The Greater Western area of Sydney, Australia, is home to Western Sydney University, originally known as the University of Western Sydney. The university was established in 1989 as a federated network university by merging the Hawkesbury Agricultural College and the Nepean College of Advanced Education. The institution incorporated the Macarthur Institute of Higher Education in 1989. The University of Western Sydney was reorganised in 2001 to become a single, multi-campus university as opposed to a federation. Western Sydney University has replaced the University of Western Sydney as the name of the institution following a redesign in 2015. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it was ranked 1st globally in the impact rating in 2022, in the top 201-250 in the world and joint 11th in Australia. Its campuses in Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, and Penrith offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and higher research degrees.
With roughly 48,500 students from more than 70 different countries, Western Sydney University is a small but close-knit community of diverse cultures and nationalities. Thirty-eight thousand eight hundred twenty-seven students are enrolled in the university's undergraduate programmes overall, and 7,123 are pursuing postgraduate degrees. Currently, 1,675 academic staff members and 1,712 administrative staff members are employed by the university. Each faculty member has years of experience and extensive understanding in their fields, ensuring the finest support for students.