Description

You can get your degree at the University of Canberra 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?

GlobaLinks Learning Abroad assists students with degree abroad opportunities at more than 35 universities in Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. Our expertise has developed from our well-established relationships with our partner universities and more than 20 years of sending students abroad. These top-ranked universities have appointed us to provide you with information on living and studying in at their university, and we can easily refer you to the applications and details you need in order to apply to the universities of your choice. Enrollment is ultimately determined by each institution.

We are here to provide you with a list of bundled services, including help with your housing, travel and living abroad. We will be working with you from the time you apply to the time you have accepted a university offer.

Situated in the national capital of Australia, Canberra is a safe, clean, well-planned city with a population of approximately 300,000, and has all the attractions of larger cities - restaurants, clubs, theaters, art galleries - but none of the traffic and pollution problems. Canberra is the nearest major city to Australia's ski resorts and within a 2-3 hour drive of the New South Wales South Coast, a popular beach resort area.

The University of Canberra features a combination of high quality programs and a beautiful campus located in Australias capital city. With current student population of almost 12,000, some 1,900 are international students from over 80 countries in Europe, North and South America, the Pacific, Asia and Africa. The University of Canberra offers quality, career oriented programs with a strong focus on academic excellence. Combine fantastic courses with a compact, vibrant campus and lively residence life and youll see why students from around the world choose to study at the University of Canberra.

Highlights

* IT students national Australian champions in the Microsoft Imagine Cup for 2006 and 2007.
* 5-star rating for graduate employment (Australian Good Universities Guide 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).
* An A-list university for excellence in business education (Commonwealth Department of Education Science & Training Learning & Teaching Fund 2006).

Subject Areas

Cost in US$:

varies by degree

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat
• Group living
• Independent living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Transcript

Typically The Application Process Time is

1- 2 weeks

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