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Why choose Sydney?

When you choose postgraduate study at the University of Sydney, you light the path to a world of possibilities. Our wide range of courses and research deliver the latest thinking, encouraging personal expression and inspiring you to achieve your professional and personal goals.

As a leading university, we offer wide range of practical, relevant courses with flexible degree structures. We don’t believe one model fits all. We encourage you to start working towards your goal, your way, from your first day at university.

As a global university, many of our degrees have a strong international emphasis and we offer comprehensive exchange programs that will allow you to travel and experience a different culture while you learn.

Ignite your true potential with us.

Our campus

The University of Sydney is a blend of neo-gothic sandstone complete with gargoyles, cloisters and courtyards mixed with contemporary, state-of-the-art facilities, offering the highest quality teaching, learning and research environments.

A rich and vibrant student life

With hundreds of clubs and societies, cafes, bars, bands, theatre productions, sports, three sporting complexes, and Australia’s oldest student newspaper, Honi Soit, you will be a part of Australia’s most vibrant and active student community.

We create leaders

Many of our graduates have gone on to become inspirational leaders, making a positive difference in Australia and around the world. They’ve championed Aboriginal Australian rights, written prizewinning books and won Olympic gold medals. Our alumni have changed the face of global medicine and science, been on both sides of the camera, and continue to change our national and worldwide agendas.

  • Geraldine Brooks (BA 1979, Hon LLD 2007) has always told other people’s stories, whether as a highly respected journalist or a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. Studying Arts at the University of Sydney was a transformative part of her own story. “It opens you up to ideas, and gives you an essential toolbox for an ongoing intellectual journey,” she says.
  • Charles Perkins was the first Aboriginal Australian to graduate from an Australian university, completing a Bachelor of Arts here in 1965. It was a time of “very exciting people with great intellect at the university”, he said. His passion and tenacity led to his participation in the Freedom Ride, a national protest against racial discrimination in Australia.
  • Chris Brown, now better known as the ‘Bondi Vet’, lived in student accommodation at Nepean Lodge while he studied in the Faculty of Veterinary Science. The death of his dog convinced him to become a vet: “It showed me that I not only cared immensely for [animals] but that I was also fascinated by how they work and how to keep them healthy.”
  • As an undergraduate, John Bell was heavily involved in the Drama Society at the University, and this inspired him to pursue a career in the dramatic arts and begin the renowned Bell Shakespeare theatre company. “Sydney University gave me a lot of encouragement and self-confidence,” he says. His work has influenced two generations of Australians to take an active interest in the dramatic arts.

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If you would like to find out more about postgraduate study at Sydney, please contact us on 1300 362 006 or ask a question online.