University of Wollongong


Continente:
Oceania
Country:
Australia Australia
Address:
Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Web Site:
www.uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong


About University of Wollongong:

The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometers south of Sydney. As of 2017 the university has an enrolment of more than 32,000 students (including over 12,800 international students from 134 countries), an alumni base of more than 131,859 and over 2,000 staff members. In 1951, a division of the New South Wales University of Technology (known as the University of New South Wales from 1958) was established in Wollongong for the conduct of diploma courses. In 1961, the Wollongong University College of the University of New South Wales was constituted and the college was officially opened in 1962. In 1975 the University of Wollongong was established as an independent institution. Since its establishment, the university has conferred more than 100,000 degrees, diplomas and certificates. Its students, originally predominantly from the local Illawarra region, are now from over 140 countries, with international students accounting for more than 30 percent of total. The University of Wollongong has developed into a multi-campus institution, both domestically and globally. The Wollongong campus, the university's main campus, is on the original site five kilometers north-west of the city center, and covers an area of 82.4 hectares with 94 permanent buildings. In addition, there are university education centers in Bega, Batemans Bay, Moss Vale and Shoalhaven, New South Wales, as well as three Sydney campuses, including the UOW Sydney Business School, the South Western Sydney campus in Liverpool and Southern Sydney campus in Loftus. Overseas, the university has a presence in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.



World University Rankings

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World University Rankings - - - - - - - 453 420 382 392 342 338 293 296 326 303

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 267 234
Engineering - - 225 228 298 238 172 157 150 131 111 93 83 78 82 141
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 - 451-500 - - -
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - 298 252 253 226 206 209 210
Social Sciences - - - 278 274 261 223 229 202 225 195 214 219 200 257 199

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 351-400
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chemistry - - - - 232 180 135 112 113 97 91 94 169
Chemical Engineering 228 182 183 137 118 132 96 107 100 82 164 152 158
Civil Engineering - - 280 196 184 212 227 191 168 178 113 115 127
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Computer Science - - - - - 206 230 174 135 155 150 189 245
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - 271 279 - 301-350 266
Electrical Engineering - - - - 291 299 301-350 230 210 181 171 190 251
Environment / Ecology - 276 273 230 234 212 269 249 239 231 - 176 163
Geosciences - 229 192 173 203 188 189 148 185 190 - 190 179
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 166 217 181 134 115 101 87 75 68 69 64 65 75
Mathematics - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 451-500 -
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - 274 231 170 62 90 125 193
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500
Physics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 184 189 197 224 179
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 64 52 54
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 188 160 190
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -