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 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 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 CommerceThe Faculty of Commerce comprises three schools:
- School of Accounting & Finance
- School of Economics
- School of Marketing & Management
Faculty of Creative ArtsThe 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 EngineeringThe 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 SciencesThe 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 InformaticsThe 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 ScienceThe 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
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 winne
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