Science Focus ( issue 004 ) - page 4

Australia
is a leading global
education hub, with an impressively large
international student body size. Australia
harbours top universities in areas of study
such as Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Life
& Agricultural Sciences, Clinical Medicine &
Pharmacy, and Physics. Among the top 50
universities in the world are Australian National
University, University of Melbourne, University of
Sydney and University of Queensland; as of QS
University Rankings 2014.
An undergraduate degree in Australia
typically takes 3 to 5 years to complete, with
an additional year for an honours degree.
Mos t un i ve r s i t i es have t wo academi c
semesters, and the academic year begins in
March.
Applicants without an Australian education
qual i f icat ion do not appl y th rough the
Australian central application system and
洲是全球重要的教育樞紐,匯聚大量不同國籍
的學生,其大學在自然科學和數學、生命與農業科學、
臨床醫學和藥學、以及物理等不同的領域均佔領先地
位。根據2014年QS大學排名,澳洲的澳洲國立大學、
墨爾本大學、悉尼大學、及昆士蘭大學位列全球首50名
內。
澳洲的本科學位課程一般為期3至5年,榮譽學士學
位課程額外多讀一年。多數大學採用雙學期制,即每學
年分為兩個學期,學年於每年三月開始。
申請人若沒有澳洲學歷就不能夠透過當地的中央
系統遞交申請。在這情況下,申請人應先選定心儀的學
校和課程,再直接向有關院校辦理報讀手續,收到錄取
通知書後,便可申請學生簽證及購買海外學生健康保
險(OSHC)。
澳洲學府普遍接受非本地生以A-Levels課程和國
際文憑課程(IB)成績申請入學。此外,各高校亦會要
申請澳洲大學指南針
By Jacqueline Nicole Aw
歐婷梅
GUIDE TO
UNIVERSITY APPLICATION
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