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(10/08/2021- Excerpt from Institution Website

The University of Sydney (USYD, or informally Sydney Uni) is a public research university located 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, spreading across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington, is ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph and the American Huffington Post. The university comprises eight academic faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees.

The QS World University Rankings ranked the university as one of the world's top 25 universities for academic reputation, and top 5 in the world and first in Australia for graduate employability. 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. Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. 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. The university 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 and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

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News 21 Apr 23

Bilateral research boosts renewable energy technologies

The University of Sydney and Indian Institute of Technology Madras have commenced four new joint projects to address international energy challenges.

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News 22 Mar 23

Researcher Spotlight: Bill Pritchard

This month, we meet Bill Pritchard, a Professor of Geography at the University of Sydney. He has been working with colleagues in India for almost two decades on projects connected to rural development...

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News 14 Mar 23

Top law schools partner

The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) and the University of Sydney Law School have signed a memorandum of understanding to further collaboration.

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Case study 06 Dec 22

Administering medicine to preventing forgery: The potential of joint India-Australia research

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News 26 Sep 22

Sydney-India partnership fosters joint research projects

University of Sydney partners with Tata Consultancy Services

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News 08 Sep 22

Australia-India energy consortium: Driving the hydrogen revolution

A new Australia-India strategic partnership will co-develop innovative solutions under the broad theme of ‘Energy’.

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News 15 Jul 22

How India and Australia are navigating online learning

A recording of a joint Australia-India online seminar exploring 'The Future of the University' is now available.

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