About Sancta Sophia College

About Sancta

Sancta Sophia College is one of the University of Sydney’s six independent residential colleges. We are home to over 300 university students, academics and professionals who study, research and teach across various universities and nearby healthcare settings in Sydney. With all meals provided and a vibrant social, spiritual, cultural, sporting and academic life, Sancta offers the complete College experience, where residents can focus on achieving academically while enjoying the best of student life in Sydney.

Our visually breakthaking undergraduate building has been a home away from home for thousands of young women from regional Australia and metropolitan Sydney since 1926. Opened in 2014, Graduate House, the first of its kind at the University of Sydney, is now home to postgraduate students and academics of all genders from across Australia and around the world. Together, our residents contribute to and benefit from a celebrated academic program that promotes achievement through mentoring, debate, inquiry and collaboration.

Knowledge-sharing within and across academic and professional disciplines takes place not only through study sessions and debates, but also in daily life as residents dine and socialise together. Maturity and respect for Sancta’s values are expected of all community members, many of whom are beneficiaries of generous donor support through bursaries and scholarships that make Sancta very accessible by Sydney cost-of-living standards.

The College motto, Walk in Wisdom, was chosen by our founders and has remained the mission of every generation of College leaders since. Drawing on the intellectual and spiritual heritage of the Catholic Sisters of the Sacred Heart, Sancta warmly welcomes students and staff of all faith and cultural backgrounds and remains committed to the empowerment of young people through academic culture, real diversity, and an inspiring, inclusive and supportive community.