University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

the founding chancellor,sir john Winthrop hackeet,, died in 1916, and bequeathed property which, after being carefully managed for ten years, yielded 425,000 to the university, a far larger sum than expected. this allowed the construction of the main buildings. many buildings and landmarks within the university bear his name, including Winthrop hall hackeet hall. in addition, his bequest funded many scholarship, because he did not wish eager students to be deterred from studying because they could not afford o do so.

the university degree structure has changed recently to further separate the undergraduate and postgraduate degrees available. justification for this new system is due to its simplicity and effectiveness in outsiders understanding the system. it is the first university in western Australia to have bachelors degree. the university offers a bachelor of science bachelor of commerce (BCom), bachelor of Arts (BA) and bachelor of  design  (BDes).

the university has further facilities across Stirling highway in Nedlands, linked by pedestrian underpasses beneath the highway, and paths in front of the residential colleges. although not directly contiguous with the main crawely sire, the university does own almost every parcel of land between them and has long term plans to expand the two sites towards each other. the university also has facilities in Clarendon, purchased in 205 from Edith cowan university. the university prefers to refer to these facilities asa UWA cleramont and as a campus. the university remains a single campus institution. UWA claremont is approximately 5 km west of the main crawely campus. further west still, the university also has staff in central claremont.

the university established a UWA Albany Centre in 1999  to meet rural education needs. in 2005, curtain university of technology joined UWA in Albany to provide additional course offerings to the local rural community. UWA Albany offers postgraduate coursework and research programmers through the institute for regional development and the centre of excellence in natural resource management. the UWA rural clinical school provides year-long rural placements for fifth-year medical  students in Albany, derby, broome, port headland karratha, geraldton,bunbury, narrogin, esperance, and kalgoorlie, western Australia, additionally, the university is involved in the combined universities centre for rural health in geraldton.

high school graduate with high academic achievement are also able to apply for "assured pathways". this means they are assured a place in the postgraduate degree for their chosen discipline while they complete their undergraduate degree. assured pathways are offered for studies in fields such as medicine, law, dentistry and engineering. prospective students may apply for an assured pathway  through the bachelor of philosophy. the assured pathways to dentistry via the bachelor of philosophy is the most difficult undergraduate and postgraduate pathway to obtain from the university. only one place is offered each year.

Macquarie University

Macqarie University

macquarie university was formally established in 1964 with the passage of the macquarie university act 1964 by the new south wales parliament. the university was designed in the brutalist style and developed by the renowned town planner Walter Abraham who also oversaw the next 20 years of planning and development for the university. A committee appointed to advise the state government on the establishment of the new university at North Ryde nominated Abraham as the architect-planner.the fledgling macquarie university council decided that planing for the campus would be done within the university,rather than by consultants, and this led to the establishment of the architect-planners office.

the idea of founding a third university in Sydney was flagged in the early 1960s when the new south wales government formed a committee of enquiry into higher education to deal with a perceived emergency in university enrollments in new south wales. during this enquiry the senate of the university of Sydney put in a submission which highlighted  the immediate need to establish a third university in the metropolitan area. after much debate a future campus location was selected in what was then a semi-rural part of north Ryde, and it was decided that the future university be named after Lachlan Macquarie, an important early governor of the colony of new south wales.

During 2007,Macquarie university restructured its student organisation after an audit raised questions about management of hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds by student organisations. at the  center of the investigation was victor Ma.president of the Macquarie university students council, who was previously involved in a high-profile case of student election fixing at the university of Sydney. the university council resolved to immediately remove ma from his position.vice-chancellor schwarlz cited an urgent need to reform macquaries main student bodies.however,ma strongly denied any wrong doing and labelled the controversy  a case of character  assassination .the federal court ordered on 23 may 2007 that macquqrie university union ltd be wound up.

University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide

the university has a long history of championing the rights of women in higher education. it was the second university in the English-speaking world (after the university of London, 1878) to admit women on equal terms with men (1881), through women studied alongside men from the commencement of classes in 1876, and were equally eligible for all academic prizes and honors its first female graduate was Edith Emily dornwell, who was also the first person in Australia to receive the degree of bachelor of science . the university also graduated Australia first female surgeon Laura flower (MB)Ruby Davy(B.Mus, 1907; D.Mus ,1918) was the first Australia woman to receive a doctorate in music. the university was also the first to elect a woman to a university council in Australia, Helen Mayo.

the thebarton campus, which is also known as Adelaide university Research park is the base of the university office of industry liaison. the campus works in conjunction with the university commercial partners. commercial enterprises at thebarton campus include businesses involved in materials engineering, biotechnology, environmental services, information technology , industrial design laser/optics technology, health products, engineering services, radar systems, telecommunications and petroleum services. the campus also provides much of the infrastructure for the graduate entrepreneurial program which allows recent graduates to starte businesses with support from the university.the flames for the recent Sydney and Athens Olympic games were developed at the Thebarton campus by the TEC group.

the university of Adelaide, unlike most universities,did not set any land aside on its North terrace campus for student accommodation, due mainly to an ideological opposition to the culture of live-in students, but also influenced by the small size of the original campus. however, demand for residential college accommodation led to the establishment of private colleges affiliated to the university.st.marks college was founded by the Anglican church in 1925, Aquinas college in 1950 by the catholic church,Lincoln college in 1952 by the Methodist church, and later st anns college , Kathleen lumley college and Australian Lutheran college. all are  located within close walking distance of the university , across the river Torrens in north Adelaide. in addition to providing accommodation and meals for local, interstate and international students, each college arganises academic support, social activities and opportunities for its members.

University of south Australia

University of south Australia

the university of south Australia is a public research university in the Australia state south Australia. it was formed in 1991 with the merger of the south Australian institute of technology(1889)and colleges of advanced education (1856). the legislation to establish and name the new university of south Australian was introduced in 1990 by the hon mike Rann mp minister of employment and further education. with more than 32,000 students, the university is south Australia"s largest more than 6,000 students international ,with almost half studying in Adelaide and the remainder offshore.

the campus also houses many internationally and nationally-recognised research institutes and centres, the newest of which is the new multi-million future industries institute which focuses on buildings knowledge and capacity in core future industries. through national and global research partnership in new technologies,such as our academic partnership with university college London , the institute undertakes global research inspired by real world issues. it combines and builds from the established research capability and reputation of the former LAN Wark research institute, Mawson insitiue and Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, and extends into other complementary research capabilities within the university Division of information technology ,engineering and the environment and across the university.

in 2014 the university opened an $85 million cutting-edge learning centere on the city west campus.Named for alumnus, artist Jeffrey smart, the building houses teaching and learning spaces, access to ibrary resources and an integrated range of student support services. also being built on the city west campus are the new great hall featuring a sports complex , swimming pool and facilities for graduations, exams, corporate and cultural events which opens in 2017 and a new health innovation building. part of the bio medical and health precinct being developed on north terrace. the health innovation building, due to open in 2018, is a $230m health and research facility to support a collaborative and holistic approach to health research. it will also house the university new science creativity education studio  which will bring science and technology out of the lab and into public realm , creating new opportunities for scientist , students and industrial innovate create and collaborate.

the campus has undergone several building upgrades and expansions in recent years. the basil HetZel building was opened in 2005 and includes 2,000 square meters of multipurpose biomechanical, pharmaceutical and microbiological laboratory space. there was a major reconstruction to the  historic brook man building in 2008-09 to include a new outdoor plaza, a new exercise physiology clinic  , outdoor walkways, student lounges and other upgrades.

University of Queensland

University of Queensland

the university of Queensland, commonly referred to as UQ is an Australian public research university primarily located inQueensland"s capital city, Brisbane . founded in 1909, UQ is one of Australia oldest, most selective and comprehensive universities. the main campus is located in the inner suburb of st Lucia, southwest of the  brilliance central business district, with other UQ in campuses in Gt ton, hers ton and the UQ Ochsner medical centers clinical school in new Orleans, united states. the university of Queensland is a member of the Australian research-intensive group of eight, the global network of research universities university 21, and a contributing charter member of EdX, an online higher education consortium led by Harvard andMIT.

recent research achievements at UQ including pioneering the cervical cancer vaccine invention, and development of high-performance superconducting MRI magnets for portable scanning of human limbs. UQ produced numerous  distinguished alumni across a wide range of professions.several notable examples include a noble laureate in physiology and medicine, a recipient of the "triple crown of acting" (having won primetime Emmy, tony and academy awards), a triple Grammy award winner, of two fortune global 500 company , the first female governor general of Australian two chief juices of Australia, a consecutive Olympic gold medal winner, the principal of kings college London, the president of Indiana universityand chancellor of the university of California, San Francisco.

from its inception in 1936,the UQMS has maintained a significant and respected voice in medicine at a university, state and national level. the society is led by an executive of 10 medical students and supported by a team of representatives and convenors in excess of 80 medical students. while many traditions such as the annual may ball, sports day and trephine magazine have continued to the present day, the activities of the UQMS have expanded in recently years in response to student interest and diversity.such additions include the establishment of an international subcommittee,research network subcommittee,the university of Qeensland surgical interest group and a satellite office at the Ipswich campus. the UQMS is also committed to developing world health and Australian indigenous health through the UQ united nations millennium development goals project, a joint initiative between the UQMS and school of medicine.

1893 the Queensland university Extension movement was begun by a group of private individuals who organised public lecture courses in adult education, hoping to excite wider community support for a university in Queensland. in 1894, 245 students were enrolled in the extension classes and the lectures were described as practical and useful. in 1906 the university extension movement staged the university congress, a forum for interested delegates to promote the  idea of a university. Opinion was mobilized, a fund was started and a draft bill for a Queensland university was prepared. stress was laid on the practical aspects of university education and its importance for the commence of Queensland. the proceedings of the congress were forwarded to Queensland premier William kiidston. in October 1906, sixty acres in Victoria park were gazetted for university purposes.

University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

UNSW attracts the highest median Australian tertiary admissions rank in Australian, and sets the highest combined ATAR cut-offs out of any Australian university.it was ranked among the top 50 universities in the world in the 2015-16 QS world university rankings.the university is particularly strong in engineering and technology, commerce and economics,and law the 2015 QS world  university rankings by subject ranked  to be 12th in the world for accounting and finance,15th for law,and 21st in engineering and technology .produced more millionaires, and its graduate hold more chief executive positions of 200 listed companies,than any other university in Australia.

the university first director was The university's first director was Arthur Denning (1949–1952), who made important contributions to founding the university. In 1953, he was replaced by Philip Baxter, who continued as vice-chancellor when this position's title was changed in 1955.[15] Baxter's dynamic, if authoritarian, management was central to the university's first 20 years. His visionary, but at times controversial, energies saw the university grow from a handful to 15,000 students by 1968.[16] He also pioneered new scientific and technological disciplines despite the criticism of traditionalists.[citation needed] Staff recruited both locally and overseas, soon established a wide international reputation.[citation needed] The new vice-chancellor, Rupert Myers (1969–1981), brought consolidation and an urbane management style to a period of expanding student numbers, demand for change in university style and challenges of student unrest.

the lion and the four stars of the southern cross on the st George"s cross have reference to the state of new south wales which established the university the open book with across its pages is a reminder of its purpose.the placement ofscientia on the book was inspired by this appearance on the arms of the imperial college of science, technology and medicineformed in 1907. beneath the shield is the motto manu et mente (with hand and mind) which was the motto of the Sydney technical college from which the university developed.

the Australian schools science competition-international competitions and assessments for schools is conducted by educational assessment Australian global pty limited UNSW global is a not-for-profit provider of education, training and consulting services and a wholly owned enterprise of the university of new south wales.it provides exams for students in Australian .new Zealand, Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia ,south Africa, Indonesia, Hong Kong, India and the pacific region.it caters to students from year 3 (Australia) through year 12, examining skills in English, mathematics, science, computers,writing and spelling.

Monash University

Monash University

monash university is an Australian public research university based in Melbourne,Australia. founded in 1958,it is the second oldest university in the state of Victoria. monash is a member of Australia group of eight and the ASALHL,and is the only Australian member of the influential alliance health centers, universities and national academics. Monash is one of two Australian universities to be ranked in the ecol des mines de pairs ranking on the basis of the number of alumni listed among in the 500 largest worldwide companies,with monash  producing. monash is in the top 20%in teaching top 10% in international outlook top  20% in industry income and top 10% in research in the world in 2016

the monash university Malaysia campus opened in 1998 in bandar sunway, selangor, Malaysia. the sunway campus offers various undergraduate degrees through its faculties of medicine and health sciences,engineering,information technology,business,and arts and sciences.it is currently home to almost 4,000 students.the new purpose-built campus opened in 2007,providing a high-tech home for monash in Malaysia. in addition to a wide range of undergraduate degrees,the campus also offers both postgraduate masters and PhD programs.its degrees in medicine and surgery are the first medical degrees outside Australia and new Zealand to be accredited by the Australian medical council.

one of monash newest campuses berwick campus was built on the old Casey airfield in the south eastern growth corridor of Victoria,Australia, the town of berwick has experienced an influx of people and  development in recent times,which includes the new campus of monash university with a the third building in march 2004.it is situated on a 55-hectare site in the city of Casey,one of the three fastest growing municipalities in Australia. monash announced its closure of the campus to staff and students on 7 march 2016.it announced that the campus would close by 2018 and the vice-chancellor cited the lack of enrollments as the driving factor.

the good universities guide places the Clayton,caulfield,parkville and peninsula campuses of monash in the category of universities which are most difficult to again admission to in Australia,with each campus receiving an entry standards mark of 5/5. monash has the highest demand for places among high school graduate of any university in Victorian. in  2009 one in four applicants put monash as their first preference.this equates to more than 15,000 first preferences from Victorian high school leavers.of the top 5% of high school leavers chose monash than any other institution in 2010,almost half of the top 5% of high school leavers chose to attend monash-the highest of any Victorian university by quite some margin. in 2009 among students with a perfect ENTER score of 99.95 (i.e students in the top 0.05% of high school applicants),63 made an application for monash.

University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

the university of Melbourne was established by Hugh childers the auditor-general and finance minister in this first budget speech on 4 November 1852,who set aside a sum of 10,000 for the establishment of a university.the university was established by act of incorporation on 22 January 1853,with power to confer degrees in arts.medicine,laws and music.the act provided for an annual endowment of 9,000 while a special grant of 20,000 was made for buildings that year.the foundation stone was laid on 3 July 1854,and on the same day the foundation stone for the state library classes commenced in 1855 with three professors and sixteen students,of this body of students,only four graduated the original buildings were officially opened by the lieutenant governor of the colony of Victoria Charles hotham on 3 October 1855.the first chancellor Redmond Barry held the position until his death in 1880.

the university of Melbourne (informally Melbourne university,Melbourne uni or simply Melbourne) is an Australian publicresearch university located in Melbourne Victoria. founded in 183,it is Australian second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. times higher education ranks Melbourne as 33rd in the world,while the QS world university subject rankings 2015,the university of Melbourne is ranked 5th in the world  for education,8th in law,13th in computer science and IT 13th in arts and humanities,14th in accounting and finance,14th in dentistry and 18th in medicine. 

governance of the university is grounded in an act of parliament,the university of Melbourne act 2009.the peak governing body is the council the key responsibilities of which include appointing the vice chancellor and principal,approving the strategic direction and annual budget,establishing operational polices and procedures and overseeing academic and commercial activities as well as risk management .the chair of he council is the chancellor.the academic board,oversees learning teaching and research activities and provides advice to the council on these matters.the committee of convocation represents graduate and its members are elected in proportion to the number of graduate in each faculty.

Melbourne comprises 11 separate academic units and is associated with numerous institutes and research centers,including thewalter and Eliza hall institute of medical research,flora institute of neuroscience and mental health,the Melbourne institute of applied economic and social research and the grattan institute. Amongst Melbourne 15 graduate schools the Melbourne business school,the Melbourne law school and the Melbourne medical school are particularly well regarded.

University of Sydney

University of Sydney

the university was established via the passage of the university of Sydney act,on 24 September 1850 and was assented on 1 October 1850 by sir Charles Fitzroy years later,the university was inaugurated on 11 October 1852 in the big schoolroom of what is now Sydney grammar school.the first principal was john woolley,the first professor of chemistry and experimental physics was john Smithson 27 February 1858 the university received is charter from queen Victoria,giving degrees conferred by the university ran and recognition equal to those given by universities in the united kingdom.by 1859,the university had moved to its current site in the Sydney suburb of camperdown.

in 2001,the university of Sydney chancellor,dame leonine Kramer,was forced to resign by the university governing body.in 2003 nick greener, a former premier of new south wales,resigned from his position as chair of the university graduate school of management because of academic protests againts hi simultaneous chairmanship of British american tobacco.subsequently,his wife,Kathryn Greiner, resigned in protest from the two positions she held at the university as chair of the Sydney peace foundation and a member of the executive council of the research institute for Asia and the pacific.in 2005,the public service association of new south wales and the community and public sector union were in dispute with the university over a proposal to privatise security at the main campus .

Action initiated by Spence to improve the financial sustainability of the university has alienated some students and staff. in 2012,Spence led efforts to cut the university expenditure to address the financial impact of a slowdown in international students enrolments across Australia. this included redundancies of a number of university staff and faculty,though some at the university argued that the institution should cut back on building programs instead.critics argue the push for savings has been driven by managerial incompetence and indifference,fuelling industrial action during a round of enterprise bargaining in 2013 that also reflected widespread concerns about funding for higher education.

concerns about public funding for higher education were reflected again in 2014 following the federal governments proposal deregulate student fees.the university held a wide-ranging consultation process,which included a town hall meeting at the university great hall 25 august 2014,where an audience of students,staff and alumin expressed deep concern about the governments plans and called on university leadership  to lobby again the proposals.spence took a leading position among australian vice-chancellors in repeatedly calling throughout 2014. for any change funding to not undermine equitable access to university while arguing for free deregulation to raise course costs for the majority of higher education students.

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES

the Australian national university is a national research university located in Canberra,the capital of Australian main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges,in addition to several national institutes.founded in 1946,it is the only university to have been created by the parliament of Australia. Originally a postgraduate research university,ANU commenced undergraduate teaching in 1960 when it integrated the Canberra university college,which had been established in 1929 as a campus of the university of Melbourne enrolls 10,052 undergraduate and 10,840 postgraduate students and employs 3,753 staff. the university's endowment stood at A billion in 2012.

the ANU college of engineering and computer science is divided into two research schools,which study a range of engineering and computer science topics respectively. ANU is home to the national computational infrastructure national facility and was a co-founder of NICTA,the chief information and communications technology research center in Australia. Research groups in ANU college of engineering and computer science include algorithms and data applied signal processing,artificial intelligence,center for sustainable energy systems,computer system,computer vision and robotics,data -intensive computing,information and human centered computing,logic computation ,materials and manufacturing,semiconductor and solar cells, software intensive systems engineering,solar thermal group ,system and control.

the ANU college of physical mathematical sciences comprises the research schools of astronomy astrophysics,chemistry,earth sciences,mathematical sciences andphysics. under the direction of mark Oliphant,nuclear physics was one the university most notable early research priorities,leading to the construction  of a 500 megajoulehomopolar generator and a 7.7 megaelectronvolts cyclotron in the 1950.these devices,were to be used as part of a 10.6 gigaelectronvolt synchronous particle accelerator that was never completed,however they remained in use for other research purposes. ANU has been home to eight particle accelerators over the years and operates the 14UD and LINAS accelerators. professor brain Schmidt received the 2011 Nobel prize for physics for his work on the accelerating expansion of universe. 

the main campus of  ANU extends across the Canberra suburb of Acton,which consists of 358 acres of mostly parkland with university buildings landscaped within. ANU  is roughly bisected by Sullivan creek part of the Murray darling basin,and is bordered by  the native bush land of black mountain,lake barley griffin,the suburb of turner and the Canberra central business district.many university sites are of historical significance dating from the establishment of the national capital,with over 40 buildings recognized by the commonwealth heritage list and several others on local lists.