The Faculty of Engineering is a faculty of the
University of Sydney
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Australia. It was established in 1920 and is Australia's oldest engineering school.
The Faculty of Engineering has an excellent global academic reputation, and is ranked 14th in the world for Civil and Structural Engineering and 42nd in the world for Computer Science as per the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Programs within the Faculty of Engineering are accredited by professional bodies including Engineers Australia, the Project Management Institute and the Australian Computer Society.
History
Teaching of engineering at the University began in 1883
within the
Faculty of Science
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established just a year prior. The Faculty of Engineering itself was established in 1920.
Initially engineering classes were taught in The Quad, however in 1909 the P. N. Russell School of Engineering was completed.
This building, an outcome of the
P. N. Russell benefactions was formally opened by the Governor on 20 September 1909. With the expansion in student numbers in the 1950s and early 1960s, new purpose-built facilities were constructed in the Darlington extension area across City Road and since the mid seventies all departments have been accommodated in this area, although a wind tunnel in the Woolley Building is still in use by Aeronautical Engineering.
The new SciTech Library opened in the Darlington engineering precinct in 2010, as the amalgamation of the Architecture, Engineering, Madsen and Mathematics libraries, brought together as part of the Campus 2010 project.
Faculty schools
School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Research centres
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The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering
Notable alumni
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John Bradfield - designer of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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Paul Scully-Power
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- Australia's first Astronaut
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Michael Hintze
Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze, (born 27 July 1953) is an Australian-British businessman and philanthropist, based in the United Kingdom.
According to the '' Sunday Times'' 2019 Rich List, Hintze's net worth is 1.5 billion, an increase of ...
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David Higgins - CEO of Network Rail and former CEO of Lend Lease
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John Grill
John Grill Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1945) was the founder and chief executive officer of Australian-based engineering company, Worley (company), Worley.
Biography
He graduated with Honours in Civil Engineering from the Universi ...
- billionaire founder of WorleyParsons
References
External links
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1920 establishments in Australia
Engineering, Faculty of
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