University of Tasmania

The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is Australia’s fourth oldest university and ranked among the top 2% of universities in the world. With more than 34,000 students (30% International Students), the University provides a creative and stimulating academic environment and vibrant campus life. While maintaining a distinctive Tasmanian identity, the University of Tasmania offers a truly internationalized curriculum and broad access to a diverse range of degrees, student exchanges and learning experiences to shape future global leaders. In 2015, UTAS received more Teaching Awards than any other university in Australia.

CAMPUSES

Hobart campuses (TAS)

The University of Tasmania’s main campus in Hobart is located in the suburb of Sandy Bay. It has panoramic river and city views and is close to shops and transport. It is a quick walk from our city-based satellite campuses including the Hedberg, the School of Creative Arts and Media, the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), the Medical Science Precinct, the Media School and the Domain. The University also has off-campus facilities including the University Farm near Richmond, observatories and the Grote Reber Physics Museum in Cambridge, and an optical telescope located at Bisdee Tier, approximately 50 kilometres north of Hobart.

Launceston campuses (TAS)

The University of Tasmania’s main Launceston campus is located in the suburb of Newnham, a short drive or bike ride from Launceston’s city centre and overlooks the Tamar River. It is serviced by regular public transport and is close to local shopping centres. The Newnham campus is home to the Australian Maritime College, Australia’s national centre for maritime education and training, which is renowned for its world-class teaching and research facilities.

Sydney (Rozelle) campus (NSW)

The University of Tasmania’s Rozelle campus is located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, in close proximity to the Sydney central business district and regularly serviced by public transport. The University’s School of Health Sciences offers the two-year Fast Track Bachelor of Nursing course through the Rozelle campus.

The school small classroom size, coupling with a friendly study environment has provided tremendous benefit for international students. The table below summarised the ranking of the university, as well as college-specific ranking.

	Rank	Source/Ranking body
UTAS	Top 200	2020 ARWU
	Top 2%	ARWU
	Top 300	2020 THE World ranking
	308	QS World ranking 2021
	#1 in Teaching Award	2015 Australia Awards for University Teaching
	16/21 Research fields rated above world standard	Excellence in Research for Australia
Australian Maritime College	Top 50 in the world for Earth and Marine Science	2017 QS University Ranking
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies	#4 in the world for Marine and Freshwater Biology	2017 CWUR World university ranking by subject
	#7 in the world for both Fisheries and Oceanography	2017 CWUR World university ranking by subject
Agriculture & Aquaculture	Top 100 in the world for Agriculture and Forestry	2017 QS University Ranking
Pharmacy	#2 Pharmacy program in Australia	2017 University Review

The only place in the world that can commercially farm LOBSTER

In terms of research capacity, UTAS has established many world-class facilities to aid researchers and students in tackling science. At this moment, UTAS is the only place in the world that offer research hub for commercial development of rock lobster culture system. UTAS is also the only place in the southern hemisphere that has an Experimental Aquaculture Facility to aid researches (the only other place is in Denmark).

Another renowned research area for UTAS is naval architecture and engineering. UTAS has been a key player industry with education programs provided for ship engineers and ocean seafarers. The facility here at Launceston campus ranges from an artificial water basin to a test ship model, to the simulator of ship’s bridge for students to practice real-life situations.

Not only has achieved significantly in research outcomes, the university has also developed facilities for student well-being. In 2017, UTAS has opened a brand new state-of-the-art student apartment right in the heart of Hobart CBD. This facility provides more than 400 single bedroom units for students with a very reasonable price.

University apartment. Right in the heart of the CBD. 415 single bed room suite

The photos were taken and an article wrote by Tho Nguyen 1st FEB 2018

Note:

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU):

Indicators: alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.

Times Higher Education (THE):

Indicators: peer review carried out amongst academics, the opinion of graduate recruiters, staff-to-student ratios, citations of academic papers, percentage of overseas staff and percentage of overseas students.