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University of Western Sydney

Western Sydney University
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Emblem of Western Sydney University
Type Public
Established 1989 (1989)
Endowment A$650 million (2013)
Chancellor Peter Shergold AC
Vice-Chancellor Barney Glover
Academic staff
1,543
Administrative staff
1,813
Students 44,918
Undergraduates 37,033
Postgraduates 5,625
Location Sydney, NSW, Australia
Campus Urban, total 1713.5 ha
Colours      Crimson
Affiliations
Website www.westernsydney.edu.au
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University rankings
Western Sydney University
QS World 551-600
THE-WUR World 401-500
ARWU World 301-400
USNWR World 384
CWTS Leiden World 272
Australian rankings
QS National 25=
THE-WUR National 12=
ARWU National 15-21
USNWR National 19
CWTS Leiden National 13
ERA National 27

Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney. It is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and higher research degrees with campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Parramatta, and Penrith. It is currently ranked in the top 400 in the world in the 2014 QS World University Rankings and 19th in Australia in 2015.

The university in its current form was founded in 1989 under the terms of the University of Western Sydney Act, 1988, which created a federated network university with an amalgamation between two trade schools – Nepean College of Advanced Education and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. The Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was incorporated into the university in 1989, and in 2001 the University of Western Sydney was restructured as a single multi-campus university rather than as a federation. In 2015, the university underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name from the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University.

The University consists of an amalgamation of campuses, each with their own unique and individual history. In 1891, the Hawkesbury campus was established as an agricultural college by the NSW Agricultural Society. At Parramatta, Western Sydney University owns and has renovated the Female Orphan School building, the foundation stone of which was laid by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1813.

In 1987 the New South Wales Labor government planned to name the university Chifley University, after the former Labor Prime Minister, Ben Chifley. However, in 1989, a new Liberal government reversed this decision and controversially named it the University of Western Sydney.


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