page_title: University of South Australia
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: University of South Australia / History
caption_attribution_description: English: View of en:North Terrace, Adelaide, looking east from near en:King William Street, Adelaide. In the foreground can be seen the National War Memorial.
context_page_description: The University of South Australia is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australia with approximately 32,000 students.
  The university was founded in its current form in 1991 with the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology and the South Australian College of Advanced Education. The legislation to establish and name the new University of South Australia was introduced by the Hon Mike Rann MP, Minister of Employment and Further Education. Under the University's Act, its original mission was "to preserve, extend and disseminate knowledge through teaching, research, scholarship and consultancy, and to provide educational programs that will enhance the diverse cultural life of the wider community".
  UniSA is among the world's top universities, ranked in the World's Top 50 Under 50 by both the Quacarelli Symonds World University Ranking and Times Higher Education. It has two Adelaide city centre campuses, two Adelaide metropolitan campuses, and two South Australian regional campuses.
context_section_description: UniSA was formed in 1991 by the merger of the South Australian Institute of Technology with three South Australian College of Advanced Education campuses. To the former SACAE campuses of Magill, Salisbury, and Underdale, SAIT added its three campuses at City East, The Levels (now called Mawson Lakes) and Whyalla. The two other SACAE campuses, City (adjacent to University of Adelaide), and Sturt (in Bedford Park, adjacent to Flinders University), were later merged into their nearby universities.
caption: The South Australian School of Mines and Industries on the top right corner of the North Terrace circa 1940
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