14 Facts About Flinders University

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Flinders University is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across 11 locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Flinders University leads the nation in postgraduate employment outcomes according to the 2021 Graduate Outcome Survey - Longitudinal, released by the Australian Government's Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.

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Flinders University hoped that the Bedford Park campus would be free to innovate and not be bound by tradition.

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Flinders University was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on 25 March 1966.

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Flinders University accepted undergraduate medical students in 1974, with the FMC opening the following year.

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In 1991, as part of a restructuring of higher education in South Australia, Flinders University merged with the adjacent Sturt Campus of the former South Australian College of Advanced Education.

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University's strategic plan Making a Difference - The 2025 Agenda released in 2016 set an ambitious vision for the coming decade for Flinders to reach the top ten of Australian Universities, and the top one per cent in the world.

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In 2021 the Flinders University announced it would be expanding its Central Business District presence, establishing a vertical campus as the anchor tenant in Festival Tower, a major development scheduled for completion in 2024 adjacent to Parliament House and the Adelaide Railway Station on North Terrace.

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Flinders University offers more than 160 undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as higher degree research supervision across all disciplines.

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10.

Flinders University has been served by six Chancellors and eight Vice Chancellors since its establishment in 1966.

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11.

Flinders University is amongst the world's top 300 institutions at 266 according to the 2022 Times Higher Education rankings.

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12.

Flinders University has many sports teams that compete in social and competitive competitions.

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Flinders University has 22 affiliated sporting clubs including Aikido, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, CrossFit, Football, Hockey, Kendo, Korfball, Lacrosse, Men's Soccer, Muay Thai, Netball, Quidditch Squash, Ultimate Frisbee, Underwater, Volleyball, Wing Chun and Women's Soccer.

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Additionally, Flinders University students have the capacity to go away to annual university games events and compete in a range of sports while representing the university.

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