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#65 of 14,131 In the World
#3 of 59 In Oceania
#3 of 40 In Australia
#2 of 4 In Sydney
#1 of 1,062 For Publishing
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Acceptance rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Languages
English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate30%
Admissions RequirementsSecondary higher school certificate or recognized foreign equivalent, or previous tertiary study. Direct entrance to second year on completion of studies in another tertiary institution. Overseas students must show proficiency in English (6.5 IELTS or 577 TOEFL minimum with a test of written English minimum of 4.5)
Academic CalendarFebruary to December (February - June; July-December)
Enrollment63,602
Full time employee3,250
Student:staff ratio20:1

Publications & Citations

Publications
166,488
Citations
6,032,193

University of Sydney majors

by publication & citation count

Medicine
59,499 / 2,552,560
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
31,116 / 1,005,398
Biology
30,398 / 1,466,879
Physics
21,506 / 868,785
Engineering
21,400 / 650,568
Chemistry
17,209 / 653,540
Computer Science
16,644 / 554,820
Psychology
16,106 / 669,265
Environmental Science
11,969 / 493,315
Business
10,658 / 292,855
Materials Science
9,892 / 302,401
Demography
9,396 / 560,221
Health Science
8,044 / 377,328
Economics
6,645 / 159,624
Sociology
5,584 / 135,259
Mathematics
5,571 / 200,593
Physical Therapy
5,233 / 288,040
Oncology and Cancer research
5,016 / 252,888
Political Science
4,999 / 43,192
Public Health
4,924 / 244,898
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
4,756 / 139,162
Astrophysics and Astronomy
4,753 / 220,583
Surgery
4,615 / 326,304
Art & Design
4,279 / 57,641
Ecology
3,991 / 229,695
Healthcare Management (MHA)
3,883 / 128,582
Family medicine
3,634 / 96,423
Optical Engineering
3,394 / 85,748
Immunology
3,253 / 188,984
Nursing
3,064 / 77,677
Psychiatry
2,970 / 143,862
Pathology
2,943 / 155,082
Biochemistry
2,771 / 148,631
Genetics
2,742 / 212,123
Anatomy and Physiology
2,606 / 112,471
Pediatrics
2,604 / 142,042
Clinical Psychology
2,441 / 99,209
Communications and Public Relations
2,421 / 62,241
Geography and Cartography
2,403 / 48,569
Law
2,343 / 16,468

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 1121 15341
1992 1204 16800
1993 1283 18017
1994 1480 19937
1995 1576 21818
1996 1865 25579
1997 1862 29385
1998 2087 34948
1999 2324 40767
2000 2408 48279
2001 2524 55527
2002 2603 65555
2003 3160 77825
2004 3413 90855
2005 3876 105331
2006 4592 125419
2007 5204 142589
2008 5627 168018
2009 6265 195604
2010 6952 226127
2011 7523 264463
2012 8290 308393
2013 8983 364581
2014 9541 409894
2015 10231 452674
2016 11328 472204
2017 12514 516664
2018 12556 527108
2019 14049 611570
2020 15308 757084
2021 16003 886128

Tuition

The University of Sydney has financial aid programs.

Programs and Degrees

Programs Associate's degree Bachelor's Master's Doctoral
Design | Arts | Humanities ++++
Business | Politics | Social Sciences ++++
Languages | Culture | Linguistics ++++
Nursing | Health | Pharmacy | Medicine ++++
Engineering | IT ++++
Maths | Natural Sciences ++++

University of Sydney alumni

  1. Dolph Lundgren

    Dolph Lundgren
    Born in
    Sweden Flag Sweden
    Years
    1957-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    actorscreenwriterboxerkaratekafilm producer
    Biography

    Hans Lundgren, better known as Dolph Lundgren, is a Swedish actor, filmmaker and martial artist. His breakthrough came in 1985, when he starred in Rocky IV as the imposing Soviet boxer Ivan Drago. Since then, Lundgren has starred in more than 80 films, almost all of them in the action genre.

  2. Rose Byrne

    Rose Byrne
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1979-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    stage actoractorfilm actor
    Biography

    Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress. She made her screen debut in the film Dallas Doll (1994), and continued to act in Australian film and television throughout the 1990s. She obtained her first leading film role in The Goddess of 1967 (2000), which brought her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and made the transition to Hollywood in the small role of Dormé in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), followed by larger parts in Troy (2004), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Knowing (2009).

  3. Jacqueline Fernandez

    Jacqueline Fernandez
    Born in
    Bahrain Flag Bahrain
    Years
    1985-.. (age 38)
    Occupations
    beauty pageant contestantfilm actormodel
    Biography

    Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actress and model. She has worked in Indian films, predominantly in Hindi, besides appearing in reality shows and music videos. Debuting with Aladin in 2009 she has since then established a career in the Hindi film industry. Fernandez was born and raised in Bahrain to a multiracial Eurasian family of Sri Lankan, Canadian, and Malaysian descent. After graduating in mass communication from the University of Sydney and working as a television reporter in Sri Lanka, she joined the modeling industry. She was crowned Miss Universe Sri Lanka in 2006, and represented her country at Miss Universe 2006.

  4. Julian McMahon

    Julian McMahon
    Born in
    Australia Flag Australia
    Years
    1968-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    film actoractortelevision actormodel
    Biography

    Julian Dana William McMahon is an Australian-American actor, former model, and the son of a former Prime Minister of Australia, Sir William McMahon. He is best known for his roles as Detective John Grant in Profiler, Cole Turner in Charmed, Christian Troy in Nip/Tuck, Doctor Doom in the Fantastic Four franchise, Jonah in Runaways, and Jess LaCroix in CBS crime drama FBI: Most Wanted.

All 100 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names USYD
Founded 1850
Accreditation Department of Education and Training of Australia
Motto Sidere mens eadem mutato
The stars change, the mind remains the same
Colors blue, gold, red
Academic structure Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning
Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Faculty of Economics and Business
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Dentistry
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney College of the Arts
Affiliations and memberships Group of Eight (go8)
Universities Australia
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)
Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL)
Worldwide Universities Network (WUN)

Location and Contacts

Address Building A14, Camperdown
Sydney, New South Wales, 2006
Australia
City population 4,841,000
Phone +61 (0)2 9351 2222
Fax +61 (0)2 9351 4607

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