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Victoria UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTUS 2014 a study experience thatWelcome! will stay with you for life Wellington is a great city in which to live and study. With its scenic hills and natural harbour, the capital city of New Zealand has unrivalled cultural, economic and political dimensions, and offers all the benefits of a major city in a safe, compact environment. Victoria University ranks first in New Zealand for research quality (2013 Performance-Based Research Fund), and in the 2013 QS World Rankings is placed in the top 150 universities in 12 subjects. Our teaching and research is built on a proud tradition of academic excellence and is geared to meet the challenges of the current millennium, guided by staff who are world leaders in their fields. Victoria has been the academic heart of the region for over 100 years and continues to produce high-quality graduates well equipped to become the new generation of scholars, inventors, entrepreneurs, and business and civic leaders. At Victoria, you will join a warm, open and diverse community of students from over 100 countries. We have excellent support networks built up from over 50 years of looking after the needs of international students. I welcome you to Victoria University and wish you the very best in your studies. I hope you enjoy your time here and take the opportunity we offer to achieve academic excellence. Professor Roberto Rabel Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) The Hunter Building, Kelburn campus [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] FOUR CAMPUSES IN FRIENDLY AND SUPPORTIVE ESTABLISHED 1899 ADVENTURE AND CREATIVE, CULTURAL WELLINGTON CITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT World-claSS RESEARCH GREAT OUTDOORS CAPITAL CITY 2 Victoria University, 8 A Victoria Degree 28 Scholarships 45 Application Form Wellington and 10 Faculty of 30 Estimated Fees + New Zealand Architecture + Entry 4 Research Design Requirements Enterprise, 12 Victoria 36 Enhance your apply Innovation studies Business School Degree Sustainability 6 Faculty of Pathway welcome 14 38 and Community Education Programmes Engagement 16 Faculty of 39 International Engineering Programmes 18 Faculty of 40 Victoria Humanities + + services fees International Social Sciences 41 Student Support + 20 Faculty of Law Facilities 22 New Zealand 42 Accommodation School of Music 43 Living Costs + 24 Faculty of Science Budget 26 Faculty of 45 Contact Details Graduate Research CONTENTS ☛ Welcome to Victoria Victoria University of Wellington is New Zealand’s top ranked university for research quality1 Victoria University... Wellington... + has internationally recognised + has over 21,000 students + is a popular destination for young courses and degrees, ranked in the including 3,000 international people seeking a fun place to live world’s top 150 universities in students during their studies and while 12 subjects2 entering the graduate job market + is a leading international + offers a quality education research centre – this research + is a beautiful, vibrant, safe and modelled on the highly successful is integrated into our teaching fun city – one of the world’s top 10 British framework – one that programmes cities for personal safety3 emphasises creative thought and + has seven faculties on + offers the perfect mix of urban heightened world knowledge four campuses convenience and natural surrounds + teaches skills for getting ahead – it has the feel of a big city – leadership, communication, without the traffic, queues, creative and critical thinking pollution or population pressures KELBURN CAMPUS overlooks the PIPITEA CAMPUS is in the heart of TE ARO CAMPUS, the purpose-built KARORI CAMPUS is five to ten beautiful harbour city and is the the CBD and is home to schools home of the Schools of Architecture minutes’ drive from the city centre home of schools in science, specialising in law, government, and Design, is in the creative centre and is the home of schools engineering, and humanities and commerce, and professional of a design-oriented city, on the specialising in teacher education and social sciences, and the University’s development. fringe of its central business district. education studies. administration. 1. 2013 Performance-Based Research Fund 2. QS World Rankings by Subject, 2013 3. 2011 Mercer Quality of Living Survey – www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#personalsafety 2 Victoria University of Wellington CONTENTS ☛ Victoria University of Wellington is New Zealand’s top ranked university for research quality1 Wellington... New Zealand... + is a diverse and creative capital + is the world’s most peaceful + is a highly popular tourist with excellent facilities and country as ranked by the 2010 destination, known throughout a lively calendar of events global peace index the world for its natural beauty – throughout the year around one-third of its total land is + values diversity of thinking, protected conservation land + is compact and easy to get enterprise and quality of life – around on foot, or using its New Zealanders are renowned for + has an internationally acclaimed excellent public transport system their open friendliness film industry, creating major blockbusters such as The Lord of + is motivated and energised + has a population of four million the Rings, King Kong, Avatar, Tintin by the intelligent vision of in a country the size of Japan (127 and The Hobbit its people – over 55% of million) or the UK (62 million) Wellington’s working population has a tertiary qualification Wellington – the political and cultural heartbeat of New Zealand. North ISLAND Auckland WELLINGTON Christchurch SOUTH ISLAND www.victoria.ac.nz/international 3 CONTENTS ☛ Leaders in research, enterprise and innovation Known throughout the world for its creative industries, Wellington is a hotbed for research, entrepreneurship and innovation Number one in research Links with the city Victoria is the top New Zealand Victoria University was ranked first in Victoria offers great opportunities for university for research in 2013, as ranked New Zealand in 17 of the 36 subject areas students to work with partners in it offers: business, Government, the public sector, by the New Zealand Government. + Biomedical Science law and science and technology This research informs our teaching at all + Chemistry levels – 678 of Victoria’s teaching staff + Communications, Journalism and organisations, fostering their networking, are actively involved in research, 70% of Media Studies creative and research skills and building + Computer Science, Information Technology, relationships for future careers. them at the highest ranked levels. Information Sciences + Design Viclink, the commercial arm of the University, supports students through grants for + Earth Sciences engagement in entrepreneurial + Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour activities and commercially + Economics viable research. They + English Language and Literature manage a broad range + History, History of Art, Classics and of spin-off ideas, Curatorial Studies licensing deals, joint + Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts ventures and + Physics businesses, from clean- + Political Science, International Relations tech companies such as and Public Policy Wetox and bio-tech businesses such as Pacific + Psychology Marine Bioactives through to + Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, the resilience-boosting Criminology and Gender Studies efforts of Umbrella Theatre and Dance, Film, Television and + Health, a business Multimedia Studies Daniel Tomicek BE (Hons) idea which Victoria’s Faculty of Law was named the leading originated from As part of his final-year research, law school in New Zealand for research quality. the School of Bachelor of Engineering student Daniel Psychology. Tomicek developed a low-cost solution for Victoria was ranked second in: Foreign engineers to monitor the damage inflicted Languages and Linguistics; Human Geography; on buildings during earthquakes by Pure and Applied Mathematics; Law; Māori harnessing the kinetic energy created. Knowledge and Development; Molecular, Cellular and Whole Organism Biology; Daniel worked with the national museum Philosophy; and Statistics. Te Papa to test his wireless vibration sensor using an exhibit which mimics the movement of earthquakes. 4 Victoria University of Wellington CONTENTS ☛ Leaders in research, enterprise and innovation Known throughout the world for its creative industries, Wellington is a hotbed for research, entrepreneurship and innovation Links with the city Supporting student initiative Summer research placements – Over the At Victoria you will find a supportive The Victoria University Entrepreneurship Club summer months, top students have the environment, focused on helping you helps students to access entrepreneurial opportunity to work on 10-week paid research resources, helps students share ideas and placements as part of the University’s Summer succeed in your goals. create start up businesses, and provides Research Scholarships Programme. Victoria The University offers a large number of research network opportunities with prominent partners with companies, government agencies scholarships, particularly at the postgraduate entrepreneurs – see www.facebook.com/ and professional groups across New Zealand level – see page 26. Each faculty also has a VicEnterpreneursClub giving students the opportunity to gain number of scholarships and awards to support Vic Careers can assist you with careers advice - practical experience and develop their research student endeavour. Additional funding from the general exploration