University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney
Emblem of UTS
Former names

Workingman's College (1870s)
Sydney Technical College (1882)[1]

New South Wales Institute of Technology (1969-1988)
Motto Think. Change. Do
Type Public research university
Established 1988 (1988)
Chancellor Catherine Livingstone
Vice-Chancellor Attila Brungs
Administrative staff
 3,632 (2017)[2]
Students 44,753 (2017)[2]
Undergraduates 31,893 (2017)[2]
Postgraduates 12,860 (2017)[2]
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
33°53′1″S 151°12′3″E / 33.88361°S 151.20083°E / -33.88361; 151.20083
Campus Urban
Colours Black and White
         
Affiliations
Website www.uts.edu.au

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Although its origins are said to trace back to the 1870s, the university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2017, UTS enrolls 44,753 students, including 31,893 undergraduate and 12,860 postgraduate students through its 9 faculties and schools.[3]

The university is regarded as one of Australia's leading young universities (under 50 years old), ranked 1st in Australia and 10th in the world by the 2019 QS World University Rankings.[4]

UTS is a member of the Australian Technology Network, the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

History

The University of Technology Sydney originates from the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts (the oldest continuously running Mechanics' Institute in Australia), which was established in 1833.[5] In the 1870s, the School formed the Workingman's College, which was later taken over by the NSW government to form, in 1882, the Sydney Technical College.[1]

In 1940 the NSW Parliament passes Act to establish an Institute of Technology, which in 1964 lead to the establishment of New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). In 1968, amalgamation of the NSW Institute of Business Studies and the NSW Institute of Technology took place. In 1976 NSWIT establishes the first law school in NSW outside the university sector. In 1985 the Haymarket Campus is officially opened.

On 8 October 1987 university status is granted to NSWIT, which was followed by the passing of the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1987. It was reconstituted as the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 1988, along with the incorporation of the School of Design of the former Sydney College of the Arts. In 1989, the University of Technology, Sydney, Act 1989 (NSW) formed UTS by absorbing the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education (KCAE) and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education (ITATE) of the Sydney College of Advanced Education. An academic Structure of nine faculties and 25 schools was established in 1991.

Campus

UTS Tower

City campus

The UTS city campus is located in Ultimo, Sydney, and consists of five precincts – Broadway, Haymarket, Blackfriars, Moore Park and Botany. The campus is home to the faculties of Science, Health, Arts and Social Sciences, Engineering and IT, Design, Architecture and Building, Business and Law, as well as the Graduate School of Health.

The university is in the final stages of completing a $1 billion-plus infrastructure investment program to reshape its campus.[6]

Architecture

The University of Technology Sydney's campus buildings are a mix of architectural styles, reflecting the different periods in which the buildings and grounds were constructed and refurbished.

The UTS Tower on Broadway (Building 1) is an example of brutalist architecture with square and block concrete designs. In October 2006, the UTS Tower was voted the ugliest building in Sydney in a poll hosted by The Sydney Morning Herald, receiving 23% of the total vote.[7]

At the Haymarket precinct, Building 5 combines a modern interior within the remaining exterior of the old markets building, while nearby, the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building (Building 8), designed by celebrated architect Frank Gehry, is considered a contemporary architectural icon. Other notable buildings on campus include Building 10 on Jones St – the old Fairfax building – and its neighbours, the Faculty of Engineering and IT (Building 11) on Broadway and the new Faculty of Science Building (Building 7) overlooking Alumni Green. UTS Central, currently under construction on Broadway, is transforming the old Building 2 site into a student hub and new home for the Faculty of Law.

UTS Library

UTS provides services through the Blake Library (City Campus) as well as an range of online services on the UTS Library website.

Organisation

The university consists of 9 faculties and schools:[8]

  • Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • School of Business
  • Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
  • Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
  • Graduate School of Health
  • Faculty of Health
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation

Governance

The UTS Academic Board is the principal advisory body to the UTS Council on academic matters.

The Academic Board is concerned with policy development as it relates to the University's academic programs in education, scholarship and research, and community service. It refers to policy recommendations to Council and discusses matters referred to it by Council.

Academic Board plays a key role in the UTS community in providing a forum for the discussion and debate of the academic directions of the University as well as the quality of its academic programs. The Board consists of academic staff members as well as student members elected for a general period of 1–2 years.[9]

List of Chancellors
List of Vice-Chancellors
  • 1988-96 RD Guthrie
  • 1996-2002 AJD Blake
  • 2002-14 – RE Milbourne
  • 2014-present – Attila Brungs

Academics

Rankings

University rankings
University of Technology Sydney
QS World[11] 160
THE-WUR World[12] 196
ARWU World[13] 301–400
USNWR World[14] 294
CWTS Leiden World[15] 122
Australian rankings
QS National[11] 9
THE-WUR National[16] 9
ARWU National[17] 15–21
USNWR National[18] 11
CWTS Leiden National[15] 2
ERA National[19] 14[20]

UTS is ranked 9th in Australia and 160th internationally in the QS World University Rankings 2018–2019.[21] UTS is ranked 9th in Australia and 196th internationally by the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[12] UTS is ranked 122nd (second in Australia) in the 2017 CWTS Leiden ranking.[15] The university is ranked in the 301st–400th bracket in the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities.[22]

UTS ranked 1st in Australia and 15th globally in the 2017 Times Higher Education top 150 universities 150 Under 50 Rankings.[23] Similarly, in the 2018 QS Top 50 Under 50 index of universities founded less than 50 years ago, UTS ranked 8th in the world and 1st in Australia.[24]

Student life

Activate UTS (formerly UTS Union) is the peak service provider at the University of Technology Sydney. It operates a range of on-campus student services, including food & beverage outlets, cultural activities, fitness and catering services as well as clubs and societies, student publications and Orientation Day. The City Campus is home to two licensed bars, 'The Underground' and 'The Loft'.

Activate UTS is governed by a board of thirteen directors consisting of seven students (elected by the student cohort in annual elections), two staff members (elected by the staff of the University), the CEO of Activate UTS, the Chair (appointed by the University Council), the Treasurer (appointed by the University Council) and one other director (appointed by the University Council, usually external to the University or a former student).

From the seven students elected, a President and a Vice-President is elected each year by the board. The Chair is responsible for the conduct of the board meetings.

UTSHousing is also a great part of a student community within UTS with it's on campus accommodation. They have 4 residences within a 15 minute walk from the campus and is home to more than 1200 UTS students. Weekly events and excursions are also organised within the housing members ranging from social, academic and sports events.

UTS has its own community radio station on campus, 2SER FM. The studio is located on in building 18, known as the terraces, and broadcasts to the entire Sydney region. The station is jointly owned by UTS and Macquarie University, with a second studio at Macquarie University. UTS Journalism students help produce the station's news and current affairs programs including "The Wire" and "Razors Edge".

The UTS Students' Association is the representative student organisation at UTS. It publishes the student newspaper, Vertigo, runs the second hand bookshop, and advocates on behalf of students both individually and collectively.

Sport

UTS sports clubs include:

The general sporting colours at UTS are green and black.

Notable alumni

Notable staff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Catherine Freyne (2010). "Sydney Technical College". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "UTS facts, figures and rankings numbers". UTS official website. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Facts, figures and rankings". University of Technology Sydney. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Top Young Universities in Australia". Top Universities. 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  5. ↑ Dictionary of Sydney staff writer (2008). "Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts". Dictionary of Sydney. Dictionary of Sydney Trust. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "City Campus Master Plan". University of Technology Sydney. 2018-07-16. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  7. ↑ Cubby, Ben (1 November 2006). "Ugly talk strikes a chord in city's heart". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Facts, figures and rankings". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "UTS: Academic Board - Governance Support Unit". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Timeline Archived 11 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. 1 2 "QS World University Rankings 2019". Quacquarelli Symonds Limited.
  12. 1 2 "World University Rankings 2019". TSL Education Limited.
  13. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
  14. ↑ "U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities Rankings". U.S. News and World Report.
  15. 1 2 3 "CWTS Leiden Ranking 2017". Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University.
  16. ↑ "THE 2019 - Australia". Times Higher Education.
  17. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018 - Australia". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
  18. ↑ "U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities in Australia/New Zealand". U.S. News and World Report.
  19. ↑ "Australian University Rankings". Australian Education Network.
  20. ↑ "All unis winners in research audit". The Australian. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017". Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017.
  23. ↑ "Young University Rankings". 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017.
  24. ↑ "QS University Rankings: Top 50 Under 50 2018". 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017.
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