5 campuses with award-winning facilities across South East QLD
We’re a rapidly growing, comprehensive university focused on excellent teaching, ground-breaking research, championing sustainability, and producing award-winning alumni.
A young university at the epicentre of progress
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 17,538
Indigenous students
Highest %
in 5 Years
First in family students
41.6%
First in family
58.4%
Not first in family
International
students
10.1%
Student load (EFTSL) 11,395.2
Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) is a measure of a full-time student's annual study load
Student age groups
Student average age
26
Student enrolment type
*A student continuing from previous year
STUDENTS BY CAMPUS
575 Fraser Coast
190 Gympie
11,934 Sunshine Coast
64 Thompson Institute
327 Sunshine Coast Health Institute
626 Caboolture
3,447 Moreton Bay
667 Online
Domestic student attendance
International countries
Top source countries for new international student enrolments
Nepal China Norway India Germany
Staff
Research only 69
Teaching only 11
Teaching and research only 400
Professional 710
Total staff 1,190
Top 5 highest enrolled degrees
Bachelor of Nursing Science
(Graduate Entry)3,546
Primary Education779
Occupational Therapy507
Social Work486
Business448
Students by school
and Tertiary Access2900
and Creative Industries2,518
and Society2,239
Technology and Engineering1,679
Awards conferred 38,397
Sub-Bachelors 1,703
Bachelors 26,418
Postgraduate 9,643
Higher Degree by Research 633
Graduate full-time
median salary
*Four months post graduation
**Three years post graduation
Graduate employment
90% of our graduates are employed within four months of finishing their degrees
2021 research income
Block grants $16,348,914
Higher education $26,591,270
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 2022 full year student and staff data, and 2022 Graduate Outcomes Surveys. 2021 Research income is sourced from the Australian Government Department of Education.