The
University of Wollongong (UOW) is a public
university with approximately 22,000 students, located in the
coastal city of Wollongong
, which is 80 kilometres south of Sydney, in
New South
Wales
, Australia.
History
The
University of Wollongong was founded in 1951 when a Division of the
then New South Wales University of
Technology
(re-named the University of
New South Wales
in 1958) was established in Wollongong.
After ten years the Division became the Wollongong University
College.
In 1975, the University of Wollongong was incorporated by the
New South Wales
Parliament as an independent institution of higher learning. In
1978 the computer science faculty developed a version of
Unix for the
Interdata
7/32 called UNSW 01, this was the first non-PDP Unix. In 1982,
the University amalgamated with the Wollongong Institute of
Education, which, in 1962, had originated as the Wollongong
Teachers’ College. The merger formed the basis of the contemporary
university.
Overseas expansion
In 1993,
UOW opened what was to become the University of Wollongong in
Dubai (UOWD) in the United Arab Emirates
. Initially called the Institute of Australian
Studies (IAS), this centre made UOW the first foreign university to
open a campus in the UAE, and the first Australian tertiary
institution represented in the Persian Gulf
. IAS initially offered English language
programs, before becoming a 'feeder college' by 1995, where
students completed part of a degree in Business or IT in Dubai
before coming to Australia to complete their studies. In 1999, it
was the first foreign-owned institution in the world to be issued a
licence from the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates,
and was formally opened as University of Wollongong, Dubai Campus
in October 2000. It was officially incorporated as University of
Wollongong in Dubai in 2004
Campuses
The science building at the Wollongong
campus.
The University comprises eight locations:
Campuses
Education Centres
Other locations
The University name is also shared by the independent University of
Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD),
Dubai Knowledge Village, United Arab
Emirates.
Faculties
The McKinnon building at the
Wollongong campus, named after former Vice-Chancellor Ken
McKinnon.
The University has nine faculties:
Arts;
Commerce;
Creative
Arts;
Education;
Engineering;
Health & Behavioural
Sciences;
Informatics;
Law; and
Science.
Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts occupies building 19 and comprises three
schools:
- School of English Literatures, Philosophy & Languages
- School of History & Politics
- School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication
Faculty of Commerce
The
Faculty of Commerce comprises three schools:
Faculty of Creative Arts
The Faculty of Creative Arts occupies building 25 and comprises
three schools:
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering comprises three schools:
- School of Civil, Mining & Environmental Engineering
- School of Engineering Physics
- School of Mechanical, Materials & Mechatronic
Engineering
Faculty of Health & Behavioural
Sciences
The Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences is divided into
four schools, in two groups:
- Division of Health & Behavioural Sciences:
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health
- School of Psychology
- Graduate School of Medicine
Faculty of Informatics
The Faculty of Informatics comprises four schools:
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science comprises three schools:
Facilities
The
Wollongong
Undergraduate Students' Association produces the magazine
Tertangala, and many other
services including representation, advocacy and student support.
Postgraduate representation is provided by the Wollongong
University Postgraduate Association, a member of the
Council of
Australian Postgraduate Associations. Wollongong UniCentre, an
on-campus organisation and controlled entity of the University,
provides the social and commercial infrastructure on the campus,
administering the UniBar, student clubs and interest groups, food
outlets, entertainment and activities, a books and news shop and
other student services.
The geographical and social centre of the University is the Duck
Pond Lawn, and its surrounding eateries and other facilities,
including the UniBar. The UniBar serves alcoholic drinks and a
small range of lunch foods. The UniBar building was opened by Colin
Markham MP, Simon Zulian Student Rep, Nigel Pennington UniCentre GM
and Gerard Sutton VC on 14 May 2001. The UniBar has since won
numerous awards including the Major Award and the Public Building
Award of the Architectural Design Awards held in Wollongong in
2003, the "ACUMA" award for Best New Campus Facility and the Master
Builders Award for Excellence in Construction by Camarda and
Cantril.
Publications
45th Anniversary Tertangala
Tertangala
WUSA
produces the campus magazine,
Tertangala. Tertangala has a 45 year
history, making it older than the University of Wollongong itself.
It began in 1962, when the University was an external campus of the
University of New South Wales.
The magazine features student investigative and feature articles,
news, artwork, opinion, film and music reviews, as well as
interviews and editorials. Submissions from staff and students
(including student association representatives) makes up the bulk
of the magazines content, however submissions from other members of
the community are also accepted.
Tertangala is produced 8 times a year.
TIDE
TIDE is an annual literary compilation edited and
published by third-year creative writing students. It features
prose, poetry and artworks from students and community members and
was first published May 2004.
Paper, Rock
Paper, Rock is a magazine created by the
School of Journalism and Creative Writing at UOW. It incorporates
features, sections on arts and entertainment, stories about
university life, fashion, food and wine. It was first published in
August 2007.
Rhizome Magazine
Rhizome Magazine is the magazine for
postgraduate and research students at UOW. It features submissions
from current postgraduate students at UOW, in many cases on the
topic of the students' own research. It is produced by the
Wollongong University Postgraduate Association (WUPA).
Residential colleges
The university has a number of residential college and halls of
residence:
Affiliations
UOW is a prominent member of the
Apple University Consortium
(AUC) hosting the AUC Australian website found at
http://www.auc.edu.au or http://auc.uow.edu.au. Additionally, UOW
has access to Apple Macintosh labs in SCSSE Faculty of Informatics
Bdg 3 (3rd Year Labs), Faculty of Creative Arts (Multimedia Labs),
Faculty of Education and Apple computers in the ITS General
computing labs in Building 17 (Jupiter, Orion and Endor Labs) at
the Wollongong Campus.
Awards and Recognition
The Good Universities Guide, an annual assessment of Australian
universities that is published by Hobsons (a subsidiary of Daily
Mail and General Trust plc.), named UOW the University of the Year
in 1999-2000 (joint winner) for "Outstanding Research and
Development Partnerships" and again in 2000-2001 (joint winner) for
"Preparing Graduates for the E-World".
Notable people
Alumni
Staff
Notes
- 'Institutions look to Gulf market' p.30 Australian
Financial Review 6 July 1993
- 'Wollongong's Arabian outpost' Campus Review 6 October
1999
- 'Wollongong gets go-ahead for Dubai Campus' p.37 The
Australian 2 February 2000
- 'Uni's Dubai Campus Open For Business' The Illawarra
Mercury 10 October 2000
- UOW News "The UniBar building, designed by
Brewster Hjorth Architects, received not only the Major Award but
also an award in the public buildings category" Retrieved on
2009-06-28..
- Faculty Spotlight - Omowunmi Sadik
- UOW News -Common Cold Poetry Collective holds debut
reading
External links
Campus, West Nowra
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