Faculty of Science | |
Established: | 1882 |
Dean: | Marcel Dinger |
City: | Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney |
Country: | Australia |
Website: | sydney.edu.au/science |
The Faculty of Science is a constituent body of the University of Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1882.
In 2019 the faculty had a total student enrolment of 13,468 (21.2% of all students), thus making it the university's largest faculties and schools.[1]
At the undergraduate level, the faculty offers the degrees of Bachelor of Science (also in two additional streams: Advanced; Advanced Mathematics), Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Psychology, and Bachelor of Medical Science.
As of 2023, the Dean of the faculty is Professor Marcel Dinger.
Teaching of science at the university began in 1852 (university was established in 1850), however the first professors were based within the Faculty of Arts. The Faculty of Science itself was established in 1882.[2]
The first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy was Morris Pell, who was appointed in 1852.[3]
The faculty is divided into 8 schools.