The University of Sydney is an Australian public university in Sydney. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of its most prestigious, ranked as the 27th most reputable university in the world.In 2013, it was ranked 38th and in the top 0.3% in the QS World University Rankings. Five Nobel or Crawford laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. Sydney is a member of Australia's Group of Eight, Academic Consortium 21, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the Worldwide Universities Network. The University is also colloquially known as one of Australia's sandstone university
1950–2000
The New England University College was founded as part of the University of Sydney in 1938 and later separated in 1954 to become the University of New England.
Under the terms of the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989 (NSW) the following bodies were incorporated into the University in 1990: the Sydney Branch of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
- The Cumberland College of Health Sciences
- The Sydney College of the Arts of the Institute of the Arts
- The Sydney Institute of Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education
- The Institute of Nursing Studies of the Sydney College of Advanced Education
- The Guild Centre of the Sydney College of Advanced Education.
University rankings
| he Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011–12 placed the University of Sydney 58th, 9th in the Asia Pacific and in the top 0.6% in the world. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 placed Sydney 21st in Arts and Humanities, 25th in Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health, 36th in Social Sciences and 46th in Engineering and Technology. The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2013, placed Sydney as the 49th most reputable in the world |
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| Category/Year | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
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| Overall | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 31 | 35 | 35 |
| Arts and humanities | 24 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 35 | N/A | N/A |
| Natural sciences | 39 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 44 | 43 | N/A | N/A |
| Engineering and IT | 40 | 40 | 44 | 40 | 41 | 41 | N/A | N/A |
| Social sciences | 24 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | N/A | N/A |
| Life sciences | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 23 | N/A | N/A |
Main campus
The main campus has been ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph, The Huffington Post and Disney Pixar, among others such as Oxford and Cambridge and is spread across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington.The university is currently undertaking a large capital works program with the aim of revitalising the campus and providing more office, teaching and student space.The program will see the amalgamation of the smaller science and technical libraries into a larger library, and the construction of a central administration and student services building along City Road. A new building for the School of Information Technologies opened in late 2006 and has been located on a site adjacent to the Seymour Centre. The busy Eastern Avenue thoroughfare has been transformed into a pedestrian plaza and a new footbridge has been built over City Road. The new home for the Sydney Law School, located alongside Fisher Library on the site of the old Edgeworth David and Stephen Roberts buildings, has been completed.
