Adelaide University is Australia’s new university for the future ranked in the global top 100.* With more than 180 years of collective experience and achievement, Adelaide University will leverage the capabilities and resources of its foundation institutions to launch bright futures and breakthroughs.
Adelaide University is a leading contemporary comprehensive university of global standing. We are dedicated to ensuring the prosperity, wellbeing and cohesion of society by addressing educational inequality through our actions and through the success and impact of our students, staff and alumni. Partnered with the communities we serve, we conduct outstanding future-making research of scale and focus.
We’re transforming teaching and learning for contemporary learners and global citizens and establishing South Australia as a centre for progress and innovation through partnered research that is nation-critical and globally relevant. Our activities will contribute an estimated $4.7 billion a year to the Australian economy driving greater investments and opportunities.
Student Assist is your go-to for general support. Adelaide University's friendly team is here to help with enrolment advice and subject selection, admission, credit transfer, transcripts and more.
They're here to make your university experience as smooth and successful as possible.
Adelaide is a great place to call home. It is safe, easy to navigate and offers excellent transport options. Consistently ranked one of the world’s most liveable cities, it’s also one of Australia’s more affordable cities.
Student accommodationProvided exclusively for students, student accommodation offers a supportive environment designed to help you transition smoothly into university life. With convenient locations, fully furnished rooms, inclusive fees, and a built-in community of like-minded students, you'll have all the support you need for your academic journey.
These options include:
University managed student accommodation
Purpose built student accommodation
Residential colleges
The Adelaide University Library will provide a wide variety of study spaces, resources and services, with knowledgeable and friendly staff who are ready to help when you need it.
Eight metropolitan campus locations, Adelaide University's current library spaces offer a safe and relaxing environment suitable for study, research and group work.
University staff and students can move between campuses and connect to both wired and wireless networks.
Multi-function printers, which allow you to print, scan, and copy are available at all campuses. Printing is currently supported from both personal devices and university computers.
As an Adelaide University student, you’ll be able to participate in on-campus and online events designed to support your physical, mental and emotional health and to provide you with the tools you need to thrive during your time at university.
The University will provide free, confidential, short term professional counselling to support you with anything that may be affecting your study and life.
Adelaide University proudly holds the largest campus footprint in South Australia, with metropolitan and regional campuses as well as connections to rural, interstate and transnational locations and pathway colleges.
Our campuses offer dynamic learning environments where students can access modern, purpose-built facilities and industry-standard tools and technologies, preparing them for their future careers. Our campuses also feature a range of student support and wellbeing services as well as spaces open to the public, including galleries, museums, cafés and eateries.
Adelaide University will offer a wide range of sport and recreation clubs to students, staff, alumni and members of the public. You can access modern gym facilities, a swimming pool and group fitness classes. If you're a commencing student, you can discover all the sport and recreation clubs offered at Orientation.
Consider yourself a movie buff? Want to find the best coffee in town? The student association runs a wide range of clubs and societies that are available for students, alumni and community members to join. You’ll be able to find a club that best fits your interests – so you can make friends with like-minded individuals on campus. You can learn about the University's clubs and societies during Orientation.
Studyportals ranking look at the scores of the most used ranking systems and present you with one number of how well this University performs.
By Times Higher Education
This university doesn’t have a ranking for 2027 yet. Rankings are updated yearly, so check back later for the latest info.
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
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| - | 176 | - |
We don’t have enough recent ranking data to show a 3-year trend for this university.
By Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
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| - | - | 101 |
We don’t have enough recent ranking data to show a 3-year trend for this university.
By TopUniversities
The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
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| - | - | 79 |
We don’t have enough recent ranking data to show a 3-year trend for this university.
By U.S. News & World Report
The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
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| - | - | 85 |
We don’t have enough recent ranking data to show a 3-year trend for this university.
Based on 19 reviews
I am a Malawian young lady studying as a nurse assistant in South Africa, it was the first time leaving my country but i had high hopes of beginning a new life as an independent lady, I can say the experience at first was frightening, I mean from leaving under my parents to become a young independent lady. The school has experienced lectures and the study there was a good experience, learning different skills around people of different cultures. I have come this far knowing that my study at that institution were beneficial to me, i am now finalising my short course and ready to begin a new chapter in a nursing university.
Teachers are very passionate about what they do, especially within Arts. Being in the city, the university is very easy to get to and there are good food options both in the university and directly over the road at the food courts.
i am new to start MS in Dpt i hope it will best
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