Study Abroad - Australia
University of Canberra, Australia
The University of Canberra is located in Australia’s capital city. The Campus is a haven of clean air, tall trees and native vegetation, with many different birds, including white cockatoos, and resident kangaroos, yet it's handy to popular entertainment and shopping venues. Accommodation is available on and off-campus or students can participate in the home stay program and live with a Canberra host family.
The Faculty of Business and Government offers a Bachelor of Tourism Management. Areas addressed by the program include sustainable tourism development culture and heritage tourism, strategic tourism management, marketing and planning, Pacific Rim tourism, visitor service management, and event management.
For more information about the University of Canberra contact CIP, University Centre, Level 3 or visit their website.
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Curtin University has earned a reputation as a dynamic and innovative Australian university, gaining recognition as a leading education provider in the international arena. The University is located in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Perth is a modern, cosmopolitan city with low cost housing and more hours of sunshine than any other Australian capital. Most exchange students choose to live in one of the seven on-campus residences. Accommodation is in apartments or “cottages” with separate bedrooms, shared kitchens and living areas.
Curtin offers more than 860 courses in areas such as Business, Engineering, Science and Computing, Health Sciences, Humanities and Resources and Environment. Curtin’s Business School offers courses in the areas of: Accounting, Business Law, Economics and Finance, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems, International Business, Marketing, Tourism and Hospitality and several others. Most courses operate on a semester mode. The first semester begins in mid-February and finishes with exams during the final 2 weeks of June and the second semester starts in mid-July and concludes with exams during the last half of November.
After attending classes for at least one week, full-time exchange students are permitted to apply for work rights to their student visas. This allows them to work for up to 20 hours per week during the semester and full-time during semester breaks.
For more information about Curtin contact CIP, University Centre, Level 3 or visit their website.
Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia
Deakin University is located in the province of Victoria in Australia. Victoria has Australia's second largest population with more than 4 million people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It is a place of great contrasts, with ocean beaches and mountain ranges, deserts and forests, volcanic plains and vast sheep and wheat farms.
Deakin has campuses in Melbourne, Geelong (two) and Warrnambool, all of which offer a distinctive and unique living and learning experience. The Melbourne Burwood Campus is Deakin's thriving metropolitan campus, attracting about 17 000 undergraduate and postgraduate on-campus students. It is the home of the School of Management and Marketing and is located in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, about 45 minutes by tram from the Melbourne city centre. The School of Management and Marketing offers programs in Marketing, Human Resource Management, Sport Management, Arts and Entertainment Management as well as Property and Real Estate.
Melbourne, Victoria's capital city, is characterized by its architectural elegance and has long been regarded as a memorable cultural experience with its great food and events. Victorians combine a strong cultural tradition with a contemporary and relaxed lifestyle, a distinct sense of community and a passionate interest in sport. Victoria is also a major centre of education and research in Australia.
Students applying to Deakin University can study in either Trimester 1 (March to June) or Trimester 2 (July to October).
More information about international studies at Deakin University.
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia
Edith Cowan University has two metropolitan campuses in Mount Lawley and Joondalup and also serves Western Australia’s South West region from a campus in Bunbury, 200 km south of Perth.
The Faculty of Business and Law is located on the Joondalup campus in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is the University's headquarters. Perth is a relaxed, friendly, multicultural city offering a large range of attractions and activities to cater to all tastes. The warm sunny climate is perfect for sporting and leisure activities - everything from tennis to golf through to whale watching and sailing.
The Joondalup campus is situated close to rail transport and Perth's major freeway. It boasts state-of-the-art facilities including the Health and Wellness Building, a multi-million dollar sport and fitness centre, a new award winning library and student hub, an outdoor cinema during the summer months and on-campus accommodation. You can see pictures of the beautiful campus and some of it’s award-winning buildings on this website.
Within the University’s Faculty of Business and Law, the School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure offers courses in the areas of marketing, eco-recreation, tourism, hospitality and event, sport and recreation management.
For more information about Edith Cowan University contact CIP, University Centre, Level 3 and visit the School of Marketing, Tourism and Leisure website.
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Griffith University is acknowledged as one of Australia’s top universities. Positioned in Queensland's burgeoning Brisbane-Gold Coast corridor, Griffith has six campuses with more than 27,000 students and 3,000 staff. As well as its original Nathan location, the University has five other campuses including Mt. Gravatt, Logan and the Gold Coast. Also under the auspices of Griffith is Australia's largest music school, the Queensland Conservatorium, as well as the nation's oldest art institution, the Queensland College of Art. Three thousand students from over 70 countries travel to Griffith to complete one of the 690 courses offered to overseas students.
A wide range of degrees are offered, from biomedical science to international business, aviation to education, law to music, engineering to fine art, IT to psychology, the environment to the humanities, laser sciences to languages, and nursing to physiotherapy. Programs of interest to hospitality and tourism students include a Hotel Management, International Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Event Management, Sport Management, and Property and Real Estate.
You can earn restricted and free elective credits and possibly credit for core courses. You generally take 4 courses at Griffith. For more information, contact CIP, University Centre, Level 3 and visit the Griffith website.
James Cook University, Queensland, Australia
James Cook University was established in 1970 and is a multi-campus institution with the largest campuses in Townsville and Cairns, smaller study centres in Mount Isa, Thursday Island, and Mackay, and campuses in Singapore and Brisbane. The university offers courses which span the Arts, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Information Technology and Social Sciences.
The School of Business at James Cook offers a Bachelor of Business specializing in several areas including Hospitality Management (Brisbane campus), Sports and Event Management (Townsville campus), Human Resouce Management, Accounting, International Business and Tourism Management (Townsville and Cairns campuses).
Around 11,500 students study at Townsville campus, including over 1,500 international students. The campus is located in the suburb of Douglas, in a 386-hectare natural bush and parkland setting, 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the central business district. The Townsville campus houses teaching and research facilities, the main JCU library, cafés, bars, fitness and sporting facilities and a wealth of student clubs and societies. Townsville is Australia’s largest tropical city with a population of around 175,000. It’s a thriving coastal city and port, and a stepping-off point for visiting the Great Barrier Reef.
Over 4,000 students study at Cairns campus of James Cook University, including about 380 international students. The campus location is spectacular – surrounded on three sides by rainforest covered mountains. Located near the northern beaches in the suburb of Smithfield, the campus is 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of the city centre.
The Brisbane campus is in the heart of the Brisbane central business district. Brisbane is the capital of Queensland and is the third largest and fastest growing city in Australia with a population of 1.7 million.
For more information about James Cook University visit their website.
For more information on The School of Business visit their website.
La Trobe University Exchange, Melbourne, Australia
La Trobe was established in 1964 at the same time as the University of Guelph and has about 22,000 students who study on four campuses located in the State of Victoria in southeast Australia. The main campus, Bundoora, is 14 kilometres from central Melbourne. The others campuses include Albury/Wodonga, Bendigo and City Centre. Most of the university’s courses are offered on the main campus at Bundoora including courses in the School of Tourism and Hospitality that is part of the Faculty of Law and Management. Specialized hospitality and tourism courses are offered at the and Albury-Wodonga campus.
The main library on the Bundoora campus is recognized as a leading university library in Australia, with sophisticated information technology connecting it to other major Australian and overseas libraries. The Bundoora campus is a complete community, providing a range services and facilities including retail outlets (food, clothing, hairdresser, travel agent, laundry and stationer), health and dental services, optometrist, banks, theatre and child care. There are two options for on-campus accommodation. First, there are three residential colleges that provide single, furnished study-bedrooms with shared kitchen, bathroom and laundry facilities located within a 5-minute walk of the centre of campus. Second, there are 85 furnished flats with two to six bedrooms located about a 10-minute walk from campus. Students may prefer to live off-campus in private apartments or houses or arrange a home stay with a family near campus.
La Trobe’s academic year is divided into two semesters. First semester commences at the beginning of March and concludes at the end of June while the second semester begins in mid-July and finishes in mid-November. These dates include a one-week study break in the middle of each semester and the exam period at the end the semester. Courses offered in the Department of Marketing and Tourism and Hospitality include basic business subjects such as marketing, accounting, communications, information systems, human resources and statistics as well as more specialized courses in tourism and hospitality. For more information about La Trobe University, visit their website. Website for the La Trobe Business School.