Adelaide University is a university in Adelaide, South Australia, which describes itself as Australia’s newest university and as a member of the Group of Eight. Professor Nicola Phillips became its Vice Chancellor and President on 12 January 2026. The university has campuses at Adelaide City, Magill, Mawson Lakes, Waite, Roseworthy, Mount Gambier and Whyalla.
Agriculture is taught and researched in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, part of the College of Science, at the Waite Campus in Urrbrae. The school says its research covers crop genetics, new breeding technologies, plant phenotyping, soil science, viticulture, food safety and sustainable production systems, with government and industry partners. Groups and facilities it lists include the Australian Plant Phenomics Network and The Plant Accelerator, the Fertiliser Technology Research Centre, the Agricultural Machinery Research and Design Centre, Adelaide Analytical and the Forestry Centre of Excellence in Mount Gambier. Roseworthy Campus, which the university says was established as Australia’s first agricultural college in 1883, hosts animal and veterinary science research and a livestock farm.