Study in Melbourne

Melbourne is a vibrant city with an estimated population of four million. Clean air and green parks with beautiful gardens are hallmarks of this city.  Melbourne is characterised by an extensive juxtaposition of old and new architecture. The beautiful scenery of this capital and its high rating in education, entertainment, health care, research and development, tourism and sport makes it the world’s most livable city for tourists, students and immigrants that wish to set their new life in Australia. For the residence of Melbourne it was no surprise when this city was ranked as the second most desirable city to live.

At a little distance from Melbourne, you can reach the beautiful beaches that are ideal for swimming and water sports, also the popular ski resorts of Victoria can easily be accessed from this city.

Melbourne is located in the southeast corner of Australia by the Philip Harbor. The Yarra River is a perennial river in east central of the State of Victoria that passes through the city of Melbourne in Australia. This is city is only 200 years old, and during this short period of time, has managed to be ranked as one of the best cities of the world. Many people claim Melbourne is Australia’s arts (or cultural) capital. As a result many art and cultural events happens in this city. In addition, sports events like Australian Rules Football (AFL) takes place in Melbourne. The city is one of the leading cities of Australia with productive economic activities. Melbourne was the first cities of Australia that managed to survive the 2008 economic crisis. In following years many jobs opportunities were created, which was of a great success comparing to other cities of the country.

Melbourne has a temperate oceanic climate and is well known for its changeable weather condition. The temperature rarely falls below 0 degrees, and the highest it gets during summer is 28 degrees C.  However, it has been reported the temperature to fall as low as -22 and as high as 46 degrees in rare occasions. This city is expected to face shortage of housing supply, as the population is growing rapidly. As a result the prices are quite high as has been ranked as the 4^th most expensive city to live.  Therefore it is recommended that students reside in university’s dormitories. More information about the State of Victoria can be found on the relevant page.

Universities

Below is the list of universities in Melbourne:

·         University of Melbourne

·         Monash University

·         RMIT University

·         La Trobe University

·         Swinburne University

·         University of Victoria

Universities of Melbourne and Monash University are part of Group of 8 Australian Universities, which are located in Melbourne. Monash University is Australia’s largest university. On the other hand, University of Melbourne is the second oldest university in Australia and in 2010 was recognised as the best university of the country. According to Times Ranking this university was placed as the 36^th place in the world. Click on any of the above mentioned universities for more information.

Melbourne University offers all sorts of courses. In addition to the two mentioned Group of 8 universities that have strict entry requirements, other universities of Melbourne have easier conditions of acceptance. Hence students that wish to study in Melbourne have a wide range of universities to choose based on their circumstances. Students of Deakin and Australian Catholic Universities use the campuses of Melbourne University.