Reconnect with your alma mater through our alumni tours, which showcase the University’s innovations, heritage and exciting future directions. Relive old memories and create new ones as you explore behind the scenes, engage with expert faculty members and discover the latest University initiatives alongside like-minded graduates.
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Step inside the Aerospace Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Building, where the future of aerospace, mechanical and mechatronic engineering is taking shape. Here, groundbreaking research meets hands-on innovation—from intelligent robotics and high-performance materials to sustainable energy and next-gen aerospace systems. Discover how our engineers are shaping the future of flight, machinery, and materials to tackle society’s most pressing challenges.
The Wilkinson Building, home to the School of Architecture, Design and Planning, is a creative hub where innovation meets impact. With cutting-edge studios, digital fabrication labs, exhibition spaces, and immersive technologies like virtual and augmented reality, this building fosters bold ideas and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Reconnect with fellow alumni and discover how architecture and design is shaping the future of our cities, environments and everyday lives.
Based in our new Engineering and Technology Precinct, this lab tour will allow you to experience three hands-on practical workshops in microfluidics, human anatomy, and biosensing and signalling. Join your fellow alumni on a tour through remarkable building and experience our leading research firsthand.
Love the sound of the bells as they ring across campus? Want to see what the carillon actually looks like? One of our outstanding University Carillonists will take you behind the scenes to discover the instrument’s remarkable history and give you a glimpse of the 54 bells that occupy the Clocktower.
The Charles Perkins Centre is a world-leading research hub tackling some of the biggest health challenges of our time, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mental health. Designed to foster collaboration, the centre brings together experts from diverse fields in state-of-the-art laboratories, cutting-edge research facilities, and dynamic workspaces. Reconnect with fellow alumni and learn how this innovative space is shaping the future of healthcare.
This one-hour tour will take you on a guided journey through the Chau Chak Wing Museum, showing off the huge range of collections covering natural history, visual arts, antiquities, historical photography, and Indigenous cultural history. Plus, take the opportunity to soak in the stunning architecture with a visit to Sounds café.
Discover how the University of Sydney shapes future engineering leaders at the cutting-edge J15 Shepherd Street Building. This 1,350m² sustainable facility includes seven state-of-the-art labs for teaching electrical, software, and computer engineering, with over 300 workspaces for students and staff. The building combines hands-on technical learning with sustainable design. Students gain industry-ready skills in labs focused on Radio Frequency systems, renewable energy, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and high-performance computing. It also features energy-efficient systems, solar Photovoltaic, and circular design practices. Unique spaces like the Raymond Kirby Engineering on Display Laboratory foster collaboration and innovation. Join us to see how this world-class facility bridges theory and practice to develop tomorrow’s engineering leaders
The new Engineering and Technology Precinct shows the University's Wingara Mura design principles in action across nine levels of student spaces and cutting-edge research labs. The precinct has placed sustainability at the heart of its design, with energy-efficient lighting, a solar photovoltaic system on the roof, and surface heat reduction-conscious landscape design.
Whether it’s de-escalating an agitated, AI-generated patient in a hospital setting or performing surgical procedures in an immersive environment, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Media Lab is leading the way in teaching and research innovation, equipping students, instructors, and researchers in elevating their work with technologically advanced tools.
Rare Books and Special Collections in the Fisher Library is brimming with unique and wonderful items, from medieval illuminated manuscripts and significant early printed texts in science and literature to first edition comics, science fiction and artists' books. With more than 170,000 items in our collections, this is a unique opportunity to view a curated selection of items on a particular theme up close and learn their significance under the careful guidance of Library staff.
Step into the world of pharmaceutical innovation within our state-of-the-art labs, venture behind the scenes to uncover the medicinal marvels of native plants, delve into our intriguing collection of pharmacy antiquities, and along the way you will learn how we train pharmacists for the many facets for future healthcare practice.
Our guided heritage tour has something for everyone from history buffs to the simply curious. This 60-minute tour highlights the stunning architecture of the Camperdown Campus and delves into the history and background of the Neo-Gothic building, including a visit to the Great Hall if access is possible, a viewing of the gargoyles and grotesques and other historic features of Australia's oldest university building.
In celebration of the University of Sydney’s 175th anniversary, join a free Quadrangle heritage tour any day in October. Discover the University's history as written in the architecture of this building with expert guides from the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Registrations essential.
Rediscover the Chemistry School - from DNA Nanorobots to sustainable energy solutions, the interdisciplinary collaborations led by chemists from the University of Sydney are working towards solutions for some of our biggest societal challenges. This walking tour will weave you through the corridors of the Chemistry School, showing you our researchers in action in the lab, and giving you the chance to ask questions about their world-changing work.
The Susan Wakil Health Building is a hub of health innovation, with state-of-the-art facilities, including clinical simulation teaching spaces, a multi-service clinic, and activity-based workspaces. This building is at the forefront of health education and research. Reconnect with fellow alumni and learn about the latest developments in the field.
Do you know where the endangered Wollemi Pine is on campus? Or where we can generate 1.2 MW of solar electricity each day? Rediscover a more sustainable Camperdown campus on this trail tour, and hear about the progress being made toward our Sustainability Strategy and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sydney Medical School commenced teaching in 1883, with just four enrolled students, one full-time academic and a single mortuary attendant. From these modest beginnings, the school has flourished. Join us for a guided tour of the broad medical history collection and the rich past in the Sydney Medical School.
Located within the University of Sydney's Bligh Building, our simulation clinic aims to upskill Australia’s existing dental workforce and broaden their scope of practice. During the tour, you will have the opportunity to explore the state-of-the-art facilities and witness cutting-edge advancements in dental research and education. This will be a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with fellow alumni, learn about the latest developments in the field, and reminisce about your time at Sydney.
Alumni are invited to join us for a tour of the Westmead Health Precinct, followed by morning tea. During the tour, you will have the opportunity to explore the state-of-the-art education and research facilities and witness cutting edge advancements in healthcare. Reconnect with fellow alumni, learn about the latest developments in the field, and reminisce about your time at the University of Sydney.
This tour exceeded my expectations! This event should be compulsory, what an impressive eye-opener.
Sustainability Tour attendee
The rare manuscripts were stunning, and the behind-the-scenes access was incredible.
Fisher Library Rare Books Tour attendee
A hidden gem! Learning how the carillon works and hearing it live was fascinating.
Carillon Tour attendee
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