The University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is one of the world’s leading, comprehensive research and teaching universities. Our community – which stretches across the globe – includes more than 70,000 students, 7500 staff, and 350,000 alumni.

Leadership has always been at the core of our values. We were one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and to open our doors to women on the same basis as men. Our aim is to make lives better not just by producing leaders of society, but through equipping our people with the qualities that allow them to serve all of our communities at every level.

In creating the first university in Australia in 1850, our founders recognised the power of education to inspire positive change. We hold that belief just as strongly today.