A young university at the epicentre of progress
We’re a growing, comprehensive university focused on excellent teaching, ground-breaking research, championing sustainability, and producing award-winning alumni.
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 17,846
Indigenous students
Highest %
in 5 Years
First in family students
39.6%
First in family
International
students
10.8%
Student load (EFTSL)
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 LOCATION
490 Fraser Coast campus
175 Gympie campus
10,856 Sunshine Coast campus
707 Caboolture campus
4,758 Moreton Bay campus
7,466 Online
*As a multi campus university, many of our students choose to study courses at more than one location. The campus numbers above represent the number of students enrolled in at least one course at each campus.
International countries
Top source countries for new international student enrolments
Nepal Germany India Norway Austria
UniSC international Students represent 68 different countries
UniSC has a total of 130 international partnership agreements with 20 countries
Overseas study destinations by student count
19 Japan
16 Cambodia
13 Malaysia
13 Brunei
12 South Africa
Domestic student attendance
54.4%
45.6%
Staff
Research only 59
Teaching only 12
Teaching and research 375
Professional 699
Total staff 1,145
Staff by gender
Top 5 highest enrolled degrees
Bachelor of Nursing Science
(Graduate Entry)3,588
Primary Education754
Occupational Therapy (Honours)540
Social Work491
Business485
Top 3 postgraduate degrees
Teaching (Secondary)105
Business Administration66
Social Work (Qualifying)64
Students by school
and Tertiary Access2,932
and Creative Industries2,688
and Society2,338
Technology and Engineering1,757
Awards conferred 39,759
Sub-Bachelors 2,056
Bachelors 27,224
Postgraduate 9,774
Higher Degree by Research 705
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
2022 research income
Block grants $12,382,454
External grant income $27,196,501
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 2023 full year student and staff data, and 2022 Graduate Outcomes Surveys. 2022 Research income is sourced from the Australian Government Department of Education.