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仅以此文献给Rainfar～ :loveliness:

本贴中牵涉到多处个人信息，请不要再行传播和转载，谢谢。

1.    人生规划

论坛里有些的同学在迷茫。前几天还有网友问，自己放弃了很多东西，孤注一掷，能不能留学，留学后做什么的问题。
我想说，是不应该在自己要做什么都不知道的情况下糊里糊涂的就选择留学的。大家的眼光尽量看远一点，规划好自己的人生，要把留学看成是实现自己人生轨迹的一个步骤，整体的来把握。

1.1.    我的经历
   既然说到我的人生，不可避免的要稍微说一下自己的一些经历了。
      爸爸妈妈平常国外跑的比较多，基本上发达国家都看过来了一遍，他们从小就希望我能够出国，在人口比较少的地方，有一个轻松一些的环境，能够过上安安稳稳、舒舒服服的生活。不要求我有多大成就，但是要享受生命。
      我的本科是在北邮念的通信工程，应该说在国内算是还不错的。那时我的目标是爸爸妈妈所希望的美国。大三的时候，考了托福（620），但是因为那时的我没有坚定的决心和毅力，在GRE考试前夕，有些崩溃的放弃了已经报了名的GRE考试。
      放弃了GRE之后，我和爸爸妈妈商量了一下，决定上完了研究生再考虑出国。选校选择了浙大。浙大综合还不错，但是通信相比北邮来就比较差了。爸爸问我理由的时候，我说留在北邮再待两年，想想食堂，我就疯了。我最大的幸福就是有一对理解我、支持我的爸爸妈妈，他们当然不会强力反对我的意见。当时，考研也就剩下不到两个月了，我是抱着希望不大的心情来复习考研的。爸爸在外面做生意，我和妈妈打电话说了要是考不上，我就回家陪妈妈一年，然后再考一次研究生考试呗。也许正是因为完全没有压力，我是超水平发挥了，考上了浙大。
      不管从学术上来说，还是从生活上来说，浙大的这一年多对我的意义非比寻常。如果说本科第一次更改自己的人生规划是被迫和无奈的选择，那么我在硕士过程中的第二次更改，就是自愿和愉快的了。在一年硕士之后，我基本放弃了出国读博士的念头。本科的时候，和学术接触并不是很紧密，连IEEE数据库都没有去过几次，但是在浙大这段时间里，我接触到了很多国内已经算是顶尖的科学家，接触了更多科研、论文、实验室、师sdjm，我清醒的得出了一个结论——我不适合读博士，搞科研。

1.2.    我的规划

      现在我的规划是：读完浙大硕士à留学澳洲à移民à安逸的生活。
      给大家的建议：选择自己喜欢而且有能力实现的路，不要选择看来美好而不适合自己的路。我不选择研究的道路，其一是因为我不是能够一直持续的沿着一条路默默奋斗，心理承受能力很强的人；其二是因为我的智力很难胜任。选择授课型硕士也是我观点的体现。我的目标是通过授课的学习，从通信转换到计算机，然后移民，换一个轻松环境。
      很多同学，尤其是没有搞过科研的本科的同学，把科研这个东西想得太简单了，以为外国老板给钱，我就去，给钱不去干嘛。这种看法是错误的。奖学金实际上是博士帮助老板干活的工资。有些同学往往还没有看清楚博士是要做什么，就去做博士，最后容易迷失。这么长时间的一贯研究也很容易迷失。也就是这个迷失，造成了无数的抑郁症，也造成了各地博士自杀的数目不断彪升。
      我的老板说过，搞研究这个东西是很苦的，做实际的东西不一定能出论文，做能出论文的东西大部分都没有什么用。真真有意义的论文太少了，只有那些智力超强的人才能实现。要脚踏实地、苦中作乐沿着一条路走下去，才能够在科研上有所建树。科研的公式是：投标（拉项目）＋论文。（不管国内还是国外资格较老的老板的名下的n篇论文，我想，搞过科研的都知道那些是谁写的。单以这些来衡量老板好坏，未免偏颇。）
      所以说授课型和研究型也是没有什么高下之分的，只存在更适应你的。可以说授课型认真读的照样是牛人，研究型混日子的照样前景勘忧。
      说到这里，不是劝大家都不要搞科研，而是说大家要衡量一下自己的条件和能力，慎重的选择。反正以我的能力，比较不够。我还建议要读博士尽量出国读，不要留在国内。外文学界和中文学界水平差很多。其实真正的有实力的牛人应该去念博士，搞研究，应当承担起推进社会科学技术前进的重任，是社会中最重要的组成部分。

1.3.    我的建议

      有钱＋移民＝授课硕士
      没钱＋移民＝MPhil
      有能力＋有兴趣＝博士

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2.    申请
  我是从研二上学期开始着手申请的。顺序是：杭州某中介咨询à初选校à准备材料à交给中介寄出àcon-offerà复选àielts考试àfull-offer。目前为止未付过中介一分钱。准备下学期电签。（搭车求下学期开学一起到杭州idp电签，团签有优惠的;-））

2.1.    选校
  前面说了自己的想法，真真实现起来还有一个必须要考虑的因素就是gf。为了保证和gf在一起，我们确定了申请澳洲大学为主要方向。美国由于我略显尴尬的专业背景申请起来困难较大（本科通信，研究生是电子工程，但是研究的却是外国都是计算机在研究的东西。而我对CS更感兴趣，下一步学习当然欲申请CS。美国学校转入CS一般需要考GRE sub，中国每年仅一次，11月，根本来不及。剩下ECE不需要GRE sub的，没有我搞的东西。。。）
  妈妈去年去澳洲先考察了一下，对于墨尔本印象最好，她的意见是大花园，很好。又得知gf专业在墨尔本，悉尼之外的地方基本不可能找到工作，我们集中申请了澳洲的四所学校：墨大的CS/Comm，莫大的CS/publishing，悉尼大学的comm，UNSW的CS。（澳版发贴其他国家学校就不多说了）。
  申请结果是每个大学都给了offer。我将在墨大或莫大中选择。墨大来说：主要是认识那里的师兄，而且我不是CS科班出生，对小班比较渴望，资金上又没有问题。莫大呢：离gf近。gf已经选择了莫大publishing，主要是墨大con-offer需要上完硕士才能full offer，签证来不及。选择学校用到的一些资料请见楼下。
  中间还有一段插曲就是我得到一个国家公费到UAlbert读博士的机会。不过像妈妈说得一样“我儿子不喜欢，能力不够，就不会享受研究工作，去了就像蹲监狱一样”，而且读完之后还要回国工作些许年，就老了，婉拒了。

2.2.    申请材料
  我申请澳洲需要的材料是：本科学位证、本科毕业证、本科成绩单、研究生成绩单、研究生在读证明、雅思成绩、cover letter。因为还要申请其他的研究型学位我和gf都已经写了PS和CV，也顺便和其他材料一起交给中介，寄了出去。楼下会放出我的PS和CV，仅供参考。本科的东西都不用多说。下面写出一些值得说明的。
  研究生成绩单：我为了省钱，都是从网上下载成绩单，然后自己填上，翻译成英文，带到学院研究生科让老师盖章。“浙大的老师会问：你这个不是出国留学用吧？出国的我们不负责，要到研究生院导师签字，学院盖章很多手续呢。”我说：“不是不是，是社招的，外国公司。”就盖好了。后来我和gf都以这种非正式的成绩单申请到full-offer了。所以说大部分的学校认为盖了章就是原件了，就足够了。当然要求不严很有可能是因为申请授课硕士只需要完善的本科记录就好了，研究生记录无所谓。所以硕士申硕士能省就省。
  研究生在读证明：这个也是自己写了一个，翻译了一下，给老师拿去盖章了。所有四所学校每个专业都接受了这种非正式的在读证明。
  PS和CV：申请coursework过程中，PS和CV是不需要的。只不过本人的特殊的转专业背景，有了CV和PS会还是有一些作用的，但即使对转专业的同学，PS和CV仍然不是必须的。可以根据自己的写作能力、空余时间来妥善选择！个人感觉到虽然是coursework，PS和CV仍然在我的申请过程中有一定的作用。当然在我申请过程中它们的重要性是由于我转专业的背景决定的。本科和研究生都是EE，申请的却是CS，有一定的跨度。当然转专业的PS和CV写法也比较重要，我主要突出了为什么转专业，对CS的兴趣，还有在读EE过程中，认真学习到的计算机相关知识。

2.3.    更改con-offer上的专业
  尽管千方百计的在文书中突出了我的转专业方案，最后还是被Monash拒掉了第一志愿CS，只给了第二志愿AppIT。信中原文是说，我没有足够强的CS专业背景云云。我没有放弃立即写了一封千字长信（楼下将给出这封书信），突出我的CS专业知识，并且附上我的新版PS、CV和一篇大学时代的计算机论文。过了半个月，Monash发过来了CS的offer。
  还是一句话，要多和申请的学校交流。即使学校拒了我，也要先想一想、问一问他为啥拒我，是不是我自己还有什么别的强项忘了突出，有什么别的资料没有写到位。
  另外，我不同意有些网友的观点，就是硕士生没有SCI就申请不到奖。要看是什么学科了。如果是搞化学，医学的，SCI的确硕士就应该有。但是如果是工程类的，就不是这样了。浙大CS绝大部分硕士都没有SCI，信电本届硕士没有一个同学发出SCI，但是他们当中有很多也申请到了全奖啊，不可一概而论。要知道，SCI工程类的杂志只是基础类杂志的几分之几啊。。。

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发表于 2007-6-24 23:00:12 |只看该作者

申请文书～

3.    申请文书

3.1.    CV
  涉及个人隐私，请短信息我。

3.2.    PS

I can clearly recall the first time I touched a computer, an early Apple computer at a computer introductory class in 1995; I was totally fascinated by this little colorful magic box. I had a strong feeling that my future would be one way or another linked with the miraculous machine. Now several years later, as an undergraduate student at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), with great interests and potential in Computer Science, confidence in my extraordinary learning competence, and diligence in research, I am writing to apply for admission to the Computer Science Master program at the University of Melbourne to pursue the deep joy that Computer science itself can take me in all my life.

Communication Engineering, the specialty I majored in as an undergraduate student, is a cross-functional, multidisciplinary subject enhanced electricity and electronics science with intensive compulsory courses training in Mathematics, computer technology, industrial electronics, and instrumentation. Besides my well-performed academic record with a GPA 87.5 out of 100 in computer science related courses, what made the study so exciting to me is this subject expanding astonishingly at a great rate and improved my capability to identify topics both inside and outside of the Computer Science realm.

Intending to understand the powerful and essential tool deeply, I poured great energy into the study of Computer Science. Other than studying relevant courses, such as Data Structure and Algorithms, Computer Architecture, and Operation System in school and by myself, I worked in China Mobil, the largest Asian telecom operator, selected as an intern to practice skills of computer network management. This practical application in real business world was complicated and challenging, and it helped me to develop my special interest in computer science and wish to become a successful researcher in the field.

With full awareness of the difficulty for undergraduate students to participate in actual research, I tried my best to seize every opportunity to participate in real project. I dedicated myself in my graduation design for half a year working on our project of distributed computing and developing a smart home network. Assisted by two other team members, I examined the three most popular network technologies, UPnP, OSGi and Jini, and finally chose Jini concerning the superiority of Java’s cross-platform capability. I challenged myself to lift the Jini’s limitations in designing and coding by adding a new service to the network and rewriting the user end code to improve its less advanced resource management mechanism. The result has shown that my solution expresses the idea of a lighter and quicker framework, which is crucial in home networks due to limited capability of computing. Our project, sponsored by Sino-German Joint Software Institute, was highly appreciated by both our advisor and the German visit technicians. These practical experiences raised my careful and serious attitude toward research work, improved my diligence, persistence, creativity and strong sense of teamwork, and most importantly, motivated me to continue my pace in computer science relevant academic area.

September 2005, I entered Zhejiang University for my postgraduate study. At the same time, I have been selected as a research assistant in Telecommunication and Information Research Center working on the project of the navigation and control of moon rover based on computer vision. This research project is one of the key projects sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation. I was responsible for surveying various algorithms such as particle filter, linear and quadratic iterative least squares, and evaluating their benefits and disadvantages under the environment of moon. Due to the complexity of these algorithms, I spent days and nights in the lab examining all the codes, testing every module, even improving the algorithms to make them run correctly. I have proposed a new framework of moon rover localization and changed particle filter’s algorithm to meet the need of it. The paper presenting my idea and outcome has been submitted to and evaluated by an EI-indexed journal, and now I am waiting for its publishing.

My undergraduate and postgraduate study and research experiences have given me the opportunities to realize my intended research interest, academic strengths and weaknesses. The deeper I went into the world alive that machine and intelligent computer programs can identify and recognize object automatically and complete the tasks we set, the more I attracted by it. This initiated my wish to pursue a postgraduate study and professional career in Computer Science. The University of Melbourne, as a leading university located in the beautiful metropolis Melbourne, not only attracts me by the depth and breadth of your academic programs and state-of-the-art educational facilities, but also by the perfect fitness of my intended interests, including systematical Distributed Computing courses, the field I have strong interest in and have a gift. This is exactly the kind of opportunity I am seeking to further my expertise that is practically challenging.

I believe that “Each person can only hold enough knowledge to add one small rung to the ladder, but together we can climb to the moon”. I am willing to devote my rung to the ladder of Computer Science and choose University of Melbourne to be my first step.

3.3.    转专业信函

Dear Administrator,

Happy New Year!

I wrote this letter to explain some of my bachelor courses related to computer science and stress my programming background.

________________________________________________________________
1. I have good knowledge of programming obtained from my courses and my graduation design – Jini Home Network, which is based on Java programming language. In the design, I have implemented and tested Jini in an environment of home network. The task was very challenging and required strong ability as a programmer. The following description of my graduate design is quoted from my personal statement. Please refer it for more information. Also, I attached my paper on Jini at the bottom of this email.

"I dedicated myself in my graduation design for half a year working on our project of distributed computing and developing a smart home network. Assisted by two other team members, I examined the three most popular network technologies, UPnP, OSGi and Jini, and finally chose Jini concerning the superiority of Java's cross-platform capability. I challenged myself to lift the Jini's limitations in designing and coding by adding a new service to the network and rewriting the user end code to improve its less advanced resource management mechanism. The result has shown that my solution expresses the idea of a lighter and quicker framework, which is crucial in home networks due to limited capability of computing. Our project, sponsored by Sino-German Joint Software Institute, was highly appreciated by both our advisor and the German visit technicians. These practical experiences raised my careful and serious attitude toward research work, improved my diligence, persistence, creativity and strong sense of teamwork, and most importantly, motivated me to continue my pace in computer science relevant academic area."

2. I have had a good education of most core computer science courses in doing my bachelor degree. Please refer to my bachelor transcripts for details. The courses I have taken and grasped including

VC++ Object Oriented Programming (This course included Data Structure and Algorithms, important components of so-called Object-Oriented programming. I received 83/100 in this course.);

Computer Practice (In this course, every student did a project in developing a required software with VC++. My score is 80%.);

Technology and Application of Workstation (This course contained a deep dig of operation systems running on Workstations. 96%.);

Discrete Mathematics (85%.);

Linux Operation System (Included the administration of Unix like operation system and shell programming. 93%.)

Microcomputer Principle and Interface Technique (I did not prepare well in the final exam due to a family incident. 68%.)

Specialized Practice (I worked as an intern in the famous China Mobil company for 5 weeks, responsible for the management of computer networks. 95%.)

Java Program Design (Basic and advanced Java programming practice. The questions in the final exam were drawn from SCJP practice tests. 79%.)
______________________________________________________________

In conclusion, with a fairly comprehensive understanding of and enthusiasm in computer science and programming, I need your computer science courses to switch smoothly from electronic engineering to computer science, the area I desire to work in.

I send the new version of my personal statement and my Jini paper too. Note that the personal statement sent with this letter is different from the one I have sent you in the application package 3 weeks ago – this one is the new version. I added the information about why I love computer science so much and explained my choice in more details. Also, note that the language used in my Jini paper is Chinese, but there is an English abstract which explains the main idea of this paper.

Thank you and I am anxiously waiting for you reply!

Sincerely,
Zhu, xxxx

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4.    院校资料
  这里提供一些网上得到的和花$购买到的资料。仅限于计算机和传播学的研究生课程。

4.1.    授课式硕士信息（附件里也有，还增加了各课程网页的链接～）
  一些知名澳洲高校的授课式硕士课程信息。学费为07年7月的费用。自己总结的xls贴出来。首先是计算机方面的课程信息。

Zhu, xxx	Program Name	Campus	English requirement (T)	English requirement (I)	Duration	Fee	Deadline	Begin	Webpage
University of Melbourne	Master of Engineering in Distributed Computing	Parkville	577+4.5	6.5(min subband 6)	1~2 years	$27,300	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/courses/pgrad/courses/grad_medc.html	http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/courses/mbc/medc.html
Monash University	Master of Computer Science (MCS)	Clayton	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (no band less than 6.0)	2 years	$23,370	April, 30		http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/courses/2007/postgraduate/3328/index.html
UNSW	MASTER OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	Kengsten	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (min 6 each component)	2 years	$22,560	April, 30		http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/postgrad/programs/8682.html	http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate/programs/2007/8682.html
University of Queensland	Master of Engineering (Adv)	St Lucia	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (min 6 each component)	2years	$23,690	April, 15	July, 30	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=5334	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program_list.html?action=view_all&acad_prog=5360&year=2007
University of Sydney	Master of Engineering Studies(Network Engineering)	Darlington	577+ (TWE 4.5+)	6.5 (min 6 each component)	1 year	$23,040	April, 30

接着是传播学方面的授课式课程信息：

xxx, xxx	Program Name	Campus	English requirement (T)	English requirement (I)	Duration	Fee	Deadline	Begin	Webpage
University of Melbourne	Master of Arts (Editing and Communications)	Parkville	600 + TWE 5.0	7.0 (written 7.0 with no band less than 6.0)	1~2 years	$21,480	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/programs/mcw.html
University of Melbourne	Master of Arts (Global Media Communication)	Parkville	600 + TWE 5.0	7.0 (written 7.0 with no band less than 6.0)	1~2 years	$21,480	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/programs/mcw.html
Monash University	Master of Communications	Caulfield	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (no band less than 6.0)	1~1.5 years	$20,966			http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/arts-174.html
Monash University	Master of Publishing and Editing	Clayton	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (no band less than 6.0)	0.5~1.5 years	$20,966			http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/arts-195.html
Monash University	Master of Communications and Media Studies	Clayton	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (no band less than 6.0)	0.5~1.5 years	$20,966			http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/postgrad/arts-175.html
University of Sydney	Master of Publishing	Camperdown	577+ (TWE 4.5+)	6.5 overall (min 6 each component)	1 year	$18,480	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/?pg_program.php&id=DC053&part=1
University of Sydney	Master of Media Practice	Camperdown	577+ (TWE 4.5+)	6.5 overall (min 6 each component)	1 year	$18,480	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/?pg_program.php&id=DC037&part=1	http://fmweb01.ucc.usyd.edu.au/pgcourses/FMPro?-db=msr%5fugpg.fp5&-format=%2fpgcourses%2fdetails.html&-lay=www&-sortfield=a%5fcoursenameformal&-sortorder=descend&za%5fa%5fWebSearch=Master%20of%20Media%20Practice&zc%5fShowOnWeb=Yes&a%5fCourseLevel=PG&-recid=33164&-token.1=International&-token.9=Master%20of%20Media%20Practice&-find=
University of Sydney	Master of Professional Communication	Camperdown	577+ (TWE 4.5+)	6.5 overall (min 6 each component)	1 year	$18,480	April, 30	July, 24	http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/english/postgraduate/?pg_program.php&id=DC036&part=1
University of Queensland	Master of Communication	St Lucia	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (min 6 each component)	1.5 years	$18,282	April, 15	July, 30	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=5334	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program_list.html?action=view_all&acad_prog=5334&year=2007
University of Queensland	Master of Journalism	St Lucia	577 + TWE 5.0	6.5 (min 6 each component)	1.5 years	$16,480	April, 15	July, 30	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program.html?acad_prog=5189	http://www.uq.edu.au/study/program_list.html?action=view_all&acad_prog=5189&year=2007
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4.2    Good Universities Guides上面的计算机研究生课程评价
   下面为计算机研究生课程评价。

4.2.1.    CS in Australia

What you're in for

It hardly needs to be said that this has been a field of expansion. A generation ago there were no computing courses in Australia. Now they are offered at more than 70 university campuses, as well as TAFE institutions and private colleges. Whilst undergraduate numbers have plateaued over the last couple of years, demand for postgraduate study has risen as an industry downturn toughens competition in the labour market. There is a rough-and-ready distinction to be drawn between computer science and computer engineering courses (mostly offered by the longer-established universities), and courses in information systems and various kinds of applied computing (mainly offered by the newer institutions). Some courses are aimed at graduates/professionals without computing expertise, but there is also a relatively high proportion of upgrade/specialist courses. A smaller range of programs are available by distance education. If you are contemplating a research degree you are likely to be better off looking at departments/schools which have a sizeable and established research program, not so much because the academics will be ‘better’, but because they will be better placed to open up the academic networks. You are also more likely to find a critical mass of research students, and better access to scholarships. But as always, check out the specifics, especially the strengths and weaknesses of possible supervisors. For information about what graduates of various institutions think of their courses and about careers and career prospects, see ‘Your prospects’ and other details below. If you are interested in this field you should also see what is on offer in engineering. Courses with some computing content are also offered in fields such as accounting, and business and management.

Who does postgraduate courses in Computing and information technology?

Number of students	22,258
Percent of students over 25 years	8%
Percent of students with a prior degree	78%
Percent of students with Non-English speaking backgrounds	63%
Number of international students	13,858
Percent studying part-time	35%
Percent studying externally	13%
Percent women	21%

Graduates view of the course experience

Teaching quality	*
Development of generic skills	**
Overall satisfaction	*

Your prospects

Those who have completed postgraduate courses in this field are typically unimpressed with their experience according to the national Course Experience Questionnaire survey. Computing graduates enjoyed a boom in demand during the 1980s but have been hard hit by the recent downturn. Currently, the employment rate in this field does nothing to recommend it either, but longer-term projections all point to strong and sustained demand for computing professionals. Salaries have already begun to pick up and were again above average in 2005.

What salary can I expect?

Graduate starting salary

$64,706

Will I get a job?

Percentage of people looking for job who did not find full-time work four months after graduation:

26%

Where graduates go when they get jobs

Public sector	21%
Private sector	53%
Private practice	3%
Overseas	14%

Do institutions differ in how they teach Computing and information technology?
Yes. The following 41 institutions all provide Computing and information technology courses. Click on the University name to see how their Computing and information technology courses rate and compare.

4.2.2. CS in UMelb
Who studies Computing and information technology at MELBOURNE?

	University of Melbourne	Australia
All postgraduates	191	22,258
Research students doing a higher degree	y
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	55%	63%
International students	76	13,858
Part time students	37%	35%
External or mixed mode students	N/A	13%

What happens to graduates after graduation?

	MELBOURNE	Compared with other Australian institutions	All Australian graduates
Starting salary			$64,706
Graduate destinations
Working in the public sector	9%		21%
Working abroad	18%		14%
Working in private industry	64%		53%
Working in private practice	0%		3%
Still seeking work	15%	Better	26%

What do graduates say about their educational experience?

	Compared with other Australian institutions
Teaching quality	Better
Generic skills	Better
Overall satisfaction	Better

4.2.3. CS in USydn
Who studies Computing and information technology at SYDNEY?

	University of Sydney	Australia
All postgraduates	463	22,258
Research students doing a higher degree	y
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	89%	63%
International students	214	13,858
Part time students	28%	35%
External or mixed mode students	N/A	13%

4.2.4. CS in RMIT

Who studies Computing and information technology at RMIT?

	RMIT University	Australia
All postgraduates	1,712	22,258
Research students doing a higher degree	y
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	59%	63%
International students	760	13,858
Part time students	51%	35%
External or mixed mode students	2%	13%

What happens to graduates after graduation?

	RMIT	Compared with other Australian institutions	All Australian graduates
Starting salary	$66,789	Average	$64,706
Graduate destinations
Working in the public sector	20%		21%
Working abroad	11%		14%
Working in private industry	59%		53%
Working in private practice	3%		3%
Still seeking work	18%	Average	26%

What do graduates say about their educational experience?

	Compared with other Australian institutions
Teaching quality	Average
Generic skills	Average
Overall satisfaction	Average

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4.2.5. CS in Monash
Who studies Computing and information technology at MONASH?

	Monash University	Australia
All postgraduates	2,694	22,258
Research students doing a higher degree	y
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	65%	63%
International students	1,411	13,858
Part time students	40%	35%
External or mixed mode students	19%	13%

4.2.6. CS in UNSW

Who studies Computing and information technology at UNSW?

	University of New South Wales	Australia
All postgraduates	362	22,258
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	83%	63%
International students	196	13,858
Part time students	32%	35%
External or mixed mode students	N/A	13%

What happens to graduates after graduation?

	UNSW	Compared with other Australian institutions	All Australian graduates
Starting salary	$61,086	Average	$64,706
Graduate destinations
Working in the public sector	39%		21%
Working abroad	23%		14%
Working in private industry	36%		53%
Working in private practice	0%		3%
Still seeking work	18%	Average	26%

What do graduates say about their educational experience?

	Compared with other Australian institutions
Teaching quality	Worse
Generic skills	Average
Overall satisfaction	Average

4.2.7. CS in UTS
Who studies Computing and information technology at UTS?

	University of Technology, Sydney	Australia
All postgraduates	1,207	22,258
Research students doing a higher degree	y
Masters by coursework	y
Post-graduate diploma	y
Post-graduate certificate	y
Non-English speaking students	57%	63%
International students	344	13,858
Part time students	61%	35%
External or mixed mode students	N/A	13%

What happens to graduates after graduation?

	UTS	Compared with other Australian institutions	All Australian graduates
Starting salary	$72,618	Better	$64,706
Graduate destinations
Working in the public sector	13%		21%
Working abroad	3%		14%
Working in private industry	68%		53%
Working in private practice	6%		3%
Still seeking work	25%	Average	26%

What do graduates say about their educational experience?

	Compared with other Australian institutions
Teaching quality	Average
Generic skills	Average
Overall satisfaction	Average

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好帖。都是真知灼见和有用的信息。

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学的就是这种思维!

希望所有的新手都详细阅读几遍,学学这样的有头脑的人的思路.如何去给自己定位,如何去择校,如何去收集和整理数据,如何得出结论,如何选择offer.很多事情,其实都可以做的更好.不要稀里糊涂的就给中介送钱.钱多倒没什么,但是只有你自己才明白自己.如果自己都懒得认识自己,奉劝你还是懒得出国的好.

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