The University of Western Sydney, also known as UWS, is a multi-campus, university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was ranked among the top 600 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education/QS ranking in 2009 and 2010. UWS has campuses in Greater Western Sydney - Parramatta, Richmond, Blacktown, Penrith (comprising Werrington South, Werrington North, and Kingswood), Bankstown, and Campbelltown. UWS is a provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and higher research degrees. In recent years UWS has opened a medical school. If all UWS campuses were to be combined, it would total approximately 1713.50 hectares. In 2012, UWS was ranked 19th among Australian Universities by the Australian Education Network [6] up from 23 the previous year. In the fall of autumn from early 2009, UWS was placed within the top 600 universities worldwide by Times Higher Education World University Rankings/QS ranking and hopes to improve on its performance.