Description

Study abroad for a semester or year at University of Melbourne with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, formerly known as AustraLearn. Your study abroad experience is all about you! GlobaLinks Learning Abroad is here to assist you in your path of discovery throughout the study abroad experience. We design our programs so that our local and overseas staff are available 24 hours a day to support you in health and safety matters and are also key in enhancing your study abroad experience. Through our planned activities and resident directors personal recommendations for activities you can undertake while abroad, you will be directed on a path of personal, academic, cultural, social, and professional discovery. This team, which supports you throughout your experience, will ensure that you have the most fulfilling experience possible one that is unique to you! So...What Will You Discover?

The University of Melbourne is Australia's second oldest university, and celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2003. Today it is ranked equal first in among Australian universities, and ranked #36 in the 2010 Times Higher Education's (THE) Top 200 Universities in the world. The campus is a unique blend of traditional and contemporary architecture and culture providing a particular life and ambience of its own. Beyond the exceptional lecture theatres, classrooms, and libraries, it offers you a range of galleries, theatre and entertainment venues, bookshops, retail stores, cafes, and restaurants.

The University of Melbourne is the only Australian university that offers a truly international curriculum aligned with the very best global higher education models. The Melbourne Model is an innovative approach to learning and teaching, and the rigor of this curriculum structure is underpinned by the Melbourne Experience, through which students can access unprecedented academic enrichment opportunities.

One of advantages of studying abroad at the University of Melbourne is the campus location. The campus is spacious, green, and leafy, yet it is still located within walking distance to downtown Melbourne. The Economist Intelligence Unit (London) has consistently ranked Melbourne as one of the world's most livable city. This ranking is based on celebrating diversity and multiculturalism and welcoming newcomers to a safe environment, clean air, numerous public parks and gardens, and many major cultural and sporting events throughout the year.

Highlights

Only at the University of Melbourne, this one week of fun is the week before class starts.

Activities such as: Aboriginal Heritage Walks, surfing, jazz at the Melbourne Zoo, footy game (a truly Aussie experience) and cricket at the MCG.

Rare opportunity to live in an Australian Residential College
Best way to meet Melbourne students before class starts!

Travel
Inexpensive flights leave daily for Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. A variety of companies and clubs on campus organize trips to wine country, hiking in Tasmania, surfing, the Great Ocean Road, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Western Australia.

Sport
Australian Rules Football (Footy!) was born in Melbourne and unique to this part of the country. This is a professional level sport where Ultimate Frisbee meets Rugby, fast and fun! Games are played regularly, tickets are affordable. You won't want to miss this part of Melbourne culture.

Other highlights include:
- Buddy Program Available
- Bridging Cultures Program
- Global Citizens Development
- Global Identity Course Available
- enCompass Alumni Program

Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

Contact GlobaLinks Learning Abroad

Program Fees Include:

Program fees includes tuition for 3-4 subjects, guaranteed pre-arranged housing, GlobaLinks Learning Abroad Bridging Cultures Program on-site in Cairns, Australia, optional spring break tours, access to a transcript from our U.S. University of Record, affiliate student fee discounts, end of program workshop, university administrative fees, overseas health coverage, all pre-trip services including orientation materials, visa-processing service (excluding the visa fee), personal advising, subject selections, liaison with your home university, credit transfer assistance, financial aid services, and 24-hour assistance while abroad.

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Scholarships are Available

300,000 USD in scholarships available to GlobaLinks Learning Abroad study abroad students each year. The application is provided in upon acceptance to the GlobaLinks Learning Abroad program.

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

1- 2 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
• Exit Debriefing Abroad

AustraLearn's Mission Statement

GlobaLinks Learning Abroad seeks to foster the development of future leaders who, through an intercultural learning opportunity, gain a greater respect for and understanding of the relationship which exists between North American and the rest of the world in the context of the larger global community. GlobaLinks Learning Abroad achieves this by exposing students, advisors, and faculty to internationally recognized universities and other educational organizations through the promotion of affordable academic and cultural opportunities world-wide.

Year Founded

1989