The University of New England (UNE) is a state funded college in Australia with around 21,000 advanced education understudies. Its unique and principle grounds is situated in the city of Armidale in northern focal New South Wales.
The University of New England was the first Australian college set up outside a state capital city.
Every year, the University offers understudies more than $5 million in grants, prizes, and bursaries and more than $18 million for staff and understudies included in examination.
The University of New England was initially settled in 1938 as the New England University College, a College of the University of Sydney. It turned out to be completely free in 1954.
The University of New England has experienced two noteworthy changes following 1989. The University of New England Act, 1989, made a system University comprising of: (i) a grounds at Armidale, consolidating the previous University of New England and the previous Armidale College of Advanced Education; and (ii) a grounds at Lismore, joining the previous Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education. The next year the Orange Agricultural College joined the system University. The system additionally incorporated the UNE-Coffs Harbor Center, which gave courses from inside of scholastic divisions of the Armidale and Lismore grounds.
The University of New England has been re-shaped by and by, with enactment (The University of New England Act, 1993 and the Southern Cross University Act, 1993) went by both Houses of the New South Wales Parliament in November, 1993. This enactment had the impact of destroying the system University. The University of New England from 1994 has one and only grounds, at Armidale. Another University (Southern Cross University) was made with grounds in Lismore and Coffs Harbor; the Orange grounds was amalgamated with the University of Sydney.