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Griffith University
Griffith University is a public university based in Brisbane and Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The total enrolment is 31,000 undergraduate students and 6000 postgraduate students. Griffith has a large range of learning areas, including Arts, Business, Law, Health, and Music. It obtains high rankings in Good University Guides.[1]
HistoryThe university was formally founded in 1971 and opened its doors in 1975 to 451 students in four schools: Australian Environmental Studies, Humanities, Modern Asian Studies and Science. The University started with its Nathan campus, and several of its campuses are distinctive for their nature based settings within large urban agglomerations. The clusters of buildings, sports facilities, bushland reserves and recreational areas are connected by integrated networks of walking paths. The university was distinguished by its 'problem-based' rather than disciplinary approach to course design and research. The university now has a full suite of programs including arts, education, medicine, dentistry, engineering, business, science, and law. The University is named after the former Premier of Queensland, and High Court of Australia judge, Sir Samuel Griffith, who was also the principal author of the Australian constitution. Recent marketing projects have involved notable individuals including Kim Phuc, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Ray Charles, and Bob Geldof. They were promoting centres for photojournalism arts, assisting the wrongly accused, educating children with a visual impairment and promoting responsible ecological practices, respectively. Academic StructureArts, Education and Law
Griffith Law SchoolBusiness
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
Health
CampusesGriffith University has campuses located at Nathan, Mt Gravatt and Logan in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and the Queensland Conservatorium in South Brisbane. Mt Gravatt campus is also home to the Queensland Institute of Business and Technology. The Nathan Campus was designed by prominent Australian architect Robin Gibson and was the founding campus of the University. Sporting, social and culturalGriffith University in has a wide array of cultural, intellectual, sporting and social groups. Its Student Guild is an organisation within the university which takes care of these clubs, as well as student issues, accommodation, employment,publication, events, sport and recreation. Established in 1981, the Griffith University Aikido Club was one of the first aikido dojos established in Brisbane http://www.griffithaikido.com. Today it is active at Nathan, Logan and South Brisbane and has more than 100 members. The Griffith University Rugby Union Club, established by Phil Verheijen in 2002, were runners up in the Northern University Games in 2005 and are consistently ranked in the top 6 at Australian University Games. Past captains include Nick Hurrell (2006), who is now an international rugby representative of Hong Kong.[2] The Griffith University Australian Football Club (GUAFC) is an Australian rules football club formed in 2001, competing in the AFLQ State Association. The Griffith University Gladiators finished runners up in two of their first five seasons in the AFLSQ. The club plays out of Griffith's Nathan Campus, which features one of Queensland's leading amateur Australian football grounds with state-of-the-art playing lights and club rooms. Student Union and representationGriffith University students are uniquely represented by two statutory embedded student organisations. The Griffith University Student Representative Council (GUSRC) represents undergraduate students and the Griffith University Postgraduate Students Association (GUPSA) represents post-graduate students in all campuses apart from the Gold Coast. GUPSA is a constituent member of the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations. Unique to the Gold Coast is the Student Guild (GUSG) which represents all students from this campus and holds an administrative structure that is apparently independent to the university. Notable alumni
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