The University of Sydney (USYD, or informally Sydney Uni) 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 world's leading universities. The university is known as one of Australia's six 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.[4][5] The university comprises nine faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees.
The QS World University Rankings ranked Sydney as one of the world's top 25 most reputable universities,[6] and its graduates as the top 5 most employable in the world and first in Australia.[7] It is one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and opened their doors to women on the same basis as men.[8]
Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty.[9] The university has educated seven Australian prime ministers, two governors-general of Australia, nine state governors and territory administrators, and 24 justices of the High Court of Australia, including four chief justices. Sydney has produced 110 Rhodes Scholars and 19 Gates Scholars.
The University of Sydney is a member of the Group of Eight, CEMS, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Worldwide Universities Network.
