Australia/New Zealand

University of Melbourne

Overall Rankings:

#1 in Australia by Times Higher Education 2019
#2 in Australia by QS 2019
#32 Times Higher Education 2019
#39 QS Global 2019

QS World University Rankings By Subject:

#14 in Education and Training
#6 in Law
#9 in Anatomy
#20 in Social Sciences
#16 in Accounting and Finance
#20 in Business
#32 in Computer Science and Information Systems
#20 in Arts and Humanities
#21 in Life Sciences and Medicine
#30 in Dentistry
#17 in Medicine
#18 in Psychology
#18 in Civil/Structural Engineering
#17 in Architecture

Environment:

Multi-campus university in the heart of Melbourne
Moderate crime rate
Moderately high cost of living(lower than sydney but higher than Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, etc)
3rd most beautiful university in Australia by Times

Fees/Scholarships/Financial Aid Information

Typically AUD$40k per year, more if for special courses like oral health, fine arts

Scholarships:
- International Graduate Merit Scholarships
  - Automatic consideration
  - Value: 25 - 50% fee remission
  - Study areas: commerce, economics management
  - Number awarded: 15 students
- Melbourne Graduate Scholarship
  - Automatic consideration
  - Value: 25 - 100% fee remission
  - Study areas: Architecture, building and planning; Commerce, economics and management; Education, teaching and training; Engineering; Historical, philosophical, political and social studies; Language, literature and cultural studies
- Many more small scholarships

Student grants:
- Over 150 bursaries
- Applications 1 Jan 2019 to 10 Mar 2019
- Value: $1,000 - $10,000
- Study Areas: All
- Number: 250

Career Prospects

#6 in QS Graduate Employability Ranking
Alumni & graduate salary 50k to 160k average degree around 80k

Population

8,500+ staff
65,000+ students
36% of student body international students from over 100 countries
56.19 – Student ratio of females to males

Application Information

Requirements:
- complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or
- An equivalent qualification: IB
  - Bachelor of Science: 31 points
  - Bachelor of Arts: 31 points
- English:
  - TOEFL – you need a score of 577 or more including a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English for a paper-based test, or a score of 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading, 13 for listening for an internet-based test. To submit your scores when you apply, use our TOEFL Institution Code: 0974.
  - IELTS – you need a score of 6.5 or more in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.
  - Pearson Test of English – you need an overall score of between 58-64 inclusive and achieve no PTE communicative skills score below 50.
  - Cambridge English, Advanced/Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – you need a Cambridge English Score of 176 with no skill below 169.
  - revised TOEFL Paper-delivered Test not accepted
  - Scores need to be achieved from a single test report.
- a copy of academic results(If any documents are written in a language other than English, an official translation is needed)
- University of Melbourne recognizes AP Exam scores
  - at least 2 AP exams, achieving a score of 3 or above in order to be considered for entry.
Application closing dates
- Semester 1: late December
- Semester 2: 31 May
- Via this portal: https://prod.ss.unimelb.edu.au/student/SM/eApplications/eAppLogin.aspx?r=&f=%23UM.EAP.CI2LOGIN.WEB
- Or via VTAC via Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) application because of international status from 6 August (9 am) to 12 October (5 pm)

Australia National University

Overall Rankings:

#1 in Australia by QS
#2 in Australia by Times Higher Education
#24 QS Global Rankings

QS World University Rankings By Subject

#9 in Development Studies
#10 in Politics
#15 in Law
#16 in Arts and Humanities
#23 in Social Sciences and Management
#25 in Economics and Econometrics
#33 in Natural Sciences
#39 in Accounting and Finance
#31 in Mathematics
#40 in Computer Sciences and Info Systems
#38 in Psychology
#34 in Statistics

Environment

Located in Canberra
Oceanic climate, generally comfortable temperatures
Very low crime rates in Canberra
Lower cost of living than Sydney and Melbourne but remains moderately high
Guide provided by ANU:
- student/guardian - AUD20,290
- approx. 390 on expenses per week

Fees/Scholarships/Financial Aid Information

Fees
- Around 44k for an average bachelor’s degree
Financial Aid
- DFAT Australia Awards
  - Not by the university by but by external company
- Large number of scholarships based on academic merit
  - Endeavour Scholarships & Fellowships
    - Value: $69,500 per annum
    - Interest area: ANU College of Business & Economics, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Science, ANU College of Health & Medicine, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences
    - Tuckwell Scholarship »
      - Value: $21,700 per annum
      - Interest area: ANU College of Business & Economics, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific, ANU College of Law, ANU College of Science, ANU College of Health & Medicine, ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science, ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

Career Prospects

3rd in Graduate Employability in Australia by Times Higher Education
Offers drop-in chats with a career consultant three times a week.
The university also runs the ANU CareerHub – an “online career development and employability tool”, which includes a jobs board and careers resources
Best paying degree seems to be bachelor of science with an average of AUD 89,000 and other degrees that pay less well have a graduate salary at 50,000

Population

16.6k students
7k international
1.6k faculty

Application Information

Requirements
- IB at 29
- English requirements

- - This is different for special programs

Application period
- Students must apply through UAC portal if they take IB
- Otherwise directly through university website
  - Timeline
    - 4 March 2019 Applications open
    - 31 May 2019 Applications close
    - 1 August 2019 Conditional offers released
    - 5 September 2019 Conditional offer acceptance deadline
    - 13 December 2019 ATARs begin to be released
    - 19 December 2019 Final offers released (NSW, QLD and VIC)
    - 27 December 2019 Final offers released (ACT, SA, TAS and WA)
    - 9 January 2020 Final offers released (International Baccalaureate)
    - 23 January 2020 Final offer acceptance deadline
    - 17 February 2020 ANU Orientation Week
    - 25 February 2020 Classes commence

Special programmes
- Flexible Double Degree

University of Sydney

Overall Rankings:

#3 in Australia by both QS and THE
#42 by QS Global

QS World University Rankings By Subject

#12 in Education
#12 in Law
#42 in Business
#22 in Accounting
#42 in Computer Science
#23 in Arts and Humanities
#27 in Social Sciences
#37 in Economics
#26 in Languages
#4 in Sports related subjects

Environment

Multiple campuses, largely in heart of Sydney, with one in camden for agriculture and veterinary studies
Sydney has a high cost of living
- Single student living away from home will require at least $1,690 per month for accommodation, food, utilities and entertainment.
Low to moderate crime rate

Fees/Scholarships/Financial Aid Information

Fees:
- On average about 40k per year
Scholarships
- University Wide
  - Vice-Chancellor International Scholarships Scheme
- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences International Exchange Scholarships
- Faculty of Engineering & Information Technologies Undergraduate Scholarships
  - Dr Abdul Kalam International Undergraduate Scholarships
- Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Scholarships
  - Deans International Undergraduate Scholarship
- Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning
  - Architecture, Design and Planning Dean's International Merit Scholarship
- The University of Sydney Business School
  - University of Sydney Business School Student Exchange Travel Scholarships
  - University of Sydney Business School Strategic Exchange Partner Scholarships