University of Tasmania - ADF Higher Education Advanced Standing Scheme
UTAS welcomes Australian Defence Force personnel to its programs in partnership with the Australian Defence Force Higher Education Advanced Standing Scheme. Opportunities for ADF personnel to gain credit in several UTAS postgraduate programs have been identified and will be assessed individually upon application.
Australia’s fourth oldest University, UTAS was established in 1890. Today over 23,000 students from 70 different countries undertake their studies at UTAS campuses in Hobart, Launceston or Cradle Coast (Burnie) within Tasmania, Rozelle or Darlinghurst in Sydney, or by distance.
UTAS has six faculties - Arts, Business, Education, Health Science, Law and Science, Engineering and Technology - and the Australian Maritime College (AMC) offering programs in traditional and specialised disciplines. UTAS has more than 170 postgraduate coursework programs, many of which are available online or by flexible delivery mode.
UTAS enjoys an enviable reputation for teaching and research, which is recognised locally and throughout the world. Through close association with Tasmania’s focus on primary industry, health care, heritage and marine and Antarctic science, a number of internationally recognised research centres have been established within the University, including but by no means limited to:
- The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS),
- The Australian Maritime College (AMC),
- The Menzies Research Institute,
- The Tasmanian Institute for Agricultural Research (TIAR),
- The Centre for Ore Deposit Research (CODES),
- The Tasmanian Institute for Law Enforcement Studies (TILES),
- The Australian Innovation Research Centre (AIRC).
Further information about UTAS research activity, institutes and centres can be found at www.utas.edu.au/graduate-research/
For further information about postgraduate courses, applications or other aspects of study at UTAS please visit www.futurestudents.utas.edu.au/adfheas