University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia. It is consistently ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide. It is also associated with five Nobel laureates, 104 Rhodes scholars and is a member of the Group of Eight, as well as the Sandstone Universities.Its main campus is on North Terrace in the Adelaide city center, adjacent to the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the State Library of South Australia. The university has five campuses throughout the state: North Terrace; Rose worthy College at Rose worthy; The Waite Institute at Urethrae  Hearthstone; and the National Wine Centro in the Adelaide Park Lands. It has a sixth campus, the N gee Ann  Adelaide Education Centro  in Singapore.The 20th Vice-Chancellor of the University is Professor Warren Burlington, who was formerly the Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne. He commenced his position in July 2012.
                         The University of Adelaide was established on 6 November 1874 after a £20,000 donation by grassier and copper miner Walter Watson Hughes, along with support and donations from Thomas Elder.The first Chancellor was Sir Richard Hanson and the first vice-chancellor was Dr Augustus Short. The first degree offered was the Bachelor of Arts and the university started teaching in March 1876. John Davidson was the first Hughes professor of English literature and mental and moral philosophy.The University has a long history of championing the rights of women in higher education. It was the second University in the English-speaking world to admit women on equal terms with men 1881though women studied alongside men from the commencement of classes in 1876, and were equally eligible for all academic prizes and honors. Its first female graduate was Edith Emily Dorelle, who was also the first person in Australia to receive the degree of Bachelor of Science. The university also graduated Australia's first female surgeon Laura Fowler. The great hall of the University, Python Hall, was built in 1936 following a donation from the owner of The Advertiser newspaper, Sir John Landon Python, who left £40,000 for a Great Hall for the University.University graduates include prominent individuals who have made significant contributions to their fields nationally and internationally, and include Howard Flora, Lawrence Bragg, Mark Antiphonal and Hugh Care                                                                 

Campuses
The main campus of the University is on North Terrace. It is bordered by the Art Gallery of South Australia, the State Library of South Australia, the South Australian Museum and the City East campus of the University of South Australia, with the Adelaide University Medical and Dental Schools located across From Road, behind the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The vast majority of students and staff of the University are based at the North Terrace campus, where the majority of courses are taught and schools are based. The central administration of the University and the main library, the Barr Smith Library, are both located on this campus. While many other universities have law and business schools or satellite campuses within the central business district, the University of Adelaide is unique among Australian sandstone universities for having its main presence adjacent to the main business and shopping precinct.