel Prize laureates Bragg and Bragg. A poster reads "Do not Bragg about radium".|thumb|Students on horse cart during the 1905 Prosh Parade with a poster that reads "DO NOT BRAGG ABOUT RADIUM"]]

Since 1954, the event has also involved the sale of satirical newspapers in public settings.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="On Dit 2018">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2018 |title=On Dit (1975) "Prosh" |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/24761 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174040/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/24761 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |access-date=15 December 2018 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="SA Memory 1965">{{Cite web |date=1965 |title=Austrine |url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=2580 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612165047/http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=2580 |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=SA Memory |publisher=State Library of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The ''Prosh Rag'', later an annual issue of the On Dit student magazine, contains humorous references to various well-known persons of the day.<ref name="The Advertiser 2016">{{Cite web |date=28 August 2016 |title=Adelaide University Prosh Day pranks of old |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-university-prosh-day-pranks-of-old/news-story/014f7b11c4c1d2fde588b033e632dbc0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212222655/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adelaide-university-prosh-day-pranks-of-old/news-story/014f7b11c4c1d2fde588b033e632dbc0 |archive-date=12 February 2021 |access-date=17 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="SA Memory 1965" /><ref name="Adelaidean 2001">{{Cite web |date=July 2001 |title=PROSH efforts lead to fundraising record by Adelaide Uni students |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/backissues/Adelaidean-2001-07.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814224241/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/script/adelaidean/archive/backissues/Adelaidean-2001-07.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=28 July 2024 |website=Adelaidean |publisher=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It has been sold on city streets by students to raise funds for charity as an attempt to legitimise the event following attempts to ban it in the early 1950s.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="Student Activism Connect" /> Since at least the 1960s, the event and magazine has often been involved in controversial topics including Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, apartheid, nuclear warfare, Aboriginal rights and the general administration of the university.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="Student Activism Connect" /> Following the end of free university education, the event has toned down in more recent times as a result of increased work commitments by students and the rise of social media for activism.<ref name="Student Activism" /><ref name="Student Activism Connect" /> Prosh week winds up with the Prosh After Dark social event in the UniBar which has its origins from the Prosh Ball.<ref name="PROSH Week Connect" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 1970 |title=On Dit (Aug 1970) "Prosh Ball" |url=http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/24753/1/OnDit1970Aug_ProshBall.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228202112/http://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/24753/1/OnDit1970Aug_ProshBall.pdf |archive-date=28 December 2013 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=28 December 2013 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

===Student newspapers and radio=== {{Main|On Dit}}

[[File:Adelaide. Autumn walk. (20016607286).jpg|alt=This is a photograph of a footpath along the southern fence on War Memorial Drive in winter.|thumb|A footpath along the southern fence on War Memorial Drive]]

''On Dit'' (pronounced ''on-dee''), the second-oldest student-run print media in Australia, was established by the student union in 1932.<ref name="On Dit Connect">{{Cite web |title=On Dit |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7315 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720130204/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7315 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2022 |title=About |url=https://onditmagazine.com.au/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717212627/https://onditmagazine.com.au/about/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It is named after the French expression "we say" and operates independently of the university.<ref name="On Dit Connect" /> It also occasionally uses the name "Hearsay" as a creative writing edition of the magazine that dates back to 1972 when the then-newspaper changed its name to "Heresay" in Volume 14 as part of a protest against nuclear testing in the Pacific by France.<ref name="On Dit Connect" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2021 |title=Love, death, and science fiction: Our 2021 Hearsay creative writing awards |url=https://onditmagazine.com.au/2021/12/01/love-death-and-science-fiction-our-2021-hearsay-creative-writing-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025143508/https://onditmagazine.com.au/2021/12/01/love-death-and-science-fiction-our-2021-hearsay-creative-writing-awards/ |archive-date=25 October 2023 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1972 |title=On Dit. Volume 40, Issue 14 |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/2414 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707234318/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/2414?keywords=on%20dit%201972&type=all&highlights=WyJkaXQiLCIxOTcyIl0=&lsk=a5f7c531cbbdcb26535d3a0b4fe847f7 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The ''Prosh Rag'', which contains satirical content, is another special issue that is sold by students to the public to raise funds for charities.<ref name="On Dit 2018" /><ref name="SA Memory 1965" /><ref name="The Advertiser 2016" /><ref name="Adelaidean 2001" /> On Dit often publishes content on national and global politics and is an example of student activism at the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Dit |url=https://youx.org.au/development/studentmedia/ondit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723060132/https://youx.org.au/development/studentmedia/ondit/ |archive-date=23 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Union (trading as YouX) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="On Dit Connect" /> Former writers of the newspaper include politicians Julia Gillard, Christopher Pyne, Penny Wong, Nick Xenophon and John Bannon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Significant figures in politics, education, media and more as editors of Adelaide University's 'On Dit' |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/significant-figures-in-politics--education--media-and-more-as-editors-of-adelaide-university--on-dit--student-newspaper |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420041042/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/significant-figures-in-politics--education--media-and-more-as-editors-of-adelaide-university--on-dit--student-newspaper |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

It is the successor to the ''Varsity Ragge'' which was founded in 1929.<ref name="Varsity Ragge Connect">{{Cite web |title=Varsity Ragge |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7316 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723111532/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7316 |archive-date=23 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide AZ Varsity Ragge">{{Cite web |title='Varsity Ragge' 1928-31 the ragged predecessor of Adelaide University's boldly activist students newspaper 'On Dit' |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/-varsity-ragge--1928-34-the-predecessor-of-the-adelaide-university-s-student-newspaper--on-dit- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226232439/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/-varsity-ragge--1928-34-the-predecessor-of-the-adelaide-university-s-student-newspaper--on-dit- |archive-date=26 February 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It also published news, poetry and comedic works from various student clubs and societies, including the neighbouring Adelaide Teachers College which later became part of the university campus.<ref name="Varsity Ragge Connect" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Varsity Ragge" /><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /> According to On Dit, the original newspaper failed due to student apathy.<ref name="Varsity Ragge Connect" /><ref name="Adelaide AZ Varsity Ragge" /> The oldest student-run newspaper dates back to 1889 as the ''Review'', which was previously ran by the Adelaide Medical Students' Society.<ref name="Larsen 2019" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the AMSS |url=https://www.amss.org.au/about/about-the-amss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321144015/https://www.amss.org.au/about/about-the-amss |archive-date=21 March 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Adelaide Medical Students' Society |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

The ''Adelaide University Magazine'' was another student-run magazine that began printing in 1918.<ref name="Larsen 2019" /><ref name="Australian War Memorial">{{Cite web |title=The Adelaide university magazine. |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB109748 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906055554/https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/LIB109748 |archive-date=6 September 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Australian War Memorial |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> Following the establishment of On Dit as the official organ of the student union, it renamed to the ''Phoenix'' in 1935 as a modernist cultural and artistic magazine with literary works including poetry.<ref name="Larsen 2019">{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Marie |date=21 January 2019 |title=100 Years On - Adelaide University Magazine |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25410 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708013037/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25410 |archive-date=8 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Australian War Memorial" /><ref name="Hoskin 2013">{{Cite web |last=Hoskin |first=Cheryl |date=May 2013 |title=A Genius About the Place: The Phoenix Magazine and Australian modernism |url=https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/129739/1/A%20Genius%20About%20the%20Place.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530175648/https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/129739/1/A%20Genius%20About%20the%20Place.pdf |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Following funding cuts in 1940, its editors founded the ''Angry Penguins'' which was influential in the then-isolationist Australia as a socially-progressive magazine promoting internationalism.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Yates |first=Gavin |date=6 April 2023 |title="Black Swan of Trespass": Surrealism, Angry Penguins Journal, and the "Ern Malley" Experiment |url=https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/dadasur/article/id/31892/ |journal=Dada/Surrealism |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria |volume=24 |issue=1 |doi=10.17077/0084-9537.31892 |issn=2372-6725 |access-date=6 September 2024 |via=The University of Iowa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miles |first=John |date=12 July 2000 |title=Lost Angry Penguins: D.B. Kerr, P.G. Pfeiffer and the real founding of the Angry Penguins |url=http://jacketmagazine.com/12/penguins-miles.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505055202/http://jacketmagazine.com/12/penguins-miles.html |archive-date=5 May 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Jacket |publisher=University of Pennsylvania (which owns "Kelly Writers House") |language=en |publication-place=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bradshaw |first=Wayne |date=10 July 2024 |title=Misapprehensions of a Caustic Eye: A. D. Hope and the Failure of Angry Penguins as a Modernist Literary Movement |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14443058.2024.2369499 |url-status= |journal=Journal of Australian Studies |volume=48 |issue=3 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Townsville, Queensland |pages=299–313 |doi=10.1080/14443058.2024.2369499 |issn=1444-3058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906071158/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14443058.2024.2369499 |archive-date=6 September 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |via=Informa (which owns "Taylor & Francis")}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Haese |first=Richard |date=30 December 1982 |title=The Revolutionary Years |url=https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-30/t1-g-t1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111141703/https://latrobejournal.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-30/t1-g-t1.html |archive-date=11 November 2022 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The La Trobe Journal |publisher=State Library Victoria |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Making History: The Angry Penguins |url=https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/making-history-angry-penguins/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804173234/https://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/making-history-angry-penguins/ |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Heide Museum of Modern Art |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> The magazine ceased operations after six years, following the Ern Malley hoax that set back modernism in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeland |first=Lucy |date=7 February 2016 |title=Australias Avant-Garde Angry Penguins: From Art To Literature |url=https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australia-s-avant-garde-angry-penguins-from-art-to-literature |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606022530/https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/australia-s-avant-garde-angry-penguins-from-art-to-literature |archive-date=6 June 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Culture Trip |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |language=en-AU |publication-place=New York City, United States}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Angry Penguins |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/angry-penguins |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809095636/https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/angry-penguins |archive-date=9 August 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Tate Britain |language=en-GB |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref><ref name="Hoskin 2013" /> The magazine was later revived on-and-off the following years as the ''Phoenix'' but published its final issue in 1949.<ref name="Hoskin 2013" /> Later attempts by the student union in the 1950s to revive the Adelaide University Magazine as a staff and graduate magazine, rather than one focussed on artistic and literary works, failed.<ref name="Hoskin 2013" />

The University of Adelaide also runs its own official university-run newspapers including ''Lumen'' and formerly ''The Adelaidean'' between 1991 and 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Previous Issues |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/previous-issues |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924030753/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/lumen/previous-issues |archive-date=24 September 2024 |access-date=23 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Marie |date=21 January 2019 |title=The Adelaidean, 1991 to 2016 |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7304 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722125204/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7304 |archive-date=22 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Other historical student newspapers include ''The Torch'' and ''Flambeau'', also associated with the affiliated Adelaide Teachers College which later merged with the university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernen |first=Danielle |date=16 February 2024 |title=Adelaide Teachers College - The Torch |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25531 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707221437/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25531 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Mixed Antecedent History" /><ref name="UniSA Awarding Bodies" />

The university founded Radio Adelaide, Australia's first community radio channel, in 1972 and operated it until 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radio Adelaide Training Manual |url=https://media.adelaide.edu.au/radio/caamatraining/Resources/Radio%20Industry%20-%20RA%20Trng%20Manual.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421164522/https://media.adelaide.edu.au/radio/caamatraining/Resources/Radio%20Industry%20-%20RA%20Trng%20Manual.pdf |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2016 |title=A 43 Year Legacy |url=https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/news/a-43-year-legacy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222509/https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/news/a-43-year-legacy/ |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=Radio Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=David |date=19 February 2016 |title=Adelaide Uni cuts Radio Adelaide free |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/business/media-week/2016/02/19/adelaide-uni-cuts-radio-adelaide-free |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706120206/https://www.indaily.com.au/business/media-week/2016/02/19/adelaide-uni-cuts-radio-adelaide-free |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Adelaide University Student Radio was established in 1975 and was the oldest student-run radio program in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Union, 1895-2012 |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25587 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720161342/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25587 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

===Sports and athletics=== {{Main|Adelaide University Sport}}

[[File:Adelaide University Boat Club.jpg|thumb|The boat shed of the Adelaide University Boat Club was donated by Robert Barr Smith|alt=This is a photograph of the Barr Smith Boat Shed of the Adelaide University Boat Club, donated by Robert Barr Smith.]]

Established in 1896, Adelaide University Sport has 37 sports clubs, including some that predate its establishment.<ref name="Sports Association Connect" /><ref name="AU Sport Clubs" /> Its historical motto is ''Mobilitate Vigemus'' translated "we thrive by mobility".<ref name="Coppin 2011">{{Cite web |last=Coppin |first=Sue |date=28 April 2011 |title=University Sporting Colours: Why the Blacks? |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25602 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707120536/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25602 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Woolley |first=William J. |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32561 |title=Creating the Modern Army: Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939 |date=2022 |publisher=University of Kansas (which owns "University Press of Kansas") |isbn=978-0-7006-3303-6 |location=Lawrence, Kansas |language=en-US |doi=10.17161/1808.32561 |hdl=1808/32561 |access-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813104747/https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/b4757b81-1a86-44a8-80a1-c2015b87a495/content |archive-format=PDF |archive-date=13 August 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its sporting colours black and white are likely from the white-backed magpie, an Australian bird found on its crest and the state badge.<ref name="Coppin 2011" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=The symbols of South Australia |url=https://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/australian-symbols-booklet/state-and-territory-symbols/symbols-south-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612040112/https://www.pmc.gov.au/publications/australian-symbols-booklet/state-and-territory-symbols/symbols-south-australia |archive-date=12 June 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> Its mascot is Gus, a black lion, which replaced the piping shrike on its historical crest.<ref name="Mascot">{{Cite web |date=24 August 2020 |title=VOTE FOR GUS! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CEQGrOQh8SY/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813192257/https://www.instagram.com/p/CEQGrOQh8SY/ |archive-date=13 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Instagram |publisher=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704183850/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/ |archive-date=4 July 2024 |access-date=18 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Coppin 2011" />

[[File:Adelaide University Lacrosse Club 'A' team. 1896.png|thumb|The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club "A" team in black and white sporting colours|alt=This is a photograph of the Adelaide University Lacrosse Club's "A" team in front of Mitchell Building during the 1896 state premiers.]]

The Adelaide University Boat Club was founded in 1881 and operates from the River Torrens in the Adelaide city centre and from West Lakes.<ref name="Boat Club Connect">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Boat Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707130724/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25658 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Its primary boat shed was donated by Robert Barr Smith in 1909.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> The club claims to be the second-oldest in Australia, though this claim is disputed with the Sydney University Boat Club who uses the founding date of the Sydney Rowing Club.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> Each year the club competes in a number of events including the Oxford and Cambridge Cup, which was donated by Old Blues of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the 1890s.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Guerin |first=Andrew |date=22 June 2007 |title=Australian University Championships: History of these Championships |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622061733/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/index.php |archive-date=22 June 2007 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The History of Australian Rowing |language=en-AU}}</ref> Several Olympians have previously been members of the club including Collier Cudmore who later became Australia's first gold medalist in rowing at the 1908 London Olympics.<ref name="Boat Club Connect" /> The Adelaide University Tennis Club was founded in 1885 and is a lawn tennis club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Lawn Tennis Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25661 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707131338/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25661 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The Adelaide University Lacrosse Club was founded in 1889 by future Nobel laureate William Henry Bragg and is one of the oldest in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of the North Adelaide Lacrosse Club |url=https://lambtonmountlacrosse.com/artifacts/69529865.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710231941/https://lambtonmountlacrosse.com/artifacts/69529865.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Lambton Mount Lacrosse Club |language=en-AU }}</ref> It is long-time rivals with the Melbourne University Lacrosse Club.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 August 1905 |title=LACROSSE. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9870541 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919062143/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9870541 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=The Argus |pages=19 |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Lacrosse Club |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25659 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707131928/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/25659 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=About |url=https://www.revolutionise.com.au/aulacrosse/about |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908055350/https://www.revolutionise.com.au/aulacrosse/about |archive-date=8 September 2024 |access-date=8 September 2024 |website=Adelaide University Lacrosse Club |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

Following the 1895 establishment of the Adelaide University Union, the student association, the three clubs co-founded the Adelaide University Sports Association in 1896. Additional sports clubs such as the Adelaide University Football Club were established throughout the 20th century.<ref name="Sports Association Connect">{{Cite web |title=Adelaide University Sports Association Inc |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7379 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240707202101/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7379 |archive-date=7 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="AU Sport Clubs">{{Cite web |title=Clubs |url=https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314112853/https://www.adelaideunisport.com.au/clubs/ |archive-date=14 March 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Adelaide University Sport |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The sports association was administered by the student union for over 100 years before becoming directly affiliated with the university in 2010.<ref name="Sports Association Connect" /> The Adelaide University Sports Association renamed to ''Adelaide University Sport'' that same year.<ref name="Sports Association Connect" />

=== Residential colleges === The university did not set any land aside on its main campus for student accommodation due to ideological opposition to the culture of live-in students at the time but also influenced by the small size of the original campus.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walkley |first=Gavin |title=St Mark's College: The Buildings and Grounds |date=1985 |publisher=Lutheran Publishing House |isbn=9780958881302 |location=Adelaide, South Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> However, demand for residential college accommodation led to the establishment of private colleges affiliated to the university.<ref name="Sumerling 2006" />

[[File:Newland Building.jpg|thumb|Newland Building of St Mark's College, one of several private residential colleges|alt=This is a photograph of the Newland Building at St Mark's College, one of several private residential colleges near the university.]]

St Mark's College was founded in 1925 by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide and is the oldest of the colleges.<ref name="St Mark's College 2020">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=14 December 2020 |title=Preparing for our centenary: steps towards the founding of St Mark's College in 1925 |url=https://stmarkscollege.com.au/news/preparing-for-our-centenary-steps-towards-the-founding-of-st-marks-college-in-1925/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109083423/https://stmarkscollege.com.au/news/preparing-for-our-centenary-steps-towards-the-founding-of-st-marks-college-in-1925/ |archive-date=9 November 2023 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=St Mark's College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It was developed by some former residents of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge among others with the goal of developing a similar collegiate lifestyle.<ref name="St Mark's College 2020" />

Aquinas College was founded as a men's college in 1950 by the Catholic Church at Montefiore House, the former residence of Samuel Way who was a chancellor and vice-chancellor at the university.<ref name="Aquinas College 2018">{{Cite web |date= 21 December 2018|title=College History |url=https://www.aquinas.edu.au/about-aquinas/college-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801054535/https://www.aquinas.edu.au/about-aquinas/college-history/ |archive-date=1 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Aquinas College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Bray |first=John Jefferson |title=Sir Samuel James Way (1836–1916) |date=1990 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=12 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/way-sir-samuel-james-9014 |access-date=13 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813172513/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/way-sir-samuel-james-9014 |archive-date=13 August 2024 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU |author-link=John Jefferson Bray}}</ref> It later expanded to surrounding sites and became co-residential in 1975.<ref name="Aquinas College 2018" />

[[File:Lincoln College Abraham House.jpg|thumb|Abraham House, one of several heritage buildings that are part of Lincoln College|alt=This is a photograph of Abraham House, one of a number of heritage-listed buildings at Lincoln College, a residential college for university students in Adelaide.]]

St Ann's College was founded as a women's college in 1947.<ref name="St Ann's College 2023">{{Cite web |date=6 December 2023 |title=ABOUT US |url=https://stannscollege.edu.au/about-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801015329/https://stannscollege.edu.au/about-us |archive-date=1 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=St Ann's College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The college's honorary founder is politician Josiah Symon who in 1924 suggested that female students at the university should have somewhere to live.<ref name="St Ann's College 2023" /> It became co-educational in 1973.<ref name="St Ann's College 2023" />

Lincoln College was founded in 1952 by the Methodist Church and named after the Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://lincoln.edu.au/about-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719134338/https://lincoln.edu.au/about-us/ |archive-date=19 July 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Lincoln College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Originally established as a men's college, it became co-residential in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://lincoln.edu.au/our-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603181032/https://lincoln.edu.au/our-history/ |archive-date=3 June 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Lincoln College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It features several heritage-listed buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lincoln College |url=https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7399 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027214318/https://connect.adelaide.edu.au/nodes/view/7399 |archive-date=27 October 2022 |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

There are also other private student accommodation providers in the city centre and in suburban Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=Student Accommodation |url=https://study.unisa.edu.au/SysSiteAssets/docs/brochures/2024/2023-accommodation-brochure_web.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929130459/https://study.unisa.edu.au/SysSiteAssets/docs/brochures/2024/2023-accommodation-brochure_web.pdf |archive-date=29 September 2023 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The university also manages the University Village, Mattanya Student Residences and the Roseworthy Residential College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accommodation |url=https://college.adelaide.edu.au/student-life/accommodation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419162758/https://college.adelaide.edu.au/student-life/accommodation/ |archive-date=19 April 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mattanya Student Residences |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/university-managed-student-accommodation/mattanya-student-residences |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922030650/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/university-managed-student-accommodation/mattanya-student-residences |archive-date=22 September 2023 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roseworthy Residential College |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/university-managed-student-accommodation/roseworthy-residential-college |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804154329/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/accommodation/university-managed-student-accommodation/roseworthy-residential-college |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Former colleges ==== Kathleen Lumley College was a postgraduate college founded by the university in 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=About Us |url=https://kathleenlumleycollege.com.au/about-us/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311131604/https://kathleenlumleycollege.com.au/about-us/ |archive-date=11 March 2022 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=Kathleen Lumley College |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> It closed in 2022 following a drop in overseas students during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lydia |first=Kellner |date=24 November 2023 |title=Kathleen Lumley College in North Adelaide to be sold off |url=https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/kathleen-lumley-college-in-north-adelaide-to-be-sold-off |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208202804/https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/kathleen-lumley-college-in-north-adelaide-to-be-sold-off |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=REA Group |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref>

==Notable people== {{Main list|List of University of Adelaide people }}The University of Adelaide's alumni also includes students from past mergers including the Roseworthy Agricultural College and the City campus of the former South Australian College of Advanced Education (including its predecessors the Adelaide Teachers College and the Adelaide College of Advanced Education).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Documents |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/graduations/official-documents |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120152514/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/graduations/official-documents |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parchments, transcripts and AHEGS |url=https://unisa.edu.au/Student-Life/Support-services/Student-administration/parchments-transcripts-and-ahegs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120152514/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/graduations/official-documents |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

<gallery class="center" widths="150" heights="150" caption="Notable alumni of the university include:"> File:Julia Gillard 2010.jpg|alt=Julia Gillard was the first female Prime Minister of Australia.|Julia Gillard<ref name="Julia Gillard">{{Cite web |title=Julia Gillard, from an Adelaide University politics start, makes education priority as prime minister 2010-13 |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/julia-gillard-makes-education-a-top-priority-during-prime-ministership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223172330/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/julia-gillard-makes-education-a-top-priority-during-prime-ministership |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> First female Prime Minister of Australia File:Astronaut Andy Thomas.jpg|alt=Andy Thomas was the first Australian-born astronaut.|Andy Thomas<ref name="Shepherd 2019">{{Cite web |last=Shepherd |first=Tory |date=30 May 2019 |title=Astronaut Andy Thomas' words of wisdom for Adelaide students |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/astronaut-andy-thomas-words-of-wisdom-for-adelaide-students/news-story/380e78419f0b7dced8d7722e4e059d22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702170255/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/astronaut-andy-thomas-words-of-wisdom-for-adelaide-students/news-story/380e78419f0b7dced8d7722e4e059d22 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=The Advertiser |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Aerospace engineer and first Australian-born astronaut File:Julie Bishop 2014.jpg|alt=Julie Bishop was the female Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia.|Julie Bishop<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hennessy |first=Annabel |date=21 February 2019 |title=Rise and rise of the MP cherry ripe for biggest jobs |url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/julie-bishop-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-mp-cherry-ripe-for-the-biggest-jobs-ng-b881113710z |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704012217/https://thewest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/julie-bishop-the-rise-and-rise-of-the-mp-cherry-ripe-for-the-biggest-jobs-ng-b881113710z |archive-date=4 July 2022 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=The West Australian |publisher=Seven West Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Perth, Western Australia}}</ref> First female Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia File:Tony Tan Keng Yam cropp.jpg|alt=Tony Tan was the 7th President of the Republic of Singapore.|Tony Tan<ref name="Tan 2010">{{Cite web |last=Tan |first=Peggy |date=6 November 2010 |title=Dr Tony Tan First Recipient of Distinguished Australian Alumnus Award - Australian Alumni Singapore |url=https://aas.org.sg/dr-tony-tan-first-recipient-of-distinguished-australian-alumnus-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918023402/https://aas.org.sg/dr-tony-tan-first-recipient-of-distinguished-australian-alumnus-award/ |archive-date=18 September 2023 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Australian Alumni Singapore |language=en-SG |publication-place=Singapore}}</ref> 7th President of the Republic of Singapore File:Penny Wong DFAT official (cropped).jpg|alt=Penny Wong is the current Minister for Foreign Affairs and federal senate leader.|Penny Wong<ref name="Penny Wong" /> Current Minister for Foreign Affairs and senate leader File:Ong Teng Cheong.jpg|alt=Ong Teng Cheong was the 5th President of the Republic of Singapore.|Ong Teng Cheong<ref name="Ong Teng Cheong">{{Cite web |date=12 October 2016 |title=Ong Teng Cheong |url=https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/arts/ong-teng-cheong |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206164837/https://www.esplanade.com/offstage/arts/ong-teng-cheong |archive-date=6 December 2023 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=TributeSG |publisher=Esplanade Offstage |language=en-SG |publication-place=Singapore}}</ref> 5th President of the Republic of Singapore File:Roma Mitchell 1965.jpg|alt=Roma Mitchell was the first female Australian judge, chancellor and state governor.|Roma Mitchell<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Roma Mitchell |url=https://www.romamitchellchambers.com.au/about-roma-mitchell/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317110350/https://www.romamitchellchambers.com.au/about-roma-mitchell/ |archive-date=17 March 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Roma Mitchell Chambers |language=en-AU |publication-place=Brisbane, Queensland}}</ref> First female Australian judge, chancellor and state governor File:Laura Margaret Hope.jpeg|alt=Laura Margaret Hope was the first female surgeon in Australia.|Laura Margaret Hope<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Fowler, South Australia's first female doctor in 1891, ends exclusion by British Medical Association |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/laura-fowler--first-female-medical-graduate-from-adelaide-university--blocked-from-south-australian-association-membership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010614/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/laura-fowler--first-female-medical-graduate-from-adelaide-university--blocked-from-south-australian-association-membership |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> First female surgeon in Australia File:Sir Mark Oliphant.jpg|alt=Mark Oliphant was the first demonstrator of nuclear fission.|Mark Oliphant<ref name="Carver">{{Cite web |last=Carver |first=John |title=Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin (Mark) Oliphant (1901–2000) |url=https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/oliphant-sir-marcus-laurence-elwin--mark-782 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713200808/https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/oliphant-sir-marcus-laurence-elwin--mark-782 |archive-date=13 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Obituaries Australia |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref> Nuclear physicist and humanitarian File:Tirana Hassan - Human Rights Watch 2023 World Report - London.jpg|alt=Tirana Hassan is the eecutive director of Human Rights Watch.|Tirana Hassan<ref name="Tirana Hassan">{{Cite web |date=31 August 2001 |title=Law students visit Woomera detainees |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news263.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604220149/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news263.html |archive-date=4 June 2023 |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Executive director of Human Rights Watch File:Don Dunstan 1968 crop.jpg|alt=Don Dustan was the 35th Premier of South Australia.|Don Dustan<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunstan, Donald Allan 1926-1999 |url=https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=438&c=2396 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408134308/https://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=438&c=2396 |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=State Library of South Australia (which owns "SA Memory") |publisher=Government of South Australia (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Former Premier of South Australia File:Guy Sebastian - 2013 Get Along.jpg|alt=Guy Sebastian is a singer-songwriter and musician.|Guy Sebastian<ref name="Guy Sebastian">{{Cite web |title=Guy Sebastian the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003, coming straight out of Paradise church in Adelaide |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/guy-sebastian-first-winner-of-australian-idol-2003--straight-out-of-paradise |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715210957/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/guy-sebastian-first-winner-of-australian-idol-2003--straight-out-of-paradise |archive-date=15 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Singer-songwriter and musician File:Lionel Logue 1937.jpg|alt=Lionel Logue was a speech and language therapist.|Lionel Logue<ref name="Lionel Logue">{{Cite web |title=Lionel Logue, the boy stammerer from Adelaide, whose speech therapy saved British monarchy in the 1920s |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/lionel-logue--the-boy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928032715/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/lionel-logue--the-boy |archive-date=28 September 2023 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Speech and language therapist File:120411 - Matthew Cowdrey - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg|alt=Matthew Cowdrey is a Paralympian and state politician.|Matthew Cowdrey<ref name="Matthew Cowdrey">{{Cite web |title=Matthew Cowdrey OAM |url=https://www.variety.org.au/sa/people/matthew-cowdrey-oam/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209043010/https://www.variety.org.au/sa/people/matthew-cowdrey-oam/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Variety Australia |language=en-US |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> Paralympian and state politician File:Sir Edward Holden.jpeg|alt=Edward Holden was an industrialist and founder of GM Holden.|Edward Holden<ref name="Edward Holden">{{Cite web |title=Holden, Edward Wheewall 1885-1947 |url=https://beta.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=438&c=2428 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715215327/https://beta.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=438&c=2428 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=State Library of South Australia (which owns "SA Memory") |publisher=Government of South Australia (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Industrialist and founder of GM Holden </gallery>

The university has had a significant impact on the public life of South Australia, having educated many of the state's earliest businesspeople, lawyers, medical professionals and politicians.<ref name="Sendziuk 2018" /> It has also produced 117 Rhodes scholars,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhodes Scholars |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni/recognised/rhodes-scholars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120152421/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni/recognised/rhodes-scholars |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref> 168 Fulbright scholars<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fulbright Scholars |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni/recognised/fulbright-scholars |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120152445/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/alumni/recognised/fulbright-scholars |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref> and is associated with five Nobel laureates which constitute one-third of Australia's total Nobel laureates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobel Laureates |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/nobel-laureates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205125448/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/about-us/nobel-laureates |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=8 May 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}</ref> The university throughout its history has been associated with the development of penicillin, space exploration, sunscreen, the military tank, Wi-Fi, polymer banknotes and X-ray crystallography, and the study of viticulture and oenology.<ref name="Sendziuk 2018" />

Notable alumni of the university include the first female Australian prime minister Julia Gillard,<ref name="Julia Gillard" /> Singaporean presidents Tony Tan<ref name="Tan 2010" /> and Ong Teng Cheong,<ref name="Ong Teng Cheong" /> the first Australian-born astronaut Andy Thomas,<ref name="Shepherd 2019" /> the first demonstrator of nuclear fusion Mark Oliphant,<ref name="Carver" /> singer-songwriter Guy Sebastian,<ref name="Guy Sebastian" /> the industrialist Edward Holden who founded Australian automobile manufacturer GM Holden,<ref name="Edward Holden" /> the speech therapist Lionel Logue who helped King George VI manage his stammer,<ref name="Lionel Logue" /> the inventor of modern sunscreen Milton Blake<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://hamiltonlabs.chimo.com.au/site/page.cfm?u=10 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630180926/https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070831103818/http://hamiltonlabs.chimo.com.au/site/page.cfm?u=10 |archive-date=30 June 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=Hamilton Laboratories |publisher=National Library of Australia (which owns "Trove") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and Neil Weste whose advancements in wireless communications are widely used.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Neil Weste |url=https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/ua/media/103/Neil_Weste.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630180922/https://www.adelaide.edu.au/records/ua/media/103/Neil_Weste.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=The University of Adelaide |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Several Olympians and Paralympians have also studied at the university including Matthew Cowdrey.<ref name="Matthew Cowdrey" /> Incumbent office-holders include the state premier Peter Malinauskas,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eldridge |first=Felix |date=26 November 2020 |title=Memories with Mali: An interview with Peter Malinauskas |url=https://onditmagazine.com.au/2020/11/27/memories-with-mali-an-interview-with-peter-malinauskas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313081146/https://onditmagazine.com.au/2020/11/27/memories-with-mali-an-interview-with-peter-malinauskas/ |archive-date=13 March 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=On Dit |publisher=Adelaide University Union |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> state governor Frances Adamson,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frances Adamson, the third female governor of South Australia, from a background as foreign affairs leader |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/frances-adamson--from-walford-and-adelaide-university--to-first-female-head-of-australia-department-of-foreign-affair-s-and-trade- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519211017/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/frances-adamson--from-walford-and-adelaide-university--to-first-female-head-of-australia-department-of-foreign-affair-s-and-trade- |archive-date=19 May 2024 |access-date=18 September 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> the Human Rights Watch executive director Tirana Hassan,<ref name="Tirana Hassan" /> the national senate leader Penny Wong,<ref name="Penny Wong">{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Senator the Honourable Penny Wong |url=https://unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/alumni-awards-and-recognition/alumni-awards/2016/penny-wong/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303022715/https://unisa.edu.au/connect/alumni-network/alumni-awards-and-recognition/alumni-awards/2016/penny-wong/ |archive-date=3 March 2024 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=University of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> the Australian National University chancellor Julie Bishop<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2019 |title=The Hon Julie Bishop |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/about/governance/committees/the-hon-julie-bishop |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728055828/https://www.anu.edu.au/about/governance/committees/the-hon-julie-bishop |archive-date=28 July 2024 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=The Australian National University |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref> and several federal cabinet ministers.

=== Women's education === [[File:Student of 1885.jpg|alt=This is a mural to Edith Emily Dornwell who was concurrently Australia's first Bachelor of Science graduate and the first female graduate of the university.|thumb|Mural to Edith Emily Dornwell, Australia's first BSc graduate]]

Following a royal charter granted by Queen Victoria in 1881, the university became the second university in the English-speaking world to formally admit women to degree-conferring programs on equal terms as men, contributing to a number of firsts in the history of women's education in Australia.<ref name="Adelaide AZ Women's Education" /> Its first female graduate was Edith Emily Dornwell who concurrently became the first person in Australia to receive the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Advanced School, Emily Dornwell: first Adelaide University female graduate, first for science in Australia |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-unis-first-female-graduate-australias-first-science-graduate-in-1885_copy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710223557/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/adelaide-unis-first-female-graduate-australias-first-science-graduate-in-1885_copy |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The university also graduated Australia's first female surgeon Laura Margaret Fowler in 1891.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Fowler, South Australia's first female doctor in 1891, ends exclusion by British Medical Association |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/laura-fowler--first-female-medical-graduate-from-adelaide-university--blocked-from-south-australian-association-membership |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003180759/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/laura-fowler--first-female-medical-graduate-from-adelaide-university--blocked-from-south-australian-association-membership |archive-date=3 October 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Jones |first=Helen |title=Laura Margaret Hope (1868–1952) |date=1996 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=14 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hope-laura-margaret-10541 |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603081004/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hope-laura-margaret-10541 |archive-date=3 June 2024 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU}}</ref> Ruby Claudia Davy was the first Australian woman to receive a doctorate in music in 1918.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Gibberd |first1=Joyce |title=Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1949) |date=1981 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |volume=8 |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davy-ruby-claudia-5918 |access-date=10 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002052310/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davy-ruby-claudia-5918 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |url-status=live |place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |publisher=Australian National University (which owns "National Centre of Biography") |language=en-AU |last2=O'Toole |first2=Silvia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hems |first=Owen |title=Dr Ruby Davy |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/people/dr-ruby-davy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925210523/https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/people/dr-ruby-davy |archive-date=25 September 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=SA History Hub |publisher=Government of South Australia (History Trust of South Australia) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Other notable firsts also include Winifred Kiek, Margaret Reid and Janine Haines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2020 |title=Getting to Know The Reverend Winifred Kiek |url=https://www.acw.org.au/post/getting-to-know-the-reverend-winifred-kiek |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303183216/https://www.acw.org.au/post/getting-to-know-the-reverend-winifred-kiek |archive-date=3 March 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=Australian Church Women |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Reid, Margaret Elizabeth |url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/reid-margaret-elizabeth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729180035/https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/reid-margaret-elizabeth/ |archive-date=29 July 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=The Australian Women's Register |publisher=National Foundation for Australian Women |language=en-AU |publication-place=Canberra, Australian Capital Territory}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2022 |title=Janine Haines AM |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/janine-haines-am |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420190847/https://www.vic.gov.au/janine-haines-am |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=4 August 2024 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> In 1914, the university was also the first to elect a woman, Helen Mayo, to a university council in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2022 |title=Dr Helen Mayo OBE |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/dr-helen-mayo-obe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420194351/https://www.vic.gov.au/dr-helen-mayo-obe |archive-date=20 April 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-AU |publication-place=Melbourne, Victoria}}</ref> It is also the alma mater of Roma Mitchell who was Australia's first female judge, the first woman to be a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the governor of an Australian state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Roma Mitchell |url=https://www.romamitchellchambers.com.au/about-roma-mitchell/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317110350/https://www.romamitchellchambers.com.au/about-roma-mitchell/ |archive-date=17 March 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=Roma Mitchell Chambers |language=en-AU |publication-place=Brisbane, Queensland}}</ref> Australia's first female prime minister Julia Gillard had also studied at the university and the first Aboriginal Rhodes Scholar Rebecca Richards in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2013 |title=Julia Gillard takes up honorary role at Adelaide University |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-takes-up-honorary-role-at-adelaide-university-20130911-2tj3q.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710225836/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/julia-gillard-takes-up-honorary-role-at-adelaide-university-20130911-2tj3q.html |archive-date=10 July 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Richards first Aboriginal Rhodes Scholar; an honours anthropology graduate at Adelaide University |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/rebecca-richards-first-australian-aboriginal-rhodes-scholar-after-graduating-from-adelaide-university-with-honours-in-anthropology_copy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305041912/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/rebecca-richards-first-australian-aboriginal-rhodes-scholar-after-graduating-from-adelaide-university-with-honours-in-anthropology_copy |archive-date=5 March 2024 |access-date=10 July 2024 |website=Adelaide AZ |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 2012 |title=Australia's first Indigenous Rhodes Scholar named |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-16/australias-first-indigenous-rhodes-scholar-named/2376622 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015154319/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-12-16/australias-first-indigenous-rhodes-scholar-named/2376622 |archive-date=15 October 2022 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

=== Nobel laureates === {{Multiple image | total_width = 405 | image1 = Wl-bragg.jpg | alt1 = Thisis a photograph of Lawrence Bragg. | caption1 = Lawrence Bragg Physicist<ref name="Bragg 1967">{{Cite web |last=Bragg |first=William Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Bragg |date=1967 |orig-date=6 September 1922 |title=Lawrence Bragg – Biographical |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/wl-bragg/biographical/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319171302/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/wl-bragg/biographical/ |archive-date=19 March 2024 |archive-format= |access-date=10 May 2024 |website=Les Prix Nobel (The Nobel Foundation) via Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921 |publisher=Elsevier Publishing Company |place=Stockholm, Sweden |language=en |format= |publication-place=Amsterdam, Netherlands |publication-date=1967}}</ref> | image2 = Sir Howard Florey.jpg | alt2 = This is a photograph of Howard Florey. | caption2 = Howard Florey Pharmacologist<ref name="Howard Florey Biography" /> | image3 = Robin Warren.jpg | alt3 = This is a photograph of Robin Warren. | caption3 = Robin Warren Pathologist<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2014 |title=Emeritus Professor J Robin Warren |url=https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-course/graduation/past-speakers-and-speeches/2009-and-older/emeritus-professor-j-robin-warren |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315000235/https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/managing-your-course/graduation/past-speakers-and-speeches/2009-and-older/emeritus-professor-j-robin-warren |archive-date=15 March 2023 |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=University of Technology Sydney |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> | align = right | header = Nobel laureates associated with the university: }} Nobel laureates associated with the university include alumni Lawrence Bragg, who held the record for the youngest laureate ever until 2014, co-recipient with his father William Henry Bragg for their work in x-ray crystallography in 1915.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bragg |first=William Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Bragg |date=1967 |orig-date=6 September 1922 |title=The diffraction of X-rays by crystals |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/wl-bragg-lecture.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021090852/https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/wl-bragg-lecture.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=Les Prix Nobel (The Nobel Foundation) via Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921 |publisher=Elsevier Publishing Company |place=Stockholm, Sweden |language=en |publication-place=Amsterdam, Netherlands |publication-date=1967}}</ref><ref name="Bragg 1967"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bragg |first=William Henry |author-link=William Henry Bragg |date=1967 |orig-date=6 September 1922 |title=William Bragg – Biographical - NobelPrize.org |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/wh-bragg/biographical/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205192905/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1915/wh-bragg/biographical/ |archive-date=5 December 2023 |archive-format= |access-date=21 June 2024 |website=Les Prix Nobel (The Nobel Foundation) via Nobel Lectures, Physics 1901-1921 |publisher=Elsevier Publishing Company |place=Stockholm, Sweden |language=en |format= |publication-place=Amsterdam, Netherlands |publication-date=1967}}</ref> Howard Florey, a pharmacologist and pathologist, shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Alexander Fleming and Ernst Chain for their role in the development of penicillin.<ref name="Howard Florey Biography">{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date=1964 |orig-date= |title=Sir Howard Florey – Biographical |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/florey/biographical/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204115331/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1945/florey/biographical/ |archive-date=4 December 2023 |archive-format= |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=Les Prix Nobel (The Nobel Foundation) via Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1942-1962 |publisher=Elsevier Publishing Company |place=Stockholm, Sweden |language=en |format= |publication-place=Amsterdam, Netherlands}}</ref> J. M. Coetzee, a novelist and member of the faculty, had won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date=2003 |orig-date= |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2003/summary/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709023530/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2003/summary/ |archive-date=9 July 2024 |archive-format= |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=NobelPrize.org (The Nobel Foundation) |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach |place=Stockholm, Sweden |language=en |format= |publication-place=Stockholm, Sweden }}</ref> Robin Warren was a pathologist who, alongside Barry Marshall, discovered that peptic ulcers were largely caused by the infection ''Helicobacter pylori'', graduated from the university in 1961.<ref name="Grandin 2006" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |date=2024 |orig-date= |title=J. Robin Warren – Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/warren/cv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806004227/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/warren/cv/ |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-format= |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=NobelPrize.org (The Nobel Foundation) |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach |language=en |format= |publication-place=Stockholm, Sweden }}</ref> Warren and Marshall won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery in 2005.<ref name="Grandin 2006">{{Cite web |last=Grandin |first=Karl |author-link= |date=2006 |orig-date= |title=J. Robin Warren – Biographical |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/warren/biographical/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810132414/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/warren/biographical/ |archive-date=10 August 2024 |archive-format= |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=Les Prix Nobel (The Nobel Foundation) via The Nobel Prizes 2005 |publisher= |language=en |format= |publication-place=Stockholm, Sweden }}</ref>

== Controversies == === University merger ===

==== Initial merger discussions ==== The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia had previously engaged to discuss a merger in 2018 but failed due to disagreements from the latter about the post-merger leadership structure.<ref name="ABC News 2018" /><ref name="Siebert 2021"/><ref name="Siebert 2020" /><ref name="Richards 2022" />

==== Opinion polling on staff ==== The National Tertiary Education Union SA conducted a survey of 1,100 university staff and found that three-quarters of respondents were against the merger.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement" /><ref name="Kelsall 2023 Staff Reactions" /><ref name="The National Tribune 2023">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 June 2023 |title=Union demands evidence that SA university merger will deliver better quality education and research |url=https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/union-demands-evidence-that-sa-university-merger-will-deliver-better-quality-education-and-research/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230704132754/https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/union-demands-evidence-that-sa-university-merger-will-deliver-better-quality-education-and-research/ |archive-date=4 July 2023 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=The National Tribune |language=en-AU |publication-place=Toowoomba, Queensland}}</ref> In addition, the state government has been accused of coercing the universities to agree to merge, indicating that a commission of inquiry would be established to find ways to compel the two universities to merge had their councils refused to do so, with less financial support available.<ref name="Richards 2023 Merger Agreement" /><ref name="Kelsall 2023 Staff Reactions" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=30 June 2023 |title=Govt's carrot-and-stick approach to uni merger |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/30/govts-carrot-and-stick-approach-to-uni-merger/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710102931/https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/06/30/govts-carrot-and-stick-approach-to-uni-merger/ |archive-date=10 July 2023 |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

Andrew Miller, the state secretary of the union, raised concerns that staff were under "extreme psychosocial pressure" to meet the 2026 launch deadline.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 GOT">{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=30 May 2024 |title='Game of Thrones' culture claim in SA university merger |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/05/30/game-of-thrones-culture-claim-in-sa-university-merger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714010615/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/05/30/game-of-thrones-culture-claim-in-sa-university-merger |archive-date=14 July 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> Backing his claims with communications from the ''Integration Management Office'' staff responsible for merging the two institutions, he added that the "''Game of Thrones''" perception among staff competing "for the final spots of the new Adelaide University" was causing tensions, breakdowns and disharmony.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 GOT" /> The institutions' vice-chancellors David Lloyd and Peter Høj criticised the claims, referring to them as "whispers of Little Birds or Littlefingers",<ref name="Lloyd 2024">{{Cite web |last1=Lloyd |first1=David |author-link=David Lloyd (chemist) |last2=Høj |first2=Peter |author-link2=Peter Høj |date=21 August 2024 |title=Adelaide University merger is no Game of Thrones |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/adelaide-university-merger-no-game-thrones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821074221/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/adelaide-university-merger-no-game-thrones |archive-date=21 August 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 |website=Times Higher Education |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-AU |publication-place=London, United Kingdom}}</ref> though they had previously admitted that the "two-by-two approach across the board" was "not as linear as first conceived".<ref name="Kelsall 2024 GOT" />

In 2025, a FOI document obtained by ''The Australian'' found an increase in bullying and harassment reports at the university following the announcement of the merger.<ref name="Willis 2025">{{Cite web |last=Willis |first=Belinda |date=22 January 2025 |title=Bullying and harassment spike at Adelaide University as Uni SA merger fears revealed in Freedom of Information laws report |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/bullying-and-harassment-spike-at-adelaide-university-as-uni-sa-merger-fears-revealed-in-freedom-of-information-laws-report/news-story/74c613eecdb09222237900a942e9a9f7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250613215414/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/remote/check_cookie.html?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2fnews%2fsouth-australia%2fbullying-and-harassment-spike-at-adelaide-university-as-uni-sa-merger-fears-revealed-in-freedom-of-information-laws-report%2fnews-story%2f74c613eecdb09222237900a942e9a9f7 |archive-date=13 June 2025 |access-date=13 June 2025 |website=The Australian |publisher=News Corp Australia (News Corporation) |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> It added concerns from staff that the merger would result in a "meat grinder producing poorly educated students" that would be seen as "walking dollar signs".<ref name="Willis 2025" />

The post-merger plan to switch to a trimester academic calendar has also been criticised by the union whose internal poll showed that more than 4 in 5 members were against the move.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=4 July 2024 |title=New Adelaide University academic calendar under fire |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/07/04/new-adelaide-university-academic-calendar-under-fire |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705025457/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/07/04/new-adelaide-university-academic-calendar-under-fire |archive-date=5 July 2024 |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref>

==== Land re-development ==== [[File:Sunset reflection at Mawson Lakes.jpg|alt=This is a photograph of the University of South Australia's Mawson Lakes campus, around half of which will be sold for housing and commercial development as part of the merger.|thumb|Around half of UniSA's Mawson Lakes campus will be sold for development]]

In February 2024, the State Government drew criticism for its plans to convert land it had purchased from two University of South Australia campuses for housing and commercial re-development.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 FOI" /> As part of the merger agreement, the land was to be sold to the South Australian Government for {{AUD|114.5 million}} and leased back to the university for a period of up to 10 years.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 FOI" /> Following the release of several internal FOI documents retrieved by ''InDaily'' from the Premier's Office, it was later revealed that the land was "earmarked for future development" for residential and commercial purposes.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 FOI" />

The original media release replaced the phrase with "short-term transitional lease to university", referring to the leaseback period of 10 years, following concerns from UniSA vice-chancellor David Lloyd that the original draft would "create enormous community reaction which will be particularly unhelpful at this time".<ref name="Kelsall 2024 FOI">{{Cite web |last=Kelsall |first=Thomas |date=16 February 2024 |title=FOI documents shed light on how to spin Adelaide's university merger |url=https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/02/16/foi-documents-shed-light-on-how-to-spin-adelaides-university-merger |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216052304/https://www.indaily.com.au/news/2024/02/16/foi-documents-shed-light-on-how-to-spin-adelaides-university-merger |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024 |website=InDaily |publisher=Solstice Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> The land sales account for the entirety of the Magill campus and approximately 50% of the Mawson Lakes campus.<ref name="Kelsall 2024 FOI" />

=== Staff conduct ===  In May 2020, then vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen commenced an indefinite leave of absence after chancellor Kevin Scarce resigned without public explanation the previous day.<ref>{{cite news |last=Siebert |first=Bension |date=5 May 2020 |title=No explanation as University of Adelaide's two top leaders step down |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-05/adelaide-university-vice-chancellor-leave-chancellor-resigns/12215942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827023500/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-05/adelaide-university-vice-chancellor-leave-chancellor-resigns/12215942 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |access-date=6 May 2020 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> Later in the week, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) confirmed he was investigating allegations of improper conduct by the vice-chancellor of the University of Adelaide.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harmsen |first=Nick |date=7 May 2020 |title=ICAC investigating alleged 'improper conduct' by University of Adelaide vice-chancellor |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-07/icac-investigating-alleged-improper-conduct-by-vice-chancellor/12224370 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901115459/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-07/icac-investigating-alleged-improper-conduct-by-vice-chancellor/12224370 |archive-date=1 September 2020 |access-date=7 May 2020 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> Rathjen, accused of engaging in "a personal relationship with a staff member",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=Tim |last2=Penberthy |first2=David |date=8 May 2020 |title=Uni chief faces misconduct probe |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/uni-chief-faces-improper-conduct-probe/news-story/5cea3529cdd316509927c82a3c8979fb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208043503/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/uni-chief-faces-improper-conduct-probe/news-story/5cea3529cdd316509927c82a3c8979fb |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=The Australian |publisher=News Corporation (which owns "News Corp Australia") |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> was succeeded by acting vice-chancellor Mike Brooks. Rathjen formally resigned in July 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last=Penberthy |first=David |date=17 July 2020 |title=University of Adelaide in global hunt for new vice-chancellor as talk of merger rekindled |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/university-of-adelaide-in-global-hunt-for-new-vicechancellor-as-talk-of-merger-rekindled/news-story/35a22ef0825ed265b6f7a481c552f630 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715155848/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/university-of-adelaide-in-global-hunt-for-new-vicechancellor-as-talk-of-merger-rekindled/news-story/35a22ef0825ed265b6f7a481c552f630 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=The Australian |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> "due to ill health".<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2020 |title=Adelaide University vice-chancellor, investigated by ICAC, resigns 'due to ill health' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-20/adelaide-university-peter-rathjen-resigns-due-to-ill-health/12472954 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827023456/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-20/adelaide-university-peter-rathjen-resigns-due-to-ill-health/12472954 |archive-date=27 August 2020 |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> In August 2020, the ICAC found that Rathjen had committed "serious misconduct" by sexually harassing two University of Adelaide colleagues, had lied to the then-chancellor Kevin Scarce, and also lied to the Commissioner in his evidence with respect to an investigation of sexual misconduct with a postgraduate student when he was employed at the University of Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2020 |title='Egregious disrespect': University vice-chancellor sexually harassed colleagues, ICAC finds |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/vice-chancellor-peter-rathjen-mistreated-women-icac-finds/12597974 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828030254/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-26/vice-chancellor-peter-rathjen-mistreated-women-icac-finds/12597974 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref> The ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander acknowledged there were "further issues" in the full 170-page report on the investigation which he chose not to release due to privacy concerns surrounding the victims, instead releasing an abridged 12-page version 'Statement about an Investigation: Misconduct by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2020 |title=Statement about an Investigation: Misconduct by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Adelaide |url=https://icac.sa.gov.au/system/files/ICAC_Statement_About_an_Investigation-University_of_Adelaide.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619155646/https://icac.sa.gov.au/system/files/ICAC_Statement_About_an_Investigation-University_of_Adelaide.pdf |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=27 August 2020 |website=Independent Commission Against Corruption |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref> In determining his findings, the Commissioner relied in part on the personal blog<ref>{{cite news |last=Balter |first=Michael |date=16 May 2020 |title=Peter Rathjen serial sexual predator |url=https://michael-balter.blogspot.com/2020/05/peter-rathjen-serial-sexual-predator.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830073300/https://michael-balter.blogspot.com/2020/05/peter-rathjen-serial-sexual-predator.html |archive-date=30 August 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> of US journalist Michael Balter, who documented Rathjens prior history of sexual harassment, and was largely responsible for bringing the matter to the public's attention, and ultimately ICAC's.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 August 2020 |title=Sexual harassment: university's culture under scrutiny after damning findings against vice-chancellor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/30/peter-rathjen-why-his-sexual-harassment-scandal-was-no-surprise-to-south-australian-academia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831011034/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/30/peter-rathjen-why-his-sexual-harassment-scandal-was-no-surprise-to-south-australian-academia |archive-date=31 August 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020 |website=The Guardian |publisher=The Scott Trust (which owns "Guardian Media Group") |language=en-AU |publication-place=London}}</ref> Claiming ill-health, Rathjen formally resigned in July 2020 and, despite the ICAC Commissioner's findings, received a large payout from the university.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 September 2020 |title=Adelaide University defends $326,400 payout to disgraced former vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/adelaide-university-defends-payment-to-former-vc-peter-rathjen/12640972 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120201841/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/adelaide-university-defends-payment-to-former-vc-peter-rathjen/12640972 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |publication-place=Sydney, New South Wales}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="150"> File:Barr Smith library entrance.jpg|Barr Smith Library File:Adelaideunientrance.jpg|University buildings File:Australia & New Zealand.jpg|Bonython Hall during sunset File:Bonython Hall Entrance HDR (8254194868).jpg|Entrance to Bonython Hall File:Mitchell Building, Adelaide - HDR (5342498260).jpg|Statue of Walter Hughes File:J150W-statue-Elder-in-situ.jpg|Elder Conservatorium File:Adelaide SA 5000, Australia - panoramio - Matthew Summerton (3).jpg|SA State Library File:University Bridge, Adelaide, East view 20230207.jpg|Adelaide University Footbridge File:Adelaide SA 5000, Australia - panoramio - Matthew Summerton (1).jpg|Mitchell Building File:Students at the University of Adelaide.jpg|Courtyard with students File:Across the Torrens.jpg|View across the River Torrens File:The University of Adelaide and Barr Smith Library.jpg|View across Barr Smith Library File:Shaded Courtyard.jpg|Shaded courtyard File:Barr Smith Reading Room Ceiling.jpg|Barr Smith Library ceiling File:Barr Smith Library.jpg|University shield near library File:NorthTerrace.jpg|Bonython Hall during winter </gallery>

== Tram stop ==

The university is served by two stops on the Glenelg tram line, ''University'' and ''City West'', which connects the main campus on the east with the Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building on the west end of North Terrace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Route GLNELG |url=https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/glnelg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810191721/https://www.adelaidemetro.com.au/routes/glnelg |archive-date=10 August 2024 |access-date=14 August 2024 |website=Adelaide Metro |date=16 March 2021 |publisher=Government of South Australia |language=en-AU |publication-place=Adelaide, South Australia}}</ref><ref name="Adelaide Campus Map" /><ref name="Lyons" />

{{Adjacent stations |system=Adelaide |line1=Glenelg|to-left1=Adelaide Entertainment Centre|left1=Art Gallery|right1=Botanic Gardens|to-right1=Botanic Gardens}}

== See also == {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * List of universities in Australia * University of Adelaide College - a private pre-university pathways college * Elder Conservatorium of Music * Roseworthy Agricultural College * Education in Australia * Barr Smith Library * On Dit }}

== Notes == {{reflist|group=Note}} {{notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

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