搜狐专访莫纳什大学区域经理

 

    受访嘉宾：Annie Du，Regional Manager，莫纳什大学

　　1、What are the key strengths of your institution? 在您的心目中，贵学校的最大优势是什么？

　　1） Better jobs. Better money.

　　2） Worldwide reputation

　　3）Leading research

　　4） More choices

　　5）Range of facilities

　　6）Scholarships and work placements (work ready)

　　7）Teaching excellence

　　8）International advantage

　　9）Global alumni network

　　10）Alternative pathways

　　回答：1）就业好，薪水高。

　　2）学校的名声享誉全球。

　　3）领先世界的科研能力。

　　4）专业设置全面。

　　5)硬件设施齐全。

　　6)健全的奖学金制度及就业准备体制，为学生提供合适的实习机会。

　　7)优秀的师资团队。

　　8)国际性优势。

　　9)全球校友网。

　　10)教育途径多样化。

　　2、Is university ranking important or not? Does your institution care about the position of your institution in the world university ranking? What advice you would like to give to students about university ranking? 院校排名是否重要？贵校是否关注自身在世界院校排名中的名次？

　　A: I believe the ranking is important in providing students ideas about the position where the university stand in the world. However, it is more important that student learn the strength of the university, facilities, courses and research capability available to the students.

　　回答：我认为排名可以让学生对学校在国际上的地位有一个感性认识。但在挑选学校时更为重要的是应该详细地了解学校的专业优势、硬件设施、课程设置和科研能力等具体指标。

　　3、目前在校生规模如何？国际学生的比例是多少？有大约多少名中国学生？招收中国学生的人数名额每年大概会是多少？

　　How many students are there in your institution at the moment? A: 57,000

　　What about the percentage of international students? A: 17,000

　　How many Chinese students? A: 5,000

　　Does your institution set a quota for the number of Chinese student your institution recruit every year? A: No. However, the places for Business related courses are filling up very quickly.

　　没有，但应该注意的是我们学校与商科相关的专业在招生时很快就会满员。

　　4、What attributes you expect Chinese students to have when you recruit students, apart from meeting the academic entry requirement set by your institution? 您更为期望招收到具备哪些条件的中国学生？

　　Good English proficiency, independent learning skills.

　　回答：优秀的英文和学习能力。

　　5、What kind of majors/subjects would Chinese students like to choose previously?

　　以往中国学生在申请时，喜欢申请哪些专业？

　　Business related courses.

　　回答：商科相关的专业。

　　6、What majors/subjects/courses which your institution are offering are really good but haven’t been aware of by Chinese students? Can you introduce these majors/subjects/courses?

　　贵学校是否有一些专业非常优秀，却不太为学生所知的？能否对这些专业做一个详尽的介绍?

　　A: Monash University has 10 Faculties and each of them is offering very good courses and great facilities available to students. For example, the strength of the Faculty of Engineering is providing world-class faculty facilities, eg. Southern Hemisphere’s largest wind-tunnel and site of Australia’s synchrotron. Other Faculties are also providing purpose-built faculty buildings.

　　回答：莫纳什大学共有10个学院，每个学院都会为学生提供合理的课程设置及良好的硬件设施。例如，工程学院能为学生提供世界一流的硬件设施，最典型的是全南半球最大的风洞和澳大利亚同步网站。其它的学院也都有与学科相关的配套设施。

　　7、Is there any change on the quota for international students and the amount of scholarships your institution can offer? 在金融风暴下，学校的招生名额以及奖学金方面是否已受到影响？

　　A: Range of scholarships and bursaries valued at more than $2.5 million per year.

　　回答：我们学校每年的奖学金和助学金总数可达250万美元。

　　8、What about the employment of graduates in your institution? What kind of help your institution provide to students to help them with find a job? Any extra measures have been taken to help students in financial crisis? 目前，学校的毕业生就业情况如何？经济危机下，学校如何帮助毕业生更快更好的找到工作，有何举措？

　　A: MONSEACS – online job finding service for graduates continue even after they have left Monash.

　　回答：MONSEACS，这是一个专为我校毕业生就业服务的系统，甚至在学生毕业以后仍可继续使用该系统。

　　9、There have been some issue about safety of international students in Australia? Any advice you would like to give to Chinese students? 关于最近发生的一系列留学生在澳洲安全问题，您有何看法及建议？

　　A: Melbourne is selected as the top No. 3 best city to live. General speaking, it is quite safe living in Melbourne. However, we all understand that crime is every where, so I would suggest keeping your eyes on any thing or people look suspicious and report it. This is not only protecting yourself but others.

　　回答：墨尔本在全澳所有最适合居住的城市里排名第三。总体来说居住在墨尔本还是很安全的。但同样我们也应意识到犯罪是无处不在的，所以我建议学生还是应提高自我防范意识，一旦发现可疑情况及时报告。这不但是在保护自己，同样也是在保护他人。