Our alumni community
Who are the Adelaide University alumni?
You are considered a member of the Adelaide University alumni community if one or more of the following applies to you (noting The Adelaide University Act 2023 outlines a graduate as a person who has been awarded a degree, diploma, certificate, or other award):
• You graduated from Adelaide University by completing an award-level program.
• You were recognised as an alum by a founding institution.
• You have been awarded an honorary degree by a founding institution or by Adelaide University.
Alumni language evolution
Inclusion and equity are at the core of what we do at Adelaide University. Alongside many of Australia’s top universities and other tertiary institutions around the world, we use the inclusive and gender-neutral term “alum” for individual graduates, and “alumni” in the collective. While many institutions have chosen gendered terms in the past, both the Oxford English and Meriam-Webster dictionaries note that “alum” has been a term used to describe a graduate since the 19th century. Adelaide University uses “alum” as opposed to the gendered “alumnus” or “alumna” when describing an individual member of our community.