University of Sydney

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About Sydney

The University of Sydney is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the world's leading universities. The QS World University Rankings ranked Sydney as one of the world's top 25 most reputable universities,[6] and its graduates as the top 5 most employable in the world and first in Australia.

The university is colloquially known as one of Australia's sandstone universities. Famous for its heritage neo-gothic buildings and sprawling parklands, its campus is ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph and The Huffington Post, spreading across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington.

Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. The university has educated six prime ministers and 24 justices of the High Court of Australia, including four chief justices, the most of any university. Sydney has produced 24 Rhodes Scholars and several Gates Scholars.

Campuses

The main campus has been ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph, and The Huffington Post, among others such as Oxford and Cambridge and is spread across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington. The main campus is also the focus of the university's student life, with the student-run University of Sydney Union (known as "the Union") in possession of three buildings – Wentworth, Manning and Holme Buildings. These buildings house a large proportion of the university's catering outlets, and provide space for recreational rooms, bars and function centres. Here are some amenities near our campus.

The Cumberland campus in the Sydney suburb of Lidcombe was incorporated into the university as part of the higher education reforms of the late 1980s. It is home to the Faculty of Health Sciences, which covers various allied health disciplines, including physiotherapy, speech pathology, radiation therapy, occupational therapy, as well as exercise science and health information management. Here are some amenities near our campus.

The Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) is based in a former sanitorium in the Sydney suburb of Rozelle, overlooking Port Jackson. The college specialises in the fine (visual) arts. Here are some amenities near our campus.

Located on Sydney's southwest rural fringe, the Camden campus houses research farms for agriculture and veterinary science Here are some amenities near our campus.

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (SCM) is located in the Sydney CBD on the edge of Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden, a short distance from the Sydney Opera House. It became a faculty of the university in the 1990s and incorporates the main campus Department of Music, which was the subject of the documentary Facing the Music. Here are some amenities near our campus.

The Mallett Street campus is home of the Faculty of Nursing. Here are some amenities near our campus.

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Year
Founded
1850
Student
Population
63602
Staff
Population
3649
Male to Female
Ratio
43 : 57
International
Students
22.%
Social
Accreditations
Strengths
Biological Science
Guardian, Anatomy and Physiology
1st
Electrical Engineering
ARWU, Telecommunication Engineering
1st
English & Literature
Guardian, English Language and Literature
1st
History
Guardian, Classics and Ancient History
1st
Nursing & Health Science
Guardian, Nursing
1st
Veterinary Science
Guardian, Veterinary Science
1st
Civil Engineering
Guardian, Engineering - Civil and Structural
2nd
Economics
ARWU, Economics
2nd
Linguistics
Times, Social sciences
2nd
Medicine
Guardian, Medicine
2nd
Pharmacy
Guardian, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
2nd
Philosophy
Times, Arts & humanities
2nd
Sociology
Times, Social sciences
2nd
Accounting & Finance
Guardian, Accounting and Finance
3rd
Architecture
Guardian, Architecture and Built Environment
3rd
Business Studies
ARWU, Business Administration
3rd
Law
Guardian, Law and Legal Studies
3rd
Dentistry
Guardian, Dentistry
4th
Food Science
ARWU, Food Science & Technology
4th
Diagnostic Imaging
USNews, radiology nuclear medicine medical imaging
8th
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Notable alumni

Mervyn Tan Chief, Singapore Air Force
Mervyn Tan Wei Ming is a Singaporean air force general and the current Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. Mervyn received the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Overseas Training Award and graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Engineering in aeronautical engineering in 1996.

Victor Peter Chang Cardiac Surgeon, Pioneer of modern heart transplantation
Victor was a Chinese-Australian cardiac surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation. After completing his medical studies at the University of Sydney in 1962, he helped establish the National Cardiac Transplant Unit, Australia's leading centre for heart and lung transplants, where he performed heart transplantations and pioneered the development of an artificial heart valve
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