Deputy Vice-Chancellor
and Vice-President (Academic)

The University of Adelaide maintains a strong tradition of innovative, progressive and high quality education, providing outstanding learning opportunities across a wide range of disciplines. Excellent teaching, combined with diverse and exciting curricula provide a vibrant intellectual environment that encourages inquiry and analysis, promotes the development of problem-solving ability and a commitment to lifelong learning, and a sound preparation for future careers.

The University’s academic programs are regularly reviewed and benchmarked against the best in Australia and, increasingly, internationally. Its teaching staff consists of outstanding and committed individuals. Indeed, from the time of its founding in 1874, the University has been a leading example of what can be achieved by educators united in the common goal of creating an exciting learning environment. This environment is created through delivering world class research outcomes and first class learning experiences to students from the state, from the nation and across the world. It has resulted in the University producing 100 Rhodes Scholars and five Nobel Prize Winners, and outstanding individuals such as Dr Andy Thomas, space shuttle crew member and, currently, Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA.

The University of Adelaide is a forward-looking, dynamic university with a strong international focus, and a strong commitment to the state and to the nation. Learning, research and scholarship are highly valued and promoted, resulting in quality programs and graduates of the highest caliber, who contribute extensively to their local communities and the world at large.