UTS: Quick facts about UTS and Sydney - International Students

Sydney: A great place to live!

Population : Over 4.5 million people
Land area : Over 7,600,000 square kilometres
Climate : Sydney's oceanic climate means warm summers and mild winters, with a temperature range between nine and sixteen degrees Celsius in winter and up to an average peak of 26 degrees Celsius in summer.
Sydney continues to regularly rank in the top ten of the widely respected Mercer Quality of Living Survey and the Economist's 'World's Most Livable Cities' survey
From beaches to bushland, unparalleled natural beauty to world-famous architecture in a beautiful harbour city, Sydney offers a vibrant lifestyle
Sydney is Australia's global city and a prime driver of the Australian economy. The city is a national hub for global industries such as business, financial services, law, telecommunications and the media, and home to more regional and international business headquarters than any other city in Australia

Source: Wikipedia (opens an external site) and www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au (opens an external site)

The UTS City campus is in the heart of Sydney, a five-minute walk from Central Station – Sydney’s major train and bus station
The university is located within the creative industries ‘inner city triangle’, the location of 39 per cent of Australia’s creative industries head offices and 70 per cent of its major international creative IT companies

UTS has two campuses, City and Kuring-gai, stretching from the city centre to Chinatown and across the Harbour Bridge, to the beautiful Kuring-gai Chase National Park
31 per cent of students came from a non-English speaking background
46 per cent of students were born outside Australia
180 languages other than English are spoken by the student body
Largest language groups: English. Cantonese, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Arabic

Sydney’s culture, lifestyle and food bring together elements from all corners of the world.
International art, music, film and cultural festivals fill Sydney's streets all year round.
In cafes and restaurants across the city, Asian, European, African and American flavours are on offer.
Sydney shopping caters to the full range of budgets and tastes with everything from designer boutiques and arcades to street markets and second-hand stores. To find out more, visit the City Of Sydney website (opens an external site).