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University of Sydney, Australia

The University of Sydney is Australia’s oldest university and consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world. It has roughly 43,000 students.

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with almost 5,000,000 inhabitants Australia’s most populous city. It is a bustling business and financial hub with many cultural events and tourist attractions.

Priority partner

University of Glasgow staff can apply for the USyd-Glasgow Ignition Grants or to the International Partnership Development Fund for funding to build collaborations with Sydney.

Network partner

The University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow are both members of the U21 network.

Mobility partner

>> Follow this link if you are an incoming student

Estimated number of mobility places: 7-10 (or more) full-year places or 14-20 (or more) semester places.

Available Subject Areas

Please ensure that you research the courses available to you as an exchange student, and check with your subject coordinator(s) that these courses are suitable for your Glasgow degree programme. Please note that partner course offerings may change on a yearly basis.

Please research course level; content and assessment structures; partner academic pre-requisites for exchange students; whether enough courses / credits are available in your degree subject(s) to meet your Glasgow degree credit requirements; language of teaching and for Joint Honours students, whether the partner has any restrictions on taking courses from different Schools/Faculties.

Accounting & Finance
Aerospace Engineering/Sciences
Biomedical Engineering
Business & Management
Civil Engineering
Classics
Comparative Literature
Computing Science
Digital Media & Information Studies
Earth Science and Geology
Economic & Social History
Economics
Education
Electronics/Electrical Engineering
English Language
English Literature
Film & TV
Geography
History
History of Art
Life Sciences
Maths
Mechanical Engineering
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Politics and International Relations
Psychology
Sociology
Statistics
Urban Studies/Public & Social Policy

Key facts

Calendar: Semester 1: mid-February to mid-June; Semester 2: late-July to late-November
Undergraduate course catalogue; Most popular units of study
Grading system: HD-N
Credit guidance: typical full course load per semester for home students = 24 (credit range/semester 18-30). International students may be able to exceed 24 to a maximum of 30 based on the rules of each department.