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Driving tangible impact through engineering and technology innovation

We are educating leaders, forging strong industry partnerships and meeting challenges in healthcare, infrastructure, food and the environment. We are also creating smarter technology, changing the way we live and work.

Engineering for the future

We're investing in a healthier and more sustainable future. Our new building features world-class teaching and research labs, as well as bespoke study spaces for students.

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Engineers, project managers and computing professionals develop innovative, creative and sustainable solutions that promote positive change worldwide. If you’re passionate about meeting these challenges, start your journey here.

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We're world leaders in robotics and intelligent systems, and breaking new ground in AI. Our food processing advances are reimagining waste. We harness data to transform critical infrastructure into smart systems and revolutionise healthcare. Share our passion.

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We listen to the needs of your organisation and meet challenges through collaborative partnerships in research and education. We’ll keep you informed through networking opportunities, events and industry news.

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Latest news

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Next-generation solar cells pass strict international tests

Light-weight, cheap and ultra-thin, perovskite crystals have promised to shake-up renewable energy for some time. Research by Professor Anita Ho-Baillie means they are ready to take the next steps towards commercialisation.

The future of recycling: 4 experts explain

The NSW Government recently conducted a survey on recycling and plastic waste. Ahead of its findings, to be released later this year, four academics comment on research into recycling and the development of advanced waste conversion technologies.

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Vale Dr Phillip Noel Hartley Smith

Emigrating to the Unites States during the 1950s to forge his metallurgical engineering career, Dr Phillip N.H. Smith founded the University of Sydney USA Foundation so he and others could support teaching and learning from the other side of the world.

University of Sydney builds ventilator to fight COVID-19

The University of Sydney and NSW Health Infrastructure have partnered to develop a simple, low-cost ventilator solution using modern design tools and 3-D printing technology.

How to control an influenza outbreak without a specific vaccine

A group of pandemic modelling experts from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Engineering have published new research that simulated viral influenza outbreaks to examine the efficacy of pandemic interventions in the absence of a tailored vaccine.

Experts examine the COVID-19 tracing app

University of Sydney academics from the disciplines of cybersecurity, media, law and health comment on COVIDSafe, the COVID-19 contact tracing app released by the federal government.

Ultra-precision nano-sensor could detect iron disorders

The University of Sydney's Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Research Unit and the Australian Research Centre for Innovative BioEngineeing have developed a hypersensitive nano-sensor to detect harmful "free" iron disorders.

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ARC Linkage Projects success for Sydney researchers

University of Sydney projects have been awarded more than $2 million in funding in the latest rounds of Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects outcomes.

Synthetic material could help heal injured tendons and ligaments

Researchers from the University of Sydney have collaborated with Columbia University and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg to develop a synthetic material to assist in the regeneration of injured tendons and ligaments.

US COVID-19 deaths "poorly predicted" by IHME model

An international group of data scientists led by the University of Sydney's Centre for Translational Data Science has found that over 70 percent of US states had death rates that were inconsistent with IHME predictions.

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