About Us

Visiting CAS

CAS is located principally within the Rose Street Building (Building J04) in the Engineering Precincnt on the Darlington Campus at The University of Sydney, Australia. The nearest cross street is Shepherd St and Boundary St, Chippendale. It is approximately two kilometres south of the Sydney CBD.

For further details refer to Grid P25 on the online location map.

The campus is well served by public transport (both bus and rail) and by taxis. Sydney Airport is located about 25 minutes to the south of the University. From the airport you can get to the University by taxi, rental car or rail.

Directions by Taxi:  Tell your driver that the nearest cross street to the Rose Street Building is Shepherd Street and Boundary Street, Chippendale. 

Directions by Car:  From Sydney CBD (i.e. from George Street/Broadway) turn left into City Road.  Victoria Park will be on your right. Turn left at Cleveland Street at the Seymour Centre corner, then next right into Shepherd Street.  Approximately 400m down on the right (opposite Calder Road) is a university entrance and a carpark. The Rose Street Building is next to the carpark. See the map for further details.

Directions by Rail:  The Sydney suburban rail network, CityRail is quite large, and runs close to the University.  Redfern Station is the nearest railway station and is about a 5 minute walk away.  Exiting Redfern Station, turn left to walk west on Lawson Street, turn left (south-west) onto Abercrombie Street, and then right (North-ish) on Shepherd Street.  Caution!  It can be dangerous to walk around Redfern railway station alone after dusk, as you may be threatened or even attacked.  Be aware of your surroundings, and be careful.  Free buses run to and from Fisher Library and Redfern station in the evening during semester.

Building Access:  The Rose Street Building has a secure access and you must use the telephone by the front door to call the extension number of an occupant to let you in. If in doubt, call 17126 (Centre Business Office).

Public Transport:  For information on public transport telephone 131500 or visit Transport InfoLine

Additional Travel Information:  Further information (including bus numbers) is available under Camperdown/Darlington Campus at Sydney University.

Day visitors:  You may park your car in the University grounds by paying a daily or hourly fee.  Parking metres are located in each parking area.  There is limited parking in surrounding streets unless arriving early in the day.

Building access:  Access  is only via security card. CAS Administrative Staff will provide a visitor card for short term visits. Longer term visitors will be required to pay a $25 deposit when collecting their card from Security Services.  The deposit will be refunded by Security upon return of the card at the end of the visiting period. For long term visitors (visiting scholar/occupational trainee other arrangements can be made.

Parking permits for visitors:  Approval may be given for regular visitors to CAS to obtain a visitors permit.  This is usually restricted to academics from UTS and UNSW. A maximum of 3 hours at any one visit applies to this permit. Daily permits are available for one off visits.  Please see CAS Adiministrative Staff.

Traffic and Parking Regulations on Campus:  Click here for further information.