Registered Training Organization: A Govt. University

Existence: 150 years old (when the former University of Ballarat and the Gippsland Campus of Monash University were amalgamated)

Regulatory Bodies: Higher education programs are regulated by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) through the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 and associated pieces of legislation.

Legal authority: National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

Exerciser: Australian Skills Quality Authority

Registered Training Organization: Public University

The University of Western Sydney began operation on 1st January 1989, under the terms of the University of Western Sydney Act, 1988 which had been passed by the new south wales parliament in December 1988. However, the predecessors of the university date back as far as 1891 with the establishment of the hawkesbury agricultural college.

Western Sydney University is ranked in the top 2% in the world. (as per the global research)