Sydney Archdiocese report
26 Aug 2011
Students at University of Notre Dame have
plenty of reasons to celebrate
Although it is one of the newest universities in Australia, the University of Notre Dame (UND) has received five star ratings from the Good Universities Guide for the fifth year in a row.
The different rankings ranging from one star to five appear each year in Australia's influential Good Universities Guide. Based on a survey of university graduates assessments are made of categories ranging from the quality of teaching to the ability to find full time jobs after graduation.
Under the Teaching Quality classification, UND not only received five stars but ranked higher than long-established universities such as Melbourne's Monash University, Sydney's University of NSW (UNSW) and the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.
When it came to Positive Graduate Outcomes, UND also did extremely well. Awarded five stars in this category, UND was ranked in the top level alongside the University of Western Australian, Queensland's Bond University, ANU, UNSW, Monash and the University of Wollongong.
In terms of Overall Satisfaction, graduates of the university also gave UND an impressive five stars, up there with ANU, Bond University, the University of New England and Edith Cowan University.
Vice-Chancellor of UND, Professor Celia Hammond says she is delighted with UND's performance, particularly as the University has managed to consistently achieve five star rankings in Australia's Good Universities Guide for the past five years.
"This is a testament to the commitment of the University's outstanding staff," she says and adds that she is equally delighted that UND received a five star rating in the Entry Flexibility category.
With campuses in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney, UND's admission process is distinctive and different from most other university. Applicants who wish to study at UND are not only asked to give a personal statement supporting the reasons they wish to study at the University, but are also given a personal interview designed to assist them in their decision and their choice of degree.
The interview is also very much part of the one-to-one involvement that UND begins with the admissions process and fosters with each of its students across its three campuses.
Professor Hammond says pastoral care remains at the heart of UND and the university education offered is in the context of Catholic faith and values. All students at UND undertake philosophy, ethics and theology as core subjects regardless of the degree for which they are studying.
UND is also well regarded not only with its undergraduate programs but for the high standard of its research, post graduate and doctoral programs.
To find out more about courses and degrees offered and how to enrol at UND, log on to www.nd.edu
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