The student organization of the University of Sydney has 43 sports clubs, which are affiliated to the School of Physical Education and Fitness of the University of Sydney. Each association is composed of students, and is responsible for organizing the training, competition and friendship of school teams, participating in off-campus competitions of various sports, and selecting state teams and national teams. Over the years, students from the University of Sydney have participated in many world sports competitions on behalf of Australia and other countries.

Athletes from the University of Sydney also participated in the Universiade in Australia and the Universiade. The school team includes women's basketball team, men's and women's football team, men's and women's water polo team (in which the men's water polo team won the national championship in 2005) and fencing team.

The Rugby League team was founded in 1863 and participated in the New South Wales Rugby League. 20 12 won the championship for the first time in 2005. Other players in the state league include boxing team, Nets team and American football team.

Students from the University of Sydney take part in world-class academic competitions. Among them, Sydney Law School is the highest-level international law moot competition in the world, and it is also the champion of this year's Jessup Moot Competition (20 1 1).

The University of Sydney Debate Team has won the World University Debate Championship five times (the latest one is 20 10), ranking first in the world over the years.