USYD makes lives better by producing leaders of society and equipping people with leadership qualities so they can serve our communities at every level.

USYD regularly ranks in the world’s top 50, with 73000 students and 8100 continuing and fix-term staff.
USYD established in 1850, Australia’s first university.

The big picture drives USYD’s research, and USYD takes a problem and looks at it from all angles, combining the expertise and talents of scholars from many disciplines. For society and culture, research extends beyond the laboratory, bringing insight into how people live and the connections and complexities of lives. For health and wellbeing, multi-disciplinary research brings together knowledge from areas as diverse as the arts, philosophy and engineering alongside clinicians to make positive changes to health and wellbeing. For the environment, research into global issues is making a difference in tackling environmental challenges, finding new approaches and solutions. For technology, USYD uses the power of technology to transform lives and revolutionise the future.

USYD has teachers, researchers and students based all over Australia. The biggest campus is in the inner city of Sydney, including six libraries, art galleries, historical museums, perfectly manicured lawns.