hey guys,
i'm thinking of doing engineering next year and i did a bit of research myself as to what would best suit me. i thought i'd share what i found out, in the hope i can help a few of you.
there are a number of rankings of world universities such as:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities
Times Higher Education Supplement World Rankings
But the following link is to a report by the melbourne institute as to the rankings of all australian tertiary education centres based on opinion of graduate employers and results for each discipline.
http://www.melbourneinstitute.com/publications/reports/dr_aus_uni/Paper_Rating.pdf
the following two pages are the engineering results
Page 12 has a table showing opinion based on a survey of overseas and local graduate employers
Page 29 has a table showing results based on:
publications and citations in Thomson Scientific, academy membership, ARC and NHMRC grants, doctoral completions, entrance scores, student evaluations on graduation (CEQ), and staff-student ratios.
UMelb, USyd and UNSW all rank very highly.
i've decided to apply through VTAC for a new program beginning at melbourne uni next year.
instead of doing a traditional engineering course for four years. you do a 3yr bachelor of science course which leads into a 2yr master of engineering degree. In my case i'll major my science degree in Civil Systems and then major my master's degree in Structural.
i'm also going to apply through UAC for my Local Uni (Newcastle) just incase i don't get the UAI i need. but also so that (hopefully) i'll receive two offers, and i can then decide whether or not i want to actually move to melbourne without the pressure of knowing the HSC is 7 weeks away ( is anyone else counting ? )
there's more info about the melbourne courses on their site
http://www.unimelb.edu.au
has anyone else thought of melbourne or RMIT ?