| University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is one of the world’s leading, comprehensive research and teaching universities – we sit in the top one percent of universities worldwide.

Leadership has always been at the core of our values. We were one of the first universities in the world to admit students solely on academic merit, and to open our doors to women on the same basis as men. Our aim is to make lives better not just by producing leaders of society, but through equipping our people with the qualities that allow them to serve all of our communities at every level.

In creating the first university in Australia in 1850, our founders recognised the power of education to inspire positive change. We hold that belief just as strongly today.

University of Sydney : A history of progressiveness

1852

The University’s doors open with a focus on the classics, sciences and mathematics, as well as ‘modern’ subjects French, German and political thought.
Origins (1852–81)

1856 First degrees given
1859 Great Hall opens
1874 University of Sydney Union (USU) established – the first in Australia
1880 John Henry Challis leaves us the equivalent of $32 million
1881

We become one of the first universities in world to admit female students.
Turn of the century (1904–19)

1904 Nigel Barker becomes our first Olympian at the St Louis games
1919 Faculties increase from four to 10
1919 Pioneering obstetrician and gynaecologist Dame Constance D’Arcy becomes the first woman elected to the University Senate.
1928

The University of Sydney War Memorial Carillon dedicated on Anzac Day to commemorate the 197 undergraduates, graduates and staff who died in the First World War.
Modernity (1920s–50s)

1929 Students’ Representative Council formed
1929 First edition of Honi Soit goes to print
1951 First PhDs awarded
1965

Charles Perkins leads the Freedom Ride bus tour of western and coastal NSW to fight for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
1960s and beyond

1965 Honi Soit sends a reporter to Vietnam
1972 USU and Sydney University Women’s Union join forces
2008 Biggest ever fundraising drive, INSPIRED, launches
2012 ‘Wingara Mura – Bunga Barrabugu’ strategy launches to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation
2014

The Charles Perkins Centre, a cross-disciplinary research and education hub, opens to discover life-changing solutions to global health problems such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease and related conditions.

Did you know?

Beyond 1914 – The University of Sydney and the Great War is an extensive, searchable database of biographies and archival information about members of the University community involved in the conflict.

Webpage : https://sydney.edu.au/

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