University of Sydney Faculty of Science

The Faculty of Science is a constituent body of the University of Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1882.

Faculty of Science
TypePublic
Established1882
DeanIain Young
Location
Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
,
Australia
AffiliationsUniversity of Sydney
Websitesydney.edu.au/science

In 2011 the faculty had a total student enrolment of 6,077 (12.4% of all students), thus making it the university's third-largest.[1]

At the undergraduate level, the faculty offers the degrees of Bachelor of Science (also in two additional streams: Advanced; Advanced Mathematics), Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Psychology, and Bachelor of Medical Science.

As of 2018, the Dean of the faculty is Professor Iain Young.

History

Teaching of science at the university began in 1852 (university was established in 1850), however the first professors were based within the Faculty of Arts. The Faculty of Science itself was established in 1882.[2]

The first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy was Morris Pell, who was appointed in 1852.[3]

Organisation

The faculty is divided into 8 schools and 9 disciplines:

Schools

Disciplines
  • Anatomy & Histology
  • Information Technologies
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Environmental Science
  • Human Nutrition
  • Infectious Diseases & Immunology
  • Molecular Biotechnology

Institutes
  • The University of Sydney Institute of Agriculture, previously known as the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment.
  • The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano)[4], previously known as the Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (AINST).
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References
  1. "Institutional Analytics and Planning – IAP – The University of Sydney".
  2. Science, Faculty of. "Faculty of Science – About Us – History".
  3. Turner, I. S. Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  4. "The University of Sydney Nano Institute". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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