Former name | University of Western Sydney (1989–2015) | ||||||
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Motto | Unlimited [1] | ||||||
Type | Public research university | ||||||
Established | 1 January 1989[2] | ||||||
Accreditation | TEQSA | ||||||
Academic affiliations | |||||||
Budget | A$891.32 million (2022)[3] | ||||||
Chancellor | Jennifer Westacott, AO[4] | ||||||
Vice-Chancellor | George Williams, AO[5] | ||||||
Total staff | 2,683 regular (2022)[3] 1,889 casual (2022)[3] | ||||||
Students | 47,146 (2022)[6] | ||||||
Undergraduates | 38,113 (2022)[6] | ||||||
Postgraduates | 7,198 coursework (2022) 1,388 research (2022)[6] | ||||||
Other students | 447 (2022)[6] | ||||||
Location | , , | ||||||
Campus | Metropolitan with multiple sites, 1,713.5 hectares (4,234 acres) | ||||||
Colours | Crimson, white and black | ||||||
Sporting affiliations | |||||||
Mascot | Doug the Duck[8] | ||||||
Website | westernsydney.edu.au | ||||||
Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus public research university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network university with an amalgamation between the Nepean College of Advanced Education and the Hawkesbury Agricultural College.[9] The Macarthur Institute of Higher Education was incorporated in the university in 1989. In 2001, the University of Western Sydney was restructured as a single multi-campus university rather than as a federation. In 2015, the university underwent a rebranding which resulted in a change in name from the University of Western Sydney to Western Sydney University. It is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees with campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith, and Surabaya.