Established in 1949, UNSW has expanded rapidly and now has close to 40,000 students, including more than 7000 international students from over 130 different countries. The University offers more than 600 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate programs, and has developed an extensive network of alumni chapters throughout Asia.

UNSW has a broad disciplinary base, with Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences; Built Environment; Engineering; Law; Medicine and Science, as well as the College of Fine Arts, UNSW@ADFA and the Australian School of Business.  The University was ranked 44th in the world in the UK’s 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) World University Rankings.  UNSW's accounting research was ranked first out of 1087 institutions worldwide in the June 2007 edition of the international journal Accounting and Finance.

Among Australian universities, UNSW was acknowledged as having the top performing engineering discipline in the Melbourne Institute’s Discipline Ratings for Australian Universities, published in November. The University also rated highly in business and economics.

UNSW's business school, AGSM's MBA Programs are consistently ranked as No. 1 in Australia and as top-tier programs on a global scale.

Website: http://www.unsw.edu.au/