Study at Flinders

New students are keen to come to Flinders and past and present students are glad they made the choice. We believe this reflects our high academic standards and our determination to ensure our courses meet your expectations while giving you flexibility and choice.

Why choose Flinders?

• Flinders is rated in the top 10 universities in Australia, the top 64 universities in the Asia Pacific region, and the top 400 universities in the world (Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2007).

• Flinders graduates have a higher full-time employment rate than both the South Australian and national averages (Graduate Careers Australia Graduate Destinations Data 2006).

• In a recent survey of employers our graduates rated more highly than those from other universities in 16 out of 17 graduate attributes surveyed (Graduate Careers Australia Graduate Destinations Data 2005).

• Many Flinders courses offer work based placements where students can meet potential employers.

• Flinders offers programs that develop a range of business and life skills that complement students' academic experience.

• Flinders staff have won national recognition for the quality of their teaching .

• Flinders fosters strong links between teaching and research, consistently ranking among Australia's top universities on a per capita basis for research spending, and for the citation of our work in professional journals.

• Ninety six per cent of our students would recommend Flinders to a friend, colleague or family member (Student Satisfaction Survey, released 2007).

• Flinders has long been known as the ‘friendly university' and is a warm, welcoming and diverse community.

Teaching quality at Flinders

In 2006 Professor Iain Hay from the School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management won the Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year, as part of the annual Australian Learning and Teaching Council (previously known as the Carrick Institute) awards for Australian University Teaching. In 2004 this award was also won by Professor Mark Israel from the School of Law.

In 2006 three other Flinders staff won Carrick Awards for Teaching Excellence: Dr Mary Heath from Law, and Associate Professor Claire Smith and Dr Heather Burke from Archaeology. Flinders has had finalists or winners every year since 2001.

The Carrick Institute also awards Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, and Flinders gained seven in 2006 and nine in 2007 (out of the maximum possible of 10).

This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and it places Flinders as one of Australia's pre-eminent universities.

For more information about our teaching awards and accomplishments, refer to Our teaching awards.

Diversity at Flinders

The student population at Flinders is diverse and dynamic. We actively encourage mature age applications and students from backgrounds with no tradition of university education. We understand the special needs of country students.

Whatever your background, we're confident you'll find our campus an exciting, stimulating and comfortable place in which to learn, study and shape your future.

What Flinders students say

‘Studying at Flinders is like being a hungry bug on a huge tree of knowledge. The diversity of information available at the university is second to none and a Flinders student should consider themselves an extremely fortunate individual given that they have access to a huge range of resources and, more importantly, a bevy of brilliant and inspiring minds.' Christopher Humby, Justice and Society student.