University of Wollongong

The University of Wollongong traces its roots back to the year 1951, when it was founded as a division of the New South Wales University of Technology. Later, in 1975, it came to be recognized as an independent and autonomous institution under the New South Wales parliament. It can brag about having one of the most beautiful campuses in Australia, being situated amidst green mountains and the clear blue waters of the Pacific. The university also has a world-class teaching facility and is ranked among the top 20 modern universities in the world. 

The University of Wollongong has five different faculties:

Faculty of Business

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences

Faculty of Law

Humanities and The Arts

Faculty of Science

Medicine and Health

Faculty of Social Sciences 

The university houses nine campuses in Australia. 

Along with the main campus and the Innovation campus in Wollongong, the university makes way towards the south establishing a campus in Liverpool.

It has another five regional campuses in :

Batemans Bay

Bega

Southern Sydney (Loftus)

Shoalhaven

Southern Highlands (Moss Vale). 

The University of Wollongong established an overseas campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in the year 1993.

 

This multi-campus institution has its main campus in Wollongong which covers an area of 82.4 hectares and comprises of 94 permanent buildings. It has multiple libraries spread across the campuses. The library in the main campus was built back in the year 1972 and was three-stories high with a capacity of 280 students. 

The University of Wollongong boasts of having great research institutions.

First in the list comes ANCORS ( Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security ) which is Australia’s only university-based research center dedicated to ocean law. 

The molecular horizons are aimed at analyzing how life works at a molecular level to come up with solutions improving health facilities and answer other questions haunting the world as of now.

The SMART infrastructure goes deep into exploring the challenges of infrastructure planning and management.

The Sustainable Buildings Research Centre is dedicated to research that tries to devise methods to make a building more sustainable.

There is another non-profit organization, The Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI). This institute was founded to support research geared towards world-class health and medical breakthroughs.

Accommodation facilities at UoW are praiseworthy. There are cultural, social and sporting events all year long at the university residences. Along with that, the residences have been supplied with peer mentor groups and 24/7 student well-being care facilities.

Life becomes easier for the students at these residences due to the availability of furniture, laundry, car parking, and many more facilities inside each residence. 
You’re unlikely to regret your stay at any one of the residences at the University of Wollongong. 

You should make sure your residence serves most of the experiences you were seeking from it. Thus, you have to make the right choice while selecting your residence.

Campus East

 Campus East could be a very favourable option because of its affordable rental prices. It offers students an on-site cafe, barbeque facilities, TV, games room, lounge, meeting rooms, and computer laboratories. Its beachside location gives it an edge over the other residences. The rooms start from $195 per week and go up to $289 per week.

International House

 This is a part of the International Houses Worldwide which is a network formed to encourage global friendship and strengthen intercultural bonds. It is fully catered with 19 meals per week. Students have a wide range of options to choose from. Transportation becomes way easier if you are staying in the International House, as it is only a two-minute walk away from the main train line that can take you to Sydney and beyond or south to Nowra.

It is also closer to the campus and has a shuttle bus available just down the street which takes you to UOW. Being a part of this allows you to make connections globally, which is a huge advantage when you are trying to explore new possibilities. The twin share rooms cost $231 per week, and a single share costs $288 per week. 

Kooloobong Village

Its on-campus location gives its residents the opportunity to enjoy the on campus cafe, IGA market, library and recreation centres and other facilities provided by UOW. Rooms start at $220 per week and go up to $337 per week. 

Marketview

Located right beside the Wollongong mall, Marketview allows its students to enjoy life in the city. Students are free to cook their own meals and also has an abundance of cafes and restaurants surrounding it. The self-catered single hotel style room is available for $294 per week, and the premium one is available at $305 per week. 

Weerona

It is also fully catered with 19 meals per week, but the students are free to prepare snacks in the kitchenettes provided throughout the residence. The fully catered twin share room costs $231 per week, and the single share room costs $288 per week. 

Bangalay

Postgraduate students, along with mature students who have their families living with them reside in Bangalay. It has a very favourable location, with lecture halls, uni health and fitness centre and the library located very close to it. Moreover, the University of Wollongong childcare centre is located right across the road. Rooms start at a price of $256 per week, and reach up to $420 per week. 

Graduate House

Along with a very convenient location like that of Bangalay, the Graduate House also has a very warm and welcoming UOW residential community. Its facilities include a private kitchen and bathroom, furnishing, utilities and free WiFi The rooms come at very affordable prices ranging from $242 per week to $362 per week. 

Scholarships are available, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, for both domestic and international students.

If you are a student with enough work experience and an undergraduate degree and now want to continue with a postgraduate degree at the University of Wollongong, you can try applying for the following scholarships.

Alumni Postgraduate Scholarship :

Offers a 10% tuition waiver, applies to any full-paying postgraduate degree.

Sydney Business School Partial Tuition Scholarship :

Offers a 25% tuition waiver, applies to students who want to do a Masters program with the Sydney Business School. 

WIMBA:

Offers a tuition waiver that varies between 15% and 50%, applies to students pursuing a Masters of Business Administration. 

The Illawarra Connection Scholarships:

Offers a 100% tuition waiver, and is for students doing a Masters program with Sydney Business School.

The job opportunities at the University of Wollongong are very promising. Moreover, the UOW mentoring program, which pairs you up with an alumnus who is then active in the workplace and is keen on sharing his or her experience, helps you gain an insight into the industry. The university has been recognized as one of the top 200 universities for graduate employment rates by the 2019 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings (GER). Even IT giants like Microsoft have come to this university to hire students.

The University of Wollongong helps its students to get an edge during the campus interviews by hosting a Jobs on Campus program. This makes sure that the students develop their job applications to their utmost potentials and thus boost their overall employability. The JOC program takes the students through a series of steps before it labels them as ‘campus ready’.

The ‘campus ready’ students then form the talent pool, who then take the final interview.
Career expos, workshops, and seminars are also held at UOW to give its students all the support that they would need, before they actually face the real world situations.

 Some famous alumni from University of Wollongong include:

Estelle Asmodelle, Transgender model, writer and activist

Glenn Barkley, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

Ben Creagh, Rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL team

Stef Dawson, Actress, The Hunger Games

David Hurley, Former Australian Chief of Defence Force, Governor of New South Wales

Stephen Martin, Former Federal Parliamentary Speaker

Bryan Doyle MP,  NSW State Member for Campbelltown

Kate Bell, Actor, Blue Water High  

The Wollongong campus is situated at the base of Mt. Keira, which is a few kilometers from the Wollongong CBD. University is located at a distance of 71 kms from the nearest major airport, Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport. Three free shuttle buses bring a huge number of students and staff to the university everyday. Other than that, there are also other paid buses which connect the university with its students and staff residing around Wollongong.

The closest railway station to this university is the North Wollongong Station, on the South coast line. You can reach the campus either by walking, or by taking the free shuttle from the station. 

UOW has a campus clinic, dental care and another outlet of physiotherapy and other sports medicine services located inside the campus. 

UOW also pays enough attention to students’ recreation. It has movie theatres, cafes, restaurants, and so much more right inside the campus. 
Other than that, it is also close to the Botanic Gardens which can be a nice place to relax and hangout with peers or family.

University of Wollongong Map Location

Address: Northfields Ave, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia