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The University of New England
Motto	Ex sapientia modus (Latin: "Out Of Wisdom Comes Moderation")
Established	1954
Type	Public
Chancellor	John Cassidy
Vice-Chancellor	Alan Pettigrew
Staff	1,332
Undergraduates	13,463
Postgraduates	4,433
Location	Armidale, NSW, Australia
Campus	Rural
Website	http://www.une.edu.au/

The University of New England (UNE) was originally formed in 1938 as the New England University College, a College of the University of Sydney. It became fully independent in 1954, and was the first Australian university established outside a capital city. Its original and main campus is located in Armidale in the state of New South Wales. The main campus is home to some historic buildings, the old stately homestead Booloominbah and the Vice-Chancellor's residence Trevenna, both designed by architect John Horbury Hunt.

Since 1955, teaching off-campus students by distance education has been an important part of the University's activities. In 2003, UNE became Australia's longest continuous provider of distance education and, with more than 12,000 external students, is still one of Australia's major providers of awards to off-campus students.

In October, 2004, Professors Mike Morwood and Peter Brown from UNE were key players in the discovery of Homo floresiensis, a new hominid species from Flores, Indonesia.

In July 2006 Prime Minister John Howard announced that a medical school would be established at UNE. The program will be run in conjunction with the University of Newcastle and is designed to train doctors who will commit to a career in rural areas. Sixty new students will begin studying medicine at UNE each year.

UNE is divided into four faculties, which are in turn divided into a number of multi discipline schools. As of 2005, each faculty is headed by an Executive Dean. The faculties and schools are as follows:

• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • School of Music
  • School of Classics, History and Religion
  • School of English, Communication and Theatre
  • School of Human and Environmental Studies
  • School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
  • School of Social Science
  • School of Psychology
• Faculty of Economics, Business and Law
  • New England Business School
  • School of Economics
  • School of Law
• Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies
  • School of Education
  • School of Health
  • School of Professional Development and Leadership
• Faculty of the Sciences
  • School of Biological, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
  • School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences
  • School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management
  • School of Rural Science and Agriculture

An aerial view of part of UNE’s Armidale campus, showing the historic Boolominbah building.

• Austin
• Drummond & Smith
• Duval College
• Earle Page
• Mary White
• Robb
• St. Albert's
• Wright Village

UNE averages approximately 500 PhD candidates at a given time, an important sign of the University's academic vigour. The Good Universities Guide 2006 awarded UNE the following ratings (ranked against other Australian universities):

• Entry Flexibility - 5/5 (undergraduate), 3/5 (postgraduate)
• Research Intensivity - 3/5
• Educational Experience - 4/5 (undergraduate), 5/5 (postgraduate)
• Staff Qualifications - 4/5
• Getting a Job - 3/5 (undergraduate), 5/5 (postgraduate)
• Graduate Starting Salary - 5/5 (undergraduate), 5/5 (postgraduate)

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