Vice-Chancellor and President:Professor Ross Milbournewww.uts.edu.au |
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The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is a dynamic and forward looking university. Located on the edge of the CBD, UTS is in the heart of Sydney's creative industries precinct, home to 40 per cent of Australia's creative industries head offices and 80per cent of its major international creative IT companies. The university's 2011 five star rating from QS (the highest possible rating in the new QS Stars? system) evidences our excellence and standing internationally. According to QS, a five star institution will often be world-class in a broad range of areas, internationally renowned for its research and teaching, and have cutting edge facilities. With our focus on high impact research, UTS is rapidly gaining a reputation for research excellence. In 2011, we placed among the world's top 500 universities in Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities, and the Australian Government's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative benchmarked 80 per cent of our research at world standard or above. UTS's world-leading research centres span a range of disciplines, including applied economics, human choice behaviour and quantum computation. Our researchers pride themselves on providing practical and relevant solutions to issues of national and international importance, and equipping graduates with the latest discipline specific skills and practices. With our global, practice-oriented learning model UTS is a recognised leader in teaching and learning. Combining learning with professional practice ensures students reach their career potential, making UTS graduates highly employable. More than 150 companies partner with UTS, sharing their resources and expertise in exchange for leading research outcomes, programs of innovation, development and commercialisation, staff education, as well as access to our best graduates. Our graduates include acclaimed actor and producer Hugh Jackman, one of Australia's most awarded journalists Timothy Palmer, Minister for Human Services and Minister for Social Inclusion The Honorable Tanya Plibersek MP, the founder of Star Track Express Gregory J Poche AO, and founder of China-wide property development and investment corporation, SPG Land Holdings, David Wang (Mr Xiong Wei Wang). The social and cultural diversity of our students, staff and partners in the professions and the community is another key strength of UTS. Of our 30,000 students more than 7,500 are international students from 120 countries. This diversity creates a vibrant and rich learning environment preparing graduates for workplaces of today and the future. We are injecting one billion dollars to build a state-of-the-art campus designed to meet the needs of 21st century students. UTS is creating new spaces, developing new ways of thinking, and designing new technologies to equip our students for tomorrow's world.
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