Andrew James Parfitt is an Australian acacedmic who is the 5th Vice-Chancellor and President of the

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...

. He was appointed to the role in November 2021. He was previously the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Newcastle from 2012 to 2016, and

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of the University of Technology Sydney from 2017 to 2021.

Education

Parfitt graduated with a BE (Electrical and Electronic) and PhD (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) from the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. Its main campus in the Adelaide city centre includes many Sa ...

Career

Parfitt was previously the CEO of CRC Satellite Systems and general manager of

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space programs. In 2004, he was appointed as the Director of the Institute for Telecommunications Research at the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1991, it is the successor of the former South Australian Institute of Technology. Its main campuses along North Terrace are ...

. He has held adjunct academic positions at the

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and

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. In December 2012, Parfitt was appointed as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the University of Newcastle. He remained in the role until 2016, when he was appointed as the next provost of the

. Parfitt was the

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of the

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from 2013 to 2019. Parfitt was the Provost and Senior Vice-President of the University of Technology Sydney from 2017 to 2021. In November 2021, he was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Technology Sydney.

Honours

Parfitt was a ministerial appointment to the Australian government's Space Industry Innovation Council from 2010 to 2012. He is a Senior Member of the

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(IEEE) and a Fellow of

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(EA). He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 2021.

References

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