North Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales, Australia. North Ryde is located
15 kilometres north-west of the Sydney
central business district, in the local government
area of the City of Ryde. North Ryde is in the
Northern Suburbs region of Sydney.

One of Australia's major business districts, North
Ryde is home to many multi-national corporations
such as Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Oracle,
Dimension Data and Honeywell. North Ryde is the
site of Macquarie University and its residents
include those from the university academe and
the research
sector. The Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) also has
a major site on Delhi Road in the Riverside
Corporate Park.