Message from the Dean

Welcome to the Faculty of Science at UTS. For more than a quarter of a century, UTS Science has won the respect of both the scientific community and major employers because of its engagement with leading-edge ideas and its capacity to deliver courses that build on these ideas, delivering skills and perspectives valued by scientists and employers alike. UTS Science leads the way with its focus on designing courses that employers' value, teaching good science and useful real-world skills.

UTS has a strong commitment to science and this was proven with its recent investment of over $100 million to build new state-of-the-art laboratory and practical class facilities. Science has also taken this opportunity to renew the way it connects with industry and the community by setting up five new technology hubs. The technology hubs provide high-level teaching and consultancy in cutting-edge techniques and platform technologies, and enable interaction and work with industry partners. It is also through the technology hubs that students network with industry, in areas such as proteomics, advanced materials, chemical technologies, environmental analysis and computational analysis.

UTS believes science is about giving people choice and the power to shape their lives. As such, the Faculty's courses reach into the basic sciences like biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics to connect students with ongoing scientific revolutions such as biotechnology, nanotechnology and computation. The Faculty's research institutes and centres, with their collaborators around the world, address major issues that confront this generation: water and environmental resource management, infectious disease, advanced energy efficient materials, security, financial structures and many more.

As a result, UTS Science's courses give students a head start in environmental management, social or health policy in the face of biotechnology developments, safety standards or any other issues surrounding the introduction of new technology or high technology business and commerce. Students can pursue some of these areas through combined degrees that integrate science with other relevant areas from other faculties, such as Bachelor of Medical Science and Bachelor of Business.

At UTS, students can put their passion for science to work. The Faculty aims to connect students with the people and the ideas, both inside and outside UTS, that will make a difference to their career.

I wish you an enjoyable and productive year, and I know that you will find your time at UTS rewarding both professionally and personally.

Professor John Rice, Dean