Education & Research Sector

New institutions, multi-million-dollar investments, a growing international market and an ever increasing demand for student places all point to the health of the education and training sector in Adelaide.

Adelaide’s impressive education strengths have been reinforced by Carnegie Mellon University opening two campuses in the city in 2006, the establishment of a major presence by Cranfield University and ongoing capital investment projects at The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia.

Flinders University, located in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, have recently decided to offer part of its business course from the Adelaide CBD.

The unprecedented level of investment responds to continuing growth which is currently also reflected in increasing activity in the development of purpose built student housing developments. The level of investment across the sector combined with a buoyant economy, has firmly cemented the prime role of the city as the key study location and destination.

Strengthening the education sector in the City of Adelaide and attracting more students is a key strategic objective of the Adelaide City Council and complements the State Government’s initiative to grow the State’s education sector. Growing student numbers will enable the city to foster innovation, investment, harness knowledge and add vitality to the city centre, while also making a major contribution to council’s other key growth objectives to grow the number of residents, workforce and visitors.

With the outlook for continued growth being most positive and a strong collaborative approach between State Government, Council and key stakeholders, the Adelaide City Council believes that Adelaide is a great location for an education training business.

But it’s not just universities that are setting the agenda. There has been growth across all sectors with high demand for public and private school enrolments and increasing capacity of registered training organisations. Furthermore a number of private education providers from the eastern states have either established or are assessing campus locations in the City based on further growth potential in Adelaide.

In 2007, South Australia had a record 23,500 international students, most of them studying in the City of Adelaide.

Factors that make the City such a good place for education include the City’s centrality in the public transport system, enabling students to be drawn from across the metropolitan area, the closeness of education facilities, cultural institutions and research-based organisations which combine to create a dynamic educational mix.

Adelaide’s outstanding attributes as an education centre were recognised by Carnegie Mellon University’s Mark Kamlet, who recently observed “our objective is to have a significant impact on societies and economies in the Asia-Pacific region by training the next generation of leaders….Adelaide provides an exceptional platform for us to pursue that objective.”

Adelaide is the only Australian city with three of its four universities located within the CBD, making the City as a whole a virtual campus for student life. All three are included in the Times Higher Education ranking of the world’s top 200 universities.

Fast Facts

● Major concentration of Universities
● Fast growing international student market
● Student support services in place

Links

● Study Adelaide
● University of Adelaide
● University of SA
● Heinz School Adelaide

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