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googy_1985
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Went to the open days in Canberra
I am deciding to go to the University of Canberra
Commerce/Applied Economics
I really liked the course they offer
I am deciding to go to the University of Canberra
Commerce/Applied Economics
I really liked the course they offer
Jellymonsta
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engineering.
maybe
probably defer and put off having to make decisions.
maybe
probably defer and put off having to make decisions.
CoYLiE
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either arts/law or asian studies (specialist)/law
hopefully i'll get into B+G Hall. It looks pretty good there, even if you do have to cook for yourself.
hopefully i'll get into B+G Hall. It looks pretty good there, even if you do have to cook for yourself.
have you applied to B+G yet? hope demand for Burgmann isn't too high cos I haven't gotten round to applying yet. yea I saw the B+G website and it looks nice, but too bad I can't really cook!
i heard that the ANU has quite a strong law faculty, and that it also has a good law library.. if you're interested in asian studies, the National Library is meant to have an extensive collection of materials on that topic...
CoYLiE
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yeh.. i went down to the open day just after the trials... and the law faculty is really strong in international relations (due to the close proximity to all the foreign embassies and whatnot) and public law (because canberra's the center for australian politics).
But one thing that really impressed me was that they hav somewhat of an emphasis on research (because it used to be only a post-grad uni). So this allows you to do things like internships at parliament house, high court or lobby groups and that goes towards credit points for the course.
I haven't applied for accommodation yet... i still have to get people to fill out the reference part. But we've got until january or something, so there's no real rush.
But one thing that really impressed me was that they hav somewhat of an emphasis on research (because it used to be only a post-grad uni). So this allows you to do things like internships at parliament house, high court or lobby groups and that goes towards credit points for the course.
I haven't applied for accommodation yet... i still have to get people to fill out the reference part. But we've got until january or something, so there's no real rush.
yeh the ANU is recognised as the best research uni in Australia and Asia (according to rankings in 2000). So this would really help you if you wanted to do honours (which I hope to do). There are also MANY people there paid purely to do research, so you'll have access to the best experts. I'm impressed with how much the ANU has achieved in such a short time. It'll be interesting to see where it'll be in a few years time. I think that I might choose the ANU over U syd and UNSW. They don't seem to be any better than the ANU. For me, the ANU has more to offer.
as for accomodation, I think the deadline is early February 2003.
what's the campus like? is it nice? i heard the law library had a nice courtyard out the front
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ANU use to be 100% research uni, but if the govt get there away (according to Canberra newspaper), ANU will lose the undergraduate and give it to the University of Canberra so ANU can concentrate on Post grad.
googy, i wrote to the them.. this is their response..
No, the message is not entirely true. Yes, was originally established as a research only university to further Australia's research base. In the 1960s it extended to take undergraduates, however we still only have a small base of undergraduates; about 9,000 students.
The message is false about ANU intends to concentrate on postgraduate. There is no such plan.
I hope this clears up the ambiguity.
Regards
Leanne Chow
Admissions Office
Student Administration and Support Services
Building #11 Pauline Griffin
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Ph: (02) 6125 5594
Fax: (02) 6125 0751
Web-site: http://www.anu.edu.au/
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Australian universities in an unholy mess
Allan Patience 'The Canberra Times'
Monday, 9 September 2002
"This means biting the bullet. More restructurings are needed - though this time they have to be carried out according to a considered plan. For example, in Canberra, the ANU should return to being a purely research university. ANU's faculties (including the new medical school) should be hived off to the University of Canberra."
Allan Patience 'The Canberra Times'
Monday, 9 September 2002
"This means biting the bullet. More restructurings are needed - though this time they have to be carried out according to a considered plan. For example, in Canberra, the ANU should return to being a purely research university. ANU's faculties (including the new medical school) should be hived off to the University of Canberra."
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Chait,
I am living off campus, about 5 mins away.
I am living off campus, about 5 mins away.
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Hmm... the only thing i noticed from that was the overuse of the word 'should'. It reads like Mr Patience is just bitter and twisted because he was stuck at UC doing a bachelor of arts. I wouldn't worry about it... I would say with all due respect to Mr Patience, writing about personal gripes only pisses off the community even more when that turns out wrong and unattainable.
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i'm thinking about doing Art/Science at ANU. Doing biotechnology for the science, and a spanish and something else like politics or maybe archaeology (just for fun). Does anyone know how ANU comes up against USYD and UNSW in the science dept?
cheers big-ears
cheers big-ears
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well they hav a fair few on-site scientific research facilities (i think like CSIRO and whatnot). That's about the extent of wot i know cos i didn't really go to any science talks...
but i guess you'd hav to think that they would be pretty strong in the scientific research department if they hav different research facilities on-site.
but i guess you'd hav to think that they would be pretty strong in the scientific research department if they hav different research facilities on-site.
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Are you after a spcialised degree? here's an excerpt from an email to me from a person did a BSc at the ANU.. she's now at Oxford.
Choice of university comes down to a lot of different factors. Personally I think that the ANU offered me as much or more than any other university in Australia would have done. In particular, I wanted to do a general Science degree, which isn't possible at a lot of other universities. I wasn't sure exactly what subjects I wanted to study when I did my HSC, although I knew it was something to do with science. Doing a BSc meant that I did maths, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy..., and could therefore keep my options open. It was lucky I did because when I first went to Uni I thought I wanted to be a mathematician - no way now!! As far as I'm concerned, that's the big draw-back with most other universities; their courses are too specialised. Having said that, the ANU is brilliant for research, so when you do decide what subject you want to specialise in, there are lots of facilities available. The presence of the Research Schools means that there are a lot of experts available; more so than you would otherwise think.
"One of the advantages of the ANU is that there are somewhat fewer students, so you can usually get more attention from the lecturers / tutors. And it doesn't mean that they are worse quality. In fact, due to the presence of the Research Schools there is actually a much larger pool of lecturers available than you would find at a similar-sized university elsewhere; there's lots of people that are paid purely to perform research, but want to have some teaching experience. That's a great opportunity to have classes in the most exciting subjects of the time, by the leading experts.
i couldn't decide b/w ANU, USYD and UNSW, but now i think that i'm going to choose the ANU over USYD and UNSW b/c it has more to offer me. in the Asia Week Magazine, they ranked the ANU as 8th in Asia (1st in Aus) overall. here's the link.. http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/schools/multi.overall you can view ranks according to funding, citations in journals etc.. (it's yr 2000, but it's still useful info)
in terms of research, no other Australian uni can really compare. ANu undoubtedly is the most research oriented uni in Aus, and their professors have won 3 Nobel prizes for their research (which is remarkable considering that the ANU hasn't been around as long as USYD)
I saw your post abt the good guides.. have you tried their website? there's a bit of info which isn't premium...
since you're looking for info, i'll post some more stuff i found in my next post..
Are you after a spcialised degree? here's an excerpt from an email to me from a person did a BSc at the ANU.. she's now at Oxford.
Choice of university comes down to a lot of different factors. Personally I think that the ANU offered me as much or more than any other university in Australia would have done. In particular, I wanted to do a general Science degree, which isn't possible at a lot of other universities. I wasn't sure exactly what subjects I wanted to study when I did my HSC, although I knew it was something to do with science. Doing a BSc meant that I did maths, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy..., and could therefore keep my options open. It was lucky I did because when I first went to Uni I thought I wanted to be a mathematician - no way now!! As far as I'm concerned, that's the big draw-back with most other universities; their courses are too specialised. Having said that, the ANU is brilliant for research, so when you do decide what subject you want to specialise in, there are lots of facilities available. The presence of the Research Schools means that there are a lot of experts available; more so than you would otherwise think.
"One of the advantages of the ANU is that there are somewhat fewer students, so you can usually get more attention from the lecturers / tutors. And it doesn't mean that they are worse quality. In fact, due to the presence of the Research Schools there is actually a much larger pool of lecturers available than you would find at a similar-sized university elsewhere; there's lots of people that are paid purely to perform research, but want to have some teaching experience. That's a great opportunity to have classes in the most exciting subjects of the time, by the leading experts.
i couldn't decide b/w ANU, USYD and UNSW, but now i think that i'm going to choose the ANU over USYD and UNSW b/c it has more to offer me. in the Asia Week Magazine, they ranked the ANU as 8th in Asia (1st in Aus) overall. here's the link.. http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/schools/multi.overall you can view ranks according to funding, citations in journals etc.. (it's yr 2000, but it's still useful info)
in terms of research, no other Australian uni can really compare. ANu undoubtedly is the most research oriented uni in Aus, and their professors have won 3 Nobel prizes for their research (which is remarkable considering that the ANU hasn't been around as long as USYD)
I saw your post abt the good guides.. have you tried their website? there's a bit of info which isn't premium...
since you're looking for info, i'll post some more stuff i found in my next post..
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from 'http://www.anu.edu.au/research/distinction.php'
"ANU researchers held six of the top ten positions in the high-impact science paper list published in 2001 by the Institute of Scientific Information, including first, second and third on the high-impact list of Australian scientists.
A comparison of independent data on the research impact of ANU academics' papers with similar data from a 2001 study by Britain's The Guardian newspaper, shows that in 17 major research fields ANU ranks in the top 1% of the world, it leads in the environmental sciences, and is in the top three in mathematics. (The Guardian's survey used Institute of Scientific Information data on the research quality of universities and other institutions in Europe and the United States.)
ANU is the top Australian university in the 200 best performing institutions in economics worldwide, according to the list, Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions in Economics published in 2002.
AsiaWeek magazine in 1999 ranked ANU first in the Asia/Australian region for research output and in 2000 placed it in the top 10 multidisciplinary universities in the region, and first in Australia. The Times Higher Education Supplement has classed the ANU in the same group as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and the Sorbonne.
The University has the highest percentage of members of the learned academies and more Fellows of the Royal Society in London than any university in Australia."
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this is a page which has been translated by google, so it's not perfect..
WHY TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
By its international reputation in research.
Being the best university in facilities of systems in Australia, including super-computing.
To have the highest degree of personnel described in Australia.
By its magnificent campus natural, near the city.
By the excellent services offered to the students.
By the surroundings of personal support.
By the ample rank of accomodation to the students.
Investigation.
1 Porque the present members of the Royal Society of London is more of ANU than of any other Australian university.
2 Por to be the recent winners of Australia Prize, Japan Prize and the Copley Medal (Royal Society).
3 . Being the university leader in Australia, of the most mentioned in specialized magazines international, and economic support to the investigation.
4 . Being the first Australian university in prizes of PhD.
Reputation.
1 . Considered the first in Australia by Asiaweek Magazine "Best Universities in Asia". June of 2000.
2 . Located in the supplement of the London Times of superior education, in the Peer group next to Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Stanford, MIT and the Sorbonne.
3 Su program of of predegree in philosophy is located over philosophical Reporte of Harvard.
4 Es member of the Human Project Genome and participated in the testeo of santo shroud of Turin.
Associated Nobels prizes with ANU.
1 . Sir Howard Florey. Medicine Nobel prize 1945 (penicillin).
2 . Professor John Eccles. Medicine Nobel prize. 1963. (sicologa).
3 Profesor Rolf Zinkernager and Professor Peter Domerty. Medicine Nobel prize. 1996 (inmunologa).
4 . Professor Jhon Harsanyi. Nobel prize of economy. 1994 (theory of the game).
"ANU researchers held six of the top ten positions in the high-impact science paper list published in 2001 by the Institute of Scientific Information, including first, second and third on the high-impact list of Australian scientists.
A comparison of independent data on the research impact of ANU academics' papers with similar data from a 2001 study by Britain's The Guardian newspaper, shows that in 17 major research fields ANU ranks in the top 1% of the world, it leads in the environmental sciences, and is in the top three in mathematics. (The Guardian's survey used Institute of Scientific Information data on the research quality of universities and other institutions in Europe and the United States.)
ANU is the top Australian university in the 200 best performing institutions in economics worldwide, according to the list, Rankings of Academic Journals and Institutions in Economics published in 2002.
AsiaWeek magazine in 1999 ranked ANU first in the Asia/Australian region for research output and in 2000 placed it in the top 10 multidisciplinary universities in the region, and first in Australia. The Times Higher Education Supplement has classed the ANU in the same group as Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and the Sorbonne.
The University has the highest percentage of members of the learned academies and more Fellows of the Royal Society in London than any university in Australia."
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this is a page which has been translated by google, so it's not perfect..
WHY TO STUDY IN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
By its international reputation in research.
Being the best university in facilities of systems in Australia, including super-computing.
To have the highest degree of personnel described in Australia.
By its magnificent campus natural, near the city.
By the excellent services offered to the students.
By the surroundings of personal support.
By the ample rank of accomodation to the students.
Investigation.
1 Porque the present members of the Royal Society of London is more of ANU than of any other Australian university.
2 Por to be the recent winners of Australia Prize, Japan Prize and the Copley Medal (Royal Society).
3 . Being the university leader in Australia, of the most mentioned in specialized magazines international, and economic support to the investigation.
4 . Being the first Australian university in prizes of PhD.
Reputation.
1 . Considered the first in Australia by Asiaweek Magazine "Best Universities in Asia". June of 2000.
2 . Located in the supplement of the London Times of superior education, in the Peer group next to Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Stanford, MIT and the Sorbonne.
3 Su program of of predegree in philosophy is located over philosophical Reporte of Harvard.
4 Es member of the Human Project Genome and participated in the testeo of santo shroud of Turin.
Associated Nobels prizes with ANU.
1 . Sir Howard Florey. Medicine Nobel prize 1945 (penicillin).
2 . Professor John Eccles. Medicine Nobel prize. 1963. (sicologa).
3 Profesor Rolf Zinkernager and Professor Peter Domerty. Medicine Nobel prize. 1996 (inmunologa).
4 . Professor Jhon Harsanyi. Nobel prize of economy. 1994 (theory of the game).
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CoYLiE
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not to mention the fact that it's the only university in australia with links to both oxford and cambridge which is pretty damn impressive. So in your third year (if you're doing a 5 year degree) you could possibly go to either one and then you could always say "and i went to oxford" and that would impress the hell out of anyone!! haha
yeh! i hope to go on exchange (if i can manage a D avg)..
oops.. this bit didn't get included when i was copying and pasting.. so here it is..
5 . It is the only English-speaking university that offers a program of student interchange with universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
i think that's impressive