University of Sydney (Sydney,Australia)

The University of Sydney (commonly referred to as Sydney University, Sydney Uni, USYD, or Sydney) is an Australian public research university in Sydney. Founded in 1850, it is Australia's first university and is regarded as one of its most prestigious, ranked as the 45th in world in the QS World University Rankings and 56th in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2015-2016. Additionally, Sydney graduates have been ranked by QS Graduate Employment Rankings as the most employable in Australia and 14th most employable in the world. Five Nobel and two Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. Its campus is ranked in the top 10 of the world's most beautiful universities by the British Daily Telegraph and The Huffington Post, spreading across the inner-city suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington. The University comprises 16 faculties and schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. In 2011 it had 32,393 undergraduate and 16,627 graduate students. Sydney University is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight, Academic Consortium 21, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, the Australia-Africa Universities Network (AAUN), the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the Worldwide Universities Network. The university is also colloquially known as one of Australia's sandstone universities. The 2015–16 QS World University Rankings placed the University of Sydney 45th in the world. The 2015-16 QS World University Rankings by Subject, Sydney was ranked 9th in the world for Education, 19th in Accounting and Finance and 13th in Law. Additionally, Sydney was placed 18th in English Language and Literature, 31st in History and Archaeology, 28th in Linguistics, and 19th in Civil Engineering and Structural Engineering. Psychology at Sydney was ranked 24th, Pharmacy and Pharmacology was ranked 39th, Communication and Media was ranked 51st, and Sydney Medical School was ranked 17th.