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Griffith University
File:Griffith University logo.png
TypePublic
Established1971
ChancellorLeneen Forde
Vice-ChancellorIan O'Connor
Deputy V-CNed Pankhurst (research); Sue Spence (academic)
StudentsOver 37,000
Undergraduates31,000
Postgraduates6,000
Location
Gold Coast and Brisbane
,
Queensland
,
Australia
AffiliationsASAIHL
Websitewww.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 4,000 full-time equivalent staff.[1] Griffith University offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees across ten discipline areas including Arts, Business, Education, Health, Engineering and IT, Environment, Music, Law and Visual arts.

History

In 1965, 174 hectares of natural bushland at Nathan were set aside for a new campus.[2] 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.[2] 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 Walker Griffith, who was also the principal author of the Australian constitution.

Academic Structure

Griffith Graduate Centre in SouthBank Campus

Faculties, Schools and Centres

  • Arts, languages and criminology
    • School of Humanities
    • School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
    • School of Languages and Linguistics
  • Business and commerce
    • Griffith Business School

Griffith Business School has international accreditation from AACSB International, making it part of an elite group that makes up less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools.[3]

  • Education
    • School of Education and Professional Studies (Brisbane, Logan)
    • School of Education and Professional Studies (Gold Coast)
  • Engineering and Information Technology
    • School of Information and Communication Technology
    • Griffith School of Engineering
  • Science
    • School of Biomolecular and Physical Sciences
  • Environment, planning and architecture
    • Griffith School of Environment

Home to the Queensland Sports Technology Cluster[4] at the Nathan Campus. An Electronic Sports Engineering degree was introduced in 2009 as a world first.

Independent academic centres, institutes and colleges

  • Centres
    • Centre for Environment and Population Health
    • Centre for Financial Independence and Education
    • Continuing Professional Learning Enterprise
    • EcoCentre
    • Multi-Faith Centre
    • Queensland Centre for Public Health (Griffith Node)
  • Institutes
    • Griffith English Language Institute
    • Griffith Institute for Higher Education
  • Colleges
    • Griffith Honours College
    • Griffith Sports College
  • Units
    • Gumurrii Student Support Unit
    • Unit for Italian Studies

Campuses

Griffith University has five campuses that span three cities between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. These five campuses are located at the Gold Coast, Nathan, Mount Gravatt, Logan and South Bank. The South Bank campuses, in Inner Brisbane, are comprised of three smaller campuses including the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith Film School and the Queensland College of Art. 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 Gold Coast campus has a main campus and an accompanying 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 adjacent to the main Gold Coast campus, which is due to open in December 2012 and will replace most functions of the Centre for Medicine and Oral Health.

Gold Coast campus

The Gold Coast campus is set amongst native bushland and located just minutes from the world-famous beaches of the Gold Coast. This campus has over 14,000 students from all over Australia and the world. It is widely acknowledged for its strengths in Health and houses state-of-the-art facilities, including the $36 million Griffith Centre for Medicine and Oral Health adjacent to the Gold Coast Hospital at Southport. The co-located Gold Coast University Hospital is scheduled to open in 2012.

The campus has many other facilities for students including campus cafes, sporting facilities (with an Olympic-standard athletics track), a gym and basketball and tennis courts. There are also other handy services right on campus, such as banking, post, medical, welfare and student guild services. On-campus accommodation is available and assistance can be provided with finding off-campus accommodation.

Logan campus

Logan campus is renowned as a national showcase of social inclusion in higher education. It has achieved this through innovative partnerships, industry engagement and program pathways, with a strong focus on community health and education. It is host to over 2500 students and is located in one of Australia’s most rapidly developing regions, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Griffith University's Logan campus offers flexible learning options and accelerated degree programs in Business and, Information and Communication Technology. Students also have access to a bookshop, café/bar, a general store, a community lounge and sporting facilities, plus welfare, counselling and other support services. Privately owned student accommodation, adjacent to the university, provides the ideal environment for study and living. Assistance can also be provided with other accommodation arrangements.

Mt Gravatt campus

The Mt Gravatt campus focuses on the application of social and behavioural sciences in relation to the prevention of and intervention in critical social issues. Current research programs include the Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research. On-campus research centres include The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security.

It is adjacent to the Nathan campus and is within walking distance of the South East Busway. A bookshop, cafeteria, gym and a state-of-the-art tennis centre are available for use to students. The campus has over 4700 students. Students can also access welfare, counselling and other support services. There is also the Mt Gravatt Residential College which provides fully-catered single room accommodation for students living on campus.

Griffith University (Nathan Campus) from Stadium Path

=== Nathan campus ===

Nathan is the original and founding Griffith campus. It is home to world-class expertise in the environment, corporate sustainability, Asia and the emerging bio-science areas. It has over 12,000 students and is situated in native bushland on the edge of Toohey Forest. Nathan campus is a short walk or bus ride from our Mt Gravatt campus or a 10 minute drive from central Brisbane. Public transport connects the campus to Mt Gravatt, Garden City shopping centre and the Brisbane CBD.

There is six residential colleges, offering both fully-catered and self-catered accommodation options. Facilities available to students include, cafes and bars, a bookshop, a general store, a post office, a computer shop, and banking and sporting facilities, including a gym, squash courts, tennis courts and playing fields. Students can also access welfare, counselling and other support services.

South Bank campuses

Griffith's South Bank campuses, encompass the Queensland College of Art, Griffith Film School and the Queensland Conservatorium, and Griffith Graduate Centre. the campus is located in Brisbane's South Bank Parklands, and only a 10-minute walk from the Brisbane CBD. It is adjacent to the Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, the State Library, Museum, Performing Arts Complex and the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre. Students can access welfare, counselling and other support services and apply for residential accommodation at the Mt Gravatt and Nathan campuses.

Queensland College of Art

Queensland College of Art offers a wide range of visual art programs and is one of Australia's oldest visual arts and design colleges, housing multimillion dollar facilities available to students. It features public exhibition spaces, cinema and conference facilities, a multimedia art gallery, artist residences and modern and versatile studios.

Griffith Film School

The Griffith Film School offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs covering film, television, animation, multi-media, and games design. Students have access to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities including a motion capture rig, stop motion facilities, soundstage with a large green screen and a HD platform in TV and video production and post-production. The School brings together disciplines such as 2D and 3D animation and effects, film and television production, orchestral scoring, multimedia, digital game development and commercialisation, media, business and law.

Queensland Conservatorium

Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University is one of Australia's leading music schools, with a reputation for excellence across a range of specialisations. The Conservatorium houses a 600-seat theatre with the best acoustics in the southern hemisphere, a 200 seat recital hall, a 150-seat orchestral hall, the latest teaching facilities and one of Australia's best music libraries.

Griffith Graduate Centre

The Griffith Graduate Centre at South Bank offers and inner-city location for postgraduate students in the Griffith Business School, Griffith Law School, and the School of Arts. The centre includes seminar, lecture and meeting rooms, as well as a state-of-the-art learning centre. Located at the eastern end of South Bank Parklands, the Griffith Graduate Centre is easily accessible by publc transport.

Research Centres

Externally Supported Centres and Facilities

  • ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security
  • National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research
  • National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
  • Smart Water Research Centre

Collaborations with External Research Institutions

  • Griffith Medical Research College

Arts, Education and Law

  • Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture
  • Early Childhood Education Centre
  • Griffith Centre for Cultural Research
  • Griffith Institute for Educational Research
  • Griffith Institute for Social and Behavioural Research
  • Griffith Islamic Research Unit
  • Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law
  • Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
  • Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre
  • Socio-Legal Research Centre

Business

  • Centre for Governance and Public Policy
  • Centre for Tourism, Sport and Service Innovation
  • Centre for Work, Organisation and Well Being
  • Griffith Asia Institute

Health

  • Griffith Health Institute
  • Behavioural Basis of Health
  • Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation
  • Heart Foundation Research Centre
  • Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Population Health
  • Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention

Science and Technology

  • Atmospheric Environment Research Centre
  • Australian Rivers Institute
  • Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Management
  • Centre for Quantum Dynamics
  • Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications
  • Environmental Futures Centre
  • Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies
  • Forensic Science Research and Innovation Centre
  • Griffith Centre for Coastal Management
  • Griffith University DNA Sequencing Facility
  • International Centre for Ecotourism Research
  • Institute for Glycomics
  • Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems
  • International Centre for Management of Pest Fruit Flies
  • National Centre for Adult Stem Cell Research
  • Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre
  • Software Quality Institute
  • Urban Research Program

Rankings

  • The QS World University Rankings places Griffith in 291st universities in the world. It was ranked 200th in Social Sciences, 268th in Arts and Humanities, 294th in Natural Sciences in the world by Times Higher Education in 2009[5] and ranked 256th in the world according to Global University Rankings 2009.[6]
  • Griffith Business School is recognised by the Aspen Institute's ‘Top 100’ for its leadership in integrating social, environmental and ethical issues into its programs. It was the highest Australian ranking.[7]
  • Griffith Law School has been ranked as No. 1 in the country by the respected publication, the "Good Universities Guide", both in 2005 and 2006.[8]
  • Griffith ranked sixth in the world for Tourism Research contributions.[9]
  • The Griffith MBA received a five star rating for the seventh consecutive year from the Graduate Management Association of Australia. Griffith is only one of two universities nationally to achieve this feat and the International MBA program also received five stars in only its second year.[10]
  • Griffith is ranked 2nd by getCITED’s Top 10 Institutions by Publications in Sports Marketing Journals over the past 3 years (2005) and 1st by getCITED’s Top 10 Institutions by Publications in Sports Management Journals over the past 3 years(2005).[11]
  • Its Accounting research has been ranked 7th (out of 37 universities) in Australia and in the top 100 in the world. The ranking, published in the Accounting and Finance, was based on the top 24 accounting journals internationally and ranked Griffith 72nd out of more than 1000 institutions in the world.[12]
  • Its Business program has been ranked 5th (out of 25 universities) in Australia and among top 100 in the world by Times Higher Education in 2009.
  • The prestigious QS World University Rankings places Griffith in the top 300 universities in the world, which means the University is in the top 5% of universities in the world - as at 8 October 2009 [13]

Sporting, social and cultural

Griffith University has a wide array of cultural, intellectual, sporting and social groups. Its Student Guild[14] 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[15] 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 independent 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.[16]

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. [citation needed]

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[citation needed]

See also

  • NICTA - national information and communication technology research centre, co-supported by Griffith University
  • [9] - Queensland Sports Technology Cluster - Griffith University is the host of this Sports engineering group

References

  1. ^ [1] Griffith History
  2. ^ a b Hogan, Janet (1982). Living History of Brisbane. Spring Hill, Queensland: Boolarang Publications. pp. 130–131. ISBN 0908175418. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ [2].
  4. ^ [3] Centre for Wireless Monitoring and Applications
  5. ^ [4] QS World University Rankings
  6. ^ [5] Global University Ranking
  7. ^ [6] The global 100
  8. ^ [7] Griffith Law School
  9. ^ source: Tourism Management 26 (2005) 641-648 report by Elsevier on a study of research contributions into tourism journals around the world over the decade 1992-2001
  10. ^ [8] Australian MBA Star Ratings
  11. ^ http://www.eurolearn.org/upload/File/AcademicGuides/Sports.pdf
  12. ^ http://wwwdocs.fce.unsw.edu.au/fce/News/AccountingResearchChan.pdf
  13. ^ Griffith University | Fast facts < About Griffith
  14. ^ Student Guild Gold Coast Campus
  15. ^ Campus Life
  16. ^ Hong Kong Sevens
  17. ^ Griffith University | News
  18. ^ Sutton aims for City Hall | Courier Mail
  19. ^ The Hon Justine Elliot MP, Australian Government Parliamentary Secretary for Trade
  20. ^ Griffith University News Service
  21. ^ a b Griffith at the Commonwealth Games - Griffith University
  22. ^ "For Jung Ryeo-won, It's Time to Kick Back". The Chosun Ilbo. 2005-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-02. [dead link‍]
  23. ^ "Paul Yang's Paulina Porizkova Supersite "
  24. ^ Lewis, Maria (July 15, 2010). "Top model Kimberly Thrupp". goldcoast.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
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