University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

Emblem of UTS
Former names	Workingman's College (1870s) Sydney Technical College (1882) New South Wales Institute of Technology (1969-1988)
Motto	Think. Change. Do
Type	Public
Established	1870; University (1988)
Endowment	A$669 million (2013)
Chancellor	Brian Wilson
Vice-Chancellor	Attila Brungs
Administrative staff	3,110 (2013)
Students	37,673 (2013)
Undergraduates	25,164 (2013)
Postgraduates	12,509 (2013)
Location	Sydney, Australia 33°53′1″S 151°12′3″E / 33.88361°S 151.20083°E / -33.88361; 151.20083
Campus	Urban
Colours	White and black
Affiliations	ATN ACU ASAIHL
Website	www.uts.edu.au

Workingman's College (1870s)
Sydney Technical College (1882)

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university in Sydney, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, although its origins trace back to the 1870s. It is part of the Australian Technology Network of universities.

It was ranked 4th in Australia in the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 and in the 301st–400th bracket in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities. UTS is ranked in the top 250 universities by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 28th on the Times Higher Education list of "100 most international universities in the world". UTS ranked 9th in Australia at 193rd in the 2016-2017 QS World University Rankings.

The present-day University of Technology originates from the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (the oldest continuously running Mechanics' Institute in Australia), which was established in 1833. In the 1870s, the SMSA formed the Workingman's College which was later taken over by the NSW government to form, in 1882, the Sydney Technical College. In 1969, part of the Sydney Technical College became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). It was officially unveiled by Neville Wran.

It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1988 under the University of Technology, Sydney Act of NSW State Parliament, which was later superseded by the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1989 (NSW). In 1990, it absorbed the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the NSW Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989.

Although its antecedent institutions go back as far as 1893, they took new shapes from the 1960s, creating a new University focused on practice-oriented education with strong links to industry, the professions and the community, and with a growing research reputation and a strong commitment to internationalisation.