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{{Short description|Public university in Tasmania, Australia}}
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 | name                   = University of Tasmania
 | image_name             = UTasLogo.png
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 | image_alt              = Coat of arms of the University of Tasmania
 | caption                = [[Coat of arms]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Heraldic Arms 1938 |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18490/2/UT549_Coat_of_Arms_1938.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216133613/https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18490/2/UT549_Coat_of_Arms_1938.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | motto                  = {{langx|la|Ingeniis Patuit Campus}}<ref name="Motto">{{Cite web |title=Motto and Branding |url=https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/1940/motto-and-branding/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818032003/https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/1940/motto-and-branding/ |archive-date=18 August 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | motto_lang             = lat
 | mottoeng               = "The field lies open to talent"<ref name="Motto" />
 | established            = 1846 (as [[Christ College (University of Tasmania)|Christ College]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.christcollegehobart.com/about-us |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223023124/https://www.christcollegehobart.com/about-us |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=[[Christ College (University of Tasmania)|Christ College]] |publisher=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>{{br}}1890 (university status)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Early Days |url=https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/1890/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241102022723/https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/1890/ |archive-date=2 November 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | endowment              = {{AUD}}120 [[1,000,000|million]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Investment Fund Report |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1718336/ADV_2023-Investment-Fund-Report_FINAL.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727181158/https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1718336/ADV_2023-Investment-Fund-Report_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=27 July 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | budget                 = {{AUD}}770.2 [[1,000,000|million]] (2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
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 | visitor                = [[Governor of Tasmania]] ''([[ex officio]])''<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=11 September 2024 |title=Governance |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/governance |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806065718/https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/governance |archive-date=6 August 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | chancellor             = [[Alison Watkins]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2024 |title=Chancellor |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/governance/chancellor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806065723/https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/governance/chancellor |archive-date=6 August 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | vice_chancellor        = [[Rufus Black]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2023 |title=Vice-Chancellor and University Executive Team |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/vice-chancellor-and-uet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241023181042/https://www.utas.edu.au/about/governance-leadership-and-strategy/vice-chancellor-and-uet |archive-date=23 October 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
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 | total_staff            = 2,957 ([[Full-time equivalent|FTE]], 2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023" />
 | students               = 29,259 (2023)<ref name="Annual Report 2023">{{Cite web |date=27 May 2024 |title=Annual Report 2023 |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1713881/Annual-Report-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110184526/https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1713881/Annual-Report-2023.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
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 | city                   = [[Hobart]]<br>[[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]<br>[[Burnie]]<br>[[Sydney]]
 | state                  = 
 | country                = Australia {{flagicon|Australia}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Urban]] and [[Rural area|regional]] with multiple sites<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=29 March 2023 |title=Our campuses |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/campuses |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241023181139/https://www.utas.edu.au/about/campuses |archive-date=23 October 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
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 | mascot                 = Mumford the Lion<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2017 |title=New open day format at UTAS |url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4836692/new-open-day-format-at-utas/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717110007/https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4836692/new-open-day-format-at-utas/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |publisher=[[Australian Community Media]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>
 | nickname               = 
 | colours                = <span style="background:#EE3124; border:1px; color:#fff; padding:2px 16px;">Red</span>&nbsp;<span style="background:#000000; border:1px; color:#fff; padding:2px 16px;">Black</span><ref>{{Cite web |title=Heraldry and Logos Part 2 |url=https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015233336/https://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-2/ |archive-date=15 October 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]]}}</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency|TEQSA]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Tasmania |url=https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/university-adelaide |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423102535/https://www.teqsa.gov.au/provider/university-tasmania |archive-date=23 April 2024 |access-date=10 November 2024 |website=[[Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]}}</ref>
 | academic_affiliations  = {{ubl|[[Utrecht Network|Utrecht Network (AEN)]]}}{{hlist|
|[[Australian Maritime College|AMC]]
|[[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]]
|[[Open Universities Australia|OUA]]}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist |[[UniSport]] |[[Australian Institute of Sport#Elite Athlete Education Network|EAEN]] |[[University Basketball League Australia|UBL]] }}
 | website                = {{URL|http://www.utas.edu.au/|utas.edu.au}}
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 | logo                   = UniversityofTasmaniaLogo.svg
}}

The '''University of Tasmania''' ('''UTAS''') is a [[public research university]], primarily located in [[Tasmania]], Australia. Founded in 1890,<ref>"An Act to establish a University in Tasmania", Victoriae Reginae No 41, Tasmanian Parliament, 5 December 1889.</ref> it is Australia's fourth oldest university. [[Christ College (University of Tasmania)|Christ College]], one of the university's residential colleges, first proposed in 1840 in Lieutenant-Governor Sir [[John Franklin]]'s Legislative Council, was modelled on the [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] colleges, and was founded in 1846, making it the oldest tertiary institution in the country.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.christcollegehobart.com/about-us | title=History | access-date=4 May 2021 | archive-date=2 May 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502200209/https://www.christcollegehobart.com/about-us | url-status=live }}</ref> The university is a [[Sandstone universities|sandstone university]], a member of the international [[Association of Commonwealth Universities]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acu.ac.uk/institutions/view?id=36|title=University of Tasmania at ACU|website=acu.ac.uk|access-date=24 May 2012|archive-date=24 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224204542/http://www.acu.ac.uk/institutions/view?id=36|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100006729|title=UIA – Union of International Associations|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907211625/http://ngo-db.unesco.org/r/or/en/1100006729|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in a range of disciplines, and has links with 20 specialist research institutes and co-operative research centres.<ref name="international.utas.edu.au">{{cite web |url=http://www.international.utas.edu.au/documents/UTASStudyAbroadBrochure2007_001.pdf |title=UTAS Study Abroad Brochure 2007 |access-date=2010-05-16 |archive-date=13 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913194317/http://www.international.utas.edu.au/documents/UTASStudyAbroadBrochure2007_001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Its [[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]] has strongly contributed to the university's multiple 5 rating scores (''well above world standard'') for excellence in research awarded by the [[Australian Research Council]]. The university also delivers tertiary education at the [[Australian Maritime College]], the national centre for maritime education, training and research.

The University has also demonstrated strong outcomes on [[climate change]], sustainability, and resource management, earning it a high global ranking in the Times Higher Education Impact Ratings in 2022 and 2023. UTAS's initiatives include climate-focused research, offering over 100 courses with climate-focused units, low-carbon energy use in new campus developments, divesting from fossil fuels, and a commitment to carbon neutrality, which has been certified by Climate Active since 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2023-06-01 |title=Rankings show Tasmania can lead the world in sustainability |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rankings-show-tasmania-can-lead-the-world-in-sustainability |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2022-08-18 |title=Climate action |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/sustainability/highlights/climate-action |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}</ref>

==History==

===Founding and early years (1890–1938)===
[[File:University-of-tasmania-1890.jpg|thumb|The university's first site at [[Queens Domain]] which today houses its School of Nursing]]
[[File:Aeclark.jpg|thumb|[[Andrew Inglis Clark]] a major contributor to the [[Constitution of Australia]], served as Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1901 to 1903]]
The University of Tasmania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/|title=University of Tasmania|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=13 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313194602/http://www.utas.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> was established on 1 January 1890, after the abolition of overseas scholarships freed up funds. It immediately took over the role of the Tasmanian Council for Education.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=Governor of the Colony of |date=1889-12-05 |title=An Act to establish a University in Tasmania, No 41 of 1889 |url=https://eprints.utas.edu.au/16513/ |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=eprints.utas.edu.au |language=en}}</ref> [[Richard Deodatus Poulett Harris]], who had long advocated for the establishment of the university, became its first warden of the senate. The first degrees to graduates admitted [[Ad eundem degree|''ad eundem gradum'']] and diplomas were awarded in June 1890. The university was offered an ornate [[sandstone]] building on the Queens Domain in [[Hobart]], previously the High School of Hobart, though it was leased by others until mid-1892. This eventually became known as University House. Three lecturers began teaching 11 students from 22 March 1893, once University House had been renovated. Parliamentarians branding it an unnecessary luxury made the university's early existence precarious. The institution's encouragement of female students fuelled criticism. [[James Backhouse Walker]], a local lawyer and briefly vice-chancellor, mounted a courageous defence.

According to Chancellor Sir John Morris, from 1918 until 1939 the institution still 'limped along'. Distinguished staff had already been appointed, such as historian [[William Jethro Brown]], physicists and mathematicians [[Alexander McAulay]] and his son Alexander Leicester McAulay, classicist RL Dunbabin, and philosopher and polymath [[Edmund Morris Miller]]. Housed in the former Hobart High School, facilities were totally outgrown, but the state government was slow to fund a new campus.

In 1914 the university petitioned [[George V|King George V]] for ''[[Letters Patent]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15872/2/Petition-UTAS.pdf |title=The Humble Petition of the UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA sheweth unto Your Most Gracious Majesty |website=eprints.utas.edu.au |access-date=26 June 2014 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305040814/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15872/2/Petition-UTAS.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> which request he granted. The Letters Patent, sometimes called the ''Royal Charter'', granted the university's degrees status as equivalent to the established universities of the United Kingdom, where such equivalents existed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15939/ |title= Letters Patent granted to the University of Tasmania, signed 30th August 1915 - Library Open Repository|website=eprints.utas.edu.au |access-date=26 June 2014 |archive-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408232958/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/15939/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===World War II (1939–45)===
During [[Australian home front during World War II|World War II]], while the Optical Munitions Annexe assisted the war effort, local graduates, replacing soldier academics, taught a handful of students. New post-war staff, many with overseas experience, pressed for removal to adequate facilities at [[Sandy Bay, Tasmania|Sandy Bay]] on an old rifle range. Chancellor Sir [[John Morris (judge)|John Morris]], also Chief Justice, though a dynamic reformer, antagonised academics by his authoritarianism. Vice-chancellor [[Torleiv Hytten]], a Norwegian-born economist, saw contention peak while the move to Sandy Bay was delayed. In a passionate open letter to the premier, Philosophy Professor [[Sydney Orr]] goaded the government into establishing the 1955 Royal Commission into the university. The commission's report demanded extensive reform of both university and governing council. Staff were delighted, while lay administrators fumed.

===Post-war years (1946–1964)===
On 10 May 1949, the university awarded its first [[Doctor of Philosophy]] to Joan Munro Ford.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52677347 |title=DEGREES. |work=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=12 May 1949 |access-date=28 October 2013 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822060904/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52677347 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36676197 |title=D.Ph. Degree To Former P.G.C. Girl. |work=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=15 July 1949 |access-date=14 March 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822060904/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36676197 |url-status=live }}</ref> Ford worked as a research biologist in the University of Tasmania's Department of Physics between 1940 and 1950.<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=G.J.|title=Ford, Joan Munro (1918 – 1992?)|url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001656b.htm|website=Encyclopaedia of Australian Science|access-date=14 March 2015|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701032303/http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001656b.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In early 1956 Orr was summarily dismissed, mainly for his alleged though denied seduction of a student. A ten-year battle involved academics in Australia and overseas. Orr lost an unfair dismissal action in the [[Supreme Court of Tasmania]] and the [[High Court of Australia]]. The Tasmanian Chair of Philosophy was boycotted. In 1966 Orr received some financial compensation from the university, which also established a cast-iron tenure system. The latter disappeared with the federal reorganisation of higher education in the late 1980s.

In the early 1960s The University of Tasmania at last transferred to a purpose-built new campus at Sandy Bay, though many departments were initially housed in ex-World War II wooden huts. It profited from increasing federal finance following the 1957 Murray Report. Medical and Agricultural Schools were established and the sciences obtained adequate laboratories. Physics achieved world recognition in astronomy (optical, radio and cosmic rays), while other departments attracted good scholars and graduates were celebrated in many fields. Student facilities improved remarkably.<ref>Karmel Report</ref>

===Mergers and the "new" university (1965–99)===
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The 1965 Martin Report established a traditional role for universities, and a more practical role for colleges of advanced education. The Tasmanian Government duly created the Tasmanian [[College of Advanced Education]] (TCAE) in 1966 sited on Mount Nelson above the university. It initially incorporated The School of Art, the Conservatorium of Music and the Hobart Teachers College. In 1971, a Launceston campus of the TCAE was announced. These were fateful decisions, as events over the next years showed. It was argued that the TCAE attempted to compete with the university, not complement it.

In 1978 the University of Tasmania took over two of the courses offered by the TCAE in Hobart, Pharmacy and Surveying, following a report by Professor Karmel, and another by H.E. Cosgrove. Some other TCAE courses in Hobart moved to Launceston. The curious situation of three separate courses in teacher education in the State could not last, however, and following two more reports, the university incorporated the remaining courses of the Hobart campus of the College of Advanced Education in 1981, which raised its numbers to 5000. The Launceston campus of the TCAE renamed itself the Tasmanian State Institute of Technology (TSIT).

In 1987, the University Council resolved to approach the TSIT to negotiate a merger to minimise ongoing conflict. The 'Dawkins Revolution' and the 'unified national system' provided later support for this initiative. The Tasmanian State Institute of Technology became the Newnham Campus of the university on 1 January 1991, exactly 101 years after the university's founding. A new campus at Burnie on the North-West Coast of Tasmania was opened in 1995, and later became known as the Cradle Coast Campus.

===21st century===

In 2001, the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) was established to create a link between institutional law reform in the State created by the demise of first the Tasmanian Law Reform Commission in 1989, and then its replacement, the Tasmanian Law Reform Commissioner in 1997. The new institutes model was based on the Alberta Law Reform Institute, an agency based on an agreement between the Canadian province of Alberta, the Law Society, and the [[University of Alberta]] and funded primarily by the Government and the [[Law Society of Alberta]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Opeskin |first=B |editor-last=Tilbury |editor-first=M |title=The Promise of Law Reform  |publisher=The Federation Press |date=2005 |chapter=A History of Law Reform in Australia }}</ref> The TLRI has been used as a template for the establishment of similar institutes at the [[University of Adelaide]] with the South Australian Law Reform Institute and in the Australian Capital Territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2000/tasmania-law-reform-institute/ |title=The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute |last=Kate |first=Warner |author-link=Kate Warner |publisher=The University of Tasmania |date=2015 |website=125 Years - University of Tasmania |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115122650/http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2000/tasmania-law-reform-institute/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Damian Bugg]] became the university's chancellor in 2006, having previously served as a member of the University Council since 2001. Bugg was an alumnus of the university who studied law and resided at John Fisher College where he was president. While chancellor, he also served as [[Commonwealth of Australia|Commonwealth]] [[Director of Public Prosecutions (Australia)|Director of Public Prosecutions]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2000/mr-damian-bugg/ |title=Chancellor 01.10.2006-31.12.2012 |last=Alison |first=Alexander |publisher=University of Tasmania |date=2015 |website=125 Years - University of Tasmania |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115122634/http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2000/mr-damian-bugg/ |url-status=live }}</ref> That year the university opened two satellite campuses in Sydney, offering nursing and paramedic education in partnership with local hospitals and health services such as [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]].
[[File:Mt Pleasant radio telescope night.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Greenhill Observatory]] joined the universities other radio astronomy antennas including the [[Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory]] (pictured) in Cambridge, Tasmania]]
The [[Australian Maritime College]] (AMC) merged with the university in 2008. The merger helped streamline degree programs and improved provision of basic services at the combined Newnham campus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Andrews |first=Alison |date=2011-09-27 |title=AMC centre to be shut by uni |url=https://www.examiner.com.au/story/434456/amc-centre-to-be-shut-by-uni/ |work=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)]] |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822060904/https://www.examiner.com.au/story/434456/amc-centre-to-be-shut-by-uni/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Twice as good |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/50745/No.-34-September-2008.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115123103/https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/50745/No.-34-September-2008.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2020 |magazine=Alumni News |location=Hobart, Tasmania |publisher=The University of Tasmania |date=2008-08-01 |access-date=2020-01-15 }}</ref>

The university formed the [[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]] (IMAS) in 2010 to help integrate the Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studied and the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, as well as the universities existing marine and Antarctic facility.<ref>{{cite report |title=University of Tasmania Annual Report 2013 |publisher=The University of Tasmania |date=2013}}</ref>

The [[Greenhill Observatory]] which houses a 1.27 metre optical telescope was opened in 2013 to replace the previous observatory at [[Canopus Hill]], near Hobart.<ref>{{cite press release |last=Underwood |first=Peter |date=23 February 2013 |title=Greenhill Observatory Opening - Government House Tasmania |url=https://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/sites/default/files/speeches/greenhill_observatory_on_bisdee_tier_opening.pdf |location=Tasmania |publisher=[[Governor of Tasmania]] |access-date=19 November 2007 |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228105729/https://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/sites/default/files/speeches/greenhill_observatory_on_bisdee_tier_opening.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The observatory joined the universities two other observatories including the [[Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory]] and Ceduna Radio Observatory in [[Ceduna, South Australia|Ceduna]], [[South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_mt_pleasant.html|title=Mt Pleasant Observatory|last=Johnston-Hollitt|first=Melanie|date=August 2004|publisher=School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Tasmania|access-date=2020-01-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20050616061742/http://www-ra.phys.utas.edu.au/physics_mt_pleasant.html|archive-date=2005-06-16}}</ref>

===Move to the city===
In 2019, the University of Tasmania announced its intention to move from its [[Sandy Bay, Tasmania|Sandy Bay]] campus and into the [[Hobart central business district]]. As part of the plan, on 8 April 2019, UTAS acquired the K&D Warehouse along Melville Street, adding to the number of university buildings within the city centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goodbye Sandy Bay: UTAS To Move Into CBD |url=https://togatus.com.au/2019/04/goodbye-sandy-bay-utas-to-move-into-cbd/ |website=Togatus |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827092155/https://togatus.com.au/2019/04/goodbye-sandy-bay-utas-to-move-into-cbd/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The warehouse was initially intended for accommodation, but following the release of the Draft Masterplan in May 2021, would be proposed as the new site for Engineering and Technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=University releases draft masterplan for inner-city campus |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/alumni/news-and-publications/news-items/university-releases-draft-masterplan-for-inner-city-campus |website=University of Tasmania |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827092158/https://www.utas.edu.au/alumni/news-and-publications/news-items/university-releases-draft-masterplan-for-inner-city-campus |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018 the University bought the [[Forestry Building, Hobart|Forestry Building]], a heritage-listed complex situated at 79–93 Melville Street, Hobart. The university reported in January 2023 that the Forestry building would be restored and given new life as an inner-city hub for the learning, research and collaboration. The project restored the living forest to the dome.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=Construction started on UTAS renovation on the old forestry Tasmania building |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-14/construction-started-on-utas-renovation-on-the-old/101855714 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=www.abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

The masterplan includes targets for increased [[sustainability]], community involvement, and better methods of [[transport]] into the CBD. The new city university precincts consist of West End, Midtown, [[Queens Domain|Domain]], Medical Precinct, and Wapping, with the old Sandy Bay campus to be transformed into a "world-leading example of a sustainable urban community". The transition is expected to take place over the next 10 years, with a priority placed on student and community satisfaction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Creating a future southern campus in the city |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/southern-future |website=University of Tasmania |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827092156/https://www.utas.edu.au/southern-future |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=UTAS to move into central Hobart as Sandy Bay campus becomes 'sustainable micro-suburb' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-17/utas-moves-into-hobart-cbd/100142676 |newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=17 May 2021 |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827064903/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-17/utas-moves-into-hobart-cbd/100142676 |url-status=live }}</ref> The move to the city has attracted significant community opposition (in the local council area of Hobart City Council, in which the Sandy Bay campus is located) which has culminated in an elector poll being held on the issue in October 2022 at the same time as the Tasmanian local government elections. 74.38% of polled electors in the Hobart City Council area voted against the University's proposal to relocate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hobart City Council election results - 2022 local government elections Tasmania |url=https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/local-government/elections-2022/results/hobart-city/index.html |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=www.tec.tas.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> It is not known if the same concerns are held by the wider Tasmanian community.

In August 2024, another education entity, National Institute of Education and Technology (NIET, Hobart Centre) moved in Old Hytten Building at the University of Tasmania Sandy Bay campus, which is partly repurpose for the University of Tasmania old campus.

==Campuses and buildings==
The university has three main campuses based in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie. It also has a number of small, specialist facilities within the College of Health and Medicine at the [[Rozelle]] campus in Sydney. It also has a joint research facility at the city's [[Australian National Maritime Museum]] in [[Pyrmont, New South Wales|Pyrmont]].

===Southern===

====Hobart====
[[File:University of Tasmania Medical Science Precinct MS1.jpg|thumb|right|The MS1 Building of the Medical Sciences Precinct]]
* '''[[Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/music/|title=Home – Conservatorium of Music – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=4 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804045350/http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/music/|url-status=live}}</ref> (the Conservatorium of Music campus is no longer a public building; access to the premises by the public, students and staff is restricted).
*'''Medical Sciences Precinct''' in the inner city that encompasses the College of Health and Medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/medicine/|title=School of Medicine|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406125947/http://www.utas.edu.au/medicine/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Menzies Institute for Medical Research]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.menzies.utas.edu.au/|title=Menzies Research Institute Tasmania – Home|author=Menzies Research Institute Tasmania|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822060921/https://www.menzies.utas.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
[[File:UTAS School of Creative Arts 20171120-099.jpg|thumb|right|The School of Creative Arts & Media]]
* '''School of Creative Arts & Media'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/artschool/|title=Home – Art & Visual Communication – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=22 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110422081441/http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/arts/artschool/|url-status=live}}</ref> based in the converted Jones & Co. IXL jam factory on Hobart's waterfront the campus hosts students and academics studying a range of art and design subjects such as painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, textiles, 3D Design and visual communication. 
* '''[[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]]''' (IMAS) campus encompasses research, learning and teaching on fisheries and aquaculture; ecology and biodiversity; and, oceans and the cryosphere. The campus is situated adjacent to the [[CSIRO]] Marine Laboratories, and is co-located with Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC), and the Tasmanian Partnership for Advanced Computing (TPAC). 
* '''Queen's Domain''', the university's original site that encompasses the School of Nursing.

====Sandy Bay and greater Hobart====
* '''Sandy Bay'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.campuses.utas.edu.au/campus-maps |title=Campus maps – Campuses – University of Tasmania, Australia |publisher=Campuses.utas.edu.au |date=2009-09-22 |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-date=2 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602050954/http://www.campuses.utas.edu.au/campus-maps/ |url-status=live }}</ref> – the Sandy Bay campus is set on 100&nbsp;hectares of land in the suburb of [[Sandy Bay, Tasmania|Sandy Bay]] – about 35 minutes walk from the centre of [[Hobart]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/University+of+Tasmania,+Churchill+Avenue,+Sandy+Bay,+Hobart+TAS+7005/Hobart+TAS/@-42.8918248,147.3177037,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0xaa6ddf5a09db9cc9:0xf03c94eb451f680!2m2!1d147.327433!2d-42.901747!1m5!1m1!1s0xaa6e7584e52ccfed:0x503c94dd0de1530!2m2!1d147.3238148!2d-42.8819032!3e2 |title=Google Maps – Directions – University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay to Hobart |date=2014-08-04 |access-date=2014-08-04 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822060917/https://www.google.com.au/gen_204?v=3&s=tactile&action=vtworker&srt=643&tbsrt=730&tran=15&conn=onchange&ei=hx0DY6P5KbqdkPIP9rG4yAI&cad=vws:3763.085000216961,cr:wccf10,ct:2,jsv:20220817.0,cz:15,w:1357,h:13051,sc:0,drv:m&e=10202786,10202788,10203448,10203487,10203509,10203568,10204121,10204258,10204417,10204507,10204567,10204732,10204992,10205027,10205123,10205201,10205223,10205424,10205425,10205511,10205524,10205539,10205551,10205704,10205764,10203575,1381033,1368782,1368785,47025228,4592408,1375050,4536287&atyp=csi&rt=noop.0 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Sandy Bay campus overlooks the estuary of the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] and has the majestic [[Mount Wellington (Tasmania)|Mount Wellington]] as its backdrop. Much of the upper campus is in natural bushland. Approximately 10,000 students are enrolled at the southern campuses. 
* '''University Farm''', a 334&nbsp;hectare farm property located 20&nbsp;km from the Sandy Bay campus and numerous other land parcels. The University Farm is set in the cropping and grape growing area of Cambridge located in the Coal River valley, serving the teaching and research needs of the School of Agricultural Science.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/agsci/facilities.asp |title=Facilities – School of Agricultural Science – University of Tasmania |publisher=Fcms.its.utas.edu.au |access-date=2010-05-16 |archive-date=13 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913031054/http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/agsci/facilities.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture'''
* '''[[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]]''' (IMAS) Taroona<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2024-08-01 |title=An exciting future for IMAS Taroona |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/campuses/imas-taroona-transformation |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}</ref>
* '''[[Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory]]''' is located adjacent to the University Farm, and operates a museum and radio telescope.
* '''[[Greenhill Observatory]]''', near [[Jericho, Tasmania]] is astronomy observatory opened in 2013 to replace the [[Canopus Hill Observatory]]
* '''The Hedberg''', a performing arts campus located adjacent to the [[Theatre Royal, Hobart]].

===Northern===
[[File:University of Tasmania, Launceston 2022 (03).jpg|thumbnail|UTAS Launceston campus]]
[[File:UTAS Student Center.jpg|thumbnail|The Student Centre at the Newnham Campus, Launceston<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://philplighton.com.au/projects/education/university-of-tasmania-student-centre/|title=University of Tasmania – Student Centre – Philp Lighton|last=Digital|first=Ionata|work=Philp Lighton|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-17|archive-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117144909/http://philplighton.com.au/projects/education/university-of-tasmania-student-centre/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
* '''Inveresk''' – the Inveresk campus is Launceston's main campus (which has mostly replaced the previous campus based at Newnham that looked down to the [[Tamar River (Tasmania)|Tamar River]]. Over 5000 students are enrolled at the Launceston campuses. 
* '''The [[Australian Maritime College]]'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amc.edu.au/|title=Australian Maritime College|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717103858/http://www.amc.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> is located adjacent to the Newnham campus.
* The '''Tasmanian College of the Arts'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acadarts.utas.edu.au/|title=Home – Visual and Performing Arts – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=10 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010162355/http://www.acadarts.utas.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the '''School of Architecture & Design'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/arch/|title=Home – School of Architecture & Design – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=5 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505080414/http://fcms.its.utas.edu.au/scieng/arch/|url-status=live}}</ref> are housed in the Inveresk Arts Precinct in Launceston, an award-winning 17-hectare inner city site comprising arts studios, galleries, performance spaces, a museum and specialist workshops. The Inveresk precinct is based on developed buildings from a disused rail-yards site. The majority of facilities and services previous based at the Newnham campus have moved into new buildings at Inveresk.

===North-West===
* '''Cradle Coast''' – established in 1995 as the North-West Study Centre, the now Cradle Coast campus in [[Burnie]] caters for researchers and students in the State's north-west. It underwent significant expansion in 2008.
* '''Rural Clinical School''', the university's rural clinical school operated by the School of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcs.utas.edu.au/|title=Home – Rural Clinical School – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=6 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706120537/http://www.rcs.utas.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''West Park''', is a new campus currently under construction for a 2021 opening. The modern building will have student accommodation, new learning facilities, community integration{{what|date=January 2023}}, and quick access to the nearby Makers' Workshop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utas.edu.au/northern-transformation/west-park-campus|title=A new campus at West Park|access-date=22 July 2020|archive-date=22 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722103516/https://www.utas.edu.au/northern-transformation/west-park-campus|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sydney===
* '''Darlinghurst''' – established in 2006, the [[Darlinghurst]] campus delivered nursing, paramedic practice and health management courses. These have now been transferred to the Rozelle campus.
* '''Rozelle''' – established in 2010, the [[Rozelle]] campus delivers nursing and paramedic practice courses, the latter being in association with the [[New South Wales Ambulance]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Campus Information|date=22 March 2022|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/campuses/|publisher=University of Tasmania|access-date=15 November 2013|archive-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112221521/http://www.utas.edu.au/campuses/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Governance and structure ==
=== Academic structure ===
The University of Tasmania has five colleges, previously known as faculties, some divided into schools and institutes:
* [[College of Arts, Law and Education (University of Tasmania)|College of Arts, Law and Education]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tasmania |first=University of |date=2023-12-21 |title=College of Arts, Law and Education |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/about/colleges-and-schools/cale |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=University of Tasmania |language=en}}</ref>
** Faculty of Education
** Faculty of Law
** School of Creative Arts and Media
** School of Humanities
** School of Social Sciences
* [[College of Health and Medicine (University of Tasmania)|College of Health and Medicine]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - College of Health and Medicine |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/health |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=College of Health and Medicine - University of Tasmania, Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>
** [[Menzies Research Institute|Menzies Institute for Medical Research]]
** School of Health Sciences
** School of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
** School of Medicine
** School of Nursing
** School of Psychological Sciences
** Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home - Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/wicking |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre - University of Tasmania, Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>
* [[College of Sciences and Engineering, University of Tasmania|College of Sciences and Engineering]]
** [[Australian Maritime College]]
** [[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]]
** School of Engineering
** School of Natural Sciences
** School of Architecture and Design
** School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
** School of Information and Communication Technology
** School of Natural Sciences
** [[Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture]]
* [[Tasmanian School of Business and Economics]]
* [[University College (University of Tasmania)|University College]]

The university currently holds the secretariat role of the International Antarctic Institute established in 2006 in partnership with 19 institutions in 12 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IAIA Information: Background, staff, partners |url=http://www.iai.utas.edu.au/about/?en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228102602/http://www.iai.utas.edu.au/about/?en |archive-date=28 December 2007 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=www.iai.utas.edu.au}}</ref>

A partnership between the university and the Cradle Coast Authority established the Institute for Regional Development at the Cradle Coast campus in 2005.

=== Heraldry and insignia ===

[[File:Sculpture in the courtyard of the School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania (2).jpg|thumb|Sculpture at the courtyard of the School of Creative Arts and Media]]

==== Coat of arms ====
The Grant of Arms was made by the [[College of Arms]]. The blazon reads:
''{{quotation|Argent a Lion passant Gules armed and langued Azure holding in its dexter paw a Torch enflamed Proper on a Chief Gules a Pale Azure fimbriated Or charged with a representation of the Southern Cross Argent between two closed Books clasped Or.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sale |first1=Arthur |title=Heraldry and Logos Part 2 |url=http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-2/ |website=125timeline.utas.edu.au |access-date=2 November 2019 |archive-date=1 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101083139/http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}''

In 1936 the University Council ran a competition to produce a draft set of Arms to replace the [[Company seal|common seal]] it had used since 1901, based on the badge of the Tasmanian Council of Education with the motto ''Floreat Tasmania'' (May Tasmania Prosper). The winning design included four key elements of the current Arms of the university including a lion (representing Tasmania), a book (representing the academic side of the university), a Southern Cross (representing Australia) and a torch (representing the athletic side of the university), over a crown (Or) (signifying the [[royal charter]] held by the university). The official coat of arms was granted by the College of Heralds in 1978. The core elements of the 1936 design were kept with slight adjustments made to comply with heraldic rules.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sale |first1=Arthur |title=Heraldry and Logos Part 1 |url=http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-1/ |website=125timeline.utas.edu.au |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129175908/http://125timeline.utas.edu.au/timeline/2010/heraldry-and-logos-part-1/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Academic profile ==
[[File:UTAS Medical Sciences MS2 20171119-012.jpg|thumb|right|The MS2 Building of the Medical Sciences Precinct in Hobart part of the [[College of Health and Medicine (University of Tasmania)|College of Health and Medicine]]<ref name="MSP">{{cite web |url=https://wp.architecture.com.au/tasawards/2014-awards/publicarchitecture/university-of-tasmania-medical-science-2-lyons/ |title=University of Tasmania Medical Science |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Tasmanian Architecture Awards |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=25 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025235359/https://wp.architecture.com.au/tasawards/2014-awards/publicarchitecture/university-of-tasmania-medical-science-2-lyons/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MSP Open">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=UTAS Medical Science Precinct launched |url=https://menzies.utas.edu.au/news-and-events/media-releases/2013/utas-medical-science-precinct-launched |location=Hobart, Tasmania |publisher=Menzies Institute for Medical Research |date=2013 |access-date=2019-10-25 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319075344/https://menzies.utas.edu.au/news-and-events/media-releases/2013/utas-medical-science-precinct-launched |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Mount Pleasant Radio Telescope.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Mount Pleasant Radio Observatory]] part of three radio astronomy observatories owned and operated by the university, and part of Australia's [[Very-long-baseline interferometry]] (VLBI) network]]
=== Research and publications ===
The university maintains five multi-disciplinary research themes that provide ability for interdisciplinary collaboration.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/research/our-research-themes |title=Research – Our Research Themes |website=University of Tasmania |access-date=2019-02-10 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529010731/http://www.utas.edu.au/research/our-research-themes |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Environment, Resources and Sustainability
* Creativity, Culture and Society 
* Better Health 
* Marine, Antarctic and Maritime 
* Data, Knowledge and Decisions

=== Research divisions ===
* [[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]]
* [[Menzies Research Institute]]
* Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies
* Centre for Colonialism and its Aftermath
* Centre for Law and Genetics
* Tasmania Law Reform Institute
* Centre for Aboriginal Education
* Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies
* Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute
* Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies
* Centre for Marine Science
* Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC
* Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science
* Australian Innovation Research Centre
* Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits
* [[Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture]]
* Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence

The University of Tasmania maintains close linkages with the Tasmanian Government and its departments, with the teaching hospitals, with the Tasmania Police, and with relevant industry bodies such as fishing and farming.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
[[File:Sculpture in the courtyard of the School of Creative Arts and Media, University of Tasmania (4).jpg|thumb|Sculpture at the courtyard of the School of Creative Arts and Media]]

===Libraries and databases===
The University of Tasmania library system comprises seven physical libraries<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.utas.edu.au/ |title=University Library website, Our Libraries |publisher=Library.utas.edu.au |access-date=2011-08-17 |archive-date=10 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310060922/http://www.library.utas.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> integrated into a single library system:

# Morris Miller Library (Sandy Bay) including Special & Rare Collections
# Law Library (Sandy Bay)
# Art Library (Centre for the Arts)
# Music Library (Conservatorium of Music)
# Clinical Library (Medical Sciences Precinct)
# Launceston Campus Library (Newnham)
# Cradle Coast Campus Library (Cradle Coast)
=== Academic reputation ===
{{Infobox Australian university ranking|QS_W==314|USNWR_W==281|ARWU_W=301-400|type=University|ARWU_W_year=2025|CWTS_W=460{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_W_year=2024|QS_W_year=2026|THE_W=251-300|THE_W_year=2026|USNWR_W_year=25/26|ARWU_N=14-20|ARWU_N_year=2025|CWTS_N=20{{efn|name=a}}|CWTS_N_year=2024|ERA_N==12|ERA_N_year=2018|QS_N=20|QS_N_year=2026|THE_N=14-20|THE_N_year=2026|USNWR_N=21|USNWR_N_year=25/26|AFR_N=26|AFR_N_year=2024}}
In the 2024 ''Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities'', which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #253 (20th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=University Results |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |website=Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities |publisher=[[University of New South Wales]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>
; National publications
In the [[Australian Financial Review|''Australian Financial Review'' Best Universities Ranking]] 2024, the university was ranked #26 amongst Australian universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Universities Ranking |url=https://www.afr.com/lists-and-awards/best-universities-ranking |website=[[Australian Financial Review]] |publisher=[[Nine Entertainment]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]}}</ref>

; Global publications

In the 2026 ''[[Quacquarelli Symonds]]'' [[QS World University Rankings|World University Rankings]] (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #314 (20th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings: Top Global Universities |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings |website=[[QS World University Rankings]] |publisher=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings]] 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a position of #251-300 (tied 14-20th nationally).<ref>{{cite web |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |publisher=Inflexion |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2025 ''[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]'', the university attained a position of #301-400 (tied 14-20th nationally).<ref name="ARWU Rankings">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings |website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]] |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy |language=en |publication-place=[[Shanghai]], [[China]]}}</ref>

In the 2025–2026 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Global Universities]], the university attained a tied position of #281 (21st nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Global Universities Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |website=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |language=en-US |publication-place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]]}}</ref>

In the ''[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]]'' 2024,{{efn|The [[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] is based on P(top 10%).|name=a}} the university attained a position of #460 (20th nationally).<ref>{{Cite web |title=CWTS Leiden Ranking |url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2024/list |website=[[CWTS Leiden Ranking]] (Centre for Science and Technology Studies) |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |language=en |publication-place=[[Leiden]], [[Netherlands]]}}</ref>

=== International collaboration ===
The university is an active member of the [[University of the Arctic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members |url=https://www.uarctic.org/members/member-profiles/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic |language=en-US}}</ref> UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.uarctic.org/about-us/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

The university also participates in UArctic's mobility program north2north. The aim of that program is to enable students of member institutions to study in different parts of the North.<ref>{{Cite web |title=north2north |url=https://www.uarctic.org/activities/north2north/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=UArctic - University of the Arctic |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Student outcomes ===
The Australian Government's QILT{{Efn|Abbreviation for Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching.<ref name="About QILT" />}} conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment.<ref name="About QILT" /> These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction<ref name="About QILT">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224528/https://www.qilt.edu.au/About |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.<ref name="Bridgestock 2024">{{Cite web |last=Bridgestock |first=Laura |date=19 April 2021 |title=World University Ranking Methodologies Compared |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224525/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/world-university-ranking-methodologies-compared |archive-date=2 January 2025 |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=[[Quacquarelli Symonds]] |language=en-GB |publication-place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 83.7%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224527/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-ess-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 77.5% for undergraduates and 95.9% for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023">{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey: National Report |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241220062418/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/2023-gos-national-report.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2024 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref> The initial full-time salary was {{AUD|70,000}} for undergraduates and {{AUD|100,200}} for postgraduates.<ref name="GOS Survey 2023" />

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 76.6% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 74.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2024 |title=2023 Student Experience Survey |url=https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250102224530/https://www.qilt.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ses-national-report.pdf |archive-date=2 January 2025 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=14 January 2025 |website=Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |language=en-AU |publication-place=[[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]]}}</ref>

===Scholarships===
The Tasmania Scholarships program supports the university's commitment to offer students equal learning opportunity. It assists talented students, both locally, nationally and internationally. Industry contributions now make up the backbone of the Tasmania Scholarships program. The development and growth of this initiative into one of the most successful sponsored programs in the country is exceptional by any standard. Around 10 per cent of all domestic students at UTAS receive some sort of scholarship or financial assistance.  Scholarships are also offered under the banner of the [[Jim Bacon Memorial Scholarship]], funded by the Tasmanian Government.

==Student life==

===Student union===

{{Main|Tasmania University Union}}
Until 2008, there were two separate student unions: the [[Tasmania University Union]] (TUU) in [[Hobart]] and the Student Association (SA) in [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]. Following the abolition of [[voluntary student unionism|compulsory student unionism]] in 2007, the SA and the TUU amalgamated into one statewide organisation representing all UTAS students.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/OtherElections/TUU/PDF/TUU%20notice%20of%20election.pdf |title=Tasmania University Union Inc. |access-date=30 May 2008 |archive-date=20 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720200929/http://electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/OtherElections/TUU/PDF/TUU%20notice%20of%20election.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The TUU is responsible for the overseeing of all the university's many sports clubs and societies. Some of these include faculty-based societies providing academic and careers guidance; societies relating to various interests, such as the [[Old Nick Company]]; and various sporting clubs, including [[University of Tasmania Cricket Club|cricket]], [[Tasmanian University Football Club|football]], [[University of Tasmania Rugby Union Club|rugby union]] and [[University of Tasmania SC|soccer]].

The TUU also publishes the independent student media at the University of Tasmania, ''[[Togatus]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tuu.com.au/publications/togatus/ |title=Togatus &#124; TUU |access-date=29 September 2018 |archive-date=3 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903224311/https://tuu.com.au/publications/togatus/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Postgraduate students are represented by the TUU through the Tasmania University Union Postgraduate Council. The TUU Postgraduate Council was previously organised as the Tasmania University Postgraduate Association (TUPA). TUPA was established in 1982 to represent postgraduate research students on campus independently of the TUU.

===Residential colleges===
[[File:Original Christ College.jpg|thumb|right|The original Christ College building in [[Bishopsbourne, Tasmania|Bishopsbourne]], 1856]]
The university maintains a strong residential college system, as well as providing more independent apartment-style living. A key aspect of campus life, the residential colleges are equipped with modern facilities and host several events during the semesters. The colleges also maintain their respective student clubs, key in the passing of traditions from one cohort to the next. The southern colleges annually compete in a series of sporting events including [[Rugby football|Rugby]], [[Australian Football]], [[Cricket]], [[Softball]], [[Basketball]], [[Table Tennis]], [[Tennis]] and [[Soccer]].{{fact|date=April 2024}}

The college system comprises [[Christ College, Tasmania|Christ College]], [[Jane Franklin Hall]] and [[St. John Fisher College (University of Tasmania)|St. John Fisher College]], and Hytten Hall (originally open from 1959–1980 and re-established in 2023) in Hobart, and [[Kerslake Hall]], Leprena and Investigator Hall in Launceston. The university accommodation system also includes the University Apartments in Sandy Bay and Hobart Apartments in the Hobart CBD, Endeavour Hall in Beauty Point for students of the [[Australian Maritime College]], Newnham Apartments and Inveresk Apartments in Launceston, and West Park Apartments in Burnie.{{fact|date=April 2024}}

One other residential college once existed in Hobart – Ena Waite Women's College (1968–1980), operated by the Catholic Church and located in central Hobart, which amalgamated with [[St. John Fisher College (University of Tasmania)|St. John Fisher College]]. An off-campus student residence in Launceston, Clarence House, operated from 2004 to 2008.{{fact|date=April 2024}}

==Notable people==
{{main|List of University of Tasmania people}}

=== Notable alumni ===
The University of Tasmania has produced many notable alumni, with graduates having held the offices of [[Governor of Tasmania]], Justices of the High, Supreme, Federal courts, Premiers of Tasmania and elected leaders of other states and territories, [[Rhodes Scholar]]s, the first female professor in Australia, ministers of foreign countries, [[Lord Mayor]]s, academics, architects, historians, poets, philosophers, politicians, scientists, physicists, authors, industry leaders, defence force personnel, corporate leaders, community leaders, and artists. There are over 100,000 graduates of the University of Tasmania, spanning 104 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utas.edu.au/alumni|title=Home – Alumni – University of Tasmania, Australia|access-date=16 July 2015|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422120248/https://www.utas.edu.au/alumni|url-status=live}}</ref>

<gallery align="center">
File:Arms_of_King's_College_London.svg | [[Ed Byrne (neuroscientist)|Ed Byrne]], neuroscientist currently serving as Principal of [[King's College London]].
File:Crown Princess Mary.jpg|[[Queen Mary of Denmark]].
File:Christine Milne profile.jpg|[[Christine Milne]], Former Leader of the [[Australian Greens]]
File:Jess_Melbourne-Thomas.jpg | [[Jessica Melbourne-Thomas]], Australian marine, Antarctic, and climate change scientist.
File:RichardFlanagan 300w.jpg|[[Richard Flanagan]], [[Rhodes Scholar]], 2014 [[Man Booker Prize]] recipient.
File:Bill Mollison, 2008 (cropped).jpg|[[Bill Mollison]], Australian researcher, biologist, [[permaculture]] theory and practice.
File:Aeclark.jpg | [[Andrew Inglis Clark]], Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution. 
File:The_Royal_Society.jpg | [[Noel Benson]], research geologist, Fellow of the [[Royal Society]].
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[List of universities in Australia]]
* [[Academic dress of the University of Tasmania|University of Tasmania Academic Dress]]
* [[University of Tasmania Prize]], a literary prize for best new unpublished literary work by an emerging Tasmanian writer
* [[Tertiary education in Australia#TAC|List of state-level unified TACs (Tertiary Admission Center)]], domestic students must apply once to the relevant TAC for admission to all the universities within that state.
* [[Tertiary education in Australia]]

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.utas.edu.au}}

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