Our Alumni

Meet some of our inspirational alumni community and our alumni in numbers.

Alumni awards

2024 Alumni award recipients
2024 Award recipients

Honouring the exceptional impact our alumni are having on our island and the world.

Through the University of Tasmania’s Alumni Awards, we seek to honour the diverse achievements of our graduates who have made, or are making, a significant contribution across their fields of endeavour.

There are three Alumni Award categories:

  • Distinguished Alumni Award
  • Young Alumni Award
  • International Alumni Award

Find out more about the award criteria and guidelines (PDF 424.4 KB).

2024 - Award recipients

Our alumni never fail to inspire with their significant contributions both at home and across the globe.

Congratulations to the 2024 University of Tasmania Alumni Award recipients:

The Hon Warwick Smith AO (Distinguished Alumni Award), The Hon Lisa Singh (International Alumni Award), Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (joint Young Alumni Award), and the musician and actor known as Naarah (joint Young Alumni Award).

Mr Warwick Smith has made notable contributions across business, government and international relations. His advocacy within the Business Council of Australia as Immediate Past Chairman – Global Engagement and Security Committee, and his advisory roles in the Asia Society, the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and the BOAO Forum for Asia have driven global economic cooperation and policy development. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs for his distinguished contribution to international affairs.

Mr Smith holds leadership and director roles at Seven Group Holdings, Capilano Honey and Marinus Link, and is a strategic advisor to some of Australia’s top listed ASX companies. He was Australia’s first Telecommunications Ombudsman, Former Chairman of the Council of the National Museum of Australia, and Director of the Foundation for Australian Studies in China.

His leadership has advanced policy, industry standards, community engagement and cross-cultural understanding. Smith held senior roles at Macquarie Bank and ANZ Bank, and was a Federal Government Minister 1984–1998.

He has been recognised with the Order of Australia and the Centenary Medal.


Alumni in numbers

161,023

Current number of alumni

123,970

Total contactable alumni

115,833

Total contactable alumni via mail

403

Number of alumni donors

Contactable alumni

age profile

Bar chart - Age profile of contactable alumni

by Australian state/territory

Australian map - Contactable alumni by Australian state/territory

Where alumni reside

138

Total number of countries

81%

Australia

19%

International

Top 8 countries where alumni reside

Australia 100,629 India 1,427
China 10,089 Hong Kong 1,399
Malaysia 2,755 USA 598
Singapore 1,549 Vietnam 557

Graduate resources

The Graduation Verification Service (GVS) provides a way to search the database for students who are graduates of the University of Tasmania.

For a listing of the following graduates, please select the links below:

Lost or damaged certificates Past graduation videos and programs

If you would like to share your story, please contact us at Alumni.Office@utas.edu.au or complete our online Q&A form.