University of Sunshine Coast
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1994 |
| Chancellor | John Dobson OAM |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Greg Hill |
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Academic staff
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722 (full-time equivalent excluding casual staff, as at 31 March 2013) |
| Students | ca. 12,000 (includes international and non-award students, as of Semester 1, 2015) |
| Location | Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Regional Universities Network |
| Website | usc.edu.au |
| University rankings | |
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| THE-WUR World | 501–600 |
| Australian rankings | |
| ERA National | 35 |
The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Having opened in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College with 524 students, it was renamed the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999. As at Semester 1 2015 the student body was 12,000. About 100 kilometres (60 mi) north of Brisbane, the campus is a 100-hectare (250-acre) flora and fauna reserve, adjoining the Mooloolah River National Park.
Undergraduate and postgraduate (coursework and higher degree by research) programs are offered in both faculties (Arts and Business; Science, Health, Education and Engineering), with the majority of the university's research focussed in two main areas, sustainability and regional engagement. The university also offers dual degree programs in conjunction with the Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE. Study areas are divided into seven disciplines: Business and Information Technology, Communication and Design, Education, Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, Law and Science and Engineering. The Law discipline area is under development, with the first intake to be Semester 1 2014.
The university is listed on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students.
The first discussions about a university for the Sunshine Coast region began in 1973. In 1989, the Australian federal government approved its establishment. On 1 July 1994 the Queensland parliament passed the Sunshine Coast University College Act 1994.
The university was established in 1994 and opened in 1996, as the Sunshine Coast University College. The University of the Sunshine Coast Act 1998 was passed in Queensland parliament on 19 November of that year, legislating the independent status of the university. The university changed to its current name of the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999. It was created by the Australian government to serve the growing population of the Sunshine Coast region, north of Brisbane, in Queensland. The University of the Sunshine Coast is the first greenfields university established in Australia since 1971.
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