Why Study Arts?
Flexibility
A wide range of flexible undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs that allow you the freedom to structure studies to suit your individual needs and interests – and the availability of an honours program for talented students.
Freedom of Choice
A breadth and depth of subject choice, with more than 45 undergraduate majors including 15 language majors and over 40 distinct areas of study at postgraduate level. For some subjects, Sydney is the only university in Australia offering a course.
Diversity
The opportunity to combine arts subjects with subjects from other faculties. Some programs also include an internship that allows you to put what you’ve learnt at university into practice while gaining valuable experience to improve your employment prospects after graduation.
Reputation
An international reputation for quality staff, teaching and research. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 the University of Sydney was ranked in the top 20 universities in the world for arts and humanities.
Staff
A staff committed to fostering valuable and transferable lifelong learning skills in their students. Many of our academics help set the national agenda in their area of study or are highly regarded as practitioners.
Facilities
Access to the University of Sydney Library – the largest in the southern hemisphere – housing a collection of more than 4.5 million items and providing a range of sophisticated electronic information services. Arts Digital manages an extensive library resource for language study and educational technology, video and audio production, web and multimedia development, videoconferencing and satellite television. Postgraduate research students receive day and night access to workstations and computers on a shared basis, seven days a week, plus dedicated space for those in their final year of study to complete their work.
International Focus
While studying in the Faculty of Arts you have the opportunity to participate in the University’s Student Exchange Program, allowing you to undertake part of your degree at more than 100 universities worldwide.
Employment Outcomes
A degree in the Faculty of Arts teaches you skills that are highly sought by employers in every sector of the workforce: high-level communication, research, and analytical and critical thinking. Your University of Sydney Faculty of Arts degree will immediately tell employers that you have superior skills in all of these areas.