University of New South Wales
Australian university
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| 2024 | AtomCraft project launched, aiming to deliver the first fusion tokamak entirely designed, built, and operated by students, with plans to complete the first iteration by 2027. |
| 2024 | Ranked #4 in the Australian Financial Review Best Universities Ranking. |
| 2024 | Achieved #19 in the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, ranking 3rd nationally. |
| 2024 | University ranked #51 in the Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities, achieving 4th place nationally. |
| 2024 | Attained #36 in the U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities, ranking 4th nationally. |
| 2024 | Placed #83 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranking 4th nationally. |
| 2024 | Ranked #77 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, placing 4th nationally. |
| 2024 | Ranked #38 in the CWTS Leiden Ranking, placing 2nd nationally. |
| June 2024 | Student newspaper Tharunka changed its name to Gamamari, meaning 'talking for a purpose' in the Dharawal Language. |
| 2023 | The Fair Work Ombudsman launched legal action against UNSW in the Federal Circuit Court, alleging poor payroll practices and deliberate underpayment of casual academics. |
| 2023 | Sunswift Solar Racing Team won the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge Cruiser Class with their car Sunswift 7. |
| 2023 | Recorded 81.3% full-time employment rate for undergraduate graduates and 91.7% for postgraduate graduates in the Graduate Outcomes Survey. |
| 2023 | Undergraduate students rated their entire educational experience at 71.7%, while postgraduate students rated their overall education experience at 78% in the Student Experience Survey. |
| 2023 | University achieved 85.5% employer satisfaction rate in the national Employer Satisfaction Survey, demonstrating strong graduate employability and workplace readiness. |
| September 2022 | Mentem won Best in Class at the Australian Good Design awards for work with Department of Regional NSW government in creating a digital literacy learning program. |
| May 2022 | Received $4.7 million in funding from NSW Health's Prevention Research Support Program to pursue health prevention research on infectious diseases, drug and alcohol use, and primary health care. |
| 2021 | UNSW began remediating underpayments to casual academic staff, setting aside $36 million for back-pay covering the period from January 2014 to December 2020. |
| 2021 | The university's motto was changed from 'Scientia Manu et Mente' to 'Scientia Corde Manu et Mente', with approval from the College of Arms, to reflect the university's brand concept of 'collective difference'. |
| October 2021 | UNSW launched an investigative review into potential research misconduct involving duplicated and modified research photos in studies about ageing. |
| October 2021 | Established Mentem by UNSW to help organisations upskill and reskill their workforces. |
| April 23 2021 | The Whitehouse bar and café operated by Arc permanently shut down. |
| August 2020 | UNSW deleted a tweet about human rights in Hong Kong after backlash from Chinese state-owned media and students, which was later condemned by Australian Federal MPs as a violation of free speech. |
| July 15 2020 | University announced 493 job cuts and a 25 percent reduction in management due to COVID-19 impacts and a $370 million budget shortfall. |
| May 31 2020 | Educational Assessment Australia (EAA) was acquired by Janison Education Group, ending its ownership by the University of New South Wales. |
| 2019 | UNSW had the most first preferences for high school students in the state of New South Wales. |
| 2019 | University moved to a trimester timetable as part of UNSW's 2025 Strategy, changing from four 13-week semesters to three 10-week terms. Recorded lowest student satisfaction rating out of all Australian universities. |
| January 2018 | The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal found UNSW had violated privacy laws after a staff member leaked a student's complaint against university staff. |
| 2017 | UNSW enrolled the highest number of Australia's top 500 high school students academically. |
| January 2017 | The university changed its branding to 'UNSW Sydney', with the ADFA Canberra campus renamed to 'UNSW Canberra'. |
| 2016 | UNSW was recognized in the Spear's Wealth Management Survey as the Australian university that has produced the most millionaires. |
| 2015 | UNSW BABS (Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences) entered their first team in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition. |
| October 2015 | UNSW issued a security warning after an anonymous threat on 4chan, leading to state and federal police swarming the campus. |
| 2014 | rUNSWift won the RoboCup Standard Platform League competition. |
| 2013 | Engineers Australia ranked UNSW as having the highest number of graduates (23%) in the 'Australia's Top 100 Influential Engineers' list. |
| 2013 | The university launched a rebranding, changing its business name to 'UNSW Australia' for all branding and marketing. |
| 2012 | PhD student Rui Zhang attacked another student with sulfuric acid and a hammer in a chemistry lab, but was later found not guilty on grounds of mental illness. |
| 2012 | Private sources contributed 45% of the university's annual funding. UNSW Press celebrated its 50th anniversary and launched the UNSW Bragg Prize for Science Writing. |
| 2010 | rUNSWift came second in the RoboCup Standard Platform League competition. |
| 2010 | Lowy Cancer Research Centre, Australia's first integrated childhood and adult cancer research facility, opened at a cost of $127 million. |
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