With more than 130 years of educationalexperience, the University of Adelaide is oneof Australia’s most respected and prestigiousuniversities. It is also one of Australia’smost research-intensive universities. Thisresearch-intensivity is the foundation ofthe University’s educational excellence, itsinnovation and its impact on society.Such a focus on research creates an exciting andstimulating environment for our postgraduatestudents. You will be working with staff who areamong the world’s best in their fields, mixingwith other postgraduates from all areas of theglobe, and utilising high-quality facilities.Your decision to undertake postgraduateresearch at the University of Adelaide isa decision to further your career in anenvironment which pursues excellence, valuescreativity, and gives its graduates the opportunityto make an impact on the world.Professor James A. McWhaVice-Chancellor and President
FROM THEVICE-CHANCELLORAND PRESIDENT
MISSION
To be an Australian leader in research and teachingof excellence, unequalled in the positive impactour University has on the lives of our students,staff and alumni as well as the local, national andinternational community.
VISION
The University of Adelaide will build upon itstradition of innovation through high-impact researchand excellent teaching across a broad range ofdisciplines and professions. It will be a growing,internationally focused and financially sustainableinstitution, enterprising in its approach to newopportunities as they arise but clear and consistentin its essential directions. It will provide a vibrantintellectual environment that will be satisfying forstaff and rewarding for students, engendering in thewhole University community a sense of pride in ourassociation with the University and in what we do.
VALUES
1) The pursuit of excellence in all that we do:
The achievement of the vision will require thatthe whole University community remainscommitted to the highest intellectual and ethicalstandards in teaching and learning, researchand research training, and the conduct of all ourprofessional activities
2) Fairness, integrity and responsibility:
TheUniversity supports the principles of social justice,equality of opportunity and cultural diversity, andseeks to implement these in the conduct of itsactivities and relationships. The University ofAdelaide has reaffirmed its commitment to a visionfor a united Australia, expressed in our July 2003Statement of Reconciliation: www.adelaide.edu.au/ pr/docs/reconciliation.html
3) The rights and responsibilities of freedom ofinquiry and expression:
Dispassionate, rigorousand honest intellectual inquiry is at the core ofacademic traditions, and should be reflectedthroughout our research, scholarship, educationand management.
4) Service to the local, national and internationalcommunities:
Universities exist by the will of thecommunities of which they are a part. Shaping,recognising, and responding to community needsand expectations are essential to the mutualobligations that ensue from this relationship.
5) Innovation, creativity and breadth of vision:
The University’s core characteristics of researchintensity and high quality education across abroad discipline range depend on attitudes thatactively encourage the creation of new knowledgeand the preparation of students to impactpositively at local, national and international levels.These values arise from our understanding of ourindividual roles within the University and of thecommunity we seek to create.
Leave a Comment