University of Technology, Sydney
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University of Technology Sydney
| Motto | Think.Change.Do. |
|---|---|
| Established | 1988 |
| University type | Public |
| Chancellor | Professor Vicki Sara |
| Vice-Chancellor | Professor Ross Milbourne |
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Enrolment | 27,000 undergraduate, |
| Faculty | 2,500 | Organisations | Australian Technology Network of Universities |
| Homepage | www.uts.edu.au |
Image:UTS, Sydney.JPG The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
It was originally founded as the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT) in 1969. It was officially unveiled by Neville Wran.
It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1988, under an Act of NSW State Parliament.
In 1990 it absorbed the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989. The University has faculties of Business; Design, Architecture and Building; Education; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Information Technology; Nursing, Midwifery and Health; and Science.
UTS has campuses at Broadway and Haymarket in the City, the Kuring-gai Campus at Lindfield and a campus at St. Leonards. UTS is also part of the Australian Technology Network of Universities.
In keeping with its former nature as a Technical Institute and its current name, UTS designs its courses to contain a high level of practical technical knowledge as opposed to pure theory, and maintains close links with industries in order to do this. Its faculty structure also reflects this emphasis on technical knowledge, as, for example, its Law Faculty contains a Practical Legal Training Course and its Humanities degrees are heavily geared towards Journalism and Media Productions.
The current Chancellor of UTS is Professor Vicki Sara. The position used to be filled by Sir Gerard Brennan, a former Chief Justice of the High Court.
The current Vice Chancellor of UTS is Professor Ross Milbourne.
