The University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public research university in Sydney, founded in 1850. Sydney University is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight, Academic Consortium 21, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN), the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Worldwide Universities Network. There are 52,789 enrolled students including 33,505 undergraduate’s and 19,284 postgraduates’ students. There is around 3,000 administrative staff employed in the University. It is the second largest university of Australia, after Monash University.
The campus of the University has been ranked in top 10 of the world’s most beautiful universities by many publishers. The presence of hundreds of clubs, galleries, sport complexes and coffee shops has created a lively and dynamic environment for students and staffs. Furthermore, Honi Soit, the oldest student newspaper, was first published at University of Sydney in 1929.
Rankings
The 2014–15 QS World University Rankings placed the University of Sydney 37th and in the top 0.3% overall in the world. Additionally, it ranked Sydney as the 27th most reputable university in the world. Sydney is one of only 12 universities in the world to receive a "5 Star Plus" rating by QS based on criteria including "research, employability, teaching, facilities, internationalisation, innovation, specialist criteria and inclusiveness".
Faculties and Schools:
Faculty of Agriculture and Environment
· Department of Plant and Food Sciences
· Department of Environmental Sciences
· Centre for Carbon Water and Food
· Plant Breeding Institute
· Precision Agricultural Laboratory
· Pulsford Laboratory
· Hydrology and Geo-Information Sciences Laboratory
· Resources, Energy and Environmental Markets
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
· School of Economics
· School of Letters, Art, and Media
· School of Languages and Cultures
· School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
· School of Social and Political Sciences
Faculty of Business (The University of Sydney Business School)
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
· School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
· School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
· School of Civil Engineering
· School of Electrical and Information Engineering
· School of Information Technologies
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Law (The University of Sydney Law School)
Faculty of Medicine (The University of Sydney Medical School)
· Central Clinical School
· The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School
· Concord Clinical School
· Nepean Clinical School
· Northern Clinical School
· School of Medical Sciences
· School of Public Health
· School of Rural Health
· Sydney Adventist Hospital Clinical School
· Westmead Clinical School
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (Sydney Nursing School)
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science
Sydney College of the Arts
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Faculty of Veterinary Science
It is worth noting the University of Sydney Library is the largest academic libarary in the southern hemisphere. The library consists of seven individual libraries located across various campuses of the University. It holds about 5 million physical volumes and a further 300,000 e-book for a total of approximately 5.3 million items. The library holds some of the extremely rare and ancient items of Australia.
Facilities and Services:
· Residential Colleges
· Galleries
· Clubs and Societies
· Student representation
· Food, Shops and bars
· Health, Wellbeing clinics
· Sports and fitness clubs
· Childcare services
Accommodation
More information about accommodations can be found on the relevant page of our website.