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The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back to the 1870s. UTS is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network (ATN), and is a member of Universities Australia (UA) and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

The university is organised into nine faculties and schools, which together administers 130 undergraduate courses and 210 postgraduate courses. In 2024, the university enrolled 51,038 students, including 35,453 undergraduate students. The university is home to over 45 research centres and institutes, who regularly collaborates along with industry and government partners.

UTS recognises more than 180 different clubs and societies. Its varsity sports teams, which is overseen by UTS Sport, competes in the UniSport Nationals as well as in standalone national championships throughout the year. As of 2024, the university has over 280,000 alumni worldwide.

History

The Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (the oldest continuously running Mechanics' Institute in Australia) was established in 1833. In the 1870s, the school expanded into technical education and formed the Working Men's College, which was taken over by the NSW government to form the Sydney Technical College in 1878.

In 1940 the NSW Parliament passed an Act to establish an Institute of Technology, which in 1964 led to the establishment of the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). In 1968, the NSWIT amalgamated with the NSW Institute of Business Studies. In 1976 NSWIT established the first law school in NSW outside the university sector. The Haymarket campus officially opened in 1985.

On 8 October 1987 university status was granted to NSWIT, which was followed by the passing of the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1987. It was reconstituted as the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on 26 January 1988, along with the incorporation of the School of Design of the former Sydney College of the Arts. In 1989, the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1989 (NSW) formed UTS by absorbing the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (KCAE) and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education (ITATE) of the Sydney College of Advanced Education. By 1991, an academic structure of nine faculties and 25 schools was established.

The School of Design was initially housed at a campus in Balmain, which closed at the end of 1994, with the school moved to a new building at the city campus. The environmental, biological and biomedical science schools were located on a campus at St Leonards, which was closed in 2006, which also relocated to the city campus following a redevelopment.

The Kuring-Gai campus closed at the end of 2015, with classes and facilities moved into the main Haymarket campus. This marked the consolidation of UTS into a single unified campus in the Sydney CBD.

Following an academic restructure in 2025, the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building was merged alongside the former Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and the UTS Animal Logic Academy to form the Faculty of Design and Society.

Campus

The UTS city campus is located at the southern border of the Sydney central business district, close to Central station and Railway Square, within Sydney's emerging Tech Central. The UTS Tower is the nucleus of the city campus, fronting on to Broadway.

The campus consists of five distinct precincts. Broadway, Haymarket and Blackfriars are located at the city campus, while precincts at Moore Park and Botany integrate specialist facilities with surrounding industry organisations. Broadway (located in Ultimo) is home to the faculties of Science, Health, Law, Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering and IT, and Design, Architecture and Building, as well as the UTS Library. Haymarket is the location of the Business School, UTS Startups, the UTS Animal Logic Academy and two lecture theatres in the Powerhouse Museum. The Blackfriars precinct in Chippendale contains the Blackfriars Children's Centre and research and innovation teams while the Moore Park precinct features sports facilities within the Rugby Australia Building and the Botany precinct consists of the specialist research facility UTS Tech Lab.

The campus has been substantially transformed since 2008 by the university's City Campus Master Plan, a $1 billion-plus investment in new buildings and facilities, major upgrades and refurbishments.

Buildings and architecture

The UTS Tower on Broadway (Building 1) is an example of brutalist architecture with square and block concrete designs. Completed and officially opened in 1979 by Premier Neville Wran, the Tower initially housed the NSW Institute of Technology, which transformed to become UTS in the late 1980s. In October 2006, the UTS Tower was voted the ugliest building in Sydney in a poll hosted by the Sydney Morning Herald, receiving 23% of the total vote. The Tower is the largest campus building in terms of both height and floor space.

Other notable buildings in the Broadway precinct include:

Building 2, UTS Central, is intended as a central hub for the campus. Opened in August 2019, the 17-storey building is encased in glass and includes the UTS Library, the Faculty of Law, the Hive Super Lab, three large collaborative classrooms, student spaces and a food court. The new food court includes outlets such as Mad Mex, Chatime, PapaRich and Uni Bros, and all single-use plastic packaging has been replaced with fully compostable, reusable or recyclable alternatives. It was designed by Australian architectural firm Francis-Jones Morehan Thorp.

Building 3, the Bon Marche Building, which dates to the 1890s and was named after the Parisian department store Le Bon Marché. Originally a department store operated by Marcus Clark & Co, the building was incorporated into the university campus in 2000 and now accommodates recording studios and other specialist facilities for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Organisation and administration

Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor

• List of Chancellors
• Peter Johnson (1989—1999)
• Sir Gerard Brennan (1999—2005)
• Vicki Sara (2005—2016)
• Catherine Livingstone (2016—2025)
• Michael Rose (2025—present)
• List of Vice-Chancellors
• Gus (Roy David) Guthrie (1988—1996)
• Tony (Anthony John Dyson) Blake (1996—2002)
• Ross Milbourne (2002—2014)
• Attila Brungs (2014—2021)
• Andrew Parfitt (2021—present)

Academic Board

The UTS Academic Board is the principal advisory body to the UTS Council on academic matters.

The Academic Board is concerned with policy development as it relates to the University's academic programs in education, scholarship and research, and community service. It refers to policy recommendations to Council and discusses matters referred to it by Council.

Academic Board plays a key role in the UTS community in providing a forum for the discussion and debate of the academic directions of the University as well as the quality of its academic programs. The Board consists of academic staff members as well as student members elected for a general period of 1–2 years.

Faculties and schools

The university consists of a number of faculties and schools:

• UTS Business School
• Faculty of Design and Society
• Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
• Faculty of Health
• Graduate Research School
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Science
• Transdisciplinary School

Other entities

In addition to the faculties, there are a number other units falling under the Provost and Senior Vice-President's division, within the remit of the Vice-Chancellor and President. As of 2021, these comprise three administrative units (Planning and Quality Unit, UTS Internal Audit and Chief Data Officer), as well as the:

Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion.

Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (formerly Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning).

The Graduate Research School, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, and the Institute for Sustainable Futures fall under the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), a number of units relating to international students are governed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (International), and many other administrative units exist under similar divisions under the Vice-Chancellor and President.

UTS College

UTS College (formerly UTS Insearch) is a private higher education provider and pathways provider to UTS. UTS College provides academic English programs, foundation studies and diplomas, with the option to continue undergraduate studies at UTS. Programs are designed in collaboration with UTS and delivered in smaller class sizes, with additional learning support services. Programs are offered in several locations throughout the world, including Sydney.

Academic profile

Admissions

As of 2024, UTS had the third highest demand for places in New South Wales for university applicants.

For domestic applications, an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is required, with selection ranks varying between courses. Applicants may also be eligible for admission if they have completed a UTS foundation course or an AQF Diploma. Applicants applying with an IB Diploma will have their scores converted into a UAC Rank for admission.

In 2024, statistics by the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) revealed that the Bachelor of Business program at UTS was the second most in-demand course in the state, with 956 applicants placing it as their first preference. The Bachelor of Nursing program was the ninth most in-demand course with 608 applicants.

Rankings

In the 2024 Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, which measures aggregate performance across the QS, THE and ARWU rankings, the university attained a position of #140 (9th nationally).

National publications

In the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking 2025, the university was tied #8 amongst Australian universities.

Global publications

In the 2026 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (published 2025), the university attained a position of #96 (9th nationally).

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 (published 2025), the university attained a tied position of #145 (8th nationally).

In the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university attained a position of #201–300 (tied 9–13th nationally).

In the 2025–2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, the university attained a position of #83 (6th nationally).

In the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2024, the university attained a position of #178 (6th nationally).

Student outcomes

The Australian Government's QILT conducts national surveys documenting the student life cycle from enrolment through to employment. These surveys place more emphasis on criteria such as student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction than perceived reputation, research output and citation counts.

In the 2023 Employer Satisfaction Survey, graduates of the university had an overall employer satisfaction rate of 86.5%.

In the 2023 Graduate Outcomes Survey, graduates of the university had a full-time employment rate of 77.5% for undergraduates and 87.1% for postgraduates. The initial full-time salary was A$70,000 for undergraduates and A$95,200 for postgraduates.

In the 2023 Student Experience Survey, undergraduates at the university rated the quality of their entire educational experience at 76.9% meanwhile postgraduates rated their overall education experience at 79.6%.

Student life

Student demographics

In 2024, the university had an enrolment of 51,038 students. 35,453 are undergraduate students and 15,585 postgraduate students. Of all students, 37,231 (73%) are Australian citizens or permanent residents and 13,807 (27%) are international students.

Students were enrolled in 9 schools or faculties: The largest being the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at 27.2%, followed by the School of Business at 19.9% and the Faculty of Health at 10.3%.

Student union

ActivateUTS (formerly UTS Union) operates a range of on-campus student services, including food and beverage outlets, cultural activities, fitness and catering services as well as clubs and societies, student publications and Orientation Day. The City Campus is home to two licensed bars, 'The Underground' and 'The Loft'.

ActivateUTS is governed by a board of thirteen directors consisting of seven students (elected by the student cohort in annual elections), two staff members (elected by the staff of the university), the CEO of ActivateUTS, the chair (appointed by the university council), the treasurer (appointed by the university council) and one other director (appointed by the university council, usually external to the university or a former student). From the seven students elected, a president and a vice-president is elected each year by the board. The chair is responsible for the conduct of the board meetings.

Clubs and societies

The University of Technology Sydney recognises over 180 clubs and societies. 6,784 students were involved in a club or society in 2021.

During Orientation Day in 2020, there were over 6,765 club membership purchases from 3,505 students, up nearly 200% from the previous year.

Student newspaper and radio

UTS has its own community radio station on campus, 2SER FM. The studio is located in building 18, known as the terraces, and broadcasts to the entire Sydney region. The station is jointly owned by UTS and Macquarie University, with a second studio at Macquarie University. UTS Journalism students help produce the station's news and current affairs programs including "The Wire" and "Razors Edge".

The UTS Students' Association is the representative student organisation at UTS. It publishes the student newspaper, Vertigo, runs the second hand bookshop and advocates on behalf of students both individually and collectively.

Sports and athletics

The University of Technology Sydney's sports teams are overseen by UTS Sport. The university sponsors 35 sports clubs, which together has over 4,700 members. Its sports clubs play in a variety of sports, including Australian rules football, basketball, cricket, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby union, soccer, tennis, volleyball and water polo.

Notable people

Notable alumni

As of 2024, the University of Technology Sydney has over 280,000 alumni worldwide. The UTS Alumni Awards, which is held annually, recognises graduates of the university who have made important contributions in their field. The university has been home to numerous Fulbright Scholars, John Monash Scholars, one Rhodes Scholar, and one Schwarzman Scholar.

Several notable alumni have served as politicians at either federal, state or local level, or some famus social activists worldwide including former Deputy Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek, former Premier of New South Wales Morris Iemma, former Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales John Robertson, former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Henry Tsang and Current Chinese Social Activist Kong Junyou

Notable alumni in arts and entertainment include actor Hugh Jackman, actress Rachel Ward, actor and comedian Anh Do, actress Natasha Liu Bordizzo, dancer and singer Emma Watkins, comedy writer and performer Chris Taylor, actress Charlotte Best and media personality Sonia Kruger.

Other notable alumni include billionaire entrepreneur Robin Khuda, billionaire businessman Richard White, Gojek CEO Andre Soelistyo, Federal Court judge Jane Needham, businessman David Murray, journalist and anchor Lynda Kinkade, former Crown Prosecutor of New South Wales Margaret Cunneen, cricketer Pat Cummins, businessman Russell Balding, entertainment journalist Brooke Boney, author Janine Shepherd, cricketer Alyssa Healy, economist Cristina Cifuentes, sports journalist Lara Pitt, author Kate Grenville, investigative journalist Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Chinese Minister of Justice He Rong, businesswoman Kim McKay, and Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson.

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