Founded in 1850, the University of Sydney is a world-famous institution of higher learning, located in the inner and western areas of Sydney, Australia's largest city, and the first university in Australia and Oceania. The University of Sydney is one of the six sandstone universities in Australia, a core member of the Group of Eight in Australia, and a member of the Pacific Rim University Alliance and the Asia-Pacific International Trade Education and Research Alliance of internationally renowned research universities. According to the official statistics of the Australian government, 1/3 of the Australian Nobel Prize winners are alumni of the University of Sydney, far ahead of other Australian universities.

Student activities

The student organization of the University of Sydney has 43 sports clubs, which are affiliated to the School of Physical Education and Fitness of the University of Sydney. Each association is composed of students, and is responsible for organizing the training, competition and friendship of school teams, participating in off-campus competitions of various sports, and selecting state teams and national teams.

Over the years, students from the University of Sydney have participated in many world sports competitions on behalf of Australia and other countries. The history of the University of Sydney's participation in the Olympic Games began at the St. Louis Olympic Games in 1904. In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the University of Sydney had 265,438+0 student athletes, of whom 20 represented Australia and 1 represented Fiji. 20 12 London Olympic Games, more than 30 athletes from the University of Sydney represented Australia and won one silver and one bronze. In addition, the University of Sydney has participated in the Commonwealth Games for a long time. In the Commonwealth Games in 2006, it was learned that college athletes won two gold medals and four silver medals, while in the recent 20 10 Commonwealth Games, it was learned that college athletes won the best result of 12 silver and bronze in Jin Jiu.

In addition, a large number of athletes from the University of Sydney also participated in the Universiade in Australia and the Universiade. The school team includes women's basketball team, men's and women's football team, men's and women's water polo team (in which the men's water polo team won the national championship in 2005) and fencing team. The Rugby League team was founded in 1863 and participated in the New South Wales Rugby League. 20 12 won the championship for the first time in 2005. Other players in the state league include boxing team, Nets team and American football team. In addition, it is understood that the big cheerleading team won the championship in the interstate competition in 2006. Among the school teams, Sida rowing team is the earliest one, which was founded in 1860. Since its establishment, it has held competitions with the rowing team of Melbourne University every year, and participated in a series of national and international competitions (including the Taiwan Province Yilan Cup International Famous School Rowing Invitational Tournament). In almost every Olympic Games, athletes represent the country. Among them, the Australian team that won the bronze medal of eight-person rowing in the 1952 Olympic Games was all members of Starr rowing team.

Academic competitions and honors

Students from the University of Sydney take part in world-class academic competitions. Among them, Sydney Law School is the highest-level international law moot competition in the world, and it is also the champion of this year's Jessup Moot Competition (20 1 1). The University of Sydney Debate Team has won the World University Debate Championship five times (the latest one is 20 10), ranking first in the world over the years.

Since 1904, 100 students of the University of Sydney have won Rhodes Scholarships, and 148 students have won Fulbright Scholarships in the past 60 years.