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Where in Australia to study
With so many options to choose from, students and employers often turn to rankings to evaluate universities. There is the US News rankings, Business Week's MBA rankings, UK's university league tables, the Australian 'Group of 8', and the Times Higher Educational Supplement's ranking of world universities. Each of these has its own drawbacks, and consumers of these statistics should understand them before relying on them. For example, the alumni contributions factor in the US News methodology skews the rankings in favour of universities which attract wealthier students/wealthier alumni (vs most value addition) and the THES gives high weightage to peer reviews which is hard to measure/quantify.
The varied goals (different majors, different post-graduation ambitions such as further research, type of job, etc) of students makes it a challenge to rank universities using factors relevant to everyone. So, use the rankings as a guide, but not as the ultimate decider.
Changes to the immigration point system may warrant a look at vocational colleges: http://smh.com.au
Based on the global nature of all resources (education, employees, employers, etc.), the THES ranking has been selected as the most 'international', and the standings of Australian (and IITs) universities is shown below (complete list of top 200):
| 2005 Rank | University |
|---|---|
| 19 | University of Melbourne http://unimelb.edu.au |
| 23 | Australian National University http://anu.edu.au |
| 33 | Monash University http://monash.edu.au |
| 38 | Sydney University http://usyd.edu.au |
| 40 | University of New South Wales http://unsw.edu.au |
| 47 | Queensland University http://uq.edu.au |
| 50 | Indian Institutes of Technology |
| 67 | Macquarie University http://mq.edu.au |
| 80 | University of Western Australia http://uwa.edu.au |
| 80 | Adelaide University http://adelaide.edu.au |
| 82 | RMIT University http://rmit.edu.au |
| 87 | University of Technology, Sydney http://uts.edu.au |
| 98 | La Trobe University http://latrobe.edu.au |
| 101 | Curtin University of Technology http://curtin.edu.au |
| 118 | Queensland University of Technology http://qut.edu.au |
| 127 | University of Newcastle http://newcastle.edu.au |
| 154 | University of South Australia http://unisa.edu.au |
| 166 | Tasmania University http://utas.edu.au |
There are number of resources for searching for universities by major/course:
- http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/Sia/en/CourseSearch/searchform.htm
- http://www.idp.com/students/coursesearch/default.asp
- http://yahoo.india.studylink.com
Or, review the complete list of Australian universities:
By State
National- Australian Catholic University ACU, NSW (both in Sydney): North Sydney (MacKillop), Strathfield (Mount St. Mary); Qld: Brisbane (McAuley); ACT: Canberra (Signadou); Vic: Ballarat (Aquinas); Melbourne (St Patrick's).
- University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Broome and Sydney.
- Australian National University ANU, Canberra
- University of Canberra, Canberra
- Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Wagga Wagga, Albury, Dubbo, Manly, Orange, Canberra
- Macquarie University, Sydney
- University of New England, Armidale
- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Canberra, Singapore
- University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Callaghan, Ourimbah, Port Macquarie, Singapore
- Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Tweed Heads
- University of Sydney, Sydney, Orange
- University of Technology, Sydney
- University of Western Sydney
- University of Wollongong
- University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Shepparton
- Monash University, Melbourne(Clayton, Caulfield and Parkville), Churchill (Gippsland), Peninsula (Frankston), Malaysia, South Africa
- RMIT University , Melbourne, Vietnam
- Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
- La Trobe University, Melbourne, Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Beechworth, Shepparton, Mildura, Mt Buller
- Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, Warrnambool
- Victoria University, Melbourne
- University of Ballarat, Ballarat
- Bond University, Gold Coast
- Central Queensland University, Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton and Brisbane.
- Griffith University, Brisbane and Gold Coast
- James Cook University, Townsville and Cairns
- University of Queensland, Brisbane
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
- University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast
- Curtin University of Technology, Perth and Sydney.
- Edith Cowan University, Perth and Bunbury
- Murdoch University, Perth
- University of Western Australia, Perth and Albany.
- University of Notre Dame Australia, Perth, Broome and Sydney.
- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Waite and Roseworthy
- Flinders University, Adelaide
- University of South Australia, Adelaide and Whyalla
- Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz School Australia, Adelaide
- University of Tasmania, Hobart and Launceston
- Charles Darwin University, Darwin and Alice Springs(formerly Northern Territory University)
By City
Adelaide- Flinders University http://www.flinders.edu.au
- University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au
- University of South Australia http://www.unisa.edu.au
- Griffith University http://www.gu.edu.au
- Queensland University of Technology http://www.qut.edu.au
- University of Queensland http://www.uq.edu.au
- Australian Defence Force Academy http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au
- University of Canberra http://www.canberra.edu.au
- Central Queensland University http://www.goldcoast.cqu.edu.au
- Bond University http://www.bond.edu.au
- University of Tasmania http://www.utas.edu.au
- Australian Catholic University http://www.acu.edu.au
- Deakin University http://www.deakin.edu.au
- Monash University http://www.monash.edu.au
- RMIT University http://www.rmit.edu.au
- Swinburne University of Technology http://www.swin.edu.au
- University of Ballarat http://www.ballarat.edu.au
- University of Melbourne http://www.unimelb.edu.au
- Victoria University http://www.vu.edu.au
- Curtin University of Technology http://www.curtin.edu.au
- Edith Cowan University http://www.ecu.edu.au
- Murdoch University http://www.murdoch.edu.au
- University of Notre Dame Australia http://www.nd.edu.au
- University of Western Australia http://www.uwa.edu.au
- Macquarie University http://www.mq.edu.au
- University of New South Wales http://www.unsw.edu.au
- University of Sydney http://www.usyd.edu.au
- University of Technology Sydney http://www.uts.edu.au
- University of Western Sydney http://www.uws.edu.au
Student Organisations
Sydney- UNSW http://www.taj.unsw.edu.au
- UTS http://www.utsunion.uts.edu.au/clubs/activities/indian/index.html
- Macquarie http://www.sam.org.au/index.cfm?s=3D54BB4F-06A3-4FB2-B638568E3077BDBA
- Western Sydney http://uwssa.org.au/MAST
Canberra
Perth
- ECU http://www.ecu.edu.au/international/studentsupport/groups/groups.html
- Western Australia http://www.desi.asn.au