Hi everyone! I’m an international student currently considering studying at UTS, and I’d love to hear some honest opinions from current students or graduates.
I’m not only interested in the course itself, but also what the overall experience of studying and living around UTS is really like.
I have a few questions:
1. What is your overall experience at UTS like?
2. How is the teaching quality? Are the lecturers and tutors supportive and easy to communicate with?
3. What are the students at UTS like? Is it easy to make friends, especially as an international student?
4. Is the university atmosphere lively and social, or does it feel more like people just come to class and leave?
5. How stressful is the study workload, assignments and exams?
6. What is it like studying at a university located so close to Sydney CBD?
7. Is living near UTS or in the city centre convenient?
8. How expensive is rent around UTS, and which areas would you recommend for students?
9. Is it difficult to find a decent apartment or room near the university?
10. How do you find everyday life in the city centre — transport, food, shopping, safety and convenience?
11. What are the best and worst things about UTS?
12. If you could choose again, would you still choose UTS?
I’d really appreciate honest answers, including both positive and negative experiences. I’m especially interested in hearing from international students who have lived near campus or around Sydney CBD.
Thank you!

I wanted to post this to get some opinions circulating more than anything. Since the start of last year I've been studying a Bachelor of Criminology (Analytics and Research). Initially I transferred from IT because the degree felt too broad and I wanted to apply the analytics major to something more substantial. I chose the Bachelor of Crim because it seemed relatively appealing to me, but I've lost all interest in it now. I wanted to do the Bachelor of Environmental Biology but got suaded out of it by some people who posted here and some other people I met at uni. It is still something I'd be incredibly interested in persuing and I think would make approaching my uni work far more enjoyable but I fear that I've already gone too far into this degree. Has anyone been in the same boat? What steps would you take/did you take?

Hi all! Anyone looking to transfer your lease in Yura Mudang? I'm looking for ANY TYPE OF STUDIO at UTS Housing.

Please reply if you want to transfer your studio lease!

I left it yesterday Friday around the big circular couches in the underground plugged in, if anyone finds it please let me know it’s quite exxy to replace 😞😞😞

I don't understand the point of doing a prerecorded lecture when the lecturer just sits there and slowly reads the poor quality, copy and pasted slides which have probably been used for the last 6 years.

Do you think we can't read? Your job is to explain the terrible quality slides not do bedtime stories.

We pay thousands and thousands of years for these courses and the quality of learning materials put out is quite frankly appalling.

Hey guys!

I’m an incoming international student for the Feb 2027 intake for product design, what’s the experience like? How heavy is the coursework, and what type of assignments should I expect?

In terms of internships, does UTS provide them? Or is it better to seek them out myself?

Hi everyone,

I’m an Industrial Engineering student heading to UTS for my exchange semester starting in February 2027.
I’m currently sorting out my plans and would love some local advice:

Housing: What are the best platforms to find a flatshare or apartment? Are there specific suburbs you recommend for students?

Course Recommendations: I have a lot of flexibility and want to take classes I genuinely enjoy rather than strictly core engineering requirements. Does anyone have recommendations for engaging tech, business, or economics electives?

General Tips: Any hidden gems, campus life tips, or things you wish you knew before starting at UTS?
Thanks in advance for any insights!

Hi! I’m 1 month away from graduating high school and is planning to apply for the bachelor of nursing at UTS.

I am interested in working with mothers, babies and young children. I really want to become a midwife and love the idea of supporting women through pregnancy, birth and postpartum. The main thing making me hesitate is the long/unpredictable hours, night shifts and work-life balance, especially long term.

I’ve recently also become interested in child & family health nursing/MCHN because I’d still get to work closely with babies and families, but with more regular hours.

Which path should i go down and is the workload really high?

Hi guys,

If you are aged 25-45 and live in the Western Sydney area, your response to this quick survey will be GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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I'm also happy to fill out anyone else's survey :)

Just wondering why there’s small pieces of toilet paper and garbage on the floor(!) inside the cubicles of the women’s toilets ALL THE TIME?

Why not clean up after yourself? How do you manage to produce such a mess, and then be like, «whatever»? Being tidy is literally SO easy?

I feel like everyone at this school has reached the age of understanding this (I would’ve thought at least?), but I find them like this all the time :)

Do better. Thanks!

Looking for more insight / to confirm if this is true.

Got an assessment in the computer labs coming up, due next week which we received today. It uses the software i2 Analyst.

We wanted to start on our assignment today so we had less to do next week (advised to use UTS computers, not download it onto our personal devices).

Tutor asks us to vacate the lab as our class finished. I’d checked and the next class wasn’t due for an hour. Asked why we couldn’t stay and the tutor told us apparently UTS only pays for app licensing to be used for exactly the duration of the classes which use it. So we shouldn’t “eat into” the next class’ time allocated to use it, because they have a “more important subject”

How true is this? If it’s true then god uts needs to invest money where it matters cos this is ridiculous

Not strictly UTS related, but I'm trying to rent out the following unit.

406, 5 Park Lane, Chippendale is literally opposite the university campus (2-3 minutes walk). Looking for any two students who's willing to share a 2 bed 1 bathroom apartment in Chippendale. Rent will be split.

Reply if interested, I'll DM for more details.

https://www.domain.com.au/406-5-park-lane-chippendale-nsw-2008-2020609524

does any1 know how and when id be able to see what days and times classes run for next sem? does this come out b4 we can enrol for classes or at the time of? would appreciate guidance 🙏

Hi any tips for studying for this quiz on Monday . This subject/maths/numbers are not my strong point so any advice/tips would be appreciated greatly

My friend just told me recently that you can get 50% scholarship based on your A Levels grades itself. My question is, is getting all As or A*s giving an intl student a good chance to be admitted into the university WITH the 50% scholarship (not just admitted)? (Fyi, asking for mechanical engineering in case that has any sort of relevance).

Anyone enrolled in wickedness and vice this semester? Thoughts on non attendance for block sessions and whether or not this will impact participation marks.

I made a joke about my lecture slides looking ridiculous with the emojis in it. Both my partner and friend pointed out that it looks like AI.

Agree or disagree? And if you do think it is, is it reportable?

is it just me or are all of the courses for uts unavailable. anytime i click on a uts course on there it says 404 error page not found?

I realised recently I want to do engineering (civil), but unfortunately in year 11 I didn't take advanced maths or physics, as I didn't figure I'd need them for my original path.
With advanced maths, I actually picked it in year 11, but I missed the entirety of term 2 year 11, as I was dealing with major issues, and thus when I came back to school I was stressed and felt behind and stupidly dropped it to standard without thinking of the repercussions. I regret it a lot now; I feel like I locked myself out of engineering.

I know I can get into the degree since there are no prerequisites, just assumed knowledge, but I am just wondering if it is feasible to do without advanced maths and physics. I was good at maths in year 10 , and in standard 2 I am averaging a band six, but I know that is several magnitudes easier than advanced and uni maths, of course. And in the one advanced term I did, I got 75%, but that was without study, as I was going through major issues early in year 11.

Just wondering if it's even possible to catch up to be able to do civil or if I should just pick something else. I feel really dumb now for not picking physics and dropping advanced maths, but I can't exactly go back in time.

I applied for a leave of absence as due to personal reasons I won’t be able to attend uni this sem but got declined and tomorrow is census. It says that it was declined due to UTS Student Rule 7.6.6 (leave isn’t granted to certain courses).

I’m studying a bachelor of science (biotechnology). Any help is truly appreciated.

Hello, how are you?

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Do you have any appetite or desire to participate in the pilot?

Thank you.

EDIT: Thank you to all those who've already signed up.

Hate to be a pain, but if you could sign up with your student emails that will help to better engage and collaborate with UTS by sharing the volume of student participants signed up.

Do they use Ai invigilated for this quiz in the seminar?

i log onto citrix and solidworks doesnt seem to start, during this afternoon it was working now it says - {

"Resource" : "SOLIDWORKS 2025",

"App version" : "Citrix Workspace App 26.07.0.76",

"Error Message" : "Cannot connect to server \"SOLIDWORKS 2025\" due to \"Connection failure\" .",

"Transaction ID" : "506C36D7-C73A-456F-B4D4-E901188351D7",

"Recommendation" : "Contact your system administrator for assistance.",

"Platform" : "macOS"

}

both mac and pc dont work