Partnerships

As well as drawing upon the expertise available within the University of Sydney, the United States Studies Centre draws upon partnerships with other Australian universities and organisations, and existing and new partnerships with US universities and institutions.

National outreach in Australia aims to foster growth of existing and new co-operative ventures with other universities, business groups and institutes, such as the Lowy Institute, as well as offering discussions, lectures and briefings at other major Australian cities and regional centres.

Alongside the University, the American Australian Association is the co-founder of the United States Studies Centre. Established in 1948, the AAA is the largest non-profit organisation in the United States devoted to relations between the United States and Australia and New Zealand. The AAA continues to be involved with the Centre through its financial commitment, fund raising efforts and participation by its directors on the Board.

The US Studies Centre also finds a partner in the New South Wales Government which has contributed $2 million to the Centre over five years. The Government takes special interest in the Centre’s business-related activities, and is committed to strengthening the Centre’s business knowledge and capacity to develop business opportunities from the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. In addition, the Centre is working with Federal and State Governments to train teachers and provide materials in US Studies for secondary school curricula, envisaging the training of up to 1000 teachers in the first 3-5 years through its programs.

The US Studies Centre collaborates with other leading Australian universities, as well as US universities, such as Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, Dartmouth and Columbia. The Centre is also forming partnerships with leading research institutes such as the Woodrow Wilson Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies and RAND.

Internationally, the pattern of the University’s US academic collaboration is both broad and deep, already including many of the leading universities in the US:

• In Law and Business, collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell, Michigan State University of Texas A&M, Stanford, University of Colorado, Illinois Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Bentley College and Georgia State University, International Security Studies, RAND, Columbia, New York University, Duke, Wharton, University of North Carolina and Harvard
• In American History, collaboration with UC Berkeley, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University and the University of North Carolina
• In the Arts, Architecture and Agriculture, collaboration with Cornell University, State University of New York at Buffalo, University of Texas, University of New Orleans, UC Berkeley, Arizona State University, University of Massachusetts, Rutgers University, Stanford University, Columbia University and UC San Diego.

Potential new collaborations include the UC Berkeley’s Goldman School, as well the UC Los Angeles with which the University is developing programs in American Politics, Film and Media Studies and Entertainment, and with Stanford University’s Sloan Master’s of Business Administration Program.