University of Melbourne

talaxandra · Dec 18, 2005

I've done postgrad work at Melbourne Uni, some of which was affiliated witht he School of Nursing. One of my colleagues did his degree there - I'll ask around and get back to you :)

xng · Dec 18, 2005

I've done postgrad work at Melbourne Uni, some of which was affiliated witht he School of Nursing. One of my colleagues did his degree there - I'll ask around and get back to you :)

Thanks. Appreciate it. What do americans think of this university's nursing degree ?

talaxandra · Dec 20, 2005

the university of melbourne has been ranked among the best universities in australia, the asia-pacific region and the world.

the times higher world university rankings 2005, times higher education supplement (uk), october 2005
19th internationally
8th arts and humanities
10th biomedicine
11th social sciences (economics, business, law)
18th technology (engineering and it)
32nd science
the times higher education supplement rankings use the results of a survey of 2,375 academics from across the world. these are combined with a series of measures including the number of times that research papers are cited by academics, staff-to-student ratios and number of students and staff from overseas. this year's analysis includes for the first time a measure based on the views of international employers on which universities they prefer to recruit from. www.thes.co.uk/worldrankings
academic ranking of world universities, shanghai jiao tong university, 2003, 2004 & 2005
7th asia-pacific region
82nd worldwide
the academic ranking of world universities, produced by china’s shanghai jiao tong university, has ranked the university of melbourne among the top 100 research institutes worldwide for the third year in a row. two australian universities were ranked in the top 100.
shanghai jiao tong university’s rankings use several rigorous indicators of academic and research performance, and measure a range of factors including alumni and staff winning nobel prizes, highly-cited researchers, articles in science and nature and citations indexes, and academic performance in relation to the size of the university. http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm
international standing of australian universities, melbourne institute of applied economic and social research, 2004 & 2005
1st in australia (equal)
the melbourne institute of applied economic and social research ranking compares australia’s universities to produce a reputation index and an index of international standing. the rankings evaluate six attributes of international standing – quality/international standing of staff, quality of graduate programs, quality of undergraduate entry, quality of undergraduate programs, resource levels and a survey of educationists. in the 2005 index, all the quantitative data has been updated and some improvements made in the data. http://melbourneinstitute.com/publications/reports/
the london financial times 2005 rankings
1st australian
63rd worldwide
melbourne business school was ranked as the top business school in australia and the 63rd in the world by the prestigious london financial times annual ranking. only five business schools obtained rankings in the asia-pacific region.
www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/ about/choosemelb/ranking.html

the times ranking of 19 is up from 22 last year, and is the only australian entry in the top 20 (australian national university, ranked 16 last year, is now 23rd; monash holds steady at 33; the university of sydney is equal 38, up from 40; and the university of nsw is 40, down from 36 last year).

although it doesn't say so explicitly, i imagine nursing is included in the biomedicine ranking. the nine universities ranked higher for biomedicine were (in order): harvard (us), cambridge (uk), oxford (uk), karolinska institute (sweden), stanford (us), imperial college (uk), johns hopkins (us), beijing university (china) and berkley (us).

hope that helps :)

xng · Dec 25, 2005

I know about the THE ranking but I would like to know from first hand experience about the actual situation there (eg. facilities, lecturers, curriculum etc).

How about finding jobs for U Melbourne nursing graduates ? Do employers actually prefer them ?

talaxandra · Dec 30, 2005

Like I said in an earlier post, my experience has not been with the school of nursing. However, I've been so happy with my UoM xperiences that I'm about to enrol in my third post-grad qualification there, so hopefully that tells you something about the campus, support etc.

From an employment perspective - I just asked one of the ACNs about hiring and she confirmed my suspicion - interview and references matter, where you trained doesn't even factor in. So IMGO the deciding factors when deciding where to study should be the course itself, practical experience,ease and cost of attending etc.