Science Focus ( issue 004 ) - page 5

Australia and Science
澳洲和科學
於1960年,第一年度澳大利
亞年度人物第一名大獎頒
發給
麥克法蘭·伯內特
。他於免疫學方面的貢
獻令他同年獲得諾貝爾獎
生理學或醫學獎。
apply directly to the individual universities
of choice. An applicant must decide on a
preferred course of study before applying.
After receiving an offer letter, the prospective
student can then apply for a student visa and
the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC), a
required insurance.
A-levels and International Baccalaureate
(IB) are the commonly accepted qualifications
for admission of students without Australian
education qual if ications. In addition, al l
universities require proof of English Language
prof iciency, wh ich can be obtai ned by
taking the International English Language
Testing System (IELTS), Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL), Pearson Test of
English (PTE) - Academic tests or Cambridge
English: Advanced (CAE). Universities may
求提交英語水平證明,例如:國際英語語言測試系統
(IELTS)、託福(TOEFL)、培生學術英語考試(PTE)
或劍橋英語:證書第四級(CAE)等測試成績。各院校
可能要求不同的語文測試。英語水平要求亦會因學校
和課程而有所差異;例如:法律和醫學學位課程普遍要
求較高的成績。
表1
列出各英語測試的平均最低分數要
求,讓讀者有個概念:
表 2
則列明澳洲數間著名院校的申請限期及學
費。
學生生活費取決於分別城市和生活方式。作為參
考,昆士蘭大學估算一學年(36周)綜合生活費大約需
要HK$121,000, 期中包含校內食宿費。
國際學生除了自行向各大學遞交申請書外,亦可透
過大學招生中心(UAC)報讀參與院校的大部分學位課
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The-
first
Australian
of the Year award was
awarded to Professor
Macfarlane
Burnet
who
had won
the
Nobel Prize
in the same year of 1960
for his groundbreaking
physiology
research.
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