Griffith University

Griffith University
Established 1971
Type Public
Chancellor Leneen Forde
Vice-Chancellor Ian O'Connor
Deputy V-C Ned Pankhurst (research); John Dewar (academic)
Admin. staff 3,500 FTE
Students Over 37,000
Undergraduates 31,000
Postgraduates 6,000
Location Gold Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Affiliations ASAIHL
Website www.Griffith.edu.au

Griffith University is a public university that has five campuses in the Gold Coast and Brisbane regions of the State of Queensland, Australia. Current total enrollment is approximately 38,000 with 3,500 full-time equivalent staff.[1] Griffith University offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees across a number of disciplines including Arts, Health, Business, Music and Law. It consistently ranks favourably in Australian University Rankings.[2]

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History

In 1965, 174 hectares of natural forested land at Nathan were set aside for a new campus.[3] By 1970, a new institution was being mooted. The university was formally founded in 1971 and opened its doors in 1975 to 451 students in four schools: Australian Environmental Studies, Humanities, Modern Asian Studies and Science. The University started with its Nathan campus, and several of its campuses are distinctive for their nature based settings within large urban agglomerations. Buildings were designed to fit into the environment by following the slope of the land and by using architectural means of cooling.[3] The library building was designed by Robin Gibson and won the first national award for library design. The clusters of buildings, sports facilities, bushland reserves and recreational areas are connected by integrated networks of walking paths. The university was distinguished by its 'problem-based' rather than disciplinary approach to course design and research. The university now has a full suite of programs including arts, education, medicine, dentistry, engineering, business, science, and law.

The University is named after the former Premier of Queensland, and High Court of Australia judge, Sir Samuel Griffith, who was also the principal author of the Australian constitution.

Academic Structure

Griffith Graduate Centre in SouthBank Campus

Arts, Education and Law

Business

Griffith Business School received accreditation from AACSB in 2008, making it part of an elite group that makes up less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools.[4]

Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology

Home to the Queensland Sports Technology Cluster[5] at the Nathan Campus. An Electronic Sports Engineering degree was introduced in 2009 as a world first.

Health

Campuses

Griffith University (Nathan Campus) from Stadium Path

Griffith University has campuses located at the Gold Coast and Nathan, Mount Gravatt and Logan in the outer suburbs of Brisbane and the Queensland Conservatorium in Inner Brisbane. The Mount Gravatt campus is also home to the Queensland Institute of Business and Technology. The Nathan Campus was designed by prominent Australian architect Robin Gibson and was the founding campus of the University.

The university has a campus on High Street, Southport specifically designed and built for Oral Health and Medicine students called the "Centre for Medicine and Oral Health". It contains lecture theatres, cadaver labs, pathology labs and a dental clinic which serves the public. Building has commenced for a new University Hospital at the Gold Coast campus, which is due to open in December 2012 and will replace most functions of the Centre for Medicine and Oral Health.

Research Centres

Externally Supported Centres and Facilities

Arts, Education and Law

Business

Health

Griffith Medical Research College

Science and Technology

Sporting, social and cultural

Griffith University has a wide array of cultural, intellectual, sporting and social groups. Its Student Guild[6] is an organisation within the university which takes care of these clubs on the Gold Coast campus, as well as student issues, accommodation, employment, publication, events, sport and recreation.

On the Nathan campus, Campus Life[7] supports many clubs including the long running GRUBS (Griffith University Bushwalking Club), The Karate and Kickboxing club and the Griffith University Aikido Club, recently incorporated and independant of the University. The Griffith University Rugby Union Club, established by Phil Verheijen in 2002, were runners up in the Northern University Games in 2005 and are consistently ranked in the top 6 at Australian University Games. Past captains include Nick Hurrell (2006), who is now an international rugby representative of Hong Kong.[8]

The Griffith University Australian Football Club (GUAFC) is an Australian rules football club formed in 2001, competing in the AFLQ State Association. The Griffith University Gladiators finished runners up in two of their first five seasons in the AFLSQ. The club plays out of Griffith's Nathan Campus, which features one of Queensland's leading amateur Australian football grounds with state-of-the-art playing lights and club rooms.

Student Union and representation

Griffith University students are uniquely represented by two statutory embedded student organisations. The Griffith University Student Representative Council (GUSRC) represents undergraduate students and the Griffith University Postgraduate Students Association (GUPSA) represents post-graduate students in all campuses apart from the Gold Coast. GUPSA is a constituent member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Unique to the Gold Coast is the Student Guild (GUSG) which represents all students from this campus and holds an administrative structure that is apparently independent to the university. Griffith also has a significant representation of foreign students. Many (from the US or other Western nations) come for just one or two semesters, others for a longer period of time.

Notable alumni

Sister Schools

 Taiwan -Taipei Medical University

See also

References

  1. ↑ [1] Griffith History
  2. ↑ [2] Fast Facts
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hogan, Janet (1982). Living History of Brisbane. Spring Hill, Queensland: Boolarang Publications. pp. 130—131. ISBN 0908175418. 
  4. ↑ [3].
  5. ↑ http://sportsbioengineering
  6. ↑ Student Guild Gold Coast Campus
  7. ↑ Campus Life]
  8. ↑ Hong Kong Sevens
  9. ↑ Griffith University | News
  10. ↑ [4]
  11. ↑ Griffith University News Service
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Griffith at the Commonwealth Games - Griffith University
  13. ↑ "For Jung Ryeo-won, It's Time to Kick Back". The Chosun Ilbo. 2005-12-04. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200512/200512040009.html. Retrieved 2008-12-02. 

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