The University of Tasmania

Coming from Stanford, I thought I would take a go at finding out what kind of the University of Tasmania (UTAS) was like. To start off, UTAS is a public Australian university officially found on January 1, 1890. Stanford is 5 years older, as it was found in 1885. UTAS was the 4th university in Australia, and it is currently the ONLY university in Tasmania. The student population is at 26,800 with about 6,000 internationals and 1,000 PhD students.

UTAS was found after some money was allocated to it's construction following the abolition of overseas scholarships. It stands in the Queens Domain in Hobart. One interesting fact is that the first PhD given out was to a woman by the name of Joan Munro Ford, in 1945. The university has three main campuses, which are: Sandy Bay, Newnham, and the Cradle Coast campuses. Each of them have specialties that are like center for arts, center for sciences, etc. They also have various departments that you would expect at a typical university. They have fine arts, a school of medicine, education, physical and biological sciences and a plethora of others! They all rank 30 and up nationwide.

Aside from this, I also read it was a good research university. This is so due to its prime location which allows many to visit places with such great diversity and needs to research. This year, actually, UTAS will have its 125th anniversary! I found this article interesting when comparing it to Stanford since we are in such different locations. Although there isn't much a difference in terms of structure, it would be really cool to visit and talk to students about what their experience has been like!

Sources:
Source 1
Source 2