Griffith University

Griffith University opened its doors in 1975 and has grown to house more than 36,000 students. With five campuses spread across the Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor, each Griffith campus offers its own distinct identity and student experience. South Bank is the University’s creative arts hub with the Queensland College of Art, Queenland Conservatorium and Griffith Film School all located there. Nathan has an environmental and business focus, while Mt Gravatt is renowned for its psychology and education programs. Logan is Griffith’s community campus with a strong emphasis on human services and nursing programs and the Gold Coast is Griffith’s largest and most comprehensive campus with particular strengths in health. The Gold Coast campus boasts the $36 million Griffith Centre for Medicine and Oral Health, adjacent to the Gold Coast Hospital at Southport.

Courses

Griffith was the first Australian university to offer degrees in areas considered pivotal today —Asian studies and environmental studies. Griffith has built on its foundation to become a large multi-campus institution with internationally recognised strengths in teaching and research. Its comprehensive academic program covers business, arts, education, law, health, science, environment, engineering and information technology.

Values and identity

Griffith University is regarded as one of Australia’s most innovative tertiary institutions and one of the Asia-Pacific region’s most influential universities. Its multi-disciplinary teaching and research programs are committed to promoting social justice and community engagement with a strong international orientation. Griffith offers students a distinctive learning experience that fosters global perspectives in all students—from a curriculum engaged with global issues, to study exchanges abroad, to research collaborations with partner universities to hosting renowned scholars from around the world.

Notable alumni and media profiles

Notable Griffith alumni include Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser, Young Australian of the Year Tania Major, numerous Queensland Members of Parliament and Professor Mark von Itzstein, one of the joint recipients of the 1996 Australia Prize for his design of the anti-influenza drug Relenza. The University has also produced several successful musicians through its Queensland Conservatorium including opera singers Lisa Gasteen and Jonathon Welch and popular music artists Kate Miller-Heidke and Katie Noonan.

Griffith Honours College

Designed for outstanding students, the Griffith Honours College facilitates a unique undergraduate experience by providing challenges and opportunities not available to other students. Students are able to engage their intellectual curiosity and take part in specially designed enrichment activities that will equip them, as graduates, to take on the emerging challenges of the 21st century with the skills necessary to become leaders in their fields.

Contact: Professor Michael Powell
Title: Pro-Vice Chancellor & Dean (Business)
Telephone: +61 7 3875 7111

www.griffith.edu.au