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ABOUT UOW - AN INTRODUCTION

The University of Wollongong was incorporated as an independent institution in 1975.

Since its inception, the University has grown from a provincial feeder college with 300 students to an international university with over 18,000 students spread across three campuses and five access centres.

The University offers a wide range of courses across nine faculties - Arts, Education, Health & Behavioural Sciences, Engineering, Law, Science, Informatics, Commerce and Creative Arts. These faculties incorporate 40 teaching units with some 760 members of academic staff and 1,600 staff overall.

Since its foundation, the University has conferred more than 52,000 degrees, diplomas and certificates. Its student population, originally drawn predominantly from the local Illawarra region, is now comprised of students from over 70 countries with international students accounting for more than 30 percent of total enrolments.


The Campus Environment

The bushland setting of our Wollongong campus, with its trees, lawns, ponds and leafy glades, provides a tranquil yet dynamic working environment. Set on 82 hectares of bush and parkland between the mountains and the sea, with the faculty buildings and award-winning library dotted among ponds, water courses and thousands of trees offering a haven for birds and wildlife, it is an ideal working environment. > find out more

Facilities

The teaching, research and cultural life of the University is supported by state-of-the-art facilities, including an extensive library collection, an interactive Science Centre, and a Recreation & Aquatic Centre. >find out more

Research

The University has always had a strong research focus and has developed an international reputation for its applied research in areas relevant to national economic, technological and social goals. > find out more

Other Campuses

The University of Wollongong is a multi-campus institution with campuses in Sydney, the South Coast of NSW and overseas > find out more

Academic Programs and Innovation

UOW is the driving force behind Illawarra's planned Innovation Campus - a research, development and technology facility, which will cement Wollongong's future as a designated Centre for Excellence in IT&T.

The University is working in partnership with the State Government and other stakeholders to develop a home for Australia's most visionary IT, communications, film, television and multimedia companies. > find out more

Virtual Tour

The UOW Virtual Tour is structured around five major themes (our academic and research strengths, state-of-the art facilities, the UOW and Wollongong environment, and the experience of life at the University),

The interactive tour presents the University in an unique way that cannot be captured by brochures and photographs alone.

> Enter the UOW Virtual Tour

Technical Requirements:

To experience the UOW Virtual Tour you will need the Flash 6 Player installed on you computer, available through the University's ITS software pages or download direct from Macromedia.

Your experience of the tour will be augmented with the Quicktime Player, available through the University's ITS software pages or download direct from Apple

 
 
Official Welcome

Professor Gerard Sutton,
Vice Chancellor

> Welcome to UOW

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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