FLINDERS FOR INNOVATION & Innovation &Enterprise ENTERPRISE TOP 2% UNIVERSITY WORLDWIDE* NO.1 IN SA for teaching quality, student support, and starting salary** More than 500 undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees STUDY Over 25,000 students supported AT FLINDERS by over 2,600 staff*** In an era of disruptive change, Flinders University is growing its New Venture Institute Top Challenger for Innovation: international reputation as a world leader in research, an innovator Asia-Pacific UBI Global World Ranking Report 19/20 in contemporary education and a source of enterprising graduates equipped to change the world. Over 550 scholarships, worth $2.2m in total The University acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands Flinders University teaches across (Arrernte, Boandik, Bungarla, Dagoman, Gunditjmara, Jawoyn, Kaurna, Larrakia, Nauo, Ngarrindjeri, Peramangk, Ramindjeri, Wardaman, Warumungu, Wurundjeri, Yolgnu) and honour their Elders past and present. * THE World University Rankings 2020 as a percentage * THE of the total number of universities in the world according to International Association Universities World Good Universities Guide 2020 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only ** The *** Staff and student numbers are preliminary figures based on datachange. collected 6 April 2020 and subject to 2 3 EXPERIENCE A UNIVERSITY LIKE NO OTHER AT FLINDERS IT’S Our geographic footprint stretches from the top of the Northern Territory through to South Australia and regional Victoria. Internationally, joint courses are delivered with leading universities in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Our main campus at Bedford Park is an environment that fosters creativity. Sitting in stunning natural surrounds, it boasts spectacular views to the city FLINDERS and coast and features an award-winning, state-of-the-art student hub that fosters interactive learning in a digitally enabled environment. JOIN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY ALL Flinders University graduates are enterprising, innovative and curious thought leaders in over 120 countries around the world. When you graduate from Flinders, you’ll not only join over 106,000 graduates from an amazing variety of fields, you’ll graduate from SA’s No. 1 university for starting salary.** ** The Good Universities Guide 2020 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only ABOUT GAIN REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE Flinders Work Integrated Learning (WIL) enables you to gain work experience while you study. You’ll have the opportunity to gain real- world experience through placements, practicums, field studies, and VILLAGE simulated workplace settings and assessment activities. Flinders aims to provide each and every student with access to a WIL opportunity during their studies. YOU THINK BIG. MAKE AN IMPACT. DESIGN YOUR FUTURE. CHOOSE YOUR DEGREE Careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today. Powered by Flinders’ New Venture Institute, the From medicine to business, science or arts offerings, Flinders university’s entrepreneurial arm, our suite of innovation and enterprise University offers more than 500 undergraduate, postgraduate and electives and courses will help you to develop the ‘personal enterprise research degrees taught by global and national experts focused on the skills’ that employers are looking for, and equip you with the ability to experience and outcomes of their students. adapt to whatever life throws at you, personally and professionally. No matter what you choose to study at Flinders, you can embed an innovation BE TAUGHT BY LEADERS and enterprise elective into your degree. At Flinders, you’ll be taught by teachers who are leaders in their fields. They are plugged into industry trends and connected to professional TAKE YOUR STUDIES OVERSEAS networks. Your future career will take practical shape from the very Why wait until you graduate to explore the world? Flinders’ Learn beginning of your studies as we guide you from the classroom to the Without Borders could see you studying overseas, gaining a unique workplace through inspired teaching, practical placements, internships, perspective and immersing yourself in a different culture, language and field education and industry projects. lifestyle. BENEFIT FROM WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH “My exchange was honestly one of the most amazing and rewarding Flinders University’s research strengths include biomedical and clinical six months of my life. The friends I made, the things I saw and sciences, culture, policy and society, health and medicine, mental health and human behaviour, molecular science and technology, defence, experienced will stick with me for the rest of my life.” engineering, water and environment. With 90% of Flinders’ research Rebekah Jones $1.5 billion development rated world-standard or above,* your studies will be supported by the up-to-the-minute knowledge of highly skilled researchers and lecturers. Canada * Flinders rating 89.7%, rounded up to 90%. Excellence in Research for Australia, 2018 EXPLORE FLINDERS SCHOLARSHIPS Centred around the new Flinders Train Station (due to open early Community-centred GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED Flinders offers a generous range of scholarships for students in 2021) and directly connecting the University’s main campus to undergraduate courses. With over 550 available scholarships, its Tonsley innovation precinct and the Adelaide city centre, the Flinders is SA’s No.1 university for student support.** From campus including scholarships to students from low socio-economic $1.5 billion Flinders Village development will create a campus student living facilities to financial support, mental health and wellbeing resources backgrounds, students from rural and regional areas and Indigenous environment which merges university life with the wider community. and services, student grants, counselling services (including careers students, you may be eligible for support that will help you achieve your and financial) and many social opportunities, we offer a range of Flinders Village will feature student accommodation, an advanced goals at university. services to ensure your study experience is everything you want it to health research facility, transitional health accommodation, a hotel, be. Find out more about student support on page 49. and amenities such as retail facilities, benefitting students, staff and Flinders Station links “The Wyndham Richardson Scholarship Fund has been invaluable to the community. ** The Good Universities Guide 2020 (undergraduate), public SA-founded universities only reduce the financial pressure during studies, especially now that I am Bedford Park to Tonsley in the later years of my degree.” Ryan Rowston, Bachelor of Computer Science and the city Wyndham Richardson Scholarship Fund 4 5 DIFFERENTLY THINK STUDY INNOVATION & ENTERPRISE AT FLINDERS At Flinders, innovation is more than just a buzzword. It’s not something we say, it’s something we do. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO INNOVATE But what is innovation, really? You see it in Top Five entrepreneurial our cutting-edge research that informs what you learn, and our connections to industry that keep our courses relevant to your career. It’s universities in Australia in our state-of-the-art facilities and dynamic Flinders New Venture Institute teaching. Innovation at Flinders is about preparing you Boom or bust? Embedding entrepreneurship in education in Australia, A. Maritz et. al 2019 for the future. Powered by the New Venture Institute, the university’s entrepreneurial arm, we’re focused on getting you the skills to think outside the box and recognise opportunities to do things better. That’s the place where the Create your startup business jobs of tomorrow happen, and what Flinders prepares you for. within our award-winning STUDY FOR SUCCESS No matter what you choose to study at business incubator Flinders, develop your personal enterprise skills by embedding innovation and enterprise Named Top Challenger for innovation and elective into your degree. If not already included in your undergraduate incubation in the Asia-Pacific. degree as a core, topics can be taken as UBI World Benchmark study, 2018/19 & 2019/20 electives, regardless of discipline. You’re encouraged to enrol in Innovative and Creative Thinking: Recognising Opportunities to learn how to creatively solve problems through a number of real-world innovation challenges. THINK BIG. MAKE AN IMPACT. DESIGN YOUR FUTURE. INNOVATION & ENTERPRISE FIND OUT MORE FLINDERS.EDU.AU/INNOVATION-ENTERPRISE 6 7 FOCUS ON INNOVATION WITH OUR SPECIALISED Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Creative Arts (Enterprise) UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES Turn your passion for problem solving into a business Build a career in the business of creativity. career. Think big, make an impact and design your future. Become future ready and deliver solutions in a Study for a career in a booming field. Globally, cultural and creative industries The business world has a wide range of opportunities for people with drive and account for 3% of world GDP and employ 29.5 million people*. Our new degree disrupted world. ambition. Gain the skills to solve real-world business problems by analysing key prepares you for a global career in the creative arts and cultural enterprise. issues that businesses deal with every day. * worldcreative.org Our undergraduate courses in innovation and enterprise will develop your personal enterprise skills to enhance creativity, This degree provides you with the fundamental knowledge, contemporary case Bachelor