University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales or UNSW is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Founded in 1949 during the post-World War II wave of industrialisation in Australia, the idea of the establishment of the University falls in the vein of the vision of other universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Berlin University of Technology. Today it is recognised as one of Australia’s most prestigious 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, bio-medical engineering, sustainable development, HIV/AIDS research, and social justice and social policy research.
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 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. Given that there are over 20,000 universities in the world, this places UNSW in the top 0.2% of universities. The latest rankings to be released have been compiled by Newsweek, and ranked UNSW 64th globally.
UNSW is currently setting up its first overseas campus, UNSW Asia in Singapore. Construction of the campus is expected to be completed in 2007 and will become Singapore's first foreign university.
site: www.unsw.edu.au