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UTS Central (building 2) at dusk. Image: Andy Roberts

Our workplace

UTS staff enjoy a variety of benefits, including competitive salaries, generous superannuation, flexible working arrangements and career development opportunities. 

The UTS campus is in the heart of Sydney's creative precinct and alongside Sydney's central business district. We are conveniently located across from Central Park mall, and a short walk away from Broadway Shopping Centre. The UTS campus is right next to Central Station, the hub of all train lines in Sydney including the light rail, as well as Railway Square, a major bus interchange. Staff have access to a variety of services on campus including a medical centre, gym, childcare centre and a free employee assistance program.

UTS is recognised as an Employer of Choice by the Workplace Gender Equity Agency – the Australian ‘gold standard for inclusive workplaces’. We are also proud to be among the first Australian institutions to receive the Athena SWAN Bronze Accreditation for our commitment to addressing gender equity in STEMM. 

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UTS rankings

The most prestigious international rankings agencies have ranked and rated UTS highly in recent years. Here are some of our recent achievements:

Faculty of Engineering and IT overview

The Faculty of Engineering and IT is large and complex with seven schools:

The Faculty of Engineering and IT has several research centres, laboratories and technical workshops including:

The dynamism of both UTS and the faculty is apparent in the establishment of UTS Tech Lab, a new university research facility encompassing significant ‘state-of-the-art’ engineering and IT laboratories, representing an opportunity for the faculty to significantly increase its connection with industry as well as research outputs and presence.

UTS Awards

Teaching and Learning Awards – recognising UTS’ world-class teaching and learning

UTS won the Hybrid Learning Innovation category of the 2015 Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards. A joint initiative of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Quacquarelli Symonds, publisher of the QS World University Rankings, the awards have been dubbed the “Oscars” of higher education innovation.

UTS won for its learning.futures initiative, a multi-year program aligning future-focused curriculum with informed technology use, designed in tandem with a $1.3 billion plus transformation of the UTS City campus.

Social Justice and Equity Award – UTS commitment to social justice and equity

UTS is also highly committed to social justice and gender equality. In 2016 UTS was awarded Employer of Choice for Gender Equality Citation by the Workplace Gender Equity Agency – the Australian ‘gold standard for inclusive workplaces’. As part of its programs, UTS has a major Research Equity Initiative, which supports researchers with carer responsibilities and promotes gender equity in research. Also, UTS is proud to be one of the initial universities participating in the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) pilot, which aims to improve the promotion and retention of women in STEMM disciplines.

Research awards

Research evaluation shows UTS on course to be a world-leading university of technology

The Australian Research Council’s 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and Engagement and Impact Assessment (EIA) outcomes have recognised UTS as number one for impact, and provided evidence for our increase in the quality, quantity and productivity of our research.

The Faculty of Engineering and IT has continued its accelerated performance and achievements across the board, specifically within areas of research strengths. Since the previous report in 2015, the Faculty’s results have increased classifying a number of fields of research  as ‘well above world standard’. The highest assessment in these areas include;

  • Optical Physics
  • Quantum Physics
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering

The future of UTS

UTS has come a long way in just 29 years, achieving as much (or more) than institutions twice our age. UTS ranks first in Australia and eighth in the world for universities under 50 years old according to the QS Top 50 Under 50. One of the keys to our success is our future-focus and our determination to own the future. Our vision is to be a world-leading university of technology.

 Our purpose is to advance knowledge and learning to progress the professions, industry and communities of the world.

The values that guide our performance and our interactions with each other, with students, our partners and the wider community are:

  • Discover and share new knowledge and new ways to lead through our research, teaching, intellectual debate and use of technology;
  • Engage and collaborate with each other, our students, alumni, partners, professions and communities, locally and internationally;
  • Empower each other and our students to grow, contribute, challenge and make a difference;
  • Deliver on our obligations to each other, our students, our partners and communities while maintaining high standards and ethical behaviour; and
  • Sustain our local and global environment, organisational health and our ability to create a positive, viable future.

To build our reputation during the second half of our current strategic planning cycle (2014–2018) we are:

  • Leveraging our environment to connect students, staff, alumni, industry and the community to create sustained opportunities for collaborative learning, innovative research and enduring relationships.
  • Increasing the scale, quality and impact of research in our discipline fields; and
  • Engaging our students in creative and inspiring learning that enables them to build strong professional identities, future-focussed graduate capabilities and global citizenship. Leading UTS into a sustainable future, fostering creativity, agility and resilience in our people, processes and systems.

Campus of the future

The UTS City Campus Master Plan is a once-in-a-generation vision to deliver a vibrant and engaging education precinct. Through the Master Plan, UTS has invested more than $1.3 billion to fundamentally change the way we deliver teaching, learning and research.

The Master Plan has created a series of new buildings, major upgrades and improved pedestrian connections, right in the heart of Sydney’s southern CBD. It is becoming one of Australia’s most recognised university campuses, with teaching, research and industry engagement spaces. These spaces support the delivery of UTS’s collaboration-and technology-based model of learning, and our industry-focussed research. The City Campus of the Future will become a destination for staff, students and visitors alike.

Our vision has already garnered wide support with government, industry and private donors. This support is evidenced by the $50 million Education Infrastructure Fund grant from the Federal Government for the recently opened Broadway Building and the $20 million gift by Australian-Chinese business leader Dr Chau Chak Wing.

A revitalised Alumni Green sits at the heart of the new City Campus. This “green heart” forms a key element of the City Campus Master Plan vision, which responds to a number of key drivers within the UTS strategic plan and is set to transform the atmosphere for students and staff alike here at UTS.

The key aims of the Master Plan are becoming reality and:

  • Deliver a revitalised campus that matches our position as a leading university of technology;
  • Create a global city campus with an identifiable heart;
  • Create a “sticky” campus, a place where students want to study, learn and socialise;
  • Embrace new teaching and learning paradigms, including the library of the future;
  • Create cutting-edge new research spaces, innovative infrastructure and laboratories of the future;
  • Build an engaged campus with dedicated areas for joint university and industry activities, plus industry precincts distributed throughout;
  • Create a porous campus integrated into the surrounding community with a clear pedestrian network and connections to adjacent transport, commercial and  cultural hubs;
  • Commit to holistic sustainability goals;
  • Consolidate faculty locations and student services hubs; and
  • Accommodate future student and staff growth.
Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.