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Name | The University of Sydney | Latin name | Universitas Sidneiensis | Motto | Sidere mens eadem mutato (Latin) | Motto in English | Literal: "Though the constellations change, the mind is universal"
Meaning: The traditions of the older universities of the Northern Hemisphere are continued here in the Southern | Established | 1850 | Type | Public | Endowment | A$1.3 billion (2008) | Chancellor | Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, CVO | Vice-Chancellor | The Reverend Dr Michael Spence | Staff | 3,081 (FTE academic, 2008) | Students | 47,775 (2009) | Under graduates | 31,634 (2009) | Post graduates | 16,141 (2009) | City | Sydney | State | NSW | Country | Australia | Campus | Urban, Parks | Colours | Blue, Gold & Red
| Affiliations | Group of Eight, APRU, ASAIHL, WUN | Website | Sydney.edu.au |
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The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the south-western outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania. It has 31,634 full-time undergraduate and 16,141 graduate students.
The University of Sydney is organised into 16 faculties, through which it offers bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees. Three Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduate and faculty.
Sydney consistently ranks amongst the top three universities in Australia and Oceania. In 2010, it was ranked 37th in the world; 2nd in Australia, behind the Australian National University (20th) and ahead of the University of Melbourne (38th) in the QS World University Rankings.
The University of Sydney is a member of Australia's Group of Eight, Academic Consortium 21, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the Worldwide Universities Network. The university is also colloquially known as one of Australia's Sandstone Universities.
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