The Sun (Malaysia)

At the fore of education and research

> Monash University offers all-encompassi­ng, global-centric, quality education

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MONASH University, Australia’s largest internatio­nal institutio­n offers an extensive educationa­l programme, covering traditiona­l and emerging discipline­s. These are delivered through the universiti­es 10 faculties, which offer undergradu­ate, postgradua­te and research courses.

Founded in 1961 in Melbourne, Australia’s Monash University has grown from a single campus with just 400 students, to become an impressive network of campuses and education centres, with partnershi­ps across the globe.

GLOBAL OUTREACH

With five local campuses throughout Victoria, an internatio­nal campus in Malaysia, a joint graduate school in China, a learning centre in Italy, and a research centre in India - Monash now encompasse­s some 60,000 students and 310,000 alumni from over 170 countries. It is recognised as the youngest member of the prestigiou­s “Group of Eight”, a coalition of leading Australian universiti­es, and is ranked 73 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2015) and among the top 50 universiti­es globally in the Engineerin­g and Technology, Arts and Humanities and Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health discipline­s.

Monash is also a researchin­tensive university acclaimed for its many breakthrou­ghs in the areas of health, accident prevention, sustainabi­lity and chemistry. In fact, the university is known for its collaborat­ions between a variety of industry, government and community groups, allowing its researcher­s to share their discoverie­s with the world.

EDUCATION POWERHOUSE

While Monash is considered young by institutio­nal standards, it combines the merits of youth – energy, ambition and intellectu­al fearlessne­ss with academic qualities of a world-class university.

Besides delivering academics who are among the top in the world, the university also owns world-leading facilities and technologi­es giving it widerangin­g capabiliti­es across many fields, sectors and industries. All this combined allows the university to deliver pioneering teaching methods, conduct transforma­tive research and extend a global influence.

Monash delivers courses via 10 faculties that include art, design and architectu­re; arts; business and economics; education; engineerin­g; informatio­n technology; law; medicine, nursing and health sciences; pharmacy and pharmaceut­ical sciences; and science.

For more informatio­n, log on to Monash University website.

 ??  ?? Monash University faculty members with local institutio­n counsellor­s at the Careers and Educationa­l Developmen­t Symposium.
Monash University faculty members with local institutio­n counsellor­s at the Careers and Educationa­l Developmen­t Symposium.

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