Why Sydney

Sydney has world-class universities

Sydney is the home of five of the ten universities that are located in New South Wales. Two of these, the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales, are members of the Group of Eight, an association of Australia's eight leading research-intensive universities.

The University of Sydney

Established in 1850, the University of Sydney is Australia's first university, and it has a proud tradition of excellence in research and teaching. Today it is among the global leaders in higher education and research. In 2008, over 46,000 students were enrolled at the university, and it was ranked among the world's top 40 universities (Times Higher Education Supplement, THES, October 2008), with its humanities teaching and research ranked in the top 20.

As one of Australia's top universities, the University of Sydney is a core member of several international consortia of universities, including the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21), an international alliance of educational, research and industrial organisations; the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), which include more than 40 esteemed universities drawn from Asia and from North and South America; and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), an coalition of 16 international research universities.

Prof. Simon Ringer is Director of the Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis at the University of Sydney. This central service unit was founded in 1958, and has since developed into the largest and most comprehensive facility of its type in Australia.
University of Sydney website

The University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) was founded in 1949 and has grown to become a leading research and teaching university in Australia. With nearly 40,000 students, more than 15% of which are international students, UNSW is a high achiever on a variety of metrics. The University was ranked at number 45 in the 2008 World University Rankings (THES), with its Faculty of Engineering ranked at 27 in the world. It also is a member of the Group of Eight and a member of Universitas 21.

Prof. Paul Munroe is Director of the Electron Microscope Unit at the University of New South Wales. Located in the new premises within the UNSW Analytical Centre, this centralised unit provides microscopy and analysis facilities to the University's research community.
University of New South Wales website

University of Technology, Sydney

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), lies on the outskirts of Sydney's Central Business District, and aims to be a world-leading technological university. It is a relatively young university, just 20 years old, but has a large student body: over 32,000 students were enrolled in 2008. UTS was ranked at 234 among the world's 'top 500' universities in 2008 (THES).
University of Technology Sydney website

Macquarie University

Macquarie University is currently ranked ninth in Australia and is working on an ambitious program of research expansion. It was founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, in the north-western suburbs of Sydney, and is the third oldest university in the metropolitan area. Macquarie has a strong reputation in the business and finance area, and has a strong international-student presence in its current enrolments of some 33,000 students.
Macquarie University website

University of Western Sydney

The University of Western Sydney has six campuses distributed across Greater Western Sydney, and a mission that links its activities to the development of the region. The area's population is the fastest growing in Australia, and more than 150 of the nation's top 500 companies are located within Greater Western Sydney. The university has some 35,000 student enrolments.
University of Western Sydney website

University of Newcastle & University of Wollongong

Both universities are located in relatively close proximity to Sydney, and there is a significant amount of collaborations between researches from Wollongong and Newcastle with their colleagues in the Sydney metropolitan area.

Situated a little over 150 km north of Sydney, the University of Newcastle has about 30,000 students and is ranked ninth in Australia for publicly funded research. Particular research strengths of Newcastle are health and biomedical research, renewable and clean energy, and environmental science.
University of Newcastle website

The University of Wollongong is about 80 km south of Sydney. Its enrolments in 2008 were near 25,000 students, and the university is recognised for its research in advanced, functional and engineering materials, in information and communications, and in medicine.
University of Wollongong website

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