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Sydney is home to some of
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Sydney is home to some of Australia's
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most prestigious universities, technical institutions and schools. Entry to tertiary education for most students is via the New South Wales
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secondary school system where students are ranked by the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
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(ATAR).
Universities
Sydney is home to some of Australia's most prominent Universities, and is also the site of Australia's first university, theUniversity of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's ...
, established in 1850. There are five other public universities operating primarily in Sydney; Macquarie University, the University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
, the University of Technology, Sydney, Western Sydney University
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network ...
, and the Australian Catholic University (two out of six campuses). Other universities which operate secondary campuses in Sydney include the University of Notre Dame Australia, University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017, the university had an enrolment of ...
and University of Newcastle.
TAFE
There are four multi-campus government-funded Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutes in Sydney which provide vocational training at a tertiary level; namely, the Sydney Institute of Technology, North Sydney Institute of TAFE, Western Sydney Institute of TAFE (includingOTEN The Open Training and Education Network, often abbreviated OTEN, is an Open education service offered by TAFE NSW. It was rebranded as TAFE Digital during the OneTAFE restructure at the beginning of 2018. Students may enrol from anywhere in Austral ...
) and South Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.
Schools
State schools, including pre-schools, primary and secondary schools, and special schools are administered by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. There are four state administered education areas in the Sydney metropolitan areaNSW Education Dept.: Regions/ref> that together coordinate 932 schools.NSW Education Dept.: school list lookups by region
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Selective school
A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems and is the opposite of a comprehensive school, which accepts all s ...
s are high schools that admit students on the basis of certain criteria, usually academic testing through the selective schools test which is hosted each year usually in March to Year 6 students.NSW Education Dept.: Selective High Schools/ref> International schools in Sydney include the ''
Lycée Condorcet
The Lycée Condorcet () is a school founded in 1803 in Paris, France, located at 8, rue du Havre, in the city's 9th arrondissement. It is one of the four oldest high schools in Paris and also one of the most prestigious. Since its inception, var ...
'', the French school; and the Sydney Japanese International School
The Sydney Japanese International School (abbreviated as SJIS, ja, シドニー日本人学校, Shidonī Nihonjin Gakkō), formerly known in English as the Sydney Japanese School, is an independent co-educational Nihonjin gakkō (Japanese inte ...
, the Japanese school.
Miscellaneous education
The Sydney Saturday School of Japanese (SSSJ; シドニー日本語土曜学校 ''Shidonī Nihongo Doyō Gakkō''), a weekend Japanese educational programme, holds classes for Japanese national and Japanese Australian students at the Cammeray Public School in Cammeray.. Sydney Saturday School of Japanese. Retrieved 31 March 2015. "学校所在地 / Location of the School Cammeray Public School (Palmer Street,Bellevue Street Cammeray NSW 2062) "
Old website
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