| Study mode | Start date | Duration | Fee | Fee per | Year of study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full-time | Jan, Jul | weeks: 40 | $24272 | Whole course | 2018 - 2019 |
Take the most effective pathway to the University of Sydney. The University of Sydney Foundation Program (USFP) is a rigorous, focused program. It provides you with the training you need to succeed at Australia's most prestigious university.
The course offers a range of start dates and programs throughout the year to suit your timing, your academic level and your planned university degree (on our website you can find information about the Standard Program). The combined educational expertise of both the University of Sydney and Taylors College has been employed to create this foundation program.
Modules
You will have the choice of five Streams to study, which will be dependent on the undergraduate degree that you wish to study:
- Science / Engineering and IT / Health Science
- Economics / Commerce
- Arts / Media
- Music
- Visual Art and Design
As part of each stream you will study a number of subjects. To determine which subjects you should study in relation to your chosen undergraduate degree, see below for more details.
For each of five Streams you will study Compulsory Core Subjects, Group 1 Elective Subjects (with 1 chosen subject), Group 2 Elective Subjects (you will choose 1, 2 or 3 subjects)
Subject Minors: Subjects that can be taken as one semester long minors. Only 2 minors can be taken for each program.
Entry requirements
IELTS (Academic) - 5.5 (no band less than 5.5)
TOEFL PB - 506 TWE 4
TOEFL iBT - 62 (writing no less than 16)
For Russia - Certificate of Secondary Education (Attestat) - minimum a grade 3 in 5 subjects.
Location
The information applies to the University's Camperdown/Darlington campus only.
- Catch a train to Redfern train station, and then take a 10-minute walk down Lawson St and onto Abercombie St to the main campus.
- Free buses run to and from Fisher Library and Redfern Station in the evening during semester.

