Wollongong University:

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

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 Higher 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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,^[4] 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^[5]^[6]

Campuses

The University name is also shared by the independent University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD), Dubai Knowledge Village, United Arab Emirates.

Faculties

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 Commerce

The Faculty of Commerce comprises three schools:

Faculty of Creative Arts

The Faculty of Creative Arts occupies building 25 and comprises three schools:

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Engineering

The 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 Sciences

The 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 Informatics

The 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 Science

The 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

Tide

Tide, an independent literary journal, showcases the works of emerging poets, prose writers, playwrights and visual artists. It is entirely produced by third-year editing students at the University of Wollongong. It aims to support local literary arts and reinstate its importance in the community by providing a platform for publication without censorship.^{[citation needed]}

Tide is published annually by the WRIT316 Advanced Editing class led by Dr. Shady Cosgrove. The journal has been published since May 2004, with an average 350 copies per edition. The students work as editors, fundraisers, designers and print officers in the space of thirteen weeks to produce the 100-page journal. Tide is also supported by Creative Arts Faculty design and journalism lecturers, businesses in the Illawarra and Sutherland Shire, community members, artists and writers.

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

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 winner) for "Preparing Graduates for the E-World".^[8]

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