Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney

Imagine this: you're designing a game from a different perspective like through the eyes of the villain 🦹 🎲 What do you come up with?

This is exactly what participants were tasked with at the Faculty of Engineering's inaugural Game Jam, hosted earlier in June.

Centred around the theme, "Flip the Script", across 3 days, over 200 students worked in teams to develop games that challenged common game tropes, or featured a role reversal, with games played from the perspective of a different character.

39 incredible games were submitted, with four coming out on top:
🏆 1st Place: 'S-witch' by From Hardware
🥈 2nd Place: 'Dungeon Janitor' by USYD Pookies
🥉 3rd Place: 'Realistic Farming Simulator' by TAZ Reborn
🏅4th Place: 'The Judges' by Team 411

The winning games will be incubated on campus before heading to PAX Australia later in the year, where they'll have the opportunity to showcase their games.

A big thank you to Dr Karlos Ishac from the School of Computer Science for bringing this highly engaging and exciting event to life, and thank you to Faculty staff and industry partners for your support.

Congratulations to the winning teams and everyone who participated at this year's event!

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From artificial intelligence and computer science to civil and mechanical engineering, the Faculty of Engineering continues to be recognised among the world's best.

In the 2026–2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings, the Faculty ranked #2 in Australia for Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, while six disciplines placed in the global top 50:

🚀 Artificial Intelligence
🚀 Civil Engineering
🚀 Computer Science
🚀 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
🚀 Engineering
🚀 Mechanical Engineering

These rankings recognise the excellence of our researchers, educators and students, and the impact of their work in driving innovation and solving complex challenges at a global scale.

Read more: https://go.sydney.edu.au/8B8fBy

What does engineering look like when more voices are at the table? 🎉

This International Women in Engineering Day, meet the women in engineering at the Faculty of Engineering - researchers and academics driving breakthroughs in AI, human-centred technology, and environmental sustainability, and opening doors for the next generation along the way.

Explore the ingenuity and creativity our researchers bring to engineering.

🔗 Read their stories: https://go.sydney.edu.au/2Pcgn2

Good luck USYD Rocketry Team! 🎉🚀 Incredible achievements so far!

Good luck to our incredible USYD Rocketry Team as they head into the International Rocket Engineering Competition with their latest rocket Galah! 🚀

They're already two-time world champions, taking out the top accolade in 2022 and 2025.

Shoot for the stars!

Faculty of Engineering, The University of Sydney

Building on our strong US News results, the University of Sydney has ranked 28th in the world in the 2027 QS World University Rankings, and 2nd in Australia for both academic and employer reputation.

These rankings assess global university performance across research, employability, learning experience, global engagement and sustainability. We’re proud to be part of a higher education sector that continues to see Australian universities recognised among the world’s best.

Learn more: https://go.sydney.edu.au/TKBDLW

We are proud to share that the University of Sydney has ranked 1st in NSW and 2nd in Australia in the latest US News 2026-2027 Best Global Universities Rankings, with five subjects ranked in the global top 25.

Featuring 2,250 universities from more than 100 countries, these rankings measure academic research performance, as well as global and regional reputation.

Learn more: https://go.sydney.edu.au/90SWXz

We're excited to embark on a second recruitment drive for 2026 encouraging the best and brightest female academics in engineering to join the University of Sydney🚀

Reserved for women, applications are now open for continuing tenure-tracked academic positions in the fields of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science.

This follows our inaugural Women in Engineering recruitment campaign in 2025, the first and largest of its kind in the University of Sydney, which saw nearly 600 applications from over 40 countries. This year, 16 women engineers and computer scientists will be joining the Faculty of Engineering including mechanical engineer Dr Ashley Roach and theoretical quantum physicist and engineer Dr Harini Hapuarachchi.

According to the Diversity Council of Australia, only 11% of female identifying engineering students go on to work in an engineering role. The percentage of women progressing into senior roles is even lower. Our recruitment campaign seeks to fill a long-standing gap in academia and is the cornerstone of our investment as a Faculty to address these systemic gender inequalities in the industry. Already, we have increased the number of women academics within the Faculty by 45% in the last three years.

Positions are now open to international and Australian candidates.

Read more about the campaign here: https://go.sydney.edu.au/x7JBNp