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The '''University of Technology, Sydney''' (UTS), is a [[university]] in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. |
The '''University of Technology, Sydney''' (UTS), is a [[university]] in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. |
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The instituation that became UTS began as the [[Sydney Mechanics Institute]] in [[1843]]. |
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It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in [[1988]], under an Act of NSW State Parliament. |
It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in [[1988]], under an Act of NSW State Parliament. |
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The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The instituation 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, 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; Law; 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, its Humanities degrees are heavily geared towards Journalism and Media Productions and its IT and Engineering degrees offer one year industrial training.
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. This is an incredible achievement for a University which is only 17 years old.
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.
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