Why study at Sydney?

The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney is Australia's oldest and largest medical faculty undertaking teaching and research in health and medicine of international standing.

For three years running, the University of Sydney has been ranked in the top 20 biomedical universities in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement.

The University of Sydney Medical Program (USydMP) has taken out numerous teaching awards and is licensed to universities in the UK, South Africa and the Middle East and to other universities in Australia. The USydMP provides a unique learning environment that nurtures communication, team work and life-long learning backed by hard evidence, essential for tomorrow’s doctors.

Our postgraduate coursework programs cover a wide range of disciplines. Many are offered on-line or by distance and some, such as our Pain Management program, are the first of their kind in the world.

Respected as not only a provider of quality teaching but also as a leader in research, the Faculty attracts over $200 million in competitive research funding from state, national and international bodies.

Covering 19 disciplines and with over 40 specialist research units, the Faculty of Medicine is conducting cutting-edge education and research in the full spectrum of health and medical knowledge from the medical sciences through to clinical medicine, public health, health service delivery and medical education.

The University of Sydney is also an outstanding service provider and makes a major contribution to the health of the population through the delivery of clinical care in the more than 40 teaching hospitals associated with the Faculty.

All this makes the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney an outstanding environment in which to undertake study and research.