University of Technology, Sydney

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University of Technology Sydney


Motto	Think. Change. Do.
Established	1988
Type	Public
Chancellor	Professor Vicki Sara
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Ross Milbourne
Staff	2,576 (2006)
Undergraduates	21,371 (2006)
Postgraduates	11,337 (2006)
Location	Sydney, NSW, Australia (33°53′1″S, 151°12′3″E)
Campus	City, Kuring-gai
Affiliations	Australian Technology Network, ASAIHL
Website	www.uts.edu.au

The UTS tower on Broadway

The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Australian Technology Network of universities. It is also the only university within the Sydney CBD.

1 History
2 Faculties and campuses
3 Current standing
4 Campus architecture
5 Student life
6 Housing
7 Alumni
8 Sports Clubs
9 INSEARCH UTS
10 External links

[edit] History

The institution that became UTS began as the Sydney Mechanics' Institute in 1843. In 1878 this became the Sydney Technical College.

In 1969, part of the Sydney Technical College became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). 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 and the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of the Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989.

[edit] Faculties and campuses

The University has faculties of:

Business
Design, Architecture and Building
Education
Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Information Technology
International Studies
Law
Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Science

UTS has campuses at Broadway and Haymarket in the City, the Kuring-gai Campus at Lindfield and until 2005 a campus at St. Leonards.

[edit] Current standing

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; for example, its Law faculty contains a Practical Legal Training course, its Humanities degrees are heavily geared towards journalism and media productions and its IT and Engineering degrees offer one year of industrial training.

The UTS faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is widely known for its practical media/ communications degrees, along with its thorough focus on critical theory. UTS is also host to the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ). Graduates from this faculty serve as a feeder to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation conveniently located just across the road, and the Fairfax Group of newspapers. Both the Markets and Broadway campuses are located a few minutes walk from Central station.

In 2005, the Times Higher Education Supplement placed UTS in the top 100 universities of the world, at rank 87. Given that there are over 20,000 universities in the world, this represents the top 0.5% of universities in the world. This is an incredible achievement for a University which is only 17 years old, while the Arts and Humanities faculty ranked in the top 30 of its field.

In 2006, UTS attracted the highest number of first preference applications for Creative Arts courses in the state.
These courses include the Bachelor of Design courses offered by the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building and the Bachelor of Arts (Communications) courses offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

In December 2006, UTS Faculty of Business has earned accreditation from AACSB International. There are only 5 institutions that have received this accreditation in Australia. This mean that UTS Faculty of Business become part of an elite group that makes up less than 10 per cent of the world's business schools that have achieved business and/or accounting accreditation from AACSB International.

The current Chancellor of UTS is Professor Vicki Sara. The position used to be filled by Gerard Brennan, a former Chief Justice of the High Court. The current Vice Chancellor of UTS is Professor Ross Milbourne.

[edit] Campus architecture

The UTS IT Building

The University of Technology, Sydney is a unique mix of architectural styles reflecting the different periods in which the buildings and grounds were constructed and renovated. The famous 'Tower' building is an example of brutalist architecture with square and block concrete designs. The Haymarket campus (building 5) is a mix of Colonial and Modern and the recently completed buildings 4 and 6 are designed with high-tech architecture.

In October 2006, the university's tower building was voted by 23% of the total vote in a poll hosted by Sydney Morning Herald as the ugliest building in Sydney

[edit] Student life

Students at UTS are represented by the UTS Students' Association.

The UTS Union [1] is the organisation which runs a range of on-campus student services, including food & beverage outlets, cultural activities, student social events, and is responsible for overseeing UTS clubs & societies, sports clubs and other recreational activities. The UTS gym has recently been renovated. The City Campus is home to three licenced bars, 'The Glasshouse", "The Loft" and "Markets".

The UTS Students' Association publishes the Student Magazine, Vertigo, every three weeks. It is entirely controlled by students and as such has a tradition of entertaining absurdities. It is distributed free around all campuses of the university, or available online at their website.

UTS has its own community radio station on campus, 2SER FM. The studio is located on level 26 of the UTS Tower 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".

[edit] Housing

The University offers modern, self-catering accommodation in four buildings named Gumal Ngurang, Geegal, Bulga Ngurra, and Blackfriars. Gumal Ngurang is the largest complex and is located on Broadway virtually next door to Bulga Ngurra approximately 5 minutes from the tower building.

[edit] Alumni

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Michael Cook, CEO of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group - part of Macquarie Bank; NSWIT - Bachelor of business studies (accounting)
Andrew Ferguson, General Secretary of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU); Faculty of Law - Diploma in Industrial Law
Anna Funder, author of Stasiland; Faculty of Humanities - Master's degree in creative writing
Ross Gittins, business columnist at the Sydney Morning Herald; NSWIT - Bachelor of business studies
Morris Iemma, Premier of New South Wales; Faculty of Law - Master's degree in law
Hugh Jackman, actor; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications (journalism)
Hon. Justice Tricia Kavanagh, NSW Industrial Relations Commissioner; Faculty of Law - Bachelor's degree in law (1981), Doctor of Philosophy in law (1998)
Sophie Lee, actress; Faculty of Humanities - Graduate certificate in writing
David Murray, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree in business (accounting)
Tim Palmer, award-winning ABC journalist; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications 1991
Tanya Plibersek, politician; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree
Guy Templeton, CEO of Minter Ellison Lawyers; Faculty of Business - Masters in Business Administration
Debra Thomas, Chief Nursing Officer, NSW Department of Health; Graduate's certificate in bioethics
Julia Wilson, rower; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree
Tarun Sankaran, consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was voted national compliance work champion for 2007.

UTS Haymarket Campus

[edit] Sports Clubs

UTS has a famous rowing club located at Haberfield. The UTS Rowing Club has produced Olympic gold medallists, more Olympic and National Team members than any other Australian club since the Atlanta Olympics in 1996^{[citation needed]}. The UTS Rowing club produced all four crew members of the coxless fours at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Julia Wilson, Monique Heinke and Victoria Roberts who were members of the team involved in the Sally Robbins controversy in 2004.

The UTS Balmain Cricket Club competes in the Sydney Grade competition.

UTS Gridiron competes in the NSW Gridiron Football League.

The UTS Bats compete in the Sydney AFL. Formed in 1999^[1] they won the A and B grade premierships in 2006.

The UTS Hockey club is one of the biggest sporting clubs at UTS, playing in the top grades of men and womens hockey in NSW.

The UTS fencing club is the home of olympian Frank Bartolillo who represented Australia in fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

The UTS Northern Suburbs Athletic Club competes in the Australian circuit and has produced many National Champions.

UTS also has a large ski club.

[edit] INSEARCH UTS

INSEARCH UTS is the learning pathways provider for UTS. It provides accredited educational courses across a broad range of disciplines, all INSEARCH academic courses are designed and taught by UTS teaching staff and approved by the UTS academic board.

INSEARCH offers English language courses to prepare international students for entry to UTS bachelor's degrees and post-graduate study. INSEARCH provides courses that lead to university degrees in the area of Business, IT, Engineering, Science, Nursing, Communication, Design and Architecture.