Pro-Palestine student protesters camped at the University of Sydney have confirmed they will leave after being ordered to vacate last week. 

On Instagram organisers confirmed the camp, which has been active for eight weeks, would be packed up after an order from university management, whose actions they have described as "consistently hostile", was sent on Friday. 

"For weeks the camp has been issued cease and desist letters, two students have been suspended, security has removed tents, and prevented the Palestine Action Group protest from entering university grounds on Sunday," it said. 

In an email to staff, Vice-Chancellor Mark Scott said he met with representatives of the protest "with the aim of achieving a peaceful resolution" before ordering them from the front lawns.

"Following the rejection of our proposal, last Friday we informed the encampment representatives that we require them to vacate the front lawns, so we can prepare for semester [two]," he said. 

Organisers have accused the university of  taking a "repressive approach" to the encampment, including "unjust disciplinary cases against multiple activists and groups involved in the encampment." 

The University said it had "repeatedly stated that we support the right to peaceful protest, provided it doesn't cause significant disruption to core University operations."

The protesters are among a large number of students across Australia who set up encampments at various universities, joining students at campuses in the United States. 

Among their demands is a call for teaching institutions to disclose and cut ties with weapons manufacturers they say are supplying arms to Israel.

The lawn where the protesters had pitched their tents is where the university usually holds their start of semester welcome events. 

These events are considered "core university operations" and are the basis of the order to vacate. 

Organisers said although the camp is being dismantled, their campaign "is only just beginning." 

"We will not be pausing for a second in the struggle," they said. 

"We will be returning to campus next semester to take our fight to management even harder, with a historic Student General Meeting to demand that the university cut all its ties with Israel."