The University of Sydney is a leading global research-intensive university with a diverse community of talented thinkers. It is ranked 18th in the world in the 2025 QS World University Rankings. Established in 1850, it has a rich history of empowering minds and addressing global challenges. The university offers a wide range of disciplines, from arts to engineering, and emphasizes sustainability, social impact, and the impact of education.
| Acronym | USYD |
| Nickname | USYD |
| Motto / Slogan | The stars change, the mind remains the same |
| Colour | ochre and charcoal |
| Mascot | Simba the Lion |
| Founded | 1850 |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Address | The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia |
The University of Sydney's core mission is to empower brilliant minds to inspire, educate, and innovate, fostering a community where students reach their full potential.
The University of Sydney's overarching vision is to "be the best Australian university for teaching and learning".
The University of Sydney's primary objective is to empower brilliant minds to inspire, educate, and innovate, fostering a community where students can reach their full potential.
Studying can be challenging, so it’s important to us that you have access to help, including centres to support your study and learning, medical services, and counsellors. Studying can be challenging, which is why we provide a range of support services to help you reach your academic and personal potential, whether you are in need of practical help, study advice, counselling or healthcare.
Access opportunities, programs, and internships that boost your credentials and give you real-world experience. Our students have worked with industry leaders such as Adobe, Airbus, City of Sydney, Deloitte, Facebook, Google, Greenpeace, Microsoft, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines. The University of Sydney Business School gives special support to prepare you for employment, including career planning, coaching, industry experience and job-hunting.
Whether you’re training for a gold medal or looking for a lunchtime workout, Sydney Uni Sport (SUS) offers programs, memberships and sports clubs to suit everyone. The University of Sydney men’s basketball team fell agonisingly short in the 2025 New Balance University Basketball League yesterday, going down 79-70 to the University of Tasmania.
Find a degree that suits your interests, strengths and career goals. Choose from many flexible courses and degree structures at the University of Sydney. Whether you’re starting out or pursuing a passion, explore our undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees.
Entry requirements vary by course. Check the course page for requirements.
Entry requirements vary by course. Check the course page for requirements.
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Under his leadership, the University has embarked an ambitious 10-year strategy, with immediate commitments to more than double scholarship support for under-represented domestic students and invest nearly half a billion dollars in a world-leading biomedical precinct.
As Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Annamarie Jagose works across the executive and academic community to oversee academic enterprise and strengthen the University’s operations and performance. She is responsible for ensuring a focus on outstanding academic performance and scholarship and strategic planning across the faculties, centres and other units.
As Vice Provost, Professor Susan Rowland is responsible for working with the Senior Executive, Deans and Heads of School to oversee enterprise-wide initiatives that support and enhance the academic business of the University. She is a delegate for the Provost in key areas of academic management and operation such as chairing thematic reviews, academic appointment and promotion committees, academic planning and development processes, and gifts administration. Her portfolio includes the University Libraries and the SAGE/Athena Swan initiative.
As Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) and a member of the leadership team within the Education portfolio, Professor Bridgeman leads the University’s support for enhancing the learning experience for students through the development of collaborative and interactive teaching styles and the technologies that support and enable them.
Professor Marshall has an impressive research record and was an ARC Future Fellow from 2013 to 2018. She served as the Director of the Water Research Centre from 2020 to 2022 and the Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Industrial Training Centre in Data Analytics in Resources and Environments from 2020 to 2025. Professor Marshall is a Fellow of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MSSANZ) and was awarded the Biennial Medal of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society for Excellence in Research in 2020.
1850
The University of Sydney is founded on principles of merit and equity by an act of NSW Parliament.
1951
Our first PhDs are awarded to William Wittrick, Eleanora Gyarfas and George Humphrey.
2025
The University of Sydney celebrates 175 yea... read more
The University was founded on two main principles — religious tolerance and the admission of students on academic merit. The first principle ensured students were admitted regardless of religious belief. The second, that students ‘matriculated’ to university by passing an academic examination.
Both ideas were new ways of thinking about universities in the mid-nineteenth century and challenged traditional university models. They emerged out of serious conversations in Britain and Europe about the purpose of universities and were adapted by our founders to create a university to suit the colonial circumstances of New South Wales.
These principles are enshrined in the opening pages of the first University of Sydney Calendar.
Over the past 175 years, the University of Sydney has grown and evolved with our students, staff and community to lead in education, research, student experience and graduate employability.