Curtin University of Technology. Part 2

Number of students

According to various estimates (depending on the Accounting and foreign faculties AFFILIATED) in institutions Curtin campuses simultaneously trained 46-53 THOUSAND students. The official number in 2014 was 53,617.

Key training areas

The University consists of five faculties: medical, humanitarian (including authoritative English School), natural science faculties, business schools, as well as the Faculty for Aboriginal people.

Curtis Institute of Technology is preparing a wide range of professionals - from grape growers to the financiers. Here, only those areas in which Institute is part of the world's top 200 QS rankings:

• PR and media;
• architecture;
• accounting and finance;
• geography;
• Materials Science;
• oceanography;
• pedagogy;
• psychology;
• sociology;
• statistics
• chemistry;
• ecology;
• the economy;
• electrical and Electronics;
• Linguistics.

Studying programs

The university awards diplomas to nine levels - depending on the course chosen by the student.

• specialist degree
• Bachelor's degree (BA)
• Graduate Certificate
• diploma
• postgraduate Diploma
• Magister (Master)
• Master of Philosophy (Master)
• Doctor of Philosophy (roughly equivalent to Russian Candidate of Sciences)

Prices

Fee for study consists of many elements, therefore, as a rule, it is calculated individually. The average cost of a full annual cycle of training is 28 240 AUD at the undergraduate level and AUD 30,910 in magistracy.

About 1% of students receive scholarships for outstanding academic achievement - in 2014 more than 400 fellows have received more than 2 million AUD.

Requirements for applicants

For bachelor - complete secondary education plus one year of study at the university with a degree in English and selected at the level of IELTS 6.5, also student have to write a letter of motivation for enrolment, but the university restricts using of assignment writing services and all the papers are properly checked. For graduate - Bachelor's degree and English at the same level.

Infrastructure and accommodation

There are located hostel on 1200 seats on campus at Bentley; there are a number of hotels and hostels nearby; In addition, residents of the suburb willingly rent rooms to students. The cost of a place in a hostel starts from from 145 AUD per week. The average price of a furnished room in Perth - 170 AUD per week. Foreigners and residents of distant from Perth Australian states have a preferential right to a dorm room.

Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University of Technology is one of the largest and most famous Australian educational institutions. In the elite clubs of Australian universities it does not belong solely because of his youth (founded in 1966, in its current form with the modern title there since 1987).

Place in the rankings of the institutions

The 331 th place and five stars in the prestigious QS World University Rankings 2014/15 is a very good indicator. In the same ranking Curtin received 272-th place in the diploma attractiveness for employers, who is willing to hire the professional, and the 18th place - on demand from foreign students. The University also occupies the 40th place in the ranking of QS University Rankings: Top 50 Under 50 (the best universities in the world, founded in the last 50 years).

Good dynamics University shows and academic ratings - the prestigious CWTS Leiden Ranking 2015 he occupies the 11th position in Australia (7 per year) and 278 th in the world (100 per year). Thus, this is a great place for a research career after the end of basic training.

Location, branches

The main body Curtin is in the Australian state of Western Australia (a major city - Perth), but there are also branches in Sydney, Singapore and Malaysia: A total number is 9 campuses. Also a university degree can be obtained in Mauritius, the local Charles Telfair Institute.

Curtin campus is located in Bentley, a southern suburb of Perth. Two campus in Perth - Graduate School of Business and Shenton Park (on the basis of four medical centers, including the National Institute of study drug). In Western Australia, there are also a university center of viticulture and winemaking (Margaret River, 270 km south of Perth) and Mining Institute (Malgurli, 600 km from Perth inland). On the territory of Australia in Sydney, there is also located business courses of the University.

Interesting Facts

The University is in third place in Australia in the number of foreign students.

The university is named after one of the most prominent citizens of Australia, Prime Minister John Curtin of the war years, was buried in Perth.

Griffith University. Part 2

Terms of studying

For a bachelor's degree the term is 3-4 years depending on the course chosen. For a variety of disciplines it is possible partial training sessions (eg, 1 year full attendance, 2 - partly optional), in most cases it is complete.

Subsequent Master's degree usually takes another 2 years.

Postgraduate studies - from six months.

Infrastructure and accommodation

Griffith campuses is one of the most advanced in the country. It includes the new campuses with an abundance of opportunities for learning, and leisure. Great attention is paid to sport.

However, there are only 950 places to stay, and they are intended primarily for Australian students. Foreigners will have to settle in the dorms outside the university (from $ 150 per week) or to rent an apartment (from $ 300).
 
Price of education
Griffith is University of relatively inexpensive, the cost of a year of study for a degree here starts from 19 thousand Australian dollars. So most of the students very hardworking and the percent of students who use custom essay writing services is very low.

Interesting Facts

Griffith is a member of the Association of Innovative Universities Australia ( "G-7").

In addition to the educational departments and schools, Griffith has four research centers:

•     climate change;
•     smart water (hydrosphere studies);
•     protection of public order and security;
•     Research Medical College.

Famous graduates

Griffith regularly released from its walls future political elite of the State of Queensland and Australia as a whole. It came out and a lot of artists (actors, writers, musicians), and not only the Australian - say, in absentia studied Griffith Czech model and writer Pauline Porizkova. Everything is in order and with the sport: in Griffith checked in just three Australian Olympic champion.

Griffith University

Name, the year of foundation of the institution

Griffith University is named in honor of the Prime Minister of the State of Queensland and the Australian Constitution author Samuel Griffith, formally founded in 1971, but his first faculty - Queensland College of Art - has been operating since the distant 1881.

Place in the rankings of the institution

The whole University is on 341th place overall in the World University Rankings in 2013 (this is the first 4% of the leading universities in the world). Griffith entered the First World Hundred in some areas. This is educational, legal and political science departments.

Among Australian universities in the authoritative international rating The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) Griffith divides 10-16 place. But the list of the Inland University Reviews Australia (URA) university position is 27 th place on the continent.

Location, branches

Griffith is the second most important after the University of Queensland University of Queensland. Five university campuses lined up along the ocean coast of the province's largest city of Brisbane to the Gold Coast Resort. The main one among them is the campus of Nathan, which was built for the University of Queensland, but subsequently transferred to the newly formed Griffith. Here, a 10-minute drive from the center of Brisbane, studying primarily the natural sciences.

And the largest campus is located in the south of this chain, the Gold Coast, and specializes primarily on medicine.

Number of students

The Griffith University studies more than 43 thousand people

Key training areas

The faculties, schools and training centers, university students are taught in more than 300 destinations. All training programs are divided into 11 major groups:

•     Business and Management;
•     Forensics and Law;
•     Pedagogy;
•     Technology and IT;
•     Environment, Planning and Architecture;
•     Medicine (one of the priority directions for Griffith);
•     The humanities and foreign languages;
•     Music;
•     Aviation;
•     Drawing and design.

Requirements for applicants

For admission to undergraduate course required to have completed secondary education. The average rating should be not less than 4.5; otherwise it will have to undergo a preparatory program at Griffith University.

You also need to know English on the IELTS 6.5 level (that includes very hard essay writing task) no lower than estimates of 6.0 or TOEFL 79 with no evaluations below 19 (in 2015 - no less than 21 evaluations).

For Master's degree, in addition to language examinations, needed a bachelor's degree in the specialty and, importantly, two authoritative recommendations.