University of New South Wales
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| University of New South Wales link () Website | |
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| Formation | 1 July 1949 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, New South Wales,Australia |
| Type | Public university |
| Sydney technological university with military ties | |
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive universities.
The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The main campus is in the Sydney suburb of Kensington, 7km from the Sydney central business district (CDB).
Military
The university's second largest campus, known as UNSW Canberra at ADFA, abbreviated to UNSW Canberra, is situated in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). ADFA is the military academy of the Australian Defence Force, and UNSW Canberra is the only national academic institution with a defence focus.[1]
UNSW focuses on defence research areas such as cyber security, space, systems engineering, artificial intelligence, logistics, hypersonics, defence related public sector management and conflict studies[1], striving to build and maintain a network across both Australian and International defence industries.[2]