Macquarie gives students the edge

Located in the heart of Sydney’s rapidly emerging high-technology north- west corridor, Macquarie University is gaining a growing reputation in Sri Lanka as the choice for career-minded students.

Consistently ranked among the world’s top 200 universities, and within the top 40 in the AsiaPacific,many Sri Lankan students are choosing Macquarie for itshigh quality programs, excellentgraduate outcomes and uniqueparkland campus. Well known for its prestig-

A new multi-million dollar library was opened in mid-2011 joining the Macquarie University Hospital, which opened its doors in 2010 and remains the only privateteaching hospital to be located on an Australian university campus

ious business programs in accounting, actuarial studies andfinance, the University is also a leader in science, engineering and information technology.

Times Education UK recently rankedmacquarie first in Australia and New Zealand for Environmental Science and the WLAN technology that led to Wi-fi was developed at Macquarie and later sold for $500 million.

Macquarie hasrecently made significant investmentsin new learning facilities, academic staffand industry partnership programs, with ambitious goals to continue its rise among the world’s elite research and teaching institutions.

A new multi- million dollar library was opened in mid- 2011 joining the Macquarie University Hospital, which opened its doors in 2010 and remains the only privateteaching hospital to be located on an Australian university campus.

The investmentsare paying off, with 80% of the University’s research areas ranked as world standard or above by the Au s t r a l i a n G ove r nment’s Excellence in Research Australia initiative in 2011.

Minuri Adasuriya completed her undergraduate Business Administration de g ree at Macquarie University in 2007 and is now working as a HR Advisor for Microsoft Australia, whose Australian headquarters happen to be located just down the road from the University.

Minuri, who was able to undertake an internship with Unilever Sri Lanka as part of the University’s Global Leadership Program, says Macquarie’s focus on building career and leadership skills gave her an invaluable edge when it came time to find a job.

“Macquarie not only provided me with the right academic and industry knowledge to enter the workforce, it also provided me with some great employability skills,” Minuri says.

“It also provided a safe and secure environment for me to study, with its on- campus accommodation options. It put my parents at ease about sending me to abroad all by myself.” CRICOS Provider Code 00002J More information about Macquarie University can be found at www.international.mq.edu.au or by emailing the University’s local representative anjali. malik@ mq. edu.au

Article published with the assistance from:

Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), Colombo-sri Lanka. David Samuel, Business Development Manager