The University of Sydney was founded in 1850 as a public institution of higher education in Sydney, Australia, and says it has more than 70,000 students. Professor Mark Scott AO is its 27th Vice-Chancellor.
Agriculture is taught in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences in the Faculty of Science, whose study areas include agriculture and food. Research is coordinated by the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, which says it has more than 500 members from across the university and research themes including plant breeding and production; carbon, water and soil; quality food; animal agriculture; digital agriculture; development agriculture and urban agriculture. The faculty operates a network of farms that support teaching and research: Camden, 65 kilometres south-west of Sydney, for agriculture and veterinary students; farms and facilities at Narrabri and Nowley in north-west New South Wales, including the I.A. Watson Grains Research Centre at Narrabri; and Arthursleigh, a 7,900 hectare property near Goulburn used for teaching and research in pasture agronomy and animal science.