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About us

74,000 students (based on student enrolments as at March 2021)
8100 continuing and fixed-term staff (based on University statistics at 31 March 2021)
250+ exchange opportunities
420,000 alumni in more than 170 countries
#1 Uni in Australia producing the largest number of start-up founders

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About us

We’ve been challenging traditions for over 170 years

We make lives better by producing leaders of society and equipping our people with leadership qualities so they can serve our communities at every level.

2032 Strategy

Our 2032 Strategy channels our sense of responsibility to contribute to a better world, building on our past decade of significant change and challenges.

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Leadership for good

We are Australia’s first university, Sydney’s university and a great global university, and we’ve set our sights on contributing to a better world. 

Our campuses

Our famous Quadrangle might be what springs to mind when you think of our campus, but we also have working farms, a field station on the Great Barrier Reef and much more.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community

The University of Sydney is committed to higher education and leadership opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and valuing Indigenous culture.

Our world rankings

Rankings demonstrate how the standard of our research and teaching measures up against the best universities in Australia and worldwide.

Faculties and schools

We promote leadership through excellence in teaching and research, offering the widest range of academic programs of any university in Australia.

LGBTIQ community on campus

The University of Sydney celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer or questioning staff and students because of the unique lived experiences they bring to our workplace and classrooms.

Find us

Address

City Road, University of Sydney NSW 2006

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Student enquiries

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Visitors enquiries

Phone

+61 2 9351 2222

Email

info.centre@sydney.edu.au

Address

The University of Sydney NSW 2006, Australia

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