University

The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) is one of the fastest growing universities in Australia.  Established in 1996 on a 100 hectare green-field site, the University now has more than 7,500 students and is on track to reach 15,000 by 2021.

In 2002, the University established the Innovation Centre as a subsidiary company to pursue the goal of building a strong base of knowledge based businesses on the Sunshine Coast.

The University is developing a strong focus on entrepreneurship and offers an Entrepreneurship Minor as part of the curriculum.


       

For the second consecutive year, USC has stood out as the only public university in Queensland to gain five stars for teaching quality in the Good Universities Guide. In the 2011 Good Universities Guide, USC was also awarded five stars for its graduates’ satisfaction with the generic skills they gained while at university. The University scored well (four stars) for access by equity groups, Indigenous enrolments, gender balance, and for graduates’ satisfaction with their overall university experience. Its ratings for graduates’ satisfaction were the highest awarded to any public university in Queensland.
 
The five-star rating is backed up the University’s recent success with six academics receiving prestigious Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) citations in 2010.

The campus has won more than 25 awards for its architecture, planning and construction, has been designed on environmentally sensitive design principles and is home to wild kangaroos. The campus also includes a library, cafes, an art gallery, events and exhibition spaces and outstanding sporting facilities. This all makes for a fresh and attractive office location, helping businesses to attract, engage and retain talented people.

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The university is developing research strengths through its research centres, including:

Centre for Healthy Activities, Sport and Exercise

Areas of strength include:

  • understanding and enhancing sports performance
  • developing healthy activities in the community

 

National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre


Areas of strength include:
  • productive ageing and work
  • productive ageing and recreation
  • productive ageing and education
  • productive ageing and community service
  • productive ageing and personal quests


GeneCology Research Group


Areas of strength include:
  • individual species biology, physiology, and ecology
  • sustainable production systems in aquaculture, forestry and horticulture
  • ecological communities and habitats
  • conservation management
  • species recovery and restoration
  • regional engagement through collaborations


Sustainability Research Centre


Areas of strength include:
  • coastal management
  • climate change
  • water management
  • natural and cultural heritage
  • innovation
  • adaptive growth
  • community wellbeing