Facts, figures and rankings UTS at a glance

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1 UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE 00099F UTS:INTERNATIONAL UTS: CREATING FUTURES 25 TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Like many Australian universities, UTS was frmed frm a number f antecedent institutins and its histry can be traced back t 1833 t the Sydney Mechanics Schl f the Arts, the clny s first schl f art. The cmmitment t lifelng learning and the pineering spirit that gave birth t the Sydney Mechanics Schl f the Arts is alive and well in tday s UTS. It was in January 1988 that UTS was established as a university frm the frmer New Suth Wales Institute f Technlgy under the NSW UTS Act. Tday, UTS is ne f Australia s leading universities f technlgy with a distinct mdel f learning, strng research perfrmance and a leading reputatin fr engagement with industry and the prfessins. Despite its yuth, UTS has placed itself amng the wrld s tp research universities. The University appears cnsistently in bth the Shanghai Jia Tng University s Academic Rankings f Wrld Universities and the Times Higher Educatin Wrld Rankings, all UTS research utputs have been recgnised by the Australian Gvernment s Excellence in Research fr Australia (ERA) initiative as being at wrld standard r abve. Over the next tw years, UTS City Campus Master Plan will deliver a state-f-the-art campus that meets the needs f 21 st century students, a $1.3 Billin dllar investment in the future f educatin at UTS. Facts, figures and rankings UTS at a glance Student Enrlments: ver 37,000 Internatinal Students: 9,751 Higher degree research: 1,538 Pstgraduate cursewrk: 11,005 Undergraduate: 24,838 Academic staff: 1,449 Nn-academic staff: 1,661 UTS has mre than 330 partners in 45 cuntries wrldwide. Internatinal Mbility Students annually 1,500 (inbund and utbund) Ratings and ranking UTS recently received sme great results in Glbal rankings January 24 the Tp 25 mst internatinal universities Times Higher Educatin in the Tp 50 universities under 50 years f age QS Rankings (1st in Australia) _UTS_celebrating 25 years UTS: Internatinal Nvember 2013 Page 1

2 QS Wrld University Rankings 1 Tp ten in Australia 272 in QS Wrld University Rankings 213 fr Arts and Humanities 201 fr Engineering and Technlgy 164 fr Scial Science and Management QS Stars In 2013 UTS was awarded FIVE STARS fr excellence in higher educatin by QS, including five stars fr Teaching, facilities, innvatin and emplyability f its graduates. Times Higher Educatin Wrld University Rankings 2 UTS is ranked in the tp 350 universities 83 glbally in the tp 100 universities under 50 years f age. Tp 100 fr Ecnmics, Accunting and Finance Academic Ranking f Wrld Universities (ARWU) Since 2011 UTS has ranked in the tp 500 f wrld universities in the ARWU cnducted by the Shanghai Jia Tng University and rse t the tp 400 in 2012 and Advantages fr chsing t study at UTS Cnvenient city lcatin UTS s main campus is a five-minutes walk frm Central statin Sydney s majr train and bus statin and in the hub f Sydney s creative industries precinct; Excellent teaching UTS academics are regularly awarded fr their achievements. In 2010, six UTS teaching staff received Citatins fr Outstanding Cntributins t Student Learning frm the Australian Learning and Teaching Cuncil; Recgnised curses many f UTS curses have accreditatin with a wide range f prfessinal assciatins and gverning bdies, giving its students the capacity t wrk internatinally; Practice-riented learning many f UTS curses include majr prjects, case studies, extensive grup wrk and field trips which help students place their knwledge in a real-wrld cntext; Extensive links t industry and the prfessins UTS has a wide range f technlgically advanced facilities t supprt students academic, scial and sprting life at university. This includes disciplinespecific facilities and 24-hur access t cmputing labs fr all UTS students. A Welcming study envirnment UTS prvides cmprehensive supprt fr internatinal students, including English language supprt, a multi-faith prayer rm, career cunselling, health and husing services, sprting facilities and a peer supprt netwrk. Clubs and peer prgrams allw students t meet and interact with thers frm Australia and arund the glbe. Research strengths At UTS research effrts and perfrmance are an integral part f UTS visin t becming a wrld leading university f technlgy. Finding practical slutins t current natinal and internatinal prblems, practical innvatin, is the driving frce behind UTS s research strategy and fcus UTS:Interntinal Nvember

3 Research Themes and Strengths Future services, industries and prductivity Innvatin in IT Services and Applicatins Intelligent Mechatrnic Systems Materials and Technlgy fr Energy Efficiency Nanscale Technlgy Cmmunicatin and intelligent systems Advanced Analytics Institute Human Centred Technlgy Design Quantum Cmputatin & Intelligent Systems Real-Time Infrmatin Netwrks Health futures IThree Institute Health Ecnmics Research and Evaluatin Health Services and Practice Health Technlgies Sustainability and the built envirnment Built Infrastructure Envirnmental Sustainability Plant Functinal Bilgy and Climate Change Cluster Sustainable Futures Technlgy in Water and Wastewater Creative industries and civil scieties China Research Centre Cntemprary Design Practices Csmplitan Civil Scieties Creative Practice and Cultural Ecnmy Frensic Science Law Research Research in Learning and Change Strengthening Indigenus Cmmunities Transfrming Cultures Business innvatin Crprate Gvernance Management & Organisatin Studies Quantitative Finance Research Study f Chice Faculties UTS ffers undergraduate and pstgraduate cursewrk and research degrees thrugh 8 faculties and schls. UTS Schl f Business UTS:Interntinal Nvember

4 UTS Schl f Business is the largest faculty at UTS and is ne f the largest Business Schls in Australia. With almst 11,500 students, ver 300 academics and 6 prminent research centres, the Schl cntributes nt nly highly skilled and knwledgeable graduates t the wrkfrce, but engages in grund breaking research that is changing and shaping the industry. UTS Schl f Business was ranked #1 in Australia in the Thmsn Reuters measure f research impact in Ecnmics and Business ver a fur year perid and is rated abve wrld standard and well abve wrld standard by the Excellent in Research fr Australia (ERA) reprt acrss a range r research areas including ecnmics, accunting, auditing, business and management. Thrugh engagement with industry, UTS Schl f Business maintains its curses up t date using relevant industry benchmarks. Graduates cntinue t be in demand fr their wrk-ready, creative and sphisticated capabilities. Internatinal and natinal accreditatins fr UTS Business curses have been granted by Assciatin t Advance Cllegiate Schls f Business (AACSB) Australian Human Resurces Institute (AHRI) Chartered Financial Analyst Partnership Prgram (CFA) Certified Finance and Treasury Prfessinal (CFTP) Chartered Institute f Marketing Chartered Institute f Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) CPA Australia Institute f Chartered Accuntants in Australia (ICAA) Institute f Public Accuntants (IPA) Systems, Applicatins and Prducts in Data Prcessing (SAP) Nn-prfit Academic Centres Cuncil (NACC) Faculty f Design, Architecture & Building (DAB) The Faculty f Design, Architecture and Building cnsists f 3 schls. Schl f Design - prvides special design educatin in visual cmmunicatin, fashin & textiles, interir design, industrial design, phtgraphy and situated media, design management and animatin. Schl f Architecture leads and prvkes the develpment f architectural prfessin and its practices related t digital technlgies. Schl f Built Envirnment engages in brad range f prfessinal activities in built envirnment, planning, develpment, cnstructin, investment appraisal, prject and urban estate management and prperty ecnmics. DAB curses have accreditatin with a wide range f prfessinal assciatins and gverning bdies, allwing graduates t wrk internatinally. These accreditatin bdies include: Ryal Australian Institute f Architects (RAIA) Architects Accreditatin Cuncil f Australia (AACA) Prject Management Institute (PMI) Ryal Institute f Chartered Surveyrs (RICS) Pacific Assciatin f Quantity Surveyrs (PACS) Singapre Institute f Surveyrs and Valuers (SISV) Australian Prperty Institute (API) Australian Institute f Quantity Surveyrs (AIQS) Australian Institute f Building (AIB) UTS:Interntinal Nvember

5 Chartered Institute f Building (CIOB) Singapre Institute f Building (SIBL) Malaysian Institute f Chartered Surveyrs New Zealand Institute f Chartered Surveyrs Faculty f Arts and Scial Sciences (FASS) The Faculty f Arts and Scial Sciences cnsist f: UTS: Cmmunicatin ffering curses in Infrmatin, Media, Knwledge and Management; Jurnalism; Media Arts and Prductin; Public Cmmunicatin; Scial Inquiry; Sund and Music Design; and Writing and Cultural Studies. UTS: Educatin specializing in Primary Educatin; Adult Educatin; Secndary Educatin; Literacy and Numeracy Teaching; TESOL and Applied Linguistics. UTS: Internatinal Studies UTS: Internatinal Studies plays a key rle in the internatinalisatin f the UTS teaching and learning experience within the Faculty and acrss the University. It is gruped int 2 study areas: Glbal Studies and Internatinal Studies. FASS prgrams cnsistently prduce sught-after graduates: Cmmunicatin graduates are regularly chsen fr psitins with industry leaders such as the ABC (Australia s natinal bradcast), the Sydney Mrning Herald, SBS (Australia s multicultural bradcaster), radi bradcasters and reginal televisin netwrks. Many have wn natinal and internatinal awards fr writing, jurnalism and film making including the Walkley Media Super Student Jurnalist f the Year Award (Australia s pre-eminent jurnalism award), Trfest, Cannes, the Berlin Film Festival, The Times BFI Lndn Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival Many f FASS academic staff is industry-experienced staff, including award-winning authrs, jurnalists, scriptwriters, musicians and filmmakers, internatinally experienced teachers, cnsultants fr gvernment and industry, experts wh have presented at cnferences arund the wrld and widely published authrs. Engaged with prfessinal practice n campus thrugh 2SER radi statin and publicatins such as Precinct, Reprtage and the annual UTS Writers Anthlgy. High-tech facilities access including film and sund recrding studis, edit suites, Mac cmputer rms and jurnalism news wrkrm Faculty f Engineering and Infrmatin Technlgy (FEIT) FEIT is Australia s leader in practice-based engineering and infrmatin technlgy educatin and research, and currently enrls mre than 7,000 students in industry-recgnised curses frm undergraduate t dctral level. UTS Bachelr f Engineering is accredited by Engineers Australia and under the Washingtn Accrd, UTS degree is recgnised internatinally. UTS is the first university in the wrld t ffer the Alcatel-Lucent industry certificatins fr its Master f Engineering Studies in Telecmmunicatin Netwrks. The certificatin is ideal fr graduates wh wish t wrk with the mst advanced carrier grade IP netwrks in the wrld, including the Natinal Bradband Netwrk cmpany in Australia. UTS infrmatin Technlgy is accredited by the Australian Cmputer Sciety (ACS). Students and researchers have access t the state-f-the-art facilities, including the wrld s first and mst advanced remte labratry where students can cnduct experiments in real time frm anywhere in the UTS:Interntinal Nvember

6 wrld. The state-f-the-art labratry delivers web-based real-time interactive with actual apparatus and equipment. The Faculty has tw learning and design centres (LDC) which prvides students with access t lectures and tutrs fr individual and small grup supprt, reference material, and sftware and hardware resurces. UTS engineering and IT curses have a strng mix f business and technical skills prviding graduates with abilities t slve business prblems with up t date and relevant technlgy. UTS:IT students have 24/7 and remte access t wireless and netwrk cnnected with cmputer labs dedicated t IT students. Students have access t the latest technlgies including fur purpse built netwrking labs, fully resurced by Cisc Systems, as well as a Games Studi and Creativity and Cgnitin Studi. Students are cnnected with a creative envirnment that stimulates students success. UTS:IT graduates have wrked n the Academy Award-winning Happy Feet, Avatar, King Kng, the Lrd f the Rings, Ice Age and The Matrix. Faculty f Health UTS Faculty f Health has natinal and internatinal reputatin fr its innvative and practice-riented prgrams in nursing, mid wifely and health and health service management. UTS Health ffers glbally relevant educatin with excellent mix f practice and thery, including crsscultural cmmunicatin. Students are engaged with the latest develpments in cntemprary health care and are taught by experts utilising the mst current health research available. Practise with new mdels f care in a safe envirnment using wrld-leading simulatin technlgies, befre undertaking clinical placements. Benefits frm clse internatinal cllabratins with UCLA, Jhns Hpkins University and Kings Cllege, Lndn. UTS Nursing and Midwifery degrees are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Bard f Australia. Graduates are eligible t be registered as nurses and midwives in Australia. Graduates f the Master f Nursing (Nurse Practitiner) degree are eligible t practice as nurse Practitiners in Australia. UTS s fur pstgraduate health services management and planning curses are the first f their kind t be ffered in Australia. Graduates f Health Services Management prgram are eligible t becme member f the Australasian Cllege f Health Service Management. Faculty f Law Since 1975, UTS Faculty f Law has established itself as ne f the leading law schls in Australia. With 2,600 undergraduate and pstgraduate students, UTS Law is ne f the largest law faculties in Australia. It has a strng practical fcus, a dynamic and expanding research culture and a cmmitment t scial justice and inclusin. It is hme t Anti-Slavery Australia, the Australasian Legal Infrmatin Institute and the Cmmunicatins Law Centre. UTS: Law has strng linkages with the legal prfessin, gvernment, business, media and the nn-prfit sectr and actively seek mutually beneficial relatinships. UTS: Law degrees are accredited legal qualificatin that allws graduates t practice as lawyers upn cmpletin f an accredited curse f practical legal training (PLT). UTS Bachelr f Laws is recgnised by the Bar Cuncil f India. UTS:Interntinal Nvember

7 UTS: Pharmacy UTS: Pharmacy was established in 2011 t address the emerging needs f the pharmacy prfessin. It is cmmitted t prducing career-ready graduates. As a brand new curse area, UTS: Pharmacy is in a unique psitin t ensure best practice and innvatin at each stage f develpment. As a result, the Schl is prud t ffer a fresh, student fcused apprach fr highly mtivated, career-minded students. Wrking with an educatinal designer, UTS: Pharmacy academics have created a curriculum that utilises cutting-edge tls t integrate pharmaceutical science with clinical practice, technlgy and interdisciplinary skills. UTS: Pharmacy degree (graduate level) is accredited by the Australian Pharmacy Cuncil and is apprved by the Pharmacy Bard f Australia as qualificatin leading t registratin as a Pharmacist in Australia. Faculty f Science The Faculty f Science cnsists f the fllwing Schls: Chemistry and Frensic Science The Envirnment Mathematical Sciences Medical and Mlecular Bisciences Physics and Advanced Materials UTS: Science has wrld-class research activities including climate change, frensic science and bilgy, nantechnlgy, health technlgy, mathematical mdelling f cmplex systems, infectius and parasitic diseases, imaging and marine bilgy. UTS: Science curses are regularly reviewed by industry and benefit frm clse cllabratin with industry and gvernment rganisatins, such as Agilent Technlgies, the Australian Nuclear Science Technlgy Organisatin (ANSTO), the CSIRO (Australia s natinal science agency). UTS Bimedical Science prgram is the nly curse in Sydney accredited by the Australian Institute f Medical Scientists (AIMS), allwing graduates t practice in medical labs in the UK and USA. UTS has invested mre than $110 millin n advanced specialist facilities including the DeltaVisin OMX 3D-Sim Super-Reslutin micrscpe, ne f nly tw in the wrld enabling detectin and treatment f many diseases. UTS:Interntinal Nvember