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Published by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Canberra - 2008 ABSTRACT

The purpose of this publication is to inform the esteemed Ministry of Higher Education on the wide array of universities in Australia. While Australia is a new arena for Saudi students, it is also an exciting one as the potential for academic relationships are established and Australia is given exposure to Saudi culture and its expanding academic research in the Kingdom.

This publication lists a map of Australia and the geographical spread of Saudi students. In addition, this is followed up by a table of the universities with most Saudi students in descending order. The format layout of the universities is designed to give a page-by-page brief yet detailed summary of the strengths of the universities in question and how the universities describe and project themselves. On the left is a column of the current university's vice-chancellor, chancellor, director of public relations, contact details, website and campus locations.

It is the purpose of this publication to include all 38 universities in order to provide a comprehensive overview of the higher education sector in Australia. This certainly will help guide the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education and respective Saudi Universities in making decisions for the benefit of Saudi Arabia's higher education and its citizens studying abroad in Australia.

The Cultural Affairs Department of the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission wishes to thank the Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee, Universities Australia and all universities for their assistance and material in making this publication possible.

Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Canberra 2008

i Table of Contents

Geographical Spread of Saudi Students 1 Saudi Student Demographic 2 Universities The University of Adelaide 3 Australian Catholic University 4 The Australian National University 5 University of Ballarat 6 Bond University 7 University of Canberra 8 Central Queensland University 9 Charles Darwin University 10 Charles Sturt University 11 Curtin University of Technology 12 Deakin University 13 Edith Cowan University 14 Flinders University 15 Griffith University 16 James Cook University 17 La Trobe University 18 Macquarie University 19 The University of Melbourne 20 Monash University 21 Murdoch University 22 The University of New England 23 The University of New South Wales 24 The University of Newcastle 25 The University of Queensland 26 Queensland University of Technology 27 RMIT University 28 University of South Australia 29 Southern Cross University 30 University of Southern Queensland 31 University of the Sunshine Coast 32 Swinburne University of Technology 33 The University of Sydney 34 University of Tasmania 35 University of Technology Sydney 36 Victoria University 37 The University of Western Australia 38 University of Western Sydney 39 University of Wollongong 40

ii AVCC Members’ Universities

New South Wales Western Australia Charles Sturt University Bathurst Curtin University of Technology Perth Macquarie University Sydney Edith Cowan University Perth Southern Cross University Lismore Murdoch University Perth The University of Newcastle Newcastle The University of Western Australia Perth The University of New South Wales Sydney The University of New England Armidale Australian Capital Territory The University of Sydney Sydney The Australian National University Canberra University of Technology Sydney Sydney University of Canberra Canberra University of Western Sydney Sydney Tasmania University of Wollongong Wollongong University of Tasmania Hobart Queensland Northern Territory Bond University Gold Coast Charles Darwin University Darwin Central Queensland University Rockhampton Griffith University Brisbane South Australia James Cook University Townsville The University of Adelaide Adelaide Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Flinders University Adelaide The University of Queensland Brisbane University of South Australia Adelaide University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba National University of the Sunshine Coast Maroochydore Australian Catholic University Sydney Victoria Brisbane Deakin University Geelong Melbourne La Trobe University Melbourne Ballarat Monash University Melbourne Canberra RMIT University Melbourne Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne University of Ballarat Ballarat The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria University Melbourne * Universities listed by their main campus

1 Saudi Student Demographics (Data based on September 2008 figures)

UNIVERSITY Saudi student population Griffith University 500 University of Wollongong 458 Queensland University of Technology 449 La Trobe University 372 Curtin University of Technology 322 The University of Sydney 273 The University of Newcastle 264 RMIT University 210 Monash University 201 The University of Queensland 175 The University of New South Wales 174 University of Technology Sydney 166 Murdoch University 146 The University of Western Australia 134 University of Southern Queensland 98 Flinders University 91 Bond University 85 University of Tasmania 78 University of Western Sydney 74 The University of Adelaide 68 The University of Melbourne 68 Victoria University 67 University of Canberra 54 Macquarie University 50 Swinburne University of Technology 43 The Australian National University 40 Central Queensland University 39 The University of New England 33 Charles Sturt University 25 University of South Australia 25 Edith Cowan University 24 University of Ballarat 21 Deakin University 10 James Cook University 5 University of the Sunshine Coast 4 Australian Catholic University 0 Charles Darwin University 0 Southern Cross University 0

2 The University of Adelaide is gradually growing in popularity among Saudi students. It is Australia’s third oldest university, established in 1874.

Five Nobel Laureates are among its alumni,along with over 100 Rhodes Scholars.

With more than 19,000 students, including some 4,000 international students from 80 countries, the University offers a broad range of courses and outstanding opportunities for research, in an environment that encourages and values personal interaction with teaching Vice-Chancellor and President staff. Adelaide’s historic buildings, gardens and courtyards combine with advanced research Professor James McWha centres and facilities to generate a sophisticated, exceptional learning environment. A vibrant P 08 8303 5201 I F 08 8303 4354 student life offers students the chance to enjoy new experiences and meet different people; [email protected] this promotes the value of diversity and independent inquiry.

North Terrace is the main campus, centrally located on Adelaide’s “cultural boulevard”. It Chancellor is close to the State Library, Museum, Art Gallery, Festival Centre, Zoo, Botanic Gardens The Hon. John von Doussa QC and Royal Adelaide Hospital, as well as major shopping precincts. It is the primary location of undergraduate teaching and the base for a broad range of research. Since 2003 it has Director – Marketing & Strategic included the nearby National Wine Centre, which is used for teaching in wine sensory Communications evaluation and wine marketing, and is also a major tourist attraction. Mr Michael Neale P 08 8303 6381 I F 08 8303 4829 Waite campus is home to the largest agricultural research cluster in the southern hemisphere, [email protected] and leads the University’s world-renowned work in agricultural science. Collocated partners include the Australian Wine Research Institute, several CSIRO divisions, and the Australian Contact Details Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. The University of Adelaide SA 5005 Roseworthy campus, 50km north of Adelaide, is a world leader in dryland agriculture and P 08 8303 4455 I F 08 8303 4401 animal production. It hosts several collocated industry partners, and is home to the Pork Cooperative Research Centre. Website www.adelaide.edu.au Adelaide University Research Park (Thebarton campus) is one of Australia’s premier university-owned technology/research parks, where graduates develop their skills with Campus Locations innovative companies, including some 40 commercial tenants, in the University’s industry- North Terrace linked Graduate Entrepreneurial Programs. Roseworthy Waite Adelaide has major strengths in wine and food, health sciences, biological sciences, physical Adelaide University Research Park sciences, engineering, information technology and telecommunications, environmental (Thebarton Campus) sciences and social sciences. On a per capita basis, the University’s research performance National Wine Centre has consistently been among the highest in Australia.

Studying at the University of Adelaide means being part of a rich tradition of excellence in education and research, with world-class academics and a vibrant student life. We are committed to producing graduates recognised worldwide for their creativity, knowledge and skills, as well as for their culture and tolerance. Our high-calibre graduates have skills that go beyond the workplace. Our graduates make an impact on the world. Life Impact.

3 Australian Catholic University (ACU National) is Australia’s only national public Catholic university. Funded by the Australian Government, it is open to students and staff regardless of their beliefs. ACU National has six campuses based in Brisbane, Sydney (2), Canberra, Melbourne and Ballarat and off-campus activity throughout Australia and overseas. The University empowers its students and staff with a strong sense of social responsibility and concern for the moral and ethical dimensions of their study and their professional and personal lives.

Vice-Chancellor As an authentic Catholic university, ACU National lays claim to 2,000 years of Catholic Professor Peter Sheehan AO intellectual tradition and is connected through its activities to the great Catholic universities P 02 9739 2910 I F 02 9739 2955 of the world. The University is justifiably proud of its historic origins through the work of the [email protected] religious congregations and dioceses in Australia.

The University is recognised nationally and internationally as an institution in which all Chancellor activities are driven by its distinctive mission. ACU National’s mission reflects its Catholic Brother Julian McDonald CFC AO ethos and seeks to protect and promote human dignity, social justice and social welfare for the individual and the common good. The University contributes significantly to the professions National Director – University through its quality teaching and learning, research and community engagement, all of which Relations are enriched by the University’s commitment to philosophy and theology. Ms Patricia Ruzzene P 02 9739 2906 I F 02 9739 2960 ACU National is one of the leading universities in Australia in the fields of education and health [email protected] sciences (nursing and exercise science) and also offers first-class programs in social and environmental sciences, business and information technology, philosophy, theology, and the Contact Details liberal arts. 40 Edward Street North Sydney NSW 2059 ACU National has priority research areas, defined by its three Flagships and nine Research P 02 9739 2368 I F 02 9739 2905 Centres. The University also comprises the Institute for the Advancement of Research. These [email protected] areas represent areas of quality learning and outreach where researchers from Australia and overseas make original contributions to their discipline and to the community in which they Website live and work. The impact of research derives not only from its direct application, but also www.acu.edu.au from graduate contributions. Learning at all times must be informed by research, leading to incorporation of relevant research findings into policy and practice in the wider community. Campus Locations Ballarat – Aquinas Brisbane – McAuley at Banyo Canberra – Signadou Melbourne – St Patrick’s North Sydney - MacKillop Strathfield – Mount Saint Mary

4 The Australian National University (ANU) was established by the Federal Parliament in 1946 to lead the intellectual development of the nation through research and postgraduate study of the best international standards. In 1960 ANU accepted responsibility for research-led undergraduate education at the same levels of distinction.

Today, ANU is highly regarded in Australia and internationally as an education-intensive research institution. The University academic structure of seven colleges fosters coordination of teaching and research across the University, enhancing the learning experience and Vice-Chancellor supporting education programs informed by current research and active researchers. More Professor Ian Chubb AC than 40% of undergraduate students study for combined degrees. Almost one third of ANU P 02 6125 2510 I F 02 6125 3292 students are postgraduate, of whom half are enrolled in PhD programs. [email protected] ANU stands alongside a number of the world’s leading educational institutions as a member of the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU). The IARU is an alliance of ten of Chancellor the world’s leading research universities – ANU, ETH Zurich, National University of Singapore, Dr Allan Hawke Peking University, University of California Berkeley, University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen, University of Oxford, the University of Tokyo and Yale University. It is a Director – Marketing and strategic drawing together of universities that share a similar vision and have a commitment to Communications Division educating future leaders. Mr Phil McKenzie P 02 6125 2252 I F 02 6125 5568 The main ANU campus is nestled in 145 hectares of parklands in the centre of the nation’s [email protected] capital, Canberra. Facilities include on-campus accommodation for some thousands of students in a range of residential styles, modern laboratories and lecture theatres, the most Contact Details powerful computer in Australia, two million volumes on the shelves of several libraries, and Canberra ACT 0200 access to a wealth of e-resources. Researchers also make use of observatories at Mt P 02 6125 5111 I F 02 6125 5571 Stromlo near Canberra and Siding Spring near Coonabarabran, or study Australia’s coastal [email protected] environment at the Kioloa campus on the south coast of New South Wales. The ANU Medical School has a clinical school at Canberra Hospital. Facilities are also available at the North Website Australia Research Unit in Darwin. www.anu.edu.au The University is strengthening its resources and links to the wider community through the Campus Locations ANU Exchange project. Under a ten year agreement with the ACT Government, ANU is Main Campus (Acton) developing land bordering the campus and the city to create a vibrant mix of arts, scientific, Canberra Hospital, Clinical School educational, residential and community facilities, unique in Australia. The first development of Kioloa the project, a $50m student residential complex, opened its doors to more than 500 residents Mt Stromlo Observatory in 2007. North Australia Research Unit Siding Spring Observatory ANU specialises in fundamental research and research-led education, which benefits Australians economically, socially and culturally. The distinguishing culture of ANU is the pervasive notion of discovery.

5 The University of Ballarat (UB) is a regional university with a growing reputation for relevance and excellence. Australia’s third-oldest tertiary education institution, UB boasts a strong tradition of education and training delivery which spans 136 years.

UB meshes a youthful energy with its rich history, embracing the freedom and dynamism that comes from being a progressive university with close links to industry, business, communities and technology.

Vice-Chancellor UB places great emphasis on the quality of its teaching and learning, delivering a range Professor David Battersby of innovative programs through both its Higher Education and TAFE divisions. Embracing P 03 5327 9500 I F 03 5327 9955 diversity, UB is Australia’s only regional, multi-sector university and a pivotal provider of post- [email protected] secondary education for Central and Western Victoria. Six campuses in the region anchor the range of programs that UB delivers throughout Australia and, increasingly, internationally.

Chancellor Known for its supportive, community environment, UB offers affordable study options with Emeritus Professor Robert HT Smith AM small class sizes, friendly staff and easily accessible academic support. Many UB programs are developed in consultation with appropriate industries, ensuring that courses are relevant Marketing and Public Relations and that graduates are sought after. UB qualifications are recognised internationally for their Manager high quality; and graduates regularly rate their study experience as extremely positive. Our Ms Bronwen Clark students are from 65 countries. P 03 5327 9637 I F 03 5327 9855 [email protected] With a proud track record in business innovation and entrepreneurship, UB strives to enhance the relevance and currency of its education, training, research and consultancy capabilities. Contact Details UB is actively engaged in the development and expansion of its strategic partnerships as University Drive well as highly productive links with business, industry and the community. UB delivers multi- Mt Helen VIC 3350 disciplinary commercial services to a range of high-profile clients, with existing alliances P 03 5327 9000 I F 03 5327 9704 stretching around the globe. Providing strong, practical knowledge and extensive experience [email protected] in the development and supply of innovative, commercial solutions, UB staff have undertaken and overseen major national and international projects within both academic and commercial Website environments. www.ballarat.edu.au Proud of its past while firmly focussed on the future, student-centred and commercially Campus Locations capable, the University of Ballarat continues to excel. Mt Helen Ararat Camp Street Horsham SMB Stawell

6 Bond University is Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university, offering a personalised academic environment that enables graduates to exceed the outer limits of their potential – in their career and in life.

Created in the scholarly traditions of pre-eminent private universities of world standing, Bond University challenges students to be leaders and thinkers; taking them beyond the accepted definition of a university education to develop initiative, enterprise, ambition and a lifelong commitment to making a meaningful contribution to their field. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Robert Stable Bond offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law, Business, Sustainable P 07 5595 1048 I F 07 5595 1025 Development, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health Sciences & Medicine and Information [email protected] Technology. All students have access to unparalleled academic and technological resources on Bond’s world-class Gold Coast campus.

Chancellor Bond’s personalised approach to education combined with its uncompromising focus on Mr Trevor C. Rowe AM industry relevance sets it apart from every other Australian university.

Public Relations Manager Students thrive in smaller study groups where eminent professors and industry-experienced Ms Kristie Robinson lecturers know them by name. P 07 5595 1116 I F 07 5595 1025 [email protected] By undertaking three semesters per year instead of the usual two, students complete their degree studies twelve months or more before their colleagues from other universities, thereby Contact Details gaining a vital advantage in the ultra-competitive careers market. University Drive Robina QLD 4229 This advantage is further driven by graduates themselves. Many within Bond’s close-knit P 07 5595 1111 I F 07 5595 1140 global network of alumni now hold upper echelon management and partnership positions in [email protected] blue-chip organisations around the world and maintain that their Bond experience was a key factor in fast-tracking their careers. Website www.bond.edu.au Ultimately, the results speak for themselves. When compared* to Australia’s leading Group of Eight Universities, Bond ranks #1 in student satisfaction and average graduate starting salary.

And, in the Good Universities Guide 2007, Bond achieved the maximum five-star rating in nine categories, including the all-important criterion of graduate satisfaction, teaching quality, getting a job, graduate starting salaries and staff-to-student ratio.

Third party research also shows that employers know Bond graduates are better prepared for the workplace than any other university graduates.

At Bond, we believe that potential becomes limitless when you combine ambition with opportunity. In fact, we not only share your ambition, we bring it to life.

*2005 Graduate Careers Council of Australia Graduate Destination Survey & Course Experience Questionnaire, Australian Graduates.

7 The University of Canberra is a high quality small University that specialises in professional education, carrying out research, training and development for the advancement of the professions. Undergraduate and postgraduate courses are offered by ten schools organised within the University’s three academic divisions: Business, Law and Information Sciences; Communication and Education; and Health, Design and Science.

The University educates students for approximately 30 different professions, among them information technology, management, law, accounting, teaching, modern languages, Vice-Chancellor and President marketing, journalism, communication, design, architecture, biomedical science, forensic Professor Stephen Parker science, psychology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, nursing, environmental science, and sports P 02 6201 5000 I F 02 6201 5036 studies. It provides a full range of professional education services to meet the training [email protected] and development needs of organisations such as professional bodies and government departments, and uses flexible formats including intensive teaching, web-based courses and distance education. Chancellor Professor Ingrid Moses The University currently has around 10,000 students - approximately 25% are enrolled in postgraduate studies and 18% are international students from 80 countries. The University Manager – Public Relations has one of the highest employment rates for graduates in Australia (five star rating), and in the Ms Gaye Morrison past two years has been acknowledged for its strong learning and teaching performance in P 02 6201 5855 I F 02 6201 5347 successive all-Australian universities assessments. [email protected] The University of Canberra is the University for the ACT and the surrounding region, in Contact Details terms of attracting and serving students, and the first partner for applied research towards University Drive economic, environmental or social-cultural development. It carries out research, training and Bruce ACT 2617 development for the advancement of the professions, making it applied and relevant to what it P 02 6201 5111 I F 02 6201 5999 teaches, and to the activities and industries of its region.

Website The reputation of the University’s researchers and its major research areas extends www.canberra.edu.au internationally. Its leading University Research Centres are in Applied Ecology and Socio- Economic Modelling. Other developing research groups are - communication, education and innovation, tourism, government and health. The University of Canberra is also closely involved with three Commonwealth Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs): eWater, Australian Invasive Animals, and Sustainable Tourism.

The University of Canberra occupies a site of 119 hectares in the suburb of Bruce in the Australian Capital Territory, adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre and about eight kilometres from the CBD of Canberra. The Bruce precinct includes a technology park, the Australian Institute of Sport, a campus of the Canberra Institute of Technology and several government departments.

8 Central Queensland University (CQU) is an internationally, nationally and regionally networked and engaged university based in Rockhampton, Queensland, operating throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific including New Zealand.

CQU services the needs of more than 24,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, delivering more than 100 on-campus and distance education programs in areas such as built environment and design; business and tourism; creative and performing arts; education; engineering and technology; health and recreation; humanities and social sciences; Vice-Chancellor and President information technology; primary industries and environment; and sciences. It is also home to Professor John Rickard the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music. P 07 4930 9752 I F 07 4930 9018 [email protected] Half of CQU’s students are international students, the majority of whom are recruited and managed by the university’s partnership, C_Management Services. While other universities partner with private providers in international education, they are not as integrated as CQU. Chancellor The University has outperformed an increasingly competitive market whilst meeting demands Mr Rennie Fritschy for service and quality. In 2006, CQU was the number one destination and largest provider in the country for international students studying in Australia according to IDP Education Manager – Corporate Communications Australia. Mr Mike Donahue P 07 4930 9384 I F 07 4936 1691 CQU has been acknowledged throughout all levels of government by multiple awards and [email protected] commendations including numerous Queensland Export Awards (education category) and two National Export Awards for Education (2002 and 2005). CQU, ranked among the highest Manager – Media & Public Relations of all Australian universities in terms of cultural diversity, was presented with the Queensland Mr Marc Barnbaum Multicultural Award for a Large Business in 2006. P 07 4923 2724 I F 07 4923 2511 [email protected] Its students are achieving outcomes that are among the best in Australia. The Good Universities Guide 2007 has awarded CQU a five-star rating for Positive Graduate Outcomes. Contact Details It is the third year in a row that CQU has placed so highly. Almost 91% of its students are Bruce Highway employed full-time within a few months of graduation, 10% higher than the national average. Rockhampton QLD 4702 CQU graduates, on average, are earning higher salaries than those of any other public P 07 4930 9777 I F 07 4930 9399 university in Queensland, according to the Graduate Careers Council of Australia 2005 ‘Grad Stats’ report. Website www.cqu.edu.au CQU is also highly regarded for its learning and teaching excellence and the wide-range support it extends to its students. The Good Universities Guide awarded CQU four stars for Campus Locations Teaching Quality, and in 2006 CQU was presented with two prestigious Carrick Awards for its Rockhampton Mackay learning and teaching environment. The University is also acknowledged across the sector for Brisbane Melbourne its bridging programs, entry flexibility and Indigenous participation. Bundaberg New Zealand Emerald Noosa CQU is the lead university in Australia’s Cooperative Research Centre for Railway Fiji Shanghai Engineering and Technologies and hosts The Institute for Sustainable Regional Development Gladstone Singapore as well as four other designated research centres: the Centre for Environmental Management; Gold Coast Sydney Centre for Railway Engineering; Centre for Social Science Research; and the Primary Hong Kong Industries Research Centre.

9 Diversity and opportunity are the hallmarks of Charles Darwin University (CDU), Australia’s northern-most university. CDU is a dual-sector university with offerings from certificate level through to doctorates, with its research centres building a reputation for excellence.

As the largest tertiary institution in the Northern Territory, it has campuses in Darwin, Palmerston, Alice Springs, Katherine and Nhulunbuy and study centres in Yulara, Jabiru and Tennant Creek. CDU’s 18,000 students come from all parts of Australia and include a substantial representation of Indigenous and overseas students from more than 60 countries. Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Garnett PSM CDU is renowned for its research expertise and leadership in tropical and desert knowledge P 08 8946 6040 I F 08 8927 3480 of the Australian and Asia-Pacific region, with particular focus on Indigenous knowledge and [email protected] addressing problems of importance to the peoples of the region.

CDU offers a special and fulfilling study experience in its areas of research focus: Chancellor • Natural and Cultural Resource Management Mr Richard Ryan AO • Human Health and Well-being • Teaching, Learning and Living Director – Corporate • Community, Development and Identity Communications Mr Anthony Smith CDU is recognised internationally as a centre of excellence and is the largest research and P 08 8946 7078 I F 08 8946 6533 development performer in the Northern Territory. Its staff provide a wealth of experience [email protected] for stakeholders and students undertaking collaborative projects in areas of the University’s research strengths. Contact Details Ellengowan Drive CDU’s research profile has increased rapidly in recent years, measured by the success of its Casuarina NT 0811 grant applications. Most recent sector data shows that CDU is ranked 5th out of all Australian P 08 8946 6666 I F 08 8927 0612 universities in terms of Australian Competitive Grant Income normalised by size. In terms of [email protected] total research income by the same measure CDU is ranked 1st.

Website Into the future, CDU will focus on the following five areas and commits to being benchmarked www.cdu.edu.au in the top band of Australian public universities progressively over the next decade: • Indigenous participation and relevance Campus Locations • Pathways for learning Casuarina • Professional, globally oriented education and training Alice Springs • Knowledge to solve complex problems of importance to the communities of our regions Palmerston • Expanding our capacity through partnerships Katherine Nhulunbuy

10 Charles Sturt University was formally established in 1989 under the Charles Sturt University Act 1989 as a multi-campus institution and now operates principally from the inland regions of Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst, Canberra, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Parramatta and Wagga Wagga.

The objectives of the University are the promotion of scholarship, research, free inquiry, the interaction of research and teaching, and academic excellence. As an integral member of our regions, we are committed to maintaining a course and research profile that meets the needs Vice-Chancellor & President and supports the aspirations of our communities. Professor Ian Goulter P 02 6338 4209 I F 02 6338 4838 We are also committed to making a positive contribution to the wider Australian community [email protected] and to participating in the internationalisation of higher education. We consider our regional, national and international roles are integrally linked and mutually reinforcing.

Chancellor We believe that the University’s success in attracting national and international students Mr Lawrence Willett AO strengthens the programs it is able to offer its regional communities. The University’s regional location enables it to make a distinctive national and international contribution in such fields as Manager – Corporate agriculture, allied health, land and water management and wine science. Communication and Media Ms Lin Friend Our main campuses provide access to higher education across central, western and south- P 02 6338 4618 I F 02 6338 4833 western NSW and north-eastern Victoria. Additional specific-purpose facilities have been [email protected] established at Broken Hill, Manly (Policing) along with CSU Study Centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Director – Marketing Mrs Sarah Ansell Our capacity, reputation and leadership in distance education and online learning P 02 6933 2226 I F 02 6933 2764 infrastructure provide flexible education options for non-school leavers and extend the [email protected] University’s sphere of influence to metropolitan areas, interstate and overseas.

Contact Details Over many years we have combined our learning resources, delivery systems and experience Panorama Avenue in multi-site delivery to enrol students around the globe. Charles Sturt University in Ontario Bathurst NSW 2795 operates from modern facilities in Canada. We also enrol international students in Sydney, P 02 6338 4000 I F 02 6331 9634 Melbourne, Brisbane and offshore in a number of countries including China, Singapore, [email protected] Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

Website The University has three Centres of Research Excellence (the Centre for Applied Philosophy www.csu.edu.au and Public Ethics, The Institute for Land, Water and Society, and the Australian Agriculture, Wine and Food Network); and three Strategic Research Centres (the Centre for Research Campus Locations into Complex Systems, the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology and the Centre Albury-Wodonga for Research into Professional Practice, Learning and Education). Bathurst Dubbo Charles Sturt University is also involved in five Cooperative Research Centres: Plant-Based Orange Management of Dryland Salinity; Sustainable Rice Production; Viticulture; Irrigation Futures; Wagga Wagga and Spatial Information.

11 Established in 1987, Curtin University of Technology is an innovative and entrepreneurial university. It builds on a 20-year history as the Western Australian Institute of Technology, and its antecedent institutions that date back more than 100 years. It has certainly become popular with Saudi students.

The University has nearly 40,000 students and almost 3,000 full-time equivalent staff. A pioneer of international education in Australia, Curtin is now home to more than 16,000 onshore and offshore international students from more than 120 countries and it has an Vice-Chancellor and President extensive range of teaching, research and exchange links with countries across the world. The Professor Jeanette Hacket University’s multicultural nature is strongly supported by its promotion of informed respect for P 08 9266 7001 I F 08 9266 2779 other cultures, while its Centre for Aboriginal Studies has a reputation as a national exemplar. [email protected] Curtin operates seven campuses in Western Australia, one in Sydney and one in Sarawak, East Malaysia. The Sarawak Campus began teaching in 1999, and now has almost 1,800 Chancellor students. Long-term planning envisages some 5,000 - 10,000 students drawn from the region. Mr Gordon Martin Curtin’s practical focus ensures that courses are closely attuned to the needs of industry, and Executive Director – Corporate research is designed to deliver direct benefits to the community. The University’s identified Communications areas of research strength encompass the following five important research spheres: Ms Val Raubenheimer resources and energy; information and communication; health, ageing and wellbeing; P 08 9266 4236 I F 08 9266 2266 communities and changing environments; and growth and prosperity. [email protected] The University has been a leader in Western Australia in the development of programs Contact Details such as chemical and mining engineering and it provides significant teaching and research Kent Street impetus to the resources sector. A world-class minerals, resources and chemistry precinct – to Bentley WA 6102 house the largest group of technical professionals supporting these sectors in the southern P 08 9266 9266 I F 08 9266 2255 hemisphere – is currently under development at Curtin’s main Bentley campus.

Website Further strengthening this resources capability, the Muresk Institute is one of Australia’s www.curtin.edu.au leading providers of agribusiness, horticulture, viticulture and aquaculture programs, while the world-renowned Western Australian School of Mines, located in Western Australia’s goldfields, Campus Locations offers courses of direct relevance to the mining industry. Bentley Geraldton Universities Centre The internationally accredited Curtin Business School – Curtin’s largest teaching division Kalgoorlie – produces graduates who are highly valued in the corporate arena, while many of the Margaret River Education Centre University’s health and life science courses, including clinical courses such as pharmacy, Northam physiotherapy and occupational therapy, are designed in collaboration with professional Perth City bodies. The University’s more wide-visioned humanities courses are applied, creative and Sarawak Campus, Miri relevant to contemporary society and are able to be married with other disciplines through the Shenton Park availability of cross-divisional double degrees. Sydney Curtin has forged strong partnerships with industry, business and community groups to support and develop its teaching and research activities. In recent years, it has collaborated with local communities and other education providers to offer regionally relevant education services in rural and remote areas of Western Australia.

12 Deakin University is a large, multi-campus university with more than 32,000 students and approximately 2,500 staff. Deakin conducts its activities from two campuses in Melbourne, two campuses in the regional Victorian city of Geelong and a campus at Warrnambool on the south-west coast of Victoria. The University is named after Australia’s second Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin, and was established in Geelong in 1974.

Deakin University has five faculties: Arts; Business and Law; Education; Science and Technology; and Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences. The Institute of Koorie Vice-Chancellor Education offers additional courses for Indigenous students in partnership with the Faculties Professor Sally Walker through a unique community-based delivery method. P 03 5227 8501 I F 03 5227 8500 [email protected] The University is committed to offering flexible study opportunities, and courses are available on and off campus and through full and part-time study or a combination of modes. More than 11,000 of Deakin’s students study in the off-campus mode that does not require attendance at Chancellor campus. To assist students studying away from the campuses, the University provides high- Mr David Morgan quality distance education and online materials.

Manager – Media Relations Deakin’s corporate arm, DeakinPrime, provides education and development programs and Mr Leigh Raymond services that are tailored to the needs of commercial organisations, government bodies, P 03 9246 8058 I F 03 9246 8226 professional associations and industry groups. DeakinPrime has entered into agreements, [email protected] covering more than 40,000 students annually, with a number of Australia’s leading organisations. Contact Details 1 Gheringhap Street Deakin’s one of Australia’s fastest growing research institutions. Deakin’s research efforts Geelong VIC 3217 are focussed on developing programs that are relevant to the needs of partners and P 03 5227 1100 I F 03 5227 2001 the community. The major research activities are in the areas of advanced materials, biotechnology, globalisation, public health, sustainability, learning, the built environment, and Website organisational management. www.deakin.edu.au Deakin’s mission is to be recognised as Australia’s most progressive university. To achieve Campus Locations this, Deakin’s teaching and learning, research, partnerships and international programs will be Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds relevant, innovative and responsive. Geelong Waterfront Campus Melbourne Campus at Burwood Deakin’s core commitments are to: rural and regional engagement; continuing education and Melbourne Campus at Toorak life-long learning; and equity and access for individuals and groups who might not otherwise Warrnambool Campus enjoy the benefits that flow from participation in higher education. These core commitments reflect the unique contribution Deakin seeks to make to Australian higher education.

13 Edith Cowan University (ECU) is a dynamic and progressive university, service-focused and international in outlook. The university’s teaching and research is inspired by engagement and partnerships, thereby promoting relevance in this rapidly changing world for those in the communities we were established to serve.

At the forefront of education in Western Australia for more than 100 years, ECU continues to be guided by the values of integrity, respect, rational inquiry and personal excellence. ECU is the market leader in courses for the knowledge professions including: nursing and health Vice-Chancellor sciences; education; business, law and justice studies; security of people and of material Professor Kerry Cox goods; information technology; communications and multimedia, aviation; the performing arts; P 08 6304 2205 I F 08 6304 2666 psychology; society and cultural studies; micro-photonics and environmental sciences. [email protected] The University’s strategic location in Perth, Australia’s western gateway to Asia and the Indian Ocean region, has resulted in ECU developing a strong focus on overseas activities. More Chancellor than 3,000 international students originating from more than 80 countries study with ECU The Hon Hendy Cowan each year. This includes the offshore delivery of a variety of courses in a number of countries, student and staff exchange programs with other universities, joint research activities, Director – Marketing & Development international consultancies, and individual academic links. Dr Lianne Cretney-Barnes P 08 6304 2208 I F 08 6304 2092 At present ECU offers four study locations. The Perth metropolitan suburbs are home to three [email protected] campuses in Joondalup, Mount Lawley and Churchlands, and there is a South-West regional campus in the city of Bunbury (200km south of Perth). Within two years, the Churchlands Contact Details Campus will be consolidated to the modern Joondalup and Mount Lawley campuses. ECU’s 100 Joondalup Drive new Joondalup campus, which includes buildings that attract favourable attention from around Joondalup WA 6027 the world, is part of the Joondalup Learning Precinct, a partnership cluster that incorporates P 08 6304 0000 I F 08 6300 1257 the University, the WA Police Academy and West Coast TAFE.

Website Learning pathways between the three Joondalup partners allow for the easy transfer of credits www.ecu.edu.au so students can gain the most suitable qualification for their career needs. A new ECU course has also been created for police prosecutors. Campus Locations Joondalup The University offers more than 300 progressive study programs at both undergraduate Mount Lawley and postgraduate levels. Courses are provided in the following faculties: Business and Law; South West Education and Arts (incorporating the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts); Churchlands Computing, Health and Science; and Regional Professional Studies.

ECU works closely with private and public sector organisations, locally and overseas, to design its study programs. An emphasis on conducting research with industry partners in areas such as e-commerce, micro-electronics engineering, police studies, education, ecosystem management, palliative care and human services has seen ECU develop a lively applied research culture. Its Vario Health Institute, for instance, brings together 60 scientists from different disciplines to create WA’s largest powerhouse of preventative health research.

14 From its origins in the 1960s, Flinders University determined to be different, to be innovative and to draw in staff and students who were attracted to the idea of a new university.

Today, Flinders University is a high quality institution delivering excellence in teaching and research and with a reputation for staff who are both friendly and approachable.

The University prides itself on the quality of the courses it has developed, the attention given to the learning experience of the students, the support services that are available and the Vice-Chancellor and President commitment of the staff. Professor Michael Barber P 08 8201 2061 I F 08 8201 5949 Flinders is a leading university in Australia. Recent national rankings of Australian universities [email protected] put Flinders ninth in the list of thirty-seven. And in each of the years 2001 to 2006, Flinders has had finalists in the national Awards for University Teaching. In five of those years Flinders won awards, and in 2006 a Flinders academic, Professor Iain Hay, of the School of Chancellor Geography, Population and Environmental Management, won the overall top award, the Prime Sir Eric Neal AC CVO Minister’s Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year, the second time in three years that a Flinders staff member won this title. In 2006 Flinders also won three National Awards Head – Public Affairs and for Teaching Excellence. This was the second highest number of awards to be given to a Alumni Office single university in the whole of the Australian higher education sector. Mr Tim Hayward-Brown P 08 8201 2962 I F 08 8201 3027 Flinders is also highly ranked for its research activities. In 2006 the University earned more [email protected] than $33m for research from national competitive grants, government, and industry. Flinders has identified 17 areas of research focus reaching across the humanities, science, social Contact Details science, and health. These areas are: Cultural Heritage and Exchange, Social Monitoring Sturt Road and Policy Futures, Educational Futures, Flinders International Asia Pacific, Aboriginal Bedford Park SA 5042 Health, Health and Society, Bioknowledge, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Medical Devices P 08 8201 3911 I F 08 8201 3000 and Technologies, Clinical Change, Cancer Control, Eye and Vision, Neuroscience, [email protected] Musculoskeletal Health, Nanostructures, Coasts and Catchments, and Immune Strategies.

Website Flinders is an international university with over 3,000 students either living and studying www.flinders.edu.au overseas or having travelled from one of over 70 overseas countries to come here to study in Adelaide. Flinders also has on-campus accommodation for over 500 students. Campus Locations Bedford Park Flinders University now has a physical presence in various regions of South Australia and Centre for Remote Health the Northern Territory, and in Western Victoria. The University’s activities in these regional Flinders Rural Clinical School areas are mainly for the support of our educational programs and our students, particularly Greater Green Triangle University in medicine, nursing and other health professions, tourism, environmental management, Department of Rural Health archaeology, teacher education, marine science and aquaculture. Lincoln Marine Science Centre Northern Territory Clinical School Riverland Regional Campus

15 The most popular university of choice for Saudi students. Griffith University’s achievements in research and learning are underpinned by a strong community ethos where staff and students actively engage with the wider community to develop contemporary and collaborative solutions as well as provide a valuable Australian educational experience.

The University has a reputation for responding creatively to local, national and global change, and its academic approach is proudly founded on the sharing of knowledge across traditional boundaries. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Ian O’Connor Its educational offerings are especially enhanced through work-integrated learning that now P 07 3735 7340 I F 07 3735 7320 features in many of the programs, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Griffith’s [email protected] industry-ready approach to its courses is another feature which sets it apart.

Equality of opportunity is central to the University’s mission. Griffith actively strives to nurture Chancellor talent and to give students and staff opportunities to reach their potential, so they can make Ms Leneen Forde AC valuable contributions to the professions and to their communities at large.

Director – External Relations With five campuses and students from more than 80 countries, campus life is exciting at Ms Margaret Fairman Griffith. The University has partnerships with education providers and industries worldwide, P 07 3735 7813 I F 07 3735 7928 including agreements with more than with 150 educational institutions. It hosts many visiting [email protected] fellows and high-achieving scholars from around the world throughout the academic year.

Contact Details Griffith is home to more than 20 significant research centres. These include the Griffith Kessels Road Asia Institute; Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies; Institute for Integrated and Nathan QLD 4111 Intelligent Systems; the Heart Foundation Research Centre; Institute for Glycomics; Centre P 07 3875 7111 I F 07 3875 7965 for Governance and Public Policy; Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance; Queensland Microtechnology Facility; Australian Rivers Institute; and Peking University– Website Griffith University Research and Learning Centre. www.griffith.edu.au Griffith’s research strengths include: drug discovery; water/environmental science; population Campus Locations and community health; democracy, security and public policy; quantum dynamics; urban Nathan research; information and communication technology; and public culture and creative arts. Gold Coast Griffith University is a foundation member of Innovative Research Universities Australia. Logan Mt Gravatt The programs on offer in 2007 include Animation; Aviation; Biomolecular Science; Business South Bank Campus Management; Criminology; Education; Engineering and Information Technology; International (Queensland College of Art, Business; Dentistry; Dental Prosthetics; Film and Screen Media; Journalism; Medicine; Music; Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith Nursing; Photography; Photonics and Nanoscience; Politics and Government; Physiotherapy; Graduate Centre) Psychology; Social Work; and Science.

Established in 1971, the University is named in honour of Sir Samuel Griffith (1845-1920), a former Premier and Chief Justice of Queensland and the first Chief Justice of Australia. Its Queensland College of Art was established in Brisbane in 1881 followed in 1957 by the Queensland Conservatorium.

16 James Cook University (JCU) is Australia’s leading tropical research university. It began as the University College of Townsville in 1961 as part of the University of Queensland and became an autonomous University in 1970. JCU Cairns was established in 1987, JCU Singapore in 2003 and JCU Brisbane in 2006. JCU also has study centres in Mackay, Mt Isa, Thursday Is- land, Melbourne and Sydney, with research stations at Horn Island, Mareeba, Orpheus Island, Paluma and Fletcherview near Charters Towers. There are further strong links with institutions in China and Fiji.

Vice-Chancellor and President The major campuses in Cairns and Townsville are situated on green field sites, and each is Professor Sandra Harding embraced by an arc of low mountains clad in Cairns by the lush vegetation typical of the wet P 07 4781 4165 I F 07 4781 4050 tropics, and in Townsville by the sparser eucalypt vegetation of the dry tropics. [email protected] A medium-sized university, more than 15,200 were studying under the JCU banner in 2006 including almost 3,000 international students. The University’s graduates number 35,000; Chancellor and the most recent cohort ranked their educational experience in teaching quality, generic Lt. Gen. John Grey AC (Ret’d) skills, graduate satisfactions and overall graduate rating as four star. The Good Universities Guide gave the Cairns and Townsville Campuses five star ratings for academic services and Director – Media & External Relations electronic support, while the Australian Universities Quality Agency in its report commended Mr Jim O’Brien JCU for its success in nurturing a “student-centred” learning culture and environment. P 074781 4822 I F 07 4781 5548 [email protected] JCU is a comprehensive university, being one of only a handful of Australian universities teaching in nine or more of the ten recognised fields of study. It offers more than 170 Contact Details undergraduate and 140 postgraduate courses spanning the arts, business, creative arts, Angus Smith Drive education, engineering, indigenous studies, information technology, law, medicine and health Townsville QLD 4811 sciences, social sciences, and science. P 07 4781 4111 I F 07 4779 6371 [email protected] With its major campuses located within the tropics and immediately adjacent to two of the wonders of the natural world - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforest - JCU Website has firmly established itself as a world leader in environmental and ecological research. It is a www.jcu.edu.au participant in eight Cooperative Research Centres as well as the Marine and Tropical Science Research Facility. The Australian Tropical Forest Institute and the ARC Centre of Excellence Campus Locations Coral Reef Studies are based at JCU. Townsville Brisbane Building on the advantages of its geographic location, JCU’s academics are world leaders in Cairns areas as diverse as marine biology and tourism. In the latter field, JCU has four of the world’s Singapore leading tourism scholars, ranking it equal first with Texas A&M in this area.

In 2006, the ISI Web of Knowledge named JCU’s academics as the most highly cited university researchers in Australia in the field of environment/ecology; and Shanghai Jiao Tong’s listing of the world’s top 500 universities includes JCU - one of only 16 Australian universities to make the list in 2006. Last year also saw JCU become the first university outside Europe to receive international recognition for its degrees in marine science from the London-based International Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).

17 The main campus of La Trobe University is situated in Melbourne on a 330-hectare parkland site encompassing a wildlife reserve. The University has an extensive research and development park, a comprehensive library, multi-media facilities, a hospital with student medical services, and many recreational facilities. Its regional campuses are located in Albury-Wodonga, Beechworth, Bendigo, Mildura, and Shepparton.

The University prides itself on the excellence of its teaching; and graduates consistently rate the quality of teaching in the University highly in the annual, independent surveys conducted Vice-Chancellor by Graduate Careers Australia. It has some 26,000 students and more than 2,700 staff Professor Paul Johnson across five faculties: Education; Health Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Law and P 03 9479 2000 I F 03 9471 0093 Management; and Science, Technology and Engineering. [email protected] The University has a strong research profile, enhanced by the presence of the Institute for Advanced Study, a residential centre for distinguished visiting overseas scholars, and a Chancellor range of nationally and internationally renowned research centres and institutes, including Mrs Silvia Walton AO The Research Centre for Linguistic Typology and the La Trobe University-Peking University- Beijing Foreign Studies Joint Centre for China Studies. Faculty-based research centres Director – Marketing and include the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society; the Centre for the Study Promotions of Mothers’ and Children’s Health; the Thesis Eleven Centre for Social Theory; and the Ms Jacqui Martin African Studies Centre. Major water research centres are located at the Albury-Wodonga and P 03 9479 2316 I F 03 9479 1387 Mildura campuses, and the Bendigo campus is home to the Centre for Sustainable Regional [email protected] Communities and the Bendigo Business Recovery Centre.

Contact Details Enterprises within the R&D Park at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus include a Technology Plenty Road Enterprise Centre; a Bioinformatics Centre of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Bundoora VIC 3086 Research; a research arm of Rio Tinto Technology Development Laboratories; the training P 03 9479 1111 I F 03 9478 5814 hotel of a major Chinese enterprise; the University’s Graduate School of Management; The Victorian Agribusiness Centre; the CAVAL Library facility; the National Centre for Hellenic Website Studies & Research; the Australian-Italian Institute; and the State Environmental Protection www.latrobe.edu.au Agency.

Campus Locations The University is committed to internationalisation through exchanges of students and staff Melbourne (Bundoora) and its teaching, training and research programs. It has links with some 230 institutions in Melbourne (City) more than 40 countries. Teaching, training and research programs are available overseas, Albury-Wodonga notably in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Japan Beechworth and Bhutan. The University has a special link with China, where it offers programs (in both Bendigo Mandarin and English) in public health, business, languages, linguistics, ICT and archaeology Mildura in many cities. Shepparton The University presides on the International Network of Universities, through which students are able to add an international dimension to their degree programs by undertaking one or two semesters of their studies in a partner institution overseas. A scheme of support scholarships is available.

18 From its humble beginnings just over 40 years ago as a small, but innovative university built on the site of former market gardens and poultry farms in Sydney’s North Ryde ‘Green Belt’, Macquarie University has grown to become a multi-faceted institution in the heart of one of Australia’s high technology parks.

Over the next seven years Macquarie is concentrating on strengthening its research profile, with the goal of becoming among the top eight research universities in Australia and among the top 200 in the world by the time it turns 50 in 2014. Vice-Chancellor Professor Steven Schwartz Universities must adapt to meet the changing needs of their communities and Macquarie is P 02 9850 7440 I F 02 9850 9950 no different. The first 40 years have seen it develop and position itself both domestically and [email protected] internationally as one of the counrty’s premier research and teaching institutions. Macquarie is now well-placed to work towards its ambitious goal.

Chancellor As a start Macquarie has identified nine Centres of Research Excellence (COREs) and Mr Maurice Newman AC is currently recruiting to new research positions in these areas, as well as offering new scholarships for research concentrating in these areas. These are important steps in Director – Public Relations and enhancing the University’s research strength to help it become a world-class research Marketing Unit university that competes with the best in teaching and research. Ms Megan Etheridge P 02 9850 7378 I F 02 9850 9457 There are currently around 30,000 students enrolled at Macquarie. The University offers [email protected] a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in economic and financial studies; management, early childhood education; humanities; education; languages; creative arts; Contact Details law; studies in culture, media and philosophy; environmental and life sciences; linguistics; Balaclava Road psychology; and mathematical, physical and information sciences. North Ryde NSW 2109 P 02 9850 7111 I F 02 9850 7433 Macquarie University has a strong record of welcoming international students and encouraging study abroad, with generous travel scholarships available to facilitate overseas Website study at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. www.mq.edu.au Macquarie is also an active member of its local community, with a vibrant outreach program and commitment to cultural activities such as concerts, exhibitions, public seminars, the Sculpture Park, movie screenings and museum activities.

19 The University of Melbourne has been a leading centre of higher education in Victoria for more than 150 years. Its main campus on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD in Parkville is a focus of the City of Melbourne’s ‘Knowledge Precinct’ and the prestigious medical research precinct, the ‘Parkville Strip’.

Melbourne’s academic and research excellence is recognised internationally and the University ranks highly in independent international surveys. With an annual research expenditure second only to CSIRO (on available data), its leadership in strategically-important Vice-Chancellor research is reflected in several major Commonwealth-funded research centres, including 18 Professor Glyn Davis AC CRCs and 14 ARC centres, 16 Federation Fellowships, and in the Victorian Government- P 03 8344 6134 I F 03 9347 5904 supported biotechnology precinct, Bio 21. On the Australian Government’s key indices of [email protected] university research performance, it is positioned as Australia’s leading research-based university.

Chancellor In 2008, Melbourne is moving to the Melbourne Model, introducing a suite of ‘new generation’ Mr Ian Renard undergraduate programs which provide a path to employment, new graduate professional degrees or research higher degrees. Manager – Corporate Affairs Ms Christina Buckridge The University contributes to Australia’s contemporary cultural dynamism through academic P 03 8344 6158 I F 03 9341 6027 and public programs, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne University Publishing, Faculty [email protected] of Music, Victorian College of the Arts, Ian Potter Museum of Art, and Asialink. Melbourne’s 12 faculties offer a diversity of humanities, science, creative arts and professional degrees, a Contact Details School of Graduate Studies and Melbourne Business School. Grattan Street Parkville VIC 3052 The University has around 44,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and 6,400 P 03 8344 4000 I F 03 8344 5104 staff and hosts around 9,800 international students. It offers Australia’s most comprehensive scholarship program – both merit and equity based. Each year, 1,000 students who have Website experienced educational, financial or social disadvantage enter undergraduate courses www.unimelb.edu.au through the Access Melbourne program. All students are encouraged to study overseas, earning credit towards their Melbourne degrees with a choice of over 120 exchange partners Campus Locations in around 30 countries. Parkville Burnley Last year, Melbourne attracted almost 25 per cent of the 500 Australian Students Prize (Year Creswick 12) winners across Australia. Dookie Shepparton The University’s international standing is enhanced through its membership of Universitas Werribee 21 and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities. World-class infrastructure, including the $120 million Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute and the University Square development, continues to expand teaching and research facilities.

Melbourne has a School of Rural Health in Shepparton and the Academy of Sport, Health and Education which offers Indigenous community development.

20 Monash University is Australia’s largest university with a student enrolment of more than 55,000 and 6,000 staff. Monash began its teaching in 1961 as Australia’s first university named after a person rather than a city or state. The university is named after Sir John Monash, Commanding General of the Australian Forces in World War One. As a scholar, engineer and soldier, Sir John exemplified the university’s motto “Ancora Imparo’ – a saying attributed to Michelangelo, which means “I am still learning”.

Monash has six campuses in Australia that are located at Clayton, Caulfield, Gippsland, Vice-Chancellor and President Peninsula, Berwick and Parkville, together with Monash University Malaysia, located in Kuala Professor Richard Larkins AO Lumpur and Monash South Africa located in Johannesburg. P 03 9905 2046 I F 03 9905 2096 [email protected] Monash has more than 90 departments and another 90 special purpose centres. The University consists of ten faculties : Art and Design; Arts; Business and Economics; Information Technology; Education; Law; Pharmacy; Science; and the combined faculty of Chancellor Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Mr Jeremy Ellis Monash University has more than 15,000 international students including 2,700 students at Vice-President – Advancement its campus in Malaysia. It has a presence in Europe with a Monash Centre at King’s College Mr Ron Fairchild London, and in Prato, Italy. P 03 9905 9055 I F 03 9905 2023 [email protected] Monash University is one of Australia’s leading research universities, with over $170 million of research funding in 2006, and is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight research Contact Details intensive universities. It was ranked as the 38th best university in the world by the Times Wellington Road Higher Education Supplement in 2006. It is a partner in 22 Cooperative Research Centres Clayton VIC 3800 and is the home of the Australian Synchrotron and the Australian Stem Cell Centre. P 03 9905 4000 I F 03 9905 4007

Website www.monash.edu.au

Campus Locations Clayton Berwick Caulfield Gippsland Italy London Malaysia Peninsula South Africa Victorian College of Pharmacy

21 Murdoch University is a high teaching quality, research-intensive institution. It is multi-disciplinary, comprehensive and committed to teaching and research excellence within an engaged framework.

A Murdoch education teaches students to think independently and critically and is designed to foster those qualities of imagination and independence of mind on which professional and personal development depends. The University offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses using the latest in teaching and research services, including outstanding Vice-Chancellor veterinary facilities, fully equipped TV and radio studios, a practising Chiropractic clinic and an Professor John Yovich electronic moot court facility. P 08 9360 6300 I F 08 9360 2931 [email protected] Murdoch’s outstanding reputation for teaching quality and student satisfaction is underpinned by a strategic focus on providing excellence and accessibility in the learning environment, student care and service provision that promotes effective student learning. This is reflected Chancellor in the achievement of a five-star rating for graduate satisfaction from the Good Universities Mr Terry Budge Guide eleven times in the last twelve years.

Director – Corporate Relations The University is committed to ensuring equity of access for all students with the ability to Mr John LeCras succeed academically. Murdoch provides alternative entry paths for students from P 08 9360 7658 I F 08 9310 4233 non-traditional academic backgrounds and assistance with the transition to university culture. [email protected] Murdoch is one of the leading research universities in Australia, ranking in the top eight for Contact Details research intensity. Research of national and international significance is conducted across South Street the University, and demonstrates Murdoch’s strong research engagement with community, Murdoch WA 6150 government, industry and business partners. P 08 9360 6000 I F 08 9310 4233 Flagship research areas including agricultural and veterinary biotechnology, interactive media, Website environmental science and contemporary Asia lead the way attracting both Commonwealth www.murdoch.edu.au and external funding. Research centres such as the WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre and Interactive Television Research Institute are leaders in research and technology Campus Locations transfer on a global scale. Murdoch Peel Murdoch is a member of the Innovative Research Universities Australia alliance, formed to Rockingham increase and extend the activities of the member universities in research, teaching and learning, international programs, commercial enterprises, regional initiatives, and engagement with business, professions and communities.

Murdoch is highly proactive, recognising the needs of the community in Western Australia, nationally and internationally and developing facilities and programs that provide the foundations for achieving excellence in learning and research. The University has developed links with institutions around the world, contributing to a global outlook amongst students and staff. Murdoch is a multi-campus institution with two, integrated, community-focussed education hubs in the south-western corridor at Rockingham and Peel.

22 The University of New England (UNE) was Australia’s first regional university. Founded in 1938 with strong community support, UNE continues to be an integral part of research and learning in many regional, metropolitan and international communities.

The University’s campus is located at Armidale, NSW, halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, on 260 hectares of bushland and includes the 118-year-old homestead ‘Booloominbah’. UNE has centres in China, Brisbane and Sydney and a number of regional centres in New South Wales. Partnership arrangements with overseas universities offer opportunities for staff and Vice-Chancellor student exchanges. Professor Alan Pettigrew P 02 6773 2004 I F 02 6773 3710 UNE offers, via flexible teaching and learning, a diverse and attractive portfolio of professional [email protected] courses in education and health; in the general areas of economics, business and law; in the social and behavioural sciences; and in the natural, rural and environmental sciences, to complement its traditionally attractive generalist degrees. UNE’s postgraduate programs, Chancellor which are offered across all faculties, are internationally recognised for their excellence in Mr John Cassidy research.

Director – Marketing and UNE is one of the largest providers of off-campus tertiary education in Australia. In 2006 Public Affairs there were a total of 17,854 students, including 13,309 studying by distance mode, and 987 Ms Ingrid Rothe studying at locations away from Armidale. P 02 6773 3402 I F 02 6773 5131 [email protected] On-campus students enjoy relatively small class sizes and strong interaction with teaching staff. With about half of these students living on campus in residential accommodation, UNE Contact Details offers a vibrant college community, providing networks of friends, academic support and social Elm Avenue activities. Armidale NSW 2351 P 02 6773 3333 I F 02 6773 3122 An outstanding university library, specialist faculty libraries and state-of-the-art computer facilities equip both on-campus and off-campus students with essential resources for study. Website Personalised support is available for academic skills and careers advice. www.une.edu.au The University has several research institutes in areas including animal genetics and breeding; genetics and bioinformatics; agriculture and law; rural futures; local government; ecological economics and water policy; small and medium enterprises; and environmental dispute resolution. UNE has strong industry links that are reflected in its major roles in Cooperative Research Centres for poultry, sheep, cotton, weeds, beef, viticulture and irrigation.

23 The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching universities, renowned for the quality of its graduates and its commitment to new and creative approaches to education and research. It is a founding member of the prestigious Group of Eight research intensive universities in Australia and a member of the Universitas 21 international consortium.

Established in 1949, UNSW has expanded rapidly and now has close to 40,000 students, including some 7,500 international students from over 130 different countries. The University Vice-Chancellor and President offers more than 600 undergraduate and 300 postgraduate programs, and has developed an Professor Fred Hilmer AO extensive network of alumni chapters throughout Asia. P 02 9385 2788 I F 02 9385 1949 [email protected] The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, seven kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other campuses are the College of Fine Arts (Paddington), UNSW@ ADFA (Canberra), UNSW Asia (Singapore), and sub-campuses at Randwick and Coogee, as Chancellor well as research stations around NSW. Mr David Gonski AO UNSW has a broad disciplinary base, with Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences; Built Director – Communications Environment; Business; College of Fine Arts; Engineering; Law; Medicine; Science; and Ms Judy Brookman UNSW@ADFA. P 02 9385 3249 I F 02 9385 1683 [email protected] UNSW is host to groundbreaking research in fields as diverse as quantum computing, molecular engineering, photovoltaics, robotics, biomedical research, financial markets and Contact Details design and interactive cinema. It has strong collaborative links with industry and business, Kensington NSW 2052 consistently performing at the top nationally in Australian Research Council Industry Linkage P 02 9385 1000 I F 02 9385 2000 Grants. UNSW expertise is also regularly sought after by business and government for a wide range of consultancy and training services. Website www.unsw.edu.au A leading international education provider for more than 50 years, UNSW has a proud history of engagement with Asia, being one of the first Australian universities to provide opportunities Campus Locations for overseas students under the Colombo Plan. This unrivalled international reputation was Kensington one of the key reasons behind the Singapore Government choosing UNSW to establish College of Fine Arts, Paddington Singapore’s first foreign university. UNSW Asia in Singapore, which opens its doors in 2007, UNSW@ADFA, Canberra is the first wholly-owned research and teaching institution to be established overseas by an UNSWAsia, Singapore Australian university. Randwick Coogee UNSW has almost 100 research, teaching program and community centres. Its research centres foster multidisciplinary research and include national centres such as the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Research, ARC Centres of Excellence such as the Centre for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, and UNSW centres such as Brain Sciences UNSW.

The University is also a member of 15 Cooperative Research Centres and is affiliated with a number of prestigious medical research institutes, including the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

24 The University of Newcastle is synonomous with quality and innovation in teaching and research.

With an international reputation for progressive teaching and learning, our 26,000 students benefit from the latest in contemporary teaching practices. Problem-based learning, first pioneered by the University some 25 years ago, forms the basis of programs in medicine, engineering, architecture, nursing and law. On staff the University has the 2006 winner of the Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year Award and two 2006 NSW Teachers of the Year. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Nicholas Saunders The University of Newcastle provides students with life and work skills, as well as cutting-edge P 02 4921 5101 I F 02 4921 5115 knowledge. As a result, our graduates have some of the highest starting salaries nationally, [email protected] and 75 per cent of our bachelor degree graduates get a full-time job within four months of completing their studies.

Chancellor The University’s research strengths lie in health, energy and environment, and science and Professor Trevor Waring AM engineering. Our researchers discovered the placental clock that determines the timing of birth, developed a viral therapy to kill cancer cells, and revolutionised the separation of Director – Marketing and Public minerals and coal from wastewater. Relations Ms Andrea Hammond Ranked in Australia’s top ten universities for research, Newcastle is the lead site for two P 02 4921 6331 I F 02 4921 6400 Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence. Our research income has grown 20 per [email protected] cent each year for the past three years, and we hold an impressive track record in gaining funding from the Australian Government’s Australian Research Council and National Health Contact Details and Medical Research Council. University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 The University’s commercial arm, The University of Newcastle Research Associates, has P 02 4921 5000 I F 02 4921 6400 overseen a three-fold growth in income from the commercialisation of new technologies over [email protected] the past four years. The University also has strong links with local health bodies and the community through the Hunter Medical Research Institute – the only medical research institute Website in regional Australia. www.newcastle.edu.au Students and the Newcastle community have access to great University facilities including Campus Locations a first-class sporting environment. The University’s Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre was Callaghan named 2006 Fitness Centre of the Year by peak body Fitness NSW. The University is also Ourimbah part of the Elite Athlete Friendly Universities Network run through the Australian Institute of Port Macquarie Sport. Singapore The University has campuses at Callaghan in Newcastle; Ourimbah on the Central Coast; Port Macquarie on the Mid-North Coast; and Singapore. The University’s Conservatorium of Music and purpose-designed Graduate School of Business are located in the Newcastle city precinct. The University of Newcastle is a member of Innovative Research Universities Australia.

25 The University of Queensland (UQ) is a leading Australian and international learning and research institution. UQ has won more Australian Awards for University Teaching than any other university and attracts the vast majority of Queensland’s highest academic achievers, as well as top interstate and overseas students.

UQ’s 155,000 graduates include a Nobel laureate, an Academy Award winner and leaders in government, the law, science, public service and the arts. It has seven faculties, 32 schools and more than 37,000 students – including one of Australia’s largest PhD enrolments. Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay AC UQ has three main campuses at St Lucia in Brisbane, Ipswich and Gatton. The University P 07 3365 1300 I F 07 3365 1266 operates 50 sites throughout Queensland in hospitals, on tropical and sub-tropical islands, and [email protected] it also has its own experimental mine. UQ is involved in a further 118 centres and institutes.

UQ consistently ranks among Australia’s top three research-intensive universities and was Chancellor the cradle of breakthrough research leading to the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine. In The Hon Sir Llew Edwards AC recent years UQ has created more world-class research institutes than any other Australian university. These include the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the Queensland Brain Director – Marketing Institute, the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the Sustainable and Communications Minerals Institute. A new $60 million UQ Centre for Clinical Research is scheduled for Mr Shaun McDonagh completion in late 2007. P 07 3365 6060 I F 07 3365 6061 [email protected] UQ’s diverse research strengths include: viral vaccines; biotechnology; cellular and molecular bioscience; materials and nanotechnology; sustainable mining technology; Contact Details aetiology and disease management; population health and health promotion; neuroscience; St Lucia QLD 4072 quantum and photon science and technology; marine studies; Australian and postcolonial P 07 3365 1111 I F 07 3365 1100 studies; complex and intelligent systems; cognition performance and human interaction; [email protected] environment, biodiversity and sustainability; cultural, historical and media studies; food and health; governance and citizenship;imaging science and technology; social and economic Website disadvantage; and sustainable agricultural production systems. www.uq.edu.au UQ has strong links with government, the community and industry. UQ companies UniQuest, Campus Locations IMBcom and JKTech are recognised pacesetters in commercialisation. St Lucia Gatton The UQ Library has 13 outlets with more than 2.5 million volumes. It has one of the largest Ipswich collections of any academic library in Australia and by far the largest in Queensland.

UQ makes a significant contribution to Queensland’s cultural life, with facilities used for concerts, recitals and plays, sporting and cultural events, public lectures and symposia. Many of UQ’s 20 museums and collections open regularly to the public. It has the second largest public art collection in Queensland, and is developing the National Collection of Artists’ Self- Portraits, the first of its kind in Australia.

UQ is a member of the national Group of Eight and the global Universitas 21 alliance and has agreements with more than 210 institutions in 41 countries.

26 QUT is a major and highly successful Australian university with a strong professional emphasis in its course profile and a rapidly developing research reputation. Established as a university in 1989, its predecessor institutions were among Queensland’s earliest tertiary education providers. Today, with annual budget of $520 million, the university enrols nearly 40,000 students across more than 300 degree programs.

QUT’s courses are in high demand, and graduates enjoy excellent job and career outcomes. Academic programs from bachelor degree to PhD are offered in: Built Environment and Vice-Chancellor Engineering, Business, Creative Industries, Education, Health, Humanities and Human Professor Peter Coaldrake Services, Information Technology, Law, and Science. Some 22 per cent of total enrolments are P 07 3138 8086 I F 07 3138 4061 at postgraduate level, and 13 per cent of our students come from overseas. [email protected] QUT is recognised nationally and internationally for the relevance of its teaching and research to industry, the professions and the broader community. Particular importance is attached to Chancellor national and international accreditation of our various degrees. The university’s “real world” Major General Peter Arnison positioning is also underpinned by close relationships with employers and professional bodies, (Ret’d) AC CVO which provide students with a unique balance of theory and practical skills. QUT makes extensive and innovative use of technology to enhance student learning, and QUT academics Director – Marketing and feature prominently in national awards for university teaching. Communication Mr Peter Hinton Over the past decade, QUT has greatly expanded its research and international profile. It P 07 3138 2386 I F 07 3210 0474 leads four national Cooperative Research Centres (in diagnostics, construction innovation, [email protected] engineering asset management and interactive design) and is a participant in several others. It hosts the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. Contact Details 2 George Street Four major institutes have been developed to draw together researchers from across the Brisbane QLD 4000 university to work together and with external partners to provide high impact solutions to some P 07 3138 2111 I F 07 3138 1510 of the major economic, environmental and social challenges of our time. The new Institute [email protected] of Health and Biomedical Innovation involves 700 researchers from different disciplines to bridge the gap between science and better health. Other research institutes are in the areas of Website information security, sustainability and creative industries. www.qut.edu.au Based in Brisbane, QUT has four campuses: at Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove in the CBD, Campus Locations and at Carseldine and Caboolture in the growth corridor north of the city. At Kelvin Grove, Gardens Point a modern urban village development is integrating the campus with the community. QUT’s Kelvin Grove Creative Industries Precinct and the new Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation are part Caboolture of the Kelvin Grove Urban Village, along with residential and retail development. Community Carseldine teaching clinics, sporting facilities and student accommodation are also under construction in the village.

QUT is a member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, along with RMIT, UTS, UniSA and Curtin.

27 RMIT University is an international university of technology with its heart in the city of Melbourne. It is committed to creating and disseminating knowledge to solve the problems of industry and community, and to fostering in students the skills and passion to contribute to and engage with the world.

Founded in 1887 as a working men’s college, RMIT continues to retain strong connections with the world of work, and offers programs of study ranging from certificates and diplomas through to undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees. It enrols some 62,000 Vice-Chancellor and President students and employs almost 3,500 staff. Professor Margaret Gardner AO P 03 9925 1999 I F 03 9925 3185 The RMIT community is diverse, including 20,000 international students from 107 countries. [email protected] Students benefit from a learning environment which is intellectually stimulating and distinctive, and which has strong connections with industry and professional practice. Learning pathways between VET, undergraduate and postgraduate programs provide students with flexible Chancellor program entry opportunities. RMIT graduates enjoy above-average employment rates and are Professor Dennis Gibson AO valued by employers around the world for their leadership skills and ‘work readiness’.

Associate Director – Media and RMIT is recognised as an educational leader in the fields of design, fine art, information Communications technology, business, communication, engineering, and life sciences. It is also known for Ms Denise Hurley excellence in research which is directed towards addressing the problems and needs of P 03 9925 2373 I F 03 9662 2739 industry and communities. [email protected] RMIT is a partner in more than 16 research centres, including nine Cooperative Research Contact Details Centres. As part of RMIT’s current research strategy, the university is establishing four new 124 La Trobe Street Research Institutes: Melbourne VIC 3000 • Global Cities Institute P 03 9925 1078 I F 03 9925 3185 • Health Research Institute • Institute for Intelligent Platforms Website • Design@RMIT Research Institute www.rmit.edu.au These institutes represent areas of research excellence and scale – and will demonstrate RMIT’s capabilities at nationally and internationally leading levels. Campus Locations City RMIT has three campuses in Melbourne – in the central business district, Brunswick and Brunswick Bundoora – and two campuses in Vietnam. With significant teaching partnerships in Hong Bundoora Kong, China, Malaysia and Singapore, RMIT has a strong educational presence in the Asia- Hanoi Pacific region. Ho Chi Minh City RMIT is a member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, which includes Curtin University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, University of South Australia and University of Technology Sydney; and of the Global U8 consortium of universities.

28 The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a modern, vibrant institution committed to educating professionals, creating and applying knowledge and engaging with its communities. Its teaching and research focus is innovative, collaborative, flexible and based on the intelligent use of new and emerging technologies. UniSA continues to be international, industry-focussed, student-centred, service-oriented and multi-disciplinary.

Established in 1991, UniSA is an enterprising and successful university with more than 32,000 students and 2,500 staff. The University traces its history back to some of the earliest and Vice-Chancellor and President most influential educational institutions in South Australia. Entry policies emphasise access Professor Peter Høj and equity, so students at UniSA come from a broad range of backgrounds via various special P 08 8302 0500 I F 08 8302 0501 entry pathways. Giving UniSA its distinct character is the diversity of the student population, peter.hø[email protected] with more than 10,000 international students studying offshore and on-campus from over 70 countries throughout Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Americas. UniSA is the largest South Australian provider of higher education to international students. Chancellor Mr David Klingberg AM The teaching and learning environment is shaped by student-centred learning for the professions, a set of Graduate Qualities integrated into each course, and the use of flexible Director – Marketing and delivery, mediated by technology, for teaching programs. The University has an excellent Development Unit record in the provision of flexible education, online and offshore teaching programs and Mr Alan Brideson industry partnerships. More than 300 programs are offered across some 40 disciplines at P 08 8302 0625 I F 08 8302 0669 undergraduate and postgraduate levels. [email protected] UniSA has six major research institutes, is a member of nine Cooperative Research Centres Contact Details and is a national leader in collaborative research with industry partners. Adelaide SA 5001 P 08 8302 6611 I F 08 8302 2466

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29 Southern Cross University is a contemporary, regional university with campuses at Lismore, Coffs Harbour and Tweed Gold Coast. It delivers tourism courses at the Hotel School in Macquarie St, Sydney, in partnership with the Mulpha Group (the InterContinental Hotel).

The University has its headquarters at the Lismore campus, which houses the majority of the university’s academic and research units across the disciplines of Arts, Business and Health and Applied Science. The campus administers most distance education courses, and houses the heart of the University’s electronic information services and library. Located in the Vice-Chancellor and President commercial hub of culturally rich and rapidly developing northern New South Wales, Lismore Professor Paul Clark is surrounded by rural villages and is within an hour’s drive of iconic Byron Bay. P 02 6620 3703 I F 02 6622 1789 [email protected] Rapid growth has defined the Tweed Gold Coast campus on the New South Wales- Queensland border since its establishment in 2002. Facilities include modern teaching and tutorial spaces with inter-active video conferencing and desktop video technology linked to the Chancellor other campuses. The Hon John Dowd AO QC Located midway between Sydney and Brisbane, the Coffs Harbour campus features modern Director – Marketing and Media facilities adjacent to world heritage listed rainforest and the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ms Helen Hughes Extensive new facilities were completed at the campus in 2006 including state-of-the-art P 02 6620 3506 I F 02 6622 3195 nursing laboratories. Video-conferencing is used in cross-campus teaching programs with [email protected] high-speed links to national and international networks.

Contact Details Around 14,000 students are enrolled at Southern Cross University, studying on-campus, Military Road by distance education (externally) or offshore. A range of courses is offered in the areas Lismore NSW 2480 of business, commerce and management and tourism; education; environmental science; P 02 6620 3000 I F 02 6620 3700 human movement and exercise science; information technology; legal and justice studies; media, visual arts and contemporary music; natural therapies; nursing; psychology; and social Website science. www.scu.edu.au Southern Cross University is a popular destination for international students, attracting around Campus Locations 2,300 students from more than 60 countries. More than 1,400 students are enrolled through Lismore associated providers offshore, with about 600 international students studying at our Australian Coffs Harbour campuses and around 300 through associated onshore providers. Tweed Gold Coast Southern Cross University draws on issues of relevance to its regions to develop internationally significant research capabilities. Formal research partnerships exist with other universities, research organisations and industries in Australia and overseas, and the university is an active participant in eight Cooperative Research Centres.

30 The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is a leading transnational university. USQ has more than 26,000 students from more than 100 countries. International students make up over 30 percent of the student population, and per capita, USQ is the most multicultural university in Australia with more than 100 nationalities represented.

The University takes advantage of the diverse social, cultural and lingual attributes our students provide, maximises the benefit of the University’s internationalisation through programs and support services. About 75 percent of USQ students study off-campus either Vice-Chancellor in Australia or their own country, which gives USQ the strength of a large university, but the Professor Bill Lovegrove on-campus closeness of a smaller university. P 07 4631 2168 I F 07 4631 2782 [email protected] USQ has three campuses in Queensland, Australia as well as a number of offshore partners. The Australian campuses are located in the garden city of Toowoomba, the waterside location of Fraser Coast and in an education precinct known as Education City in Springfield. Chancellor Mrs Bobbie Brazil The University is a well-recognised higher education institution and has won awards for on-campus, off-campus and online education as well as innovation and multiculturalism. Chief Marketing Officer USQ has a reputation for offering quality academic programs that are recognised worldwide Mr Ian Olton by other higher education institutions, employers and internationally-accredited professional P 07 4631 2631 I F 07 4631 1404 bodies. [email protected] Named ‘Australia’s University of the Year 2000-2001’ Good Universities Guide Joint Winner for Contact Details developing the e-University, USQ also won the inaugural ‘World’s Best On and Off-Campus West Street Teaching University’ award from the International Council for Open and Distance Learning, the Toowoomba QLD 4350 2000 Queensland Government Multicultural Award, and the 2004 Commonwealth of Learning P 07 4631 2100 I F 07 4631 2893 Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement, to name a few.

Website USQ offers full degree courses in its faculties of Arts, Business, Science, Education, and www.usq.edu.au Engineering and Spatial Sciences, and is the only university in Australia to offer a degree course in agricultural engineering. USQ, in collaboration with the Queensland Department of Campus Locations Primary Industries, also offers the world’s first degree in climatology. Toowoomba Fraser Coast Research conducted at USQ is regionally-focussed, yet internationally important. A program Springfield developed through USQ’s Centre for Research in Transformative Pedagogies, for example, has been implemented with success in schools in Singapore and Canada, as well as across Australia. Other Research Centres at USQ include the Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments; the Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites; the Public Memory Research Centre; the Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health; the Centre for Systems Biology; and the Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre.

31 The University of the Sunshine Coast, founded in 1996, is young, dynamic and growing rapidly. USC’s strengths lie in its size and its focus on providing students with strong academic theory combined with industry-based work experience.

The University’s growth in student numbers, programs and research activity has exceeded expectations since its opening just over a decade ago. In 2006, more than 5,000 students were enrolled in the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, and Science, Health and Education. The University’s USC Noosa Centre allows students the opportunity to study first- Vice-Chancellor year courses in a location that is convenient for them. Professor Paul Thomas AM P 07 5430 1101 I F 07 5430 1105 At USC, students benefit from the personal attention of highly qualified academic staff. DEST [email protected] statistics show that in 2005, USC had the highest proportion of academic staff with doctoral or masters qualifications of any university in Queensland. Many members of the teaching staff are industry professionals and provide practical perspectives gained through their experiences Chancellor in the workforce. Students have extensive opportunities to undertake internships, industry- Mr Ian Kennedy AO based projects and work experience.

Director – Marketing and The University provides state-of-the-art facilities including fully-equipped science, computer Communications and sports laboratories, nursing teaching wards, technologically advanced lecture theatres, Ms Margaret Thursby and purpose-built study areas. The USC Library houses more than 100,000 print volumes and P 07 5430 1116 I F 07 5430 1187 23,500 digital resources, and the collections are expanding each year. [email protected] Other on-campus facilities include industry-standard computer design and multimedia Contact Details laboratories, an IAAF-approved athletics track, and an art gallery. The University also has 90 Sippy Downs Drive research facilities in two locations on World Heritage-listed Fraser Island—Kingfisher Bay Sippy Downs QLD 4556 Research and Education Facility and Dilli Village Environmental Education Camp. P 07 5430 1234 I F 07 5430 1111 [email protected] In addition, USC has been recognised as Australia’s first Australian Institute of Sport accredited university, making it athlete-friendly. The University’s Centre for Healthy Activities, Website Sport and Exercise assists athletes with combining their sporting ambitions and university www.usc.edu.au study to ensure success in both.

The University was recognised by the OECD as a leader in regional engagement when it was one of only two universities in Australia to be benchmarked in an international study on how higher education institutions engage with their regions. The University continues to build links in key areas such as community health and environmental sustainability, and programs are designed to meet the needs of regional, national and international employment growth areas.

From undergraduate to postdoctoral study, the University of the Sunshine Coast offers students, staff and the community the opportunity to learn and to develop the region through the enhancement of lifestyle and educational opportunities, and through ensuring economic and cultural growth for the future.

32 Swinburne University of Technology is a multi-campus University with campuses in Melbourne and Kuching, Sarawak East Malaysia. As a dual-sector University comprising both TAFE and Higher Education within the same organisation, the University offers programs from apprenticeship through to PhD. The University has been able to take advantage of the dual-sector nature of the institution by building the highest level of student articulation from TAFE to Higher Education in Australia.

Swinburne has developed a strong reputation as a provider of career-oriented education. In Vice-Chancellor and President 2007 it has launched a new model of education, titled the Swinburne Professional Model. This Professor Ian Young approach provides students with a strong experiential focus in their studies. One element of P 03 9214 8131 I F 03 9818 3649 this approach is Industry-Based Learning (IBL), in which Swinburne has been a pioneer. IBL [email protected] students undertake vocational paid employment as part of their course.

Swinburne has a rapidly developing research reputation. The University has taken an Chancellor approach of focussing its research activities in niche areas where critical mass and Mr Bill Scales AO international quality can be developed. Present research strengths include: advanced computer modelling, advanced manufacturing technologies, astrophysics, biotechnology Media Manager and bioengineering, cognitive sciences, optics and applied laser technology, and social Ms Heather Crosling sustainability and wellbeing. P 03 9214 5968 I F 03 9818 8239 [email protected] Swinburne has a total of five campuses in eastern Melbourne with approximately 35,000 students enrolled across its TAFE and Higher Education Programs. Swinburne has defined Contact Details Internationalisation as a key strategic goal and has more than 4,500 international students Cnr Burwood Road and John Street enrolled in Melbourne. In addition, Swinburne has developed a campus in Kuching, Sarawak, Hawthorn VIC 3122 East Malaysia. Swinburne Sarawak has almost 2,000 students enrolled, with the student P 03 9214 8000 I F 03 9819 5454 population growing at more than 30% per annum. [email protected] Swinburne has also developed partnership arrangements to provide student pathways in Website China, Vietnam and Hong Kong. It is also an active partner in the European Consortium www.swin.edu.au of Innovative Universities. Internationalisation also includes developing international opportunities for Australian students. Approximately 15% of Swinburne’s Australian students Campus Locations have an international experience as part of their studies. Croydon Hawthorn Swinburne sees itself as a progressive and innovative university, developing new educational Healesville paradigms and relevant high-impact research. Lilydale Prahran Sarawak, Malaysia Wantirna

33 The University of Sydney, Australia’s first, is one of the nation’s premier universities and is regularly ranked among the world’s best by independent, international surveys.

Sydney is a key member of the national Group of Eight research-intensive universities as well as being a member of the international organisations Academic Consortium 21 (AC21) and the World Universities network. It is one of only three Australian institutions invited to join the prestigious Association of Pacific Rim Universities, currently chaired by Sydney Vice- Chancellor Professor Gavin Brown. Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Gavin Brown AO FAA The University of Sydney has over 2,300 full-time academic staff and 45,000 students, with an P 02 9351 5051 I F 02 9351 4596 excellent staff: student ratio. Sydney’s alumni include three Nobel Prize winners, four Prime [email protected] Ministers, numerous Governors General and leaders in every field of endeavour.

Sydney offers the widest range of academic courses in Australia. Seventeen faculties, with Chancellor more than 100 teaching departments are spread across 10 different campuses. In the latest The Hon. Justice Kim Santow OAM edition of the Good Universities Guide, Sydney was at the top, scoring five-star rankings in ten different categories. It attracts more top undergraduate students than any other university in Media Manager the state; more than one third of the undergraduate intake has a UAI of 95 or over. Mr Andrew Potter P 02 9351 4514 I F 02 9351 3737 Sydney is committed to excellence in research and has an outstanding record in winning [email protected] national competitive funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Health and Medical Research Council. It is the national leader in PhD completions and has the Contact Details largest domestic postgraduate research student cohort of any Australian university. It has been Sydney NSW 2006 chosen to host the prestigious new United States Study Centre, a think tank with an extensive P 02 9351 2222 I F 02 9351 4607 public program as well as a rigorous academic and research base.

Website The University has strong collaborative links with business and industry and has been www.usyd.edu.au awarded 15 prestigious Federal Government Federation Fellowships in areas ranging from robotics to theoretical physics and philosophy. Among the more than 150 research centres and Campus Locations institutes are the ARC Special Research Centre examining the ecological impacts of coastal Camperdown & Darlington cities and two ARC Centres of Excellence in autonomous systems and in ultrahigh bandwidth Burren Street devices for optical systems. Sydney is also a participant in 18 Cooperative Research Centres, Camden hosts an international centre of excellence in sports science and management and is home to Cumberland the Macquarie Dictionary. Mallett Street St James The University has the largest library collection in the southern hemisphere and extensive Surry Hills cultural assets including the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney College of the Arts and Sydney College of the Arts the Seymour Theatre Centre, along with world-class collections of archaeological antiquities, Sydney Conservatorium of Music natural history, ethnography and Australian art.

With an active program of extra-curricula activities, a fully-equipped sport and recreation complex and 42 different sporting clubs, many playing at first class level, the University provides excellent opportunities for students. The University of Sydney sent 18 athletes and a coach to the 2004 Athens Olympics and Paralympics – more than many small nations.

34 The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is an Australian institution of international standing. Through its campuses in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie, UTAS exploits the very best of its unique environment and the island’s natural and built resources to deliver quality higher education and research.

From the time it was founded in 1890, it has been pivotal to the development of Tasmania and Tasmanians. It still is. But now its reach and impact extends across Australia and around the world. UTAS positions itself as an international university working out of Tasmania. It was Vice-Chancellor and President named 2005 Tasmanian Exporter of the Year. Professor Daryl Le Grew P 03 6226 2003 I F 03 6226 2001 In 2005, the student population was 16,800 with 3,740 international students drawn from over [email protected] 70 countries. The University has transnational education programs in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Indonesia and New Zealand. The University works with institutions around the world to offer students an international experience, with exchange arrangements in Chancellor place with over 40 institutes throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Mr Damian Bugg AM QC Its graduates are keenly sought: a degree from UTAS is an internationally respected Director – Public Relations and qualification and one that opens doors to a myriad of opportunities. The links that the University Extension Unit University has forged with government, industry and the community informs its course content Ms Amanda Wojtowicz and ensures professional and relevant outcomes. P 03 6226 2023 I F 03 6226 2018 [email protected] UTAS offers a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs and while its teaching, learning and research is global in scope, it also takes direction from Tasmania’s Contact Details distinctiveness. Churchill Avenue Sandy Bay TAS 7005 It defines research, learning and teaching expertise through several key areas: Antarctic and P 03 6226 2999 I F 03 6226 2018 marine studies; community, place and change; environment; frontier technologies; population [email protected] and health; and sustainable primary production. These themes are supported by the Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, a collaboration between the Australian Government, the Website minerals industry and university partners; the Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence; the www.utas.edu.au Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science; the Australian Innovation Research Centre; and the Menzies Research Institute. Campus Locations Sandy Bay UTAS has a unique and comprehensive partnership agreement with the Tasmanian Cradle Coast Government - a long-term collaboration for the benefit of Tasmania’s economic, social and Newnham cultural growth. It also has established partnerships with state, federal and local governments and with business and industry through the Tasmanian Institute for Agricultural Research, the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, the Tasmanian Electronic Commerce Centre, Intellinc (the ICT incubator), the Tasmanian Institute for Law Enforcement Studies, and the Law Reform Institute.

The Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre and the CRC for Forestry are headquartered at UTAS; and it is also a member of the Bushfire, Aquafin, Sustainable Tourism and Smart Internet Technology CRCs.

35 The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) provides higher education aimed at enhancing professional practice, serving the community at large and enabling students to reach their full personal and career potential. With its international focus, the University contributes to the advancement of knowledge, professional skills and technology and the linkages between them, promoting their sustainable, enterprising and ethical application.

UTS has built a strong reputation for practice-oriented teaching and learning, outcomes oriented research and creative practice. It has earned community esteem as a progressive Vice-Chancellor and President university with a distinctive focus on professional practice. Professor Ross Milbourne P 02 9514 1330 I F 02 9514 1300 UTS views as a key strength the social and cultural diversity of its students, staff and partners [email protected] in the professions and the community. This diversity has created a vibrant and rich learning environment that prepares graduates for a borderless workplace. The courses offered at UTS have achieved high acclaim in the National Learning and Teaching Performance Fund for Chancellor 2007 with a top five placing. Because of its strong links with industry, and its efforts to develop Professor Vicki Sara programs that are at the forefront of industry and professional initiative, UTS has consistently achieved one of the highest ratings in the level of employability of its graduates. Director – Marketing and Communications Unit UTS offers around 141 undergraduate degrees and 243 postgraduate courses to 32,708 Ms Jacqui Wise students, including 11,337 at graduate level. Its teaching and research programs are P 02 9514 1635 I F 02 9514 1137 undertaken through the Institute for International Studies and nine faculties: Business; Design, [email protected] Architecture and Building; Education; Engineering; Humanities and Social Sciences; Law; Information Technology; Nursing, Midwifery & Health; and Science. The University Graduate Contact Details School monitors the quality of graduate studies and is responsible for the administration of all 1 Broadway research postgraduate courses. Ultimo NSW 2007 P 02 9514 2000 I F 02 9514 1551 UTS is a multi-campus university spread over two major locations in the Sydney metropolitan area: the City Campus (with buildings on Broadway and in the Haymarket area) and the Website Kuring-gai Campus in Lindfield. www.uts.edu.au

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36 Victoria University (VU) was established in 1990 from predecessor institutions dating back to 1916. We have since grown into one of Australia’s leading universities, with 47,000 students, 3,000 staff and 90 nationalities. With 8,500 international students, Victoria University appeals to people from all corners of the globe.

Victoria University is a place where creativity and fresh thinking flourish, where challenging tradition and convention is not only encouraged – it’s expected. You may think that universities are stuffy environments, but at VU we’re different. We’re ‘A New School of Thought’. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Elizabeth Harman In 2006, we launched a new vision. This vision was coined by the statement: Making VU a P 03 9919 4010 I F 03 9919 4004 New School of Thought. What lies behind this statement makes VU different from any other [email protected] university.

At its heart are five bold commitments which the University has begun to implement. These Chancellor commitments are the driving force behind future teaching, learning, research and engagement The Hon Justice Frank Vincent AO QC activities at Victoria University.

Director – Marketing and They include: establishing 12 industry and community roundtables which will have a direct Communications input into teaching and learning; a guarantee of students spending 25 per cent of their time Ms Antoinette de Villiers working and learning on the job; and personalised learning programs which students can tailor P 03 9919 4112 I F 03 9919 4790 to meet their needs. [email protected] VU will also support a targeted set of major initiatives, which will improve life in the western Contact Details region. These initiatives will focus on improving access and success in education for young Ballarat Road people. They will focus on addressing areas such as diabetes through sport, recreation and Footscray VIC 3011 wellbeing. This will be done through an Australian Community Centre for Diabetes. P 03 9919 4000 I F 03 9919 4069 Strategic investment will further strengthen our strong academic support system for our Website students, which is already top of the class, with VU graduates giving us a five-star rating for www.vu.edu.au their educational experience.

Campus Locations Plans include a $54 million redevelopment of Footscray Park Campus, incorporating a world- City Flinders class $22 million Exercise and Sports Science Precinct. The precinct will place VU at the City King forefront of international excellence in sports sciences. Already a success, VU has attracted City Queen the attention of many high-profile athletes to its courses. It is our commitment to providing Footscray Nicholson up-to-the-minute courses and facilities that keeps us on the cutting edge of modern, tertiary Footscray Park education. Melton Newport St Albans Sunbury Sunshine Werribee

37 International standards of excellence in teaching and research are the benchmarks against which The University of Western Australia (UWA) operates as one of Australia’s leading universities.

Situated on a picturesque garden campus on the Swan River five kilometres from Perth’s city centre, UWA is a high-quality research-intensive university with a broad and balanced coverage of disciplines in the arts, science and major professions.

Vice-Chancellor It is Western Australia’s first university, established in 1911, with about 17,500 students in Professor Alan Robson AM nine faculties: Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts; Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; P 08 6488 2809 I F 08 6488 1013 Economics and Commerce; Education; Engineering, Computing and Mathematics; Life and [email protected] Physical Sciences; Law; Medicine and Dentistry; and Natural and Agricultural Sciences.

UWA has an international reputation for excellence and enterprise. Its strong research Chancellor culture sees it attract high levels of competitive research funding. Its high quality teaching Dr Michael Chaney AM CitWA and research ensures it remains the university of preference for Western Australia’s highest achieving school leavers, as well as attracting high-calibre undergraduate and postgraduate Director – Public Affairs students from around the nation and overseas. Mr Doug Durack P 08 6488 2806 I F 08 6488 1020 The University is nationally recognised for the quality of its academic staff and has strong [email protected] strategic partnerships with industry, the professions and government. It operates in collaboration with other universities of research excellence in Australia and around the world. Contact Details Stirling Highway Graduates are highly competitive internationally, achieving success in higher study and in Crawley WA 6009 wide-ranging fields of employment. Many graduates have risen to prominence in leadership P 08 6488 6000 I F 08 6488 1380 roles in industry, government, education and the professions, in Australia and overseas.

Website Beyond academic excellence, The University of Western Australia ‘experience’ includes www.uwa.edu.au access to some of the best facilities in Australia on a campus renowned for its social and sporting life. Studying at UWA is more than an education – it’s an experience which gives its graduates a head start in their professional and social lives.

The UWA experience embodies creativity and innovation, linking students with the wider world of learning and research.

38 The University of Western Sydney (UWS) is a major urban university operating over six teaching campuses in Greater Western Sydney, one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in Australia.

Like the region, UWS is enterprising and forward-looking. It embraces diversity and is committed to access and equity. The University “brings knowledge to life” in the education of students for employment, the application of research to contemporary problems, and mutually enriching partnerships with local organisations, businesses and community groups. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Janice Reid AM Although a “New Generation” university established in 1989, UWS can trace its history back P 02 9678 7801 I F 02 9678 7809 to 1891 when its oldest predecessor, the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, enrolled its first [email protected] students. Today the University has over 36,000 students and 2,500 staff. Its diverse local and international population creates vibrant environments and enriches the student experience.

Chancellor Each campus – Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Hawkesbury, Parramatta and Penrith Mr John Phillips AM – has its own character, so although it is one of Australia’s largest universities, UWS is known as a friendly and welcoming place. It maintains its traditions of teaching and research linked Director – Media and to community needs, and community “connectedness”. Communication Mr Mikael Kjaerbye UWS has professionally relevant degrees which also develop students’ critical thinking and P 02 9678 7080 I F 02 9678 7095 academic skills. Many of the courses are developed with industry input and taught by people [email protected] who are leaders in their fields, keeping students in touch with real-world needs and best practice. Contact Details Locked Bag 1797 UWS graduates are known by employers for being able to “hit the ground running” and have Penrith South DC NSW 1797 achieved great success in a wide range of careers from banking to the arts, nursing, law, P 02 9852 5222 I F 02 9852 5960 social work, engineering, forensic science, politics, sports science, industrial design, policing, television, journalism, business, teaching, international aid, IT, public administration and many Website other. The UWS School of Medicine welcomes its first student intake in 2007. www.uws.edu.au The University nurtures a distinctive, high-impact research culture, committed to enhancing Campus Locations cultural, economic, environmental and educational development in the region as well as being Bankstown responsive to contemporary challenges more generally. It has been particularly recognised Blacktown for its capacity to undertake successful collaborative partnerships with industry, government Campbelltown and the community. It has research strengths in Applied Science and Technology, Cultural Hawkesbury Research, Innovation Studies, Biological Sciences, Psychology, Sociology and Justice Parramatta Studies, and Urban Research. Penrith A ten-year Research Investment Strategy and Learning and Teaching Development Plan was implemented in 2006 to support the further development of existing and emerging areas of research strength and teaching innovation.

39 The University of Wollongong (UOW) is one of Australia’s most dynamic research universities with strong industry alliances.

The University’s nine Faculties - Commerce, Informatics, Engineering, Arts, Law, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Science, Creative Arts and Education - currently offer 123 undergraduate and 156 postgraduate courses to around 22,000 students.

UOW’s emphasis on student-centred learning and support for students as individuals mean Vice-Chancellor the University’s graduates emerge as creative, innovative thinkers who are much sought after Professor Gerard Sutton by employers, enjoying a significantly higher graduate employment rate than the national P 02 4221 3909 I F 02 4227 1771 average. [email protected] UOW’s research is committed to making an impact on Australia and the international community. Its strengths include world-leading research centres in 21st century technologies Chancellor such as intelligent polymers, nanotechnology, medical radiation physics, internet security, Mr Michael Codd AC superconductivity, digital media, and functional foods.

Group Manager – Public Affairs The research effort is underpinned by the University’s ability to establish effective partnerships Mr Canio Fierravanti with industry and other research organisations and a multi-disciplinary approach that sees P 02 4221 5931 I F 02 4221 3128 close cooperation and collaboration between Faculties and research centres. [email protected] UOW has a strong international focus and reputation. It attracts more than 5,400 international Contact Details students each year to study at its Australian campuses, and operates an offshore campus Northfields Avenue for around 2,700 students in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. UOW also has formal Wollongong NSW 2522 agreements with more than 150 institutions around the world in the areas of research P 02 4221 3555 I F 02 4221 3128 collaboration, student and staff exchange, Study Abroad and offshore program delivery.

Website It also has two satellite campuses in Sydney (in the CBD and at Loftus in the southern www.uow.edu.au suburbs), and campuses at Nowra, Batemans Bay and Bega on the NSW South Coast, and at Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands. Campus Locations Wollongong Batemans Bay Bega Dubai Moss Vale Nowra Sydney (CBD) Sydney (Loftus)

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