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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
- Wollongong Campus
- Shoalhaven Campus, West Nowra
Education Centres
- Batemans Bay Education Centre
- Bega Education Centre
- Loftus Education Centre
- Moss Vale Education Centre
- The Moss Vale Education centre opened a new building designed by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt in May 2007
Other locations
- Innovation Campus (iC), Wollongong
- Sydney Business School, Sydney.
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:
- School of Accounting & Finance
- School of Economics
- School of Marketing & Management
Faculty of Creative Arts
The Faculty of Creative Arts occupies building 25 and comprises three schools:
- School of Journalism and Creative Writing
- School of Music and Drama
- School of Art and Design
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:
- School of Electrical, Computer & Telecommunications Engineering (SECTE)
- School of Computer Science & Software Engineering (SCSSE)
- School of Information Systems & Technology (SISAT)
- School of Mathematics & Applied Statistics (SMAS)
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science comprises three schools:
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Chemistry
- School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
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:
- Campus East
- Graduate House
- Gundi
- International House
- Kooloobong
- Keiraview
- Weerona College
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
- Lee Furlong - television presenter, fox sports news reader, fiancee of Australian cricketer Shane Watson
- Matt Brown (Australian politician) - politician, academic and solicitor
- Jamie Peacock - England and Great Britain rugby league captain
- Prof. Omowunmi Sadik - author, inventor, and chemist
- Estelle Asmodelle - transexual model, writer and activist
- Julian McMahon - actor, son of former Australian Prime Minister Sir William McMahon
- Dr Karl Kruszelnicki - scientist, author and commentator
- Mez Breeze - internet/hypertext artist
- Ben Creagh - rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team
- Josh Morris- rugby league player for the Bulldogs NRL team
- Michael Jones - culture and technology commentator
- John Tranter - poet
- Stephen Martin - former Federal Parliamentary Speaker
- Van Badham - playwright
- Wendy Richardson - playwright
- Drew Fairley - writer, performer and cabaret artist
- Kate Bell - actor, Blue Water High
- Julienne Van Loon - novelist
- Bill Neskovski - playwright
- B. Sandhya - Indian police officer and author
- Bundit Ungrangsee - orchestral conductor
- Victoria Thaine - actor, Caterpillar Wish
- Glenn Barkley - curator
- Dan Ginnane - Broadcaster on Triple M Radio and ESPN Television
- The Common Cold Poetry Collective - Performance poets
- The Bracket Creeps - poetry boyband
- Gareth Ward - Politician
- Mikelangelo - from Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen
- Behzad Fatahi - 2007 Young Railway Engineer of Australasia
Staff
- Prof. Hugh Bradlow - Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Retired
- Dr Shady Cosgrove - Nominated for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2007
- Professor David Griffiths - Rhodes Scholar
- Richard Harland - author
- Rob Hood - author
- Dr David Marshall - author
- Dr Paul Nulsen - astronomer
- Jacky Redgate - artist
- Prof. Anatoly Rosenfeld - Director, Center for Medical Radiation Physics
- Dr Kathy Rudkin - Accounting theorist
- Associate Professor Ken Russell - Statistician
- Willy Susilo and Reihaneh Safavi-Naini - cryptographers
- Professor Dr Gordon Wallace - electromaterials scientist
- Professor Matt Wand - Statistician
- Alan Wearne - poet
- Dr Jason Wilson - digital communications theorist
Notes
- ^ "Figures sourced from the University of Wollongong Key Statistics webpage.". http://www.uow.edu.au/about/facts/UOW009570.html. Retrieved 2007-06-15.
- ^ '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
- ^ "Case Study - Location of UOWD". http://www.itc.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=57. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ 'Uni's Dubai Campus Open For Business' The Illawarra Mercury 10 October 2000
- ^ "'Moss Vale Education Centre building officially opened'". http://media.uow.edu.au/news/2007/0518a/. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ 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..
- ^ "UOW Awards and Achievements.". http://www.uow.edu.au/about/facts/UOW009575.html. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ "Peacock dares to dream". BBC. 2008-04-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/leeds/7347248.stm. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ Faculty Spotlight - Omowunmi Sadik
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 May 2005, 'Roller Coasters',". http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Roller-coasters/2005/05/10/1115584948880.html. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Video interview with Dan Ginnane". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VXt1NcMc_Q#t=4m50s. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ UOW News -Common Cold Poetry Collective holds debut reading
- ^ "The Illawarra Mercury, 19 February 2008, 'Poetry Creeps Take To Opera House',". http://illawarra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/poetry-creeps-take-to-opera-house/1185159.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ "Blog account of Mikel Simic at Wollongong University". http://www.songpod.com.au/blog/2007/01/10/mikelangelo-and-the-black-sea-gentlemen/.
- ^ "The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 2007, 'Gadgets and Mikelangelo and the Black sea Gentlemen',". http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/gadgets-and-mikelangelo-and-the-black-sea-gentlemen/2007/04/04/1175366306968.html. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ "Engineers Australia RTSA website". http://rtsa.com.au/2007/03/2007-young-railway-engineers-award-winner-2/. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ "Curtin Business School: Keynote Speakers, 2007,". http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/business/research/conferences/international-telecommunications-society-2007/keynote-speakers. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
External links
- Official Website of University of Wollongong
- Official Website of Wollongong College Australia
