Facts, figures and rankings

UTS at a glance

• International reputation: highest-performing university in Australia under 50 years of age (source: Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024)
• Year established as a university: 1988
• Number of campuses: The UTS City campus encompasses a variety of precincts and buildings catering to teaching, learning, research, social and administrative activities. Three of the City campus’s precincts – Haymarket, Broadway and Blackfriars – are located at the southern gateway to Sydney’s cosmopolitan central business district (CBD) and surrounded by local attractions. The newest precincts are situated within the elite sporting zone at Moore Park and on an industrial park at Botany.
• Student enrolments: 47,913 students in 2023, including 13,065 international students
• Total courses in 2023 (with enrolled students): 552
• Total subjects (with enrolled students): 2,335
• Student completions: 13,012 completions in 2023
• Alumni: 291,526 (not including some graduates from antecedent institutions)
• Total number of staff: 4,098 full-time equivalent in 2023, including casual staff
• Graduate employment: 77.5% of UTS Australian-resident undergraduates were in full-time employment four months after completion, and 13.3% were in further full-time study
• Exchange agreements: UTS has 220 exchange agreements enabling students to study on exchange in 42 countries.
• Australian reputation: 100% of UTS research (broad fields) rated as world standard or above (source: Excellence in Research for Australia 2018)

Student enrolments

Student enrolments by course type 2020–2023

Course type	2020	2021	2022	2023
Higher degree research	2,286	2,324	2,254	2,287
Postgraduate coursework	10,215	9,775	9,527	12,047
Undergraduate and non‑award	33,573	33,115	32,804	33,579
Total	46,074	45,214	44,585	47,913
Equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL)	35,479	34,349	33,341	35,678

Data for 2023 is at July 2024

Note: These numbers include students who are enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis. The equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) is smaller than the total enrolments because the equivalent full-time load of part-time students is less than 1.

 

Student enrolments by diversity indicators 2020–2022

Diversity Indicator	2020	2021	2022
Female	49%	50%	50%
Under 25	70%	70%	70%
Language other than English spoken at home	46%	44%	42%
Born outside Australia	48%	45%	43%
Indigenous	1%	1%	1%
Disability	5%	6%	7%

Data for 2022 is at January 2023

 

Student enrolments by faculty and course type 2022

Enrolled faculty	Higher degree research	Postgraduate coursework	Undergraduate and non‑award	Total
Arts and Social Sciences	159	973	3,390	4,522
Business	137	2,381	7,123	9,641
Design, Architecture and Building	106	674	4,033	4,813
Engineering and Information Technology	1,123	1,661	8,385	11,169
Graduate School of Health	54	788	0	842
Health	185	1,483	3,526	5,194
Law	52	942	2,467	3,461
Science	345	341	3,181	3,867
Transdisciplinary Innovation	25	284	16	325
Provost	71	6	704	781
Total	2,257	9,533	32,825	44,615

As at January 2023

 

International student enrolments by faculty and course type 2022

Enrolled faculty	Higher degree research	Postgraduate coursework	Undergraduate and non‑award	Total
Arts and Social Sciences	33	168	629	830
Business	57	1,397	2,331	3,785
Design, Architecture and Building	29	125	823	977
Engineering and Information Technology	693	1,314	1,603	3,610
Graduate School of Health	9	70	0	79
Health	47	12	428	487
Law	4	99	30	133
Science	117	114	266	497
Transdisciplinary Innovation	6	115	1	122
Provost	20	0	640	660
Total	1,015	3,414	6,751	11,180

As at January 2023

 

Enrolments by campus 2023

Campus	2023
Australia	47,110
Overseas	803
Total	47,913

As at July 2024

 

Completions

UTS completions by course type 2019–2022

Course type	2019	2020	2021	2022
Research higher degree
Doctorate research	290	303	358	324
Doctorate research and coursework	3	3	1	2
Masters by research	25	25	26	39
Sub-total	318	331	385	365
Coursework postgraduate
Higher degree	3,489	2,989	3,011	2,430
Other postgraduate award	903	1,041	1,176	1,142
Cross-institutional postgraduate	5	8	2	3
Sub-total	4,397	4,038	4,189	3,575
Coursework undergraduate
Bachelors degree	6,011	5,989	5,850	6,184
Bachelors combined degree	818	751	723	620
Bachelors graduate entry	1	0	0	0
Bachelors honours	190	233	215	263
Bachelors combined honours	44	116	127	144
Bachelors honours embedded	272	513	543	727
Sub-degree	38	64	131	83
Other undergraduate award	920	302	139	61
Cross-institutional undergraduate	31	26	6	4
Sub-total	8,325	7,994	7,734	8,086
Non-award
Non-award	667	274	57	65
Total	13,707	12,637	12,365	12,091

2022 data as at January 2023

 

UTS completions by gender 2019–2022

Gender	2019	2020	2021	2022
Female	7,244	6,539	6,523	6,442
Male	6,425	6,068	5,833	5,652
Other	9	15	8	10
Total	13,678	12,622	12,364	12,104

2022 data as at November 2023

 

Staff

Staff FTE 2020–2023

Staff (FTE)	2020	2021	2022	2023
Academic	2,183	1,951	1,844	1,930
Professional	2,222	1,906	1,992	2,168
Total	4,405	3,857	3,836	4,098

FTE is full-time equivalent, including casual staff. Data as at July 2024.