Facts, figures and rankings
UTS at a glance
- International reputation: highest-performing university in Australia under 50 years of age (Source: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024)
- Year established as a university: 1988
- Number of campuses: The UTS City campus encompasses a variety of precincts and buildings catering to teaching, learning, research, social and administrative activities. Three of the City campus’s precincts – Haymarket, Broadway and Blackfriars – are located at the southern gateway to Sydney’s cosmopolitan central business district (CBD), and surrounded by local attractions. The newest precincts are situated within the elite sporting zone at Moore Park and on an industrial park at Botany.
- Student enrolments: 47,913 students in 2023, including 13,065 international students
- Total Courses in 2023 (with enrolled students): 552, Total Subjects (with enrolled students): 2335
- Student completions: 13,012 completions in 2023
- Alumni: 291,526 (not including some graduates from antecedent institutions)
- Total number of staff: 4098 full-time equivalent in 2023, including casual staff
- Graduate employment: 77.5 per cent of UTS Australian-resident undergraduates were in full-time employment four months after completion and 13.3 per cent were in further full-time study
- UTS has 220 exchange agreements enabling students to study on exchange in 42 countries.
- Australian reputation: 100% of UTS research (broad fields) rated as world standard or above (Source: Excellence in Research for Australia 2018)
Student enrolments
Student enrolments by course type 2020-2023
| Course type | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher degree research | 2286 | 2324 | 2254 | 2287 |
| Postgraduate coursework | 10,215 | 9775 | 9527 | 12047 |
| Undergraduate and non-award | 33,573 | 33,115 | 32,804 | 33579 |
| Total | 46,074 | 45,214 | 44,585 | 47913 |
| Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) | 35,479 | 34,349 | 33,341 | 35678 |
Data for 2023 is at July 2024
Note: These numbers include students who are enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis. The equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) is smaller than the total enrolments because the equivalent full-time load of part-time students is less than 1.
Student enrolments by diversity indicators 2020-2022
| Diversity Indicator | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 49% | 50% | 50% |
| Under 25 | 70% | 70% | 70% |
| Language other than English spoken at home | 46% | 44% | 42% |
| Born outside Australia | 48% | 45% | 43% |
| Indigenous | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| Disability | 5% | 6% | 7% |
Data for 2022 is at January 2023
Student enrolments by faculty and course type 2022
| Enrolled Faculty | Higher degree research | Post graduate course work | UNDER graduate AND NON-AWARD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Social Sciences | 159 | 973 | 3390 | 4522 |
| Business | 137 | 2381 | 7123 | 9641 |
| Design, Architecture and Building | 106 | 674 | 4033 | 4813 |
| Engineering and Information Technology | 1123 | 1661 | 8385 | 11,169 |
| Graduate School of Health | 54 | 788 | 0 | 842 |
| Health | 185 | 1483 | 3526 | 5194 |
| Law | 52 | 942 | 2467 | 3461 |
| Science | 345 | 341 | 3181 | 3867 |
| Transdisciplinary Innovation | 25 | 284 | 16 | 325 |
| Provost | 71 | 6 | 704 | 781 |
| TOTAL | 2257 | 9533 | 32,825 | 44,615 |
As at January 2023
International student enrolments by faculty and course type 2022
| Enrolled Faculty | Higher degree research | Post graduate Course work | UNDER graduate AND NON-AWARD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Social Sciences | 33 | 168 | 629 | 830 |
| Business | 57 | 1397 | 2331 | 3785 |
| Design, Architecture and Building | 29 | 125 | 823 | 977 |
| Engineering and Information Technology | 693 | 1314 | 1603 | 3610 |
| Graduate School of Health | 9 | 70 | 0 | 79 |
| Health | 47 | 12 | 428 | 487 |
| Law | 4 | 99 | 30 | 133 |
| Science | 117 | 114 | 266 | 497 |
| Transdisciplinary Innovation | 6 | 115 | 1 | 122 |
| Provost | 20 | 0 | 640 | 660 |
| TOTAL | 1015 | 3414 | 6751 | 11,180 |
As at January 2023
Enrolments by campus 2023
| Australia | 47,110 |
| Overseas | 803 |
| TOTAL | 47,913 |
As at July 2024
Completions
UTS completions by course type 2019–2022
| Course type | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research higher degree | ||||
| Doctorate Research | 290 | 303 | 358 | 324 |
| Doctorate Research and Coursework | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Masters by research | 25 | 25 | 26 | 39 |
| Sub-total | 318 | 331 | 385 | 365 |
| Coursework postgraduate | ||||
| Higher degree | 3489 | 2989 | 3011 | 2430 |
| Other PG award | 903 | 1041 | 1176 | 1142 |
| Cross Instit. Postgrad | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Sub-total | 4397 | 4038 | 4189 | 3575 |
| Coursework undergraduate | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | 6011 | 5989 | 5850 | 6184 |
| Bachelor's Combined Degree | 818 | 751 | 723 | 620 |
| Bachelor's graduate entry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bachelor's Honours | 190 | 233 | 215 | 263 |
| Bachelor's Combined Honours | 44 | 116 | 127 | 144 |
| Bachelor's Honours Embedded | 272 | 513 | 543 | 727 |
| Sub-degree | 38 | 64 | 131 | 83 |
| Other UG Award | 920 | 302 | 139 | 61 |
| Cross Instit. Undergrad | 31 | 26 | 6 | 4 |
| Sub-total | 8325 | 7994 | 7734 | 8086 |
| Non-Award | ||||
| Non-Award | 667 | 274 | 57 | 65 |
| Total | 13,707 | 12,637 | 12,365 | 12091 |
2022 data as at January 2023
UTS Completions by Gender, 2019-2022
| Gender | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Female | 7244 | 6539 | 6523 | 6442 |
| Male | 6425 | 6068 | 5833 | 5652 |
| Other | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 |
| Total | 13,678 | 12,622 | 12,364 | 12,104 |
2022 data as at November 2023
Staff FTE 2020-2023
| Staff (FTE) | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic | 2183 | 1951 | 1844 | 1930 |
| Professional | 2222 | 1906 | 1992 | 2168 |
| TOTAL | 4405 | 3857 | 3836 | 4098 |
Note: FTE = Full-time equivalent, including casual staff. Data as at July 2024.
