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What are the University's Areas of Research Strength?

The University of Adelaide is a research-intensive University and a member of the prestigious ‘Group of Eight’, which is comprised of Australia’s leading universities. Adelaide has a fine tradition of exemplary scholarship and ground-breaking research and is at the leading edge of knowledge, with research earnings consistently the highest per capita of any university in Australia. Adelaide is one of the top universities in Australia in terms of research output, research funding and quality of post- graduate research experience. Adelaide is recognised internationally for its research strengths in an array of areas including the:

• biological sciences (especially agriculture, viticulture, health sciences and molecular biosciences/biotechnology)
• physical sciences (especially physics, mathematics, geology, geophysics and chemistry)
• engineering, information technology and telecommunications
• environmental sciences and management; and
• humanities and social sciences (especially labour studies, international economics and human geography).

In addition the University has outstanding research teams spread across a wide range of disciplines.