Snapshot of Swinburne
- Swinburne is a dual sector institution and is student-focused and aims at students being engaged in their learning; be exposed to innovative teaching, and given thorough preparation for the workforce. Swinburne regularly receives a 5-star ranking for student satisfaction.
- Swinburne ranks #62 in the top 400 young universities in the world - Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 Rankings, an index of the world’s top universities under the age of 50
- Swinburne has been recognised as having one of the best design schools in the world by the QS World Rankings of Universities by Subject. The university was listed in the top 100 for the Art and Design subject area.
- Swinburne offers world-class higher education in health, arts, design, business, law, science, engineering and technology - Faculties and Departments
- Swinburne is a university that makes Work Integrated Learning (also sometimes referred to as Industry Linked Projects) a major assessment component for students - Work Integrated Learning. An industry experience is embedded in all undergraduate programs.
- Swinburne aims at producing job-ready students and Industry Based Learning (IBL) is offered to all eligible undergraduate students in the form of 6-12 month Professional Placements with industry partners with a long history of collaboration with Swinburne
- Swinburne is one of only a few universities in Australia with access to the Keck telescope in Hawaii, 9000 kilometres away - Keck, and Swinburne has a remote operations facility in Melbourne that allows astronomers to remotely control the Keck telescopes in Hawaii - W.M. Keck Observatory and Parkes Radio Telescope
- The Bachelor of Circus Arts offered at the National Institute of Circus Arts Australia - and accredited by Swinburne, not only offers elite sport training but also a sound business qualification. Several NICA graduates are currently employed with Cirque Du Soleil
- Swinburne has a campus in Malaysia with many of the courses offered in Australia offered there – many Australian students choose to study a semester or more at the campus in Malaysia - Sarawak Campus, Malaysia
- Swinburne has partnerships with over 100 overseas institutions across more than 20 countries, allowing for Australian students to go for a semester abroad, or complete part of their studies at one of these institutions - Swinburne Global
- Swinburne offers over 30 study tours and a great number of those are specific to students studying business - Study Tours
- Swinburne has a dedicated High Achievers Program, which includes a Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Scholarship, for Year 12 students who attain an ATAR of 95 and above - High Achievers Program
- Swinburne also has an Emerging Leaders program - whereby students identify skills they have developed during their time at university and learn how to translate these experiences into skills that employers are looking for.
- Swinburne offers an Aviation degree and part of the training in this course includes access to a Flight Simulator Laboratory with aviation simulators to immerse trainee and experienced pilots in challenging fight scenarios whilst monitoring every aspect of their performance with cutting edge measurement tools. The results allow them to predict how new cockpit technologies and procedures will work in the real world.
Swinburne offers a bachelor degree designed specifically to train students as a commercial pilot - Aviation. Swinburne partners with Jetstar and Qantas with a Cadet Pilot Program. - Swinburne has one of the largest university Psychology Clinics in Australia, not only offering low-cost counselling, psychological assessment, and group therapy treatment, but also quality teaching and research - Psychology Clinic
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