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A young university at the epicentre of progress

We’re a growing, comprehensive university focused on excellent teaching, ground-breaking research, championing sustainability, and producing award-winning alumni.

Our research explores the timeliest topics of our era, those with the most significance for the future, with a focus on:

  • Health, medicine and wellbeing
  • Agriculture, aquaculture and forestry
  • Ecology and environment
  • Human behaviour, work and society

  Total students  18,688

Male
30.6%
Female
68.9%
 
Other 0.5%

  Indigenous students   

3.8%
3.7%
3.7%
3.7%
3.4%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

  First in family students  

 38.6% 

First in family

 International
 students

  11.6% 


  Student load (EFTSL)

Undergraduate10,607.9
Postgraduate512.3
Research324.1
Non Award636.0

Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) is a measure of a full-time student's annual study load.


  Student age groups  

39.8%
20 and under
60.2%
Over 20

  Student average age

 26 
 


  Student enrolment type  

New 7,701
Continuing* 10,987

*A student continuing from previous year


STUDENTS BY LOCATION  

 464   Fraser Coast campus

 170   Gympie campus

 10,653   Sunshine Coast campus

 617   Caboolture campus

 5,355   Moreton Bay campus

 8,247   Online 

*As a multi campus university, many of our students choose to study courses at more than one location. The campus numbers above represent the number of students enrolled in at least one course at each campus.


International countries  

Top source countries for new international student enrolments

 Nepal     China     Norway     USA     Germany

UniSC international Students represent   73 different countries  

UniSC has a total of   130   international partnership agreements with   20   countries


Overseas study destinations by student count  

 19   Japan

 16   Cambodia

 13   Malaysia

 13   Brunei

 12   South Africa

Domestic student attendance  

Full-time
54.4%
Part-time
45.6%

  Staff

Research only   64  

Teaching only   10  

Teaching and research   397  

Professional   748  

Total staff   1,219  


  Staff by gender  

798
Female
421
Male

  Students by school

School of Health8,094
School of Education
and Tertiary Access2,487
School of Business
and Creative Industries2,441
School of Law
and Society2,122
School of Science,
Technology and Engineering2,240
Non School944

 Awards conferred  42,952

Sub-Bachelors  2,575

Bachelors  28,518

Postgraduate  10,101

Higher Degree by Research  758

 Graduate full-time
median salary 

Short term*
$65,900
Long term** 
$86,300

*Four months post graduation
**Three years post graduation


 Graduate employment 

 87%  of our graduates are employed within  four months  of finishing their degrees

2022 research income

Block grants   $12,382,454  

External grant income   $27,196,501  

Good University Guide Ratings

UniSC is rated 5 stars in the following:

  • Overall Experience
  • Learning Resources
  • Teaching Quality
  • Skills Development
  • Student Support
  • Social Equity
  • First Generation
  • Learner Engagement (Postgraduate)

The information in this publication is sourced from preliminary 2023 full year student and staff data, and 2022 Graduate Outcomes Surveys. 2022 Research income is sourced from the Australian Government Department of Education.