About us

Based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Western Sydney University is one of the top-ranking public universities in Australia. Established in 1989, the university offers distance learning courses, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in affiliations with the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Australian Medical Council, Innovative Research Universities AACSB International, and Universities Australia. Ranked amongst the top 2% of universities in the world, WSU is reputed for its academic and research excellence with international reach, charting itself at rank #251-300 as per ‘THE’ global ranking 2020 and at rank #468 in QS Global World Rankings 2020. This makes the university one of the top 500 universities in the world. Being a multi-campus university, it educates over 32,000 students, including more than 7000 international students from 70 countries, offering them a range of specializations in subjects like social sciences, psychology, humanities, law, medicine, business, arts, engineering, life sciences, and computer science. The university, under its student support system, provides all national and international with counselling services, on and off-campus accommodation assistance, and scholarship opportunities to the eligible students. The university has on its list many distinguished alumni, like Fiona Meryl Scott (Politician), Craig Anderson (Actor), Granaz Moussavi (Poet, Director), Damian McDonald (Novelist), etc.