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Template:Infobox University Image:UTS, Sydney.JPG The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

The institution that became UTS began as the Sydney Mechanics Institute in 1843.

In 1878 this became the Sydney Technical College. In 1969, part of the Sydney Technical College became the New South Wales Institute of Technology (NSWIT). It was officially unveiled by Neville Wran.

It was reconstituted as the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1988, under an Act of NSW State Parliament.

In 1990 it absorbed the Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education, the Institute of Technical and Adult Teacher Education of the Sydney College of Advanced Education, under the terms of Higher Education (Amalgamation) Act 1989. The University has faculties of Business; Design, Architecture and Building; Education; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Information Technology; Law; Nursing, Midwifery and Health; and Science.

UTS has campuses at Broadway and Haymarket in the City, the Kuring-gai Campus at Lindfield and a campus at St. Leonards. UTS is also part of the Australian Technology Network of Universities.

In keeping with its former nature as a Technical Institute and its current name, UTS designs its courses to contain a high level of practical technical knowledge as opposed to pure theory, and maintains close links with industries in order to do this. Its faculty structure also reflects this emphasis on technical knowledge, as, for example, its Law Faculty contains a Practical Legal Training Course, its Humanities degrees are heavily geared towards Journalism and Media Productions and its IT and Engineering degrees offer one year industrial training.

In 2005, the Times Higher Education Supplement placed UTS in the top 100 universities of the world, at rank 87. Given that there are over 20,000 Universities in the World, this represents the top 0.5% of Universities. This is an incredible achievement for a University which is only 17 years old, while the Humanities Faculty ranks in the top 30 of its field.

The UTS Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is widely known for its practical media/ communications degrees, along with its thorough focus on critical theory. UTS is also host to the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ). Graduates from this Faculty serve as a feeder to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation being conveniently located just across the road, and the Fairfax Group of newspapers.

The current Chancellor of UTS is Professor Vicki Sara. The position used to be filled by Gerard Brennan, a former Chief Justice of the High Court.

The current Vice Chancellor of UTS is Professor Ross Milbourne.

Students at UTS are represented by the UTS Students' Association.

The UTS Union Limited is the organisation which runs a range of on-campus student services, including food & beverage outlets, cultural activities, student social events, and is responsible for overseeing UTS clubs & societies, sports clubs and other recreational activities.

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Alumni

Michael Cook, CEO of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group - part of Macquarie Bank; NSWIT - Bachelor of business studies (accounting)

Anna Funder, author of Stasiland; Faculty of Humanities - Master's degree in creative writing

Morris Iemma, politician and premier of NSW; Faculty of Law - Master's degree in law

Hugh Jackman, actor; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications (journalism)

Hon. Justice Tricia Kavanagh, NSW Industrial Relations Commissioner; Faculty of Law - Bachelor's degree in law (1981), Doctor of Philosophy in law (1998)

David Murray, former CEO of the Commonwealth Bank; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree in business (accounting)

Tim Palmer, award-winning ABC journalist; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree in communications 1991

Tanya Plibersek, politician; Faculty of Humanities - Bachelor's degree

Julia Wilson, rower; Faculty of Business - Bachelor's degree

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Sports Clubs

UTS has produced its fair share of Olympians. UTS has a famous rowing club located at Haberfield. The UTS Rowing Club has produced Olympic gold medallists (the Oarsome Foursome), and rowers who were involved in the Sally Robbins controversy such as Julia Wilson.

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