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About Griffith University

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Griffith University

About Griffith University

A global career choice

Griffith University is one of Australia’s most progressive, innovative and dynamic universities.

Strategically located in Australia’s fastest-growing region - the flourishing Brisbane - Gold Coast corridor, Griffith is a five-campus university with more than 3,200 staff and 37,800 students, including 8,800 international students.

Griffith is now Australia's ninth largest higher education institution in terms of student load.

Ranked in the top 4% of universities worldwide (Times HES-QS World Ranking) Griffith University’s global perspective is preparing graduates for workplaces of the future. As a Griffith graduate you will have the versatility to be mobile across careers and countries.

In 2008, Griffith University was the number one Australian university destination for students from 28 countries, including Canada, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, United Arab Emirates and Brazil.

Since opening its doors in 1971, Griffith has pioneered many innovations - offering Australia's first environmental science and Asian studies degrees, and being the first Australian business school to sign the United Nations principles of responsible management education to name a few.

Griffith's Research and Teaching strengths cover many hot button issues - health, water and the environment alongside Asian politics and trade, sustainable tourism, criminology, and music and the arts.

The University's strong international standing is built on highly-regarded research and teaching staff, international partnerships and the calibre of its programs and graduates.

Griffith's long-standing national and international reputation in research in the environmental sciences affords it the largest group of environmental professionals of any university in Australia, and it will soon host the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

FACTS

Total number of students: 37,800

Total number of international students: 8,800 from more than 123 countries

Griffith Profile

2008 Australia’s leader in Environmental Science with AU$50 million invested into the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF).
2008 Australia’s new headquarters for Center of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS), located at Nathan campus.
2008 One of the first Australian universities to share its lectures, research and campus life online through the iTunes store website.
2008 Times HES-QS World Universities Ranking, Griffith ranked 326th overall, placing it in the top 4% of institutions worldwide.
2008 Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) 5 star rating for MBA, MBA Advanced and MBA Honours (7 years running).
2008 Griffith Business School receives accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Less than 5% of the world’s business schools receive this prestigious accreditation including Yale and Harvard.
2007 Griffith’s Accounting and Finance Research is ranked 72nd in the world (Accounting & Finance Vol 47, Issue 2).
2007 Australia’s largest and most modern film school with a new state-of-the-art film facility at the South Bank cultural precinct.
2007 Finalist in the Queensland Tourism Awards for Excellence in Education and Training.