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The University of South Australia ("UniSA") is a public university in the Australian state of South Australia. It was formed in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and Colleges of Advanced Education. It is the largest university in South Australia, with more than 32,000 students. The university is a leading expert in technical education and applied research, as well being a founding member of the Australian Technology Network. It has four metropolitan campuses in Adelaide and two regional campuses in Whyalla and Mount Gambier. The metro campuses have specific academic focuses: City West and Magill focus on architecture, the arts, humanities and social sciences; City East specialises in health, biomedical, pharmaceutical and nursing programmes; Mawson Lakes teaches technical, educational and scientific disciplines. The regional campuses are more generalist. It has no department of history. University of South Australia was ranked 295th in the 2009 Times Higher Education Supplement Top 400 Universities list. |