Introduction to UTS

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is a multi-campus university spread over three locations in the Sydney metropolitan area. With a total enrolment of approximately 32,700 students, UTS is one of the largest universities in Australia.

UTS was originally established as the New South Wales Institute of Technology in 1965. In 1988 it attained university status and was joined by the School of Design of the Sydney College of the Arts. The University resulted from amalgamations brought about by the restructuring of the higher education sector in the late 1980s, and in January 1990 the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education and the 'old' UTS formed the new University of Technology, Sydney.

UTS places a strong emphasis on workplace experience and develops and regularly revises its programs of study in partnership with industry, government and professional bodies. It has one of the highest rates of employment for graduates in New South Wales.

The University is fully committed to internationalisation in all aspects of its operations and encourages students to gain international exposure and experience as part of their degree. Students have the opportunity to undertake in-country study – a year of study overseas in the country of their major, as part of the Bachelor of Arts in International Studies – or to go on exchange to an overseas university for credit towards their UTS degree. UTS welcomes students from overseas and currently has international students from over 70 countries in all faculties and on all campuses.

UTS offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees through the faculties of Business; Design, Architecture and Building; Education; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Information Technology; Law; Nursing, Midwifery and Health; and Science, and the Institute for International Studies. Each of the faculties is responsible for programs across a number of key disciplines, and many offer courses in conjunction with one another, or with the Institute for International Studies.

The UTS: Handbook provides information on approved courses and subjects to be offered in the following year, as well as important faculty and student information. Each year, UTS also produces the UTS: Calendar, a companion volume to the Handbook, which contains the University Act, By-law and Rules, and other useful information. Copies of the UTS: Handbook and the UTS: Calendar are held in the University's libraries and faculty offices and can be purchased from the UTS Union.

As UTS is continuously updating and reviewing courses and services to ensure that they meet current and emerging needs, the information contained in these publications may be subject to change. For the latest information see the online UTS: Handbook and UTS: Calendar at: