Alumni
Our alumni community brings together health professionals from around the world, giving you the opportunity to reconnect with old classmates and meet new people at a variety of different career stages.
Participate in and enjoy a range of alumni programs and benefits aimed at expanding your personal and professional networks and keeping you involved in our activities.
Become a mentor, donate to a worthy cause, learn about ground-breaking University research or get together for a laugh at one of our reunions. Whatever you're after, we'll help you stay connected to your alma mater.
Ways to get involved
Annual alumni award events are hosted by the University of Sydney to celebrate the achievements of our graduates and recognise the contributions they make to their professional fields and the community.
To find out about past award winners, selection criteria or to make a nomination, please visit:
We host a number of events and seminars throughout the year, offering students and alumni the opportunity for professional development, networking and the sharing of knowledge. Keep an eye on the faculty events page for future events, or update your details to receive email invitations.
Your support will help us to deliver medical breakthroughs, find preventions and cures, create healthier populations and foster the next generation of leading healthcare professionals and researchers.
You can make a one-off or ongoing gift, establish a bequest, or donate in honour of a person who is significant to you. Every gift, no matter its size, makes a difference to the work we do.
Why donate?
- All donations go to those who need it most.
- 100% of your donation goes straight to the cause.
- Philanthropy benefits both the giver and the receiver.
- All donations over $2 are tax deductible in Australia.
- We rely on donations to support life changing research, scholarships and projects.
- You can support a specific cause or give us the choice of deciding where your donation will have immediate impact.
Learn more about donating to the Faculty of Medicine and Health.
As a University of Sydney graduate, you can benefit from career development programs, webinars, memberships, online courses and alumni events.
Learn more about the range of resources and benefits available to our alumni.
We love helping current students and recent graduates as they progress in their journey toward becoming healthcare professionals, and have plenty of opportunities for eager alumni to become mentors to current students.
To get involved or to find out about mentoring opportunities in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, please contact Alumni Engagement at alumni.office@sydney.edu.au.
Reunions are a great opportunity for alumni to get together, exchange news and reconnect. If you’re interested in organising a reunion, the Alumni Team can help you make contact with classmates and assist with planning the event.
Browse upcoming medicine and health reunions.
Share your stories with current and prospective students, as well as the broader alumni community. We welcome expressions of interest from a range of medicine and health graduate for a range of speaking opportunities throughout the year, including career panels, student recruitment opportunities as well as being featured in marketing material in a range of settings.
To express interest in a speaking opportunity, please email alumni.office@sydney.edu.au.
Sydney School of Health Sciences
If you are a health sciences graduate and intend to work outside Australia, you may need to register with the relevant overseas registration body or agency in the country, state or province in which you wish to work.
Applying for overseas registration
Contact the relevant overseas registration body you wish to become registered in to find out the eligibility criteria, their application process and fees.
Gather and complete relevant overseas registration body or agency forms and supporting documents.
Complete the University of Sydney’s Overseas Registration Application and submit the application with attached valid identification and proof of payment to shs.overseasregistration@sydney.edu.au
- Read the FAQs + Information sheet (pdf, 106KB)
- Complete the Overseas Registration Application (docx, 120KB)
- Attach valid identification documentation (check the FAQs + Information sheet)
- Attach overseas registration body or agency forms
- Pay the application fee via the University’s online payment system, Onestop Secure.
Attention: Occupational Therapy (OT) applicants
Please contact us to request an OT specific Clinical Education Placements Summary form. If you complete anything other than the OT specific form, you will be asked to complete the correct form which will result in delays to your application being processed.
Upon receipt of your overseas registration application, overseas registration body or agency-specific forms and proof of payment, the application process will begin.
It may take eight weeks (or longer) to complete as multiple areas of the University are involved in the preparation, collection, collation and verification of documents for overseas registration.
Once completed, the verified and signed documents are stamped and packaged for mailing directly to the overseas registration body or agency (unless otherwise instructed) from the University. Applicants will receive an electronic copy of the overseas registration package for their records.
How can I follow up on my application?
Contact the Sydney School of Health Sciences Overseas Registration by email at shs.overseasregistration@sydney.edu.au to follow up on the progress of your application.
Contact
E: shs.overseasregistration@sydney.edu.au
Sydney Nursing School
**Please note: due to staff leave, no applications for overseas registration documentation will be processed by Sydney Nursing School until February 2025**
If you are a Nursing, or Nutrition and Dietetics graduate and intend to work outside Australia, you may need to register with the relevant overseas registration body or agency in the country, state or province in which you wish to work.
This process can take some time. You should first contact the relevant overseas registration body you wish to become registered in to find out the eligibility criteria, their application process and fees.
The overseas registration body will usually require official documentation from the University of Sydney including your academic transcript, documentation of your theoretical and clinical placement hours, and the course syllabus. When you are clear about the requirements, please follow the below steps:
- Download and complete the relevant sections of the overseas registration body or agency’s forms.
- Pay the Sydney Nursing School $200 overseas registration application fee via Onestop secure payment.
- Send your overseas registration body or agency forms and the application fee receipt to: nursing.educationsupport@sydney.edu.au.
Following receipt of your forms and fee, applications will usually take about six weeks to be processed by Sydney Nursing School.
Once all documents are compiled, the School will courier the verified and signed documents to the overseas registration body or agency - unless otherwise instructed. In some cases the documents are transferred electronically to the registering body or agency. Applicants will receive an electronic copy of all documents for their records.
If you have not been notified within six weeks of providing your documentation that your application has been processed, please contact: contact: nursing.educationsupport@sydney.edu.au to check on the status of your application.
Sydney Medical School
If you are a medicine graduate and intend to work outside Australia, you may need to register with the relevant overseas registration body or agency in the country, state or province in which you wish to work.
This process can take some time. You should first contact the relevant overseas registration body you wish to become registered in to find out the eligibility criteria, their application process and fees.
The overseas registration body will usually require official documentation from the University of Sydney, for example, your academic transcript, documentation of your clinical placements, a letter of good standing and the course curriculum. When you are clear about the requirements, please email sms.education-support@sydney.edu.au with the details of the documentation you are requesting and how you would like it sent to you or the registration body (e.g. via email or post).
It may take a number of weeks to collate the information from the Education Support team, your Clinical School and relevant Student Services teams. Therefore, please leave plenty of time for your request to be processed.
If you have any queries, please contact sms.education-support@sydney.edu.au.
Alumni publications
Published twice a year, SAM is the University's premium print magazine which shares the compelling stories of our alumni.
It is supported by SAM Extra, our digital monthly newsletter, which features news, events and other information to keep you up to date with what’s going on in our alumni community.
To read the latest issue of SAM click here.
To subscribe to SAM and SAM Extra, update your details.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health Alumni Newsletter is a newsletter for all medicine and health alumni. It is a popular publication that details the latest news, views, events and initiatives from across the Faculty of Medicine and Health.
To subscribe to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Alumni Newsletter, please email
alumni.office@sydney.edu.au
Radius is a newsletter for the Sydney Medical School's alumni. It is a popular publication that details the latest news, views, events and initiatives of Sydney Medical School, its staff and alumni.
To subscribe to Radius, please email
alumni.office@sydney.edu.au
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