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Research areas
Our research covers the spectrum – from linguistics to nanoscience
Our breadth of expertise across our faculties and schools is supported by deep disciplinary knowledge. We have significant capability in more than 20 major areas of research.
Major research areas
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Animal production
- Horticultural production
- Veterinary sciences
Find out more: Agriculture | Veterinary Science
- Evolutionary biology
- Physiology
- Zoology
- Plant biology
- Ecology
- Microbiology
- Genetics
- Biochemistry and cell biology
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- Architecture
- Building, design practice and management
- Urban and regional planning
Find out more: Architecture, Design and Planning
- Analytical chemistry
- Organic and inorganic chemistry
- Macromolecular and materials chemistry
- Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
- Physical chemistry (incl structural)
- Theoretical and computational chemistry
Find out more: Science
- Accounting, auditing and accountability
- Banking, finance and investment
- Business and management
- Marketing
- Transport and logistics
Find out more: Business
- Art theory and criticism
- Film, television and digital media
- Performing arts and creative writing
- Visual arts and crafts
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences | Sydney Conservatorium of Music | Sydney College of the Arts
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
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- Economic theory
- Applied economics
- Econometrics
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences
- Education systems
Find out more: Education and Social Work
- Aerospace engineering
- Autonomous systems and robotics
- Civil engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Biomedical engineering
- Electrical and electronic engineering
- Manufacturing engineering
- Materials engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Mechatronic engineering
Find out more: Engineering
- Environmental science and management
- Soil sciences
Find out more: Agriculture | Science
- Archaeology
- History
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Criminology
- Demography and human geography
- Policy and administration
- Political science
- Social work
- Sociology
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences | Business | Education and Social Work
- Computational theory and mathematics
- Distributed computing
- Library and information studies
- Information systems
- Artificial intelligence and image processing
Find out more: Engineering | Science
- Journalism, communication and media studies
- Cultural studies
- Language studies
- Linguistics
- Literary studies
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences
- Law
Find out more: Law
- Pure mathematics
- Applied mathematics
- Numerical and computational mathematics
- Statistics
- Mathematical physics
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- Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
- Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- Clinical sciences
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Dentistry
- Human movement and sports science
- Immunology
- Medical microbiology
- Neurosciences
- Nursing
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Oncology and carcinogenesis
- Ophthalmic science and ophthalmology
- Paediatrics and reproductive medicine
- Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
- Medical physiology
- Public health and health services
Find out more: Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health
- Applied ethics
- Philosophy
- Religion and religious traditions
Find out more: Arts and Social Sciences
- Astronomical and space sciences
- Atomic, molecular and plasma physics
- Biological, biomedical and medical physics
- Condensed matter physics
- Nanoscience
- Particle physics
- Photonics and optical science
- Physics
- Quantum physics and quantum information
- Sustainability
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- Psychology
- Cognitive science
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- Nanotechnology
- Communications technologies
Find out more: Engineering | Science
