There is a real buzz to Adelaide, both as a location and home to a new major university. Adelaide University strives to make students feel welcome, a theme shared across the city.

The new Adelaide University, located in Adelaide, Australia, will officially launch for Malaysian admissions at an event tonight in Kuala Lumpur. The university, formed from the merger of the ...

University of South Australia Vice-Chancellor David Lloyd was last year paid $1.4 million, while University of Adelaide Vice-Chancellor Peter Høj was paid just over $1 million.

Modelling provided to The Advertiser at the time showed the new Adelaide University would have 36,123 domestic students, ranked first in Australia, and 48,918 in total, ranked fifth in Australia.

But students have expressed reservations, including University of Adelaide history student Ellie Hall, who has helped organise a forum against the merger. "It's a pretty messed up merger.