Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908. It achieved university status in June 1992. In 2011 there were 18,134 students enrolled in Higher education and an estimated 13,786 students enrolled in TAFE, including nearly 7500 international students from over 100 different countries. The 2011 Good Universities Guide has awarded Swinburne more 5-star ratings than any other university in Melbourne, including for teaching quality and graduate satisfaction. Internationally, Swinburne is named amongst the top 500 universities in the world by the prestigious Academic Rankings of World Universities 2011, top 450 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011 and top 3% by the QS World University Rankings 2011. Swinburne is ranked 301-400 in the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities and granted third place in Victoria, Australia after University of Melbourne and Monash University. Swinburne has consistently rated in the top ten Australian universities by the student-driven Rate Your Uni website. The same site rates Swinburne first in Victoria for access to practical work experience, quality of teaching, and quality of career/employment support. Swinburne is a multidisciplinary institution offering vocational, undergraduate, postgraduate and research qualifications. The main discipline areas are: Apprenticeships, Humanities and Social Sciences, Aviation, Business, Commerce and Management, Design and Film & TV, Digital Media, Engineering and Technology, Health and Community Services, Information and Communication Technologies, Psychology, Sustainability, Visual, Performing and Circus Arts. Personalisation: Students can choose subjects across the six faculties to suit their interests and career objectives, adding the breadth and depth they want to personalise their degree through a combination of major and minor studies. Swinburne offers a number of flexible study options for students. These include online study, part-time classes in the evening and intensive weekends, as well as summer and winter terms. Swinburne Online is a partnership between the university and Seek Learning that launched a suite of completely online undergraduate degrees in 2012. Higher Education has the two traditional intake periods in February and August, with the option of summer and winter terms. TAFE has a number of different intakes throughout the year. Vocational Education: Swinburne delivers vocational education to close to an estimated 15,000 students, a majority of which complete their training in the workplace. For the students who study on-campus, work-based learning is integrated into courses through practical placement or by working on real work projects.