$100m UTS restructure sees jobs, courses axed after years of deficits

The University of Technology Sydney plans to axe more than 100 staff and 1100 subjects as part of a multimillion-dollar restructure to return the debt-ridden university to surplus.

UTS revealed an updated proposal for its restructure on Wednesday, which proposed closing its education, public health and international studies schools, while its business and law faculties would be combined.

The move would also involve axing 134 full-time equivalent academic roles, the discontinuation of 167 courses and more than 1100 subjects, shrinking 24 schools into 15 and six faculties into five.

The restructure is part of a broader plan to return the cash-strapped university to surplus after five years of deficits since the pandemic.

The university identified an estimated $80m in savings from the cut