University of New England, Australia

First established in 1938 as a constituent college of Sydney University, UNE became autonomous in 1954. Since then it has earned a sound reputation for teaching and research  Situated in the picturesque town of Armidale, New South Wales, the University of New England (UNE) has established a sound reputation in the sixth continent as a provider of outstanding teaching and centre of research excellence. The first Australian university to be established outside a state capital, UNE has four faculties: arts; economics, business and law; education, health and professional studies and the sciences. The university offers a wide range of undergraduate, graduate, diploma, Masters and doctoral study courses in the general (arts, science) and professional (accounting, teaching, nursing and law) fields to 18,863 students including 1,800 students from over 50 countries. “The University of New England has a long and enviable reputation as a provider of quality education and combines a commitment to excellence in teaching and advanced research. We have established formal links with many overseas institutions and maintain a strong relationship with our alumni. The presence of international students at UNE allows the university community to gain a greater understanding of different countries, languages, cultures, religions and customs,” says Prof. Ingrid Moses, vice-chancellor of UNE. First established in 1938 as a constituent college of Sydney University, UNE acquired autonomous status in 1954. Since then it has pioneered distance education where technology is used to provide programmes to students studying at home. More than 12,000 of its 18,000 plus students study via the internet, making UNE Australia’s largest provider of distance education. On campus the student-staff ratio is 10:1 and students benefit greatly from access to individualised tuition. Moreover UNE has signed partnerships with more than 33 universities and colleges overseas for collaborative research, course articulation arrangements and staff and student exchanges. Armidale. This picturesque town is situated in the New England tableland region of northern New South Wales. An hour by air from the metropolitan cities of Sydney and Brisbane, Armidale (pop.25,000) is the region’s commercial and educational hub. The city offers excellent transportation facilities for air, rail and road travel. Armidale also provides first-rate shopping, recreation and cultural facilities. The New England region is famous for its magnificent gorges, waterfalls, rivers and streams and for its four distinct seasons that have earned it the descriptive ‘a city of all seasons’. Summer temperatures rarely climb beyond 33oC. Winter nights are often frosty but the days following are sunny and clear. Autumn and spring arrive with spectacular bursts of flora which attract thousands of tourists. Campus facilities. UNE has a number of libraries which together subscribe to more than 9,600 journals in print and electronic form, contain comprehensive reference collections and have a combined stock of nearly 1,000,000 volumes. The main library is the Dixson Library, centrally located on campus. The law library is located in the faculty of economics, business and law with the curriculum centre sited in the faculty of education, health and professional studies. UNE’s information technology division provides…