What's on?

To get the answers you are looking for take a walk around the Great Hall, Ante Room and Maclaurin Hall.

Campus bus tours
Take a ride on the University shuttle bus for a mobile look around the campus. Tours leave from the front of the Quadrangle between 10am and 2pm.

Architecture and Design Computing Tours
Meet in the Wilkinson Building for a tour of the world class facilities at your disposal as an architecture or design computing student: design studios with your own dedicated space; state-of-the-art design computing labs; the sentient room with built in sensors; the wind tunnel; laser cutter; wood workshops; art studios; art gallery and much more! Tours run every half hour from 10am (except between 1pm and 2pm) until 4.00pm.

Residential College Tours
Tours of our residential colleges will run throughout the day. Ask at the residential colleges stalls in the Quadrangle for more information.

The Pathology Museum
Once known as the Museum of Normal and Morbid Anatomy, the Pathology Museum is one of the most intriguing sites on campus. Normally closed to the public, this exhibition space features unusual pathological specimens such as a flask of broth prepared by Louis Pasteur for the culture of bacteria and the severed foot of a professor! Open: 10am to 3pm, level 5, Room 580, Blackburn Building.

Sydney University Sport
Sydney University Sport (SU Sport) offers a wide range of facilities and services to students. If you want to be more involved in student life, you can join one of the 44 sporting clubs registered with SU Sport or peruse the catalogue of sport and recreation courses offered throughout the year. Visit
the SU Sports representatives at the SU Sports stall in the Quadrangle to find out more about sports on campus.

Carillon
Enjoy a 10-minute recital of the University Carillon at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.

The University of Sydney Union
When you enrol at the University you have the opportunity to become a member of the University of Sydney Union (USU) – the oldest and biggest student association in Australia. It’s the cultural and social heart of the University and once you’re a member you can enjoy all that the USU has to offer. Throughout Information Day, USU will be providing commentary, information about services and a raft of entertainment including student
bands, DJs and comedians. And don’t forget to join in that ancient Sydney University tradition: GIANT TWISTER under the jacaranda tree.

Eat, drink and enjoy …
Ralph’s Café will be selling a wide variety of tasty food (including the famous Ralph wraps), snacks, drinks and coffee throughout the day from the Quadrangle. Ralph’s Café (located in the Arena Sports Centre) is a University icon, providing food and beverages to students and staff on campus for over 20 years.

The USU will also be selling a wide variety of tasty food, snacks, drinks and confectionery throughout the day from the coffee cart in Fisher Square (seating available) and Carslaw and Manning Kiosk (seating available). The Campus Store in the Wentworth Building and Footbridge Station in the Holme Building will also be open for your convenience – with a range of food, drinks, memorabilia, stationery and newsagency items.

  • Call the University’s Helpline and a team of students will be available to answer all of your questions: 1300 362 006
  • Email the University’s Marketing and Student Recruitment Unit:
    futurestudents@usyd.edu.au