School characteristics
According to the latest statistics of the university's official website in 2006, the University of Sydney now has 2,940 faculty members and 45,039 students, including 8,687 international students, including more than 3,000 students from China. In 2006, the number of freshmen in the University of Sydney was 16046 and the number of graduates was 1304 1. The University of Sydney has 17 colleges and *** 100 departments. The University of Sydney is in a leading position in sports, social activities, debate, drama, music and other fields. In academic research, all faculty members can not only organize rich student life through classroom teaching, but also provide adequate preparation for their future. The University of Sydney is committed to consolidating the research-oriented teaching model and providing international students with higher quality professional and curriculum plans and teaching experience. The University of Sydney provides the widest and largest number of courses for students in Australia, and offers the largest number of master's and doctoral research courses in Australia. There are 42,420 registered students. Among them, there are 3 139 teaching graduate students, 78/kloc-0 research graduate students and 2625 doctoral students. The number of international students in the University of Sydney is 6 138, including 3,872 undergraduates and 2,266 postgraduates. Among them, Chinese mainland students 1, 06 1, Hongkong students 626 and Taiwan Province students 126. The ratio of China people to students in school is roughly 1:23.
The average teacher-student ratio of the University of Sydney is 15: 1, which is the best in NSW (the average in Australia is 18: 1). In 19 university, the worst teacher-student ratio is AGSM (3 1.6), followed by business school (27.7). The best teacher-student ratio of the University of Sydney is the Conservatory of Music (7.5), followed by the Medical College and the Dental College (10 and 10.4).
The University of Sydney has 200 student clubs and 70 student sports clubs, the highest in Australia. University of Sydney is the first choice for most college entrance examination students; It is the school with the largest number of students who absorb more than 90% of the college entrance examination in NSW Province; In 2003, the University of Sydney enrolled the highest number of students in more than 99 majors in New South Wales.
1. undergraduate course: at least one year of study experience in a nationally recognized institution of higher learning or high school graduates must attend one year of preparatory study; IELTS 5.0 or above.
2. Postgraduate: you need to have a bachelor's degree or have the same level in the research field of the application project. Usually, the requirements for applicants who directly apply for master's programs are much higher than the average. In addition, entering some courses requires considerable professional experience.
The University of Sydney has the largest collection of books in the southern hemisphere, with 2 1 library, and the main library is the Fish Library.
Over the years, the University of Sydney has been the number one player in bidding for national research funds in Australia, and once set a record that the research funds obtained in 20 12 ranked first in Australia for five consecutive years. The following figure shows the latest bidding results of Australian National Research Fund.
The University of Sydney in New South Wales is the first choice for high school graduates, attracting a large number of outstanding students. In 2006, among the students admitted to this university, 43% had a college admission score (UAI) above 95.
The school has established a close cooperative relationship with Australian National University, and reached a partnership agreement in early 2005, which laid the foundation for future scientific research cooperation, credit exchange and overseas market cooperation.
Sydney Conservatory of Music is one of the best music schools in the world.
The University's School of Dentistry is the largest in Australia and the only one in New South Wales.