DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

GEELONG
Melbourne (Burwood-Toorak)
                (Warnambool-Waurn Ponds)                                         

With some 200,000 inhabitants, Geelong is Victoria's second largest city, 76 km west of Melbourne. Geelong is surrounded by farmland and is noted for its many wineries and nearby surf beaches along the Great Ocean Road. During clear weather, the Melbourne skyline is visible from Geelong when viewed across Port Phillip.

Average temperature in Geelong peaks at 25.6 °C in February to a low of 14 °C. Winter temperature averages 14 to 5 °C in July.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Deakin is one of Australia's largest universities, providing all the resources of a major university to more than 32,000 award students from all over the world. Yet the campuses are easy to get around and there is a strong community feeling. The Geelong campus is one of 5 Deakin University campuses. It is situated approximately eight kilometres west of the city centre of Geelong, and courses in the areas of Arts, Business and Management, Communication and Media, Engineering, Government and Community, International Studies, IT, Law, Psychology, Science, Teaching and Wine Science are currently taught at the campus.

ASSORTED FACTS

TUITION
Standard annual fees range between $14,200 and $33,600 for undergraduate studies, and $15,700 to $ 34,650 for postgraduate studies. Study Abroad: $7,350/semester. This fee includes tuition, Beach or Bush orientation trip, airport reception and transfer upon arrival, student support and academic transcript upon completion of semester. Exchange students get tuition waivers.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation costs at Geelong campus are $4,298 – 4,386 per semester for single rooms with phone and computer access. Bedrooms are furnished and heated. There are shared bathrooms, kitchen and dining rooms, laundry and recreational areas. The Geelong Student Residences include five meals per week. Sporting facilities such as the tennis courts, ovals and the KD Stewart Centre which houses squash courts, basketball courts and a gymnasium are all within a short walking distance from the Residences.

KEY DATES
Semester 1 classes commence ultimo February and end primo June with examinations for a week medio- ultimo June. Semester 2 classes start medio July and end medio October with examinations ultimo October and primo November. Optional 3-day Study Abroad Orientation trips take place medio February and primo July.

VISA
Norwegian citizens need a visa to study in Australia. You should apply for a visa before leaving and you will need a Confirmation of Enrolment from the university to qualify.

CURIO
Deakin University is not the only distinguished institution of learning in Geelong. The Geelong Grammar School, a world-renown boarding school, has tutored such notable students as HRH Charles, Prince of Wales, Rupert Murdoch and John Fairfax, several Australian top politicians, as well as HRH Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Sultan of Terengganu, King of Malaysia.

LINKS: THE UNIVERSITY AND ANSA'S COUNTRY PAGES
www.deakin.edu.au
www.ansa.no/land/australia