Sydney university
Coat of arms of the University of Sydney
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| Latin: Universitas Sidneiensis | |
| Motto | Latin: Sidere mens eadem mutato English: "Though the constellations are changed, the mind is the same." (literal) |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1850 |
| Endowment |
A$1.8 billion (2013) |
| Chancellor | Belinda Hutchinson |
| Vice-Chancellor | Michael Spence |
| Visitor | Governor of New South Wales ex officio |
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Administrative staff
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5,350 (2015) |
| Students | 52,789 (2014) |
| Undergraduates | 33,505 (2014) |
| Postgraduates | 19,284 (2014) |
| Location |
Sydney, Australia 33°53′16″S 151°11′14″E / 33.88778°S 151.18722°E |
| Campus | Urban, parks |
| Colours |
Red, Yellow & Blue |
| Affiliations | Group of Eight, APRU, ASAIHL, AAUN, ACU, WUN |
| Website | sydney |
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| University rankings | |
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| University of Sydney | |
| QS World | 46 |
| THE-WUR World | 60= |
| ARWU World | 82 |
| USNWR World | 45 |
| CWTS Leiden World | 197 |
| Australian rankings | |
| QS National | 3 |
| THE-WUR National | 3= |
| ARWU National | 5 |
| USNWR National | 2 |
| CWTS Leiden National | 9 |
| ERA National | 5 |
Red, Yellow & Blue
The University of Sydney (informally, USyd) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of the country's leading universities. The university comprises 16 faculties and schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. In 2011 it had 32,393 undergraduate and 16,627 graduate students.
The university is colloquially known as one of Australia's sandstone universities. Its campus is ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph and The Huffington Post, spreading across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington.
Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. The university has educated six prime ministers and 24 justices of the High Court of Australia, including four chief justices. Sydney has produced 24 Rhodes Scholars and several Gates Scholars.
The University of Sydney is a member of the Group of Eight, Academic Consortium 21, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN), the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Worldwide Universities Network.
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