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墨尔本大学
Postgraduate study
Melbourne was the first Australian university to award a PhD. It currently has over 3000 PhDs enrolled and over one in three of its 14 000 postgraduates is enrolled in a research degree. The highest enrolments are in the sciences, humanities and social sciences, education and training, medicine and the life sciences, engineering and technology, but even niche fields such as dentistry, agriculture, languages, and built environment reach a critical mass with their numbers. Melbourne has a good share of federally funded research scholarships, and its research training record is maintained by a high calibre team of researchers, including four Nobel Laureates, and three scientists recently elected to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science
The university gets top marks against all research performance indicators. Among its foremost research centres are Commonwealth-funded centres in particulate fluids processing, and applied philosophy and public ethics, and Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) in Australian poultry, Aboriginal health, eWater, sensor signalling and information processing, cochlear implants, greenhouse accounting, bioproducts, viticulture, productive mineral discovery, oral health science and spatial information. Melbourne’s increasing focus on biotechnology research and development resulted in the launch of the Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology in early 2005.
While Melbourne focuses on research degrees, it also has a strong graduate coursework program, with everything from graduate certificates through to masters degrees. As one would expect, the postgraduate course list covers an impressive range of fields. The biggest numbers are in education, with business and management, law, the humanities and social sciences, health, even creative arts also drawing sizeable enrolments. In 2006, the Victorian College of the Arts introduced some original postgraduate courses: a graduate certificate in Indigenous arts management, as well as postgraduate diploma and masters programs in community cultural development. The country’s first postgraduate program in puppetry is now in its second year at the college. There are bursaries to help reduce coursework fees.
All students have access to the School of Graduate Studies which coordinates many services including an induction program, training in university teaching, computing and communication skills, and preparation programs for graduates entering the workforce. The Graduate Centre has facilities such as study rooms, computer labs, and dining and bar facilities. New PhD students can undertake an online program called ‘Postgraduate essentials: A successful start to your PhD’ while later-year students can get help making their research accessible to general audiences through the new Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers. Melbourne has a large number of research scholarships, and competition remains hot for them. A revamped research scholarship scheme includes scholarships for top applicants, incentives for female graduates undertaking postgraduate research and postgraduate awards for Indigenous Australians. Melbourne is also moving towards a policy of awarding a travelling scholarship to every postgraduate student whose thesis would benefit from overseas travel.
The international connection
As one of Australia’s major universities, Melbourne has a well-established international student program. The largest groups of international undergraduate students are from Malaysia, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and the USA, but other countries are also represented. The most popular areas of study are commerce, engineering, medicine, the sciences, law and arts.
Trinity College (affiliated with the university) offers a foundation studies program and English language courses are taught at the Hawthorn English Language Centre. Melbourne’s international student services provide support for international students that begins with offshore pre-departure briefings in many countries. Once they arrive, an orientation and enrolment program prepares students for study and introduces fellow students through a number of social activities. Throughout their programs, students also have access to individual tutors, workshops and publications at the Language and Learning Skills Unit. And the services don’t stop after the return home. The Careers and Employment Unit holds graduate events in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia and China to help recent graduates expand their career opportunities and networks.
Close to 1000 students take part in Melbourne’s Study Abroad and exchange program every year, making the most of the university’s network of 115 partner institutions which spans over 29 countries. Scholarships are available to outstanding international students.
Notable graduates
Notable graduates range from Nobel laureates in medicine Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (Medicine 1922) and Sir John Eccles (Medicine 1925) to entertainers Libby Gorr, aka Elle McFeast (Law). Others are the Looksmart founder Evan Thornley (Commerce/Law 1972); former Victorian Governor and former Olympian, John Landy (Ag Science 1954); deputy federal opposition leader and shadow education minister Jenny Macklin (Commerce 1976); ABC presenter Red Symonds; actor Alice Garner; and of course, Sir Robert Menzies (Law, 1913). There are hosts of others including East Timor’s first lady, Kirsty Sword Gusmao (Arts 1988); Jack Hibberd, writer and graduate in medicine; comedian Rod Quantock (BArch); TV celebrity cook Stefano de Pieri (Arts 1984); and 2006 Rhodes Scholar, Ye Chen. |
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