The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded in 1949, today it is recognised as one of Australia’s leading teaching and research institutions, and has developed a strong reputation in a number of fields including renewable/alternative energy, quantum computing and nanotechnology, taxation reform, information and communication technology, digital media, electrical engineering, bio-medical engineering, sustainable development, HIV/AIDS research, and social justice and social policy research.[2]
It is a member of Australia's "Group of Eight" lobby group, and is also a founding member of Universitas 21, an international network of leading research-intensive universities.
The main campus, housing eight of the ten faculties, is located in the suburb of Kensington, about 5 km south-east of the Sydney CBD. One faculty, the College of Fine Arts, is located on its own campus in the inner suburb of Paddington whilst the other, the Australian Defence Force Academy is situated in Canberra. The University also has additional campuses and field stations at Randwick, Coogee, Little Bay, Dee Why, Cowan, Manly Vale and Fowler's Gap.
In 2006, the Times Higher Education Supplement placed UNSW in the top 100 universities of the world at rank 41, the 5th Australian university. The latest rankings to be released have been compiled by Newsweek, and ranked UNSW 64th globally.
In May 2007, the University announced its termination of all programs offered at its Asian campus in Singapore after only one semester due to financial issues and lower than expected student numbers.[3]
On June 25, Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer announced the construction of a major new research facility on the UNSW campus, to be known as the Lowy Cancer Research Centre.[4][5] The new centre costing $100 million will be Australia's first facility to research and perform clinical drugs trials into both adult and children's cancers under one roof.[6]
