Undergraduate

Interested in life and the world around you? Come and develop your interests within biology while gaining insight into current issues.

Honours

Do real research under the guidance of some of the most highly respected scientists in Australia.

Postgraduate

Continue your high-achieving studies with a masters and/or PhD, enabling you to pursue specialised career paths in Australia and abroad.

Research

Our dynamic and interdisciplinary research community is made up of internationally recognised researchers who attract high levels of industry support.

What's on

Orientation week

29 February - 2 March

Orientation 2012 aims to help you make the transition into life at the University. With academic and skills information sessions, faculty introductions and social events, it's a week you shouldn't miss!

  • Just ask the locals: new way to tell if a species is native

    Just ask the locals: new way to tell if a species is native

    Alexandra Carthey and A/Prof Peter Banks use a radical new way to determine whether an introduced species has become a native species - by asking the other local species

  • Hotter homes produce smarter babies

    Lizard emerging from egg

    A hotter home appears to produce babies with better cognitive abilities, but before you turn up the home heater to make your baby brainier, the research was conducted on the Australian lizard Bassiana duperreyi

  • Scientists get funny at Bright Club

    Dieter Hochuli

    Turning science into stand-up comedy, three scientists in the division of Natural Sciences at the University of Sydney will take to the stage as part of the Sydney Festival over three nights in January