Waite Campus is located on 174 hectares in the Adelaide foothills with a view
to the sea and the city, just fifteen minutes away from the North Terrace Campus
by car or bus. The Campus is home to a number of Schools within the University
of Adelaide's Faculty of Sciences,
and to a number of research partners in the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation
(CSIRO), Primary Industries
and Resources South Australia (PIRSA),
the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI),
the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)
and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics.
University of Adelaide staff and students work with staff from these organisations,
giving them a unique opportunity to gain practical and theoretical knowledge through
participation in ongoing national and international research projects.
Waite Campus is a centre for excellence in molecular plant breeding, horticulture,
viticulture, oenology, integrated pest management, weed management and soil and
water management. The Faculty is a major collaborator in Cooperative Research
Centres on this Campus for Viticulture,
Molecular Plant
Breeding, Weed Management
and Salinity.
The Campus includes the internationally renowned Waite
Arboretum and Urrbrae
House Historic Precinct.
1500 students and staff are located at Waite, at what is now the largest agricultural
research and teaching centre in Australia, with access to state-of-the art facilities
for plant research and wine science.
Campus facilities include:
- laboratories equipped for chemical, genetic, biochemical, pediological, physiological
and ecological studies
- controlled environment containment and quarantine for work with animals and
plants
- molecular biology laboratories for the study of micro-organisms, plants and
animals
- special purpose laboratories for cytogenetics, cereal breeding, cereal quality,
anaerobic microbiology, insect pathology, wool strength evaluation, sensory evaluation
and horticultural field studies
- plant tissue culture
- insectary, animal houses
- advanced small plot machinery for field experiments with cereals and pastures
- X-ray diffractometer, confocal microscope, electron microscopes, NMR facility,
GC/mass spectrometer and infra-red and UV/visible spectrophotometers
- chemical nose
- comprehensive reference and research library
- two lecture theatres seating 150 each
- conference facilities and video conference centre
- Childrens Centre
- restaurant and tavern
- sports oval
Waite Campus
PMB 1,
Glen Osmond,
South Australia 5064
Telephone: +61 8 8303 7360
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 7104
Waite Campus
|
The University of Adelaide
