Melbourne Uni falls out of favour

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http://www.theage.com.au/national/melbourne-uni-falls-out-of-favour-20090107-7c08.html

A YEAR after the introduction of the new Melbourne model, the number of Victorians who put Melbourne University first on their list of tertiary preferences has slumped.

- Interest in Melbourne University slumps
- Follows introduction of US-style model
- Year 12 applications for Monash rise

First-preference data from the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre reveals that 9874 people, or 16 per cent of all university applicants, selected Melbourne University as their first preference this year, down from 19 per cent in 2008.

The data also shows that the number of students wanting to study at Monash University, Melbourne's cross-town competitor, has increased. Last year 12,186 students — or 20 per cent of all applications — put Monash as their first preference. This year it rose to 12,959, or 21 per cent.

The number of first-preference applications to Deakin University, RMIT and Australian Catholic University rose while La Trobe, Swinburne, University of Ballarat and Victoria University remained steady.

In its US-style curriculum revamp last year, Melbourne University abolished 96 undergraduate degrees and replaced them with six broad options: arts, science, commerce, environments, music and biomedicine. Students can specialise in subjects like law and medicine at graduate level.

The university said the first-preference figures for 2009 were skewed because courses such as undergraduate medicine were not offered under the new model. Melbourne University acting vice-chancellor Professor Peter McPhee said he was pleased that the university's first preferences for Commonwealth-supported places had increased.

"Melbourne arts, science and commerce (courses) are three of the four most sought-after courses in Victoria or even Australia," he said.

"We are particularly pleased with the strong demand for arts and science and our biomedicine course has a 46 per cent increase on 2008."

Melbourne University Student Union president Carla Drakeford said current students had mixed feelings about the model and year 12s were taking this into account when making their preferences.

Deakin University's acting vice-chancellor, John Rosenberg, said there had been a strong rise in applications for undergraduate courses such as engineering.

"There is no doubt there are some students who see an advantage in immediately entering an undergraduate degree that will give them a job at the end of it," he said.

But he said it was good that year 12 students had the choice of a US-style curriculum.

Professor Adam Shoemaker, Monash's acting vice-chancellor, said increased interest in courses at Monash reflected the introduction of the Monash "passport" last October — whereby the university cut some courses, placed greater emphasis on double degrees and will send more students to overseas campuses.

He said the university was strongly interested in flexible and double degrees, especially in social science, humanities, science, business and law.

First-preference applications closed in late December and there were 62,427 applications through VTAC, up from 61,024 in 2008.

The full list of round one tertiary offers will be available exclusively at theage.com.au from 6.30pm on Monday, 19 January.

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"Melbourne arts, science and commerce (courses) are three of the four most sought-after courses in Victoria or even Australia," he said.

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um....does this mean the clearly-in enters for certain courses at Monash will rise, and Melborune will go down?

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Damn New Generation degrees!! Bring back the old degrees with the double degrees as well!

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What's happening with the Melbourne engineering degree? Is it going to be implemented as part of the New Gen degree as of when?

  I really don't want to go along with this new gen crap i just want to finish uni and that's it!

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The Bachelor of Engineering?
Last year because of the introduction of the New Generation degrees, a lot of the course had to be restructured, including the Bachelor of Engineering. The Bachelor of Engineering is not part of the new generation degrees - Its called the "Revised Bachelor of Engineering"
I think after 2010 or something, the Bachelor of Engineering will no longer be offered as a degree. Instead, you take one of its new generation degrees and then go on to do a Masters of Engineering.

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The Bachelor of Engineering?
Last year because of the introduction of the New Generation degrees, a lot of the course had to be restructured, including the Bachelor of Engineering. The Bachelor of Engineering is not part of the new generation degrees - Its called the "Revised Bachelor of Engineering"
I think after 2010 or something, the Bachelor of Engineering will no longer be offered as a degree. Instead, you take one of its new generation degrees and then go on to do a Masters of Engineering.

yer bachelor of engineering. fucking gay, that's when i'm going uni.

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Wait...
Aren't you going to uni in 2010?
I recall that a lecturer told me that the Bachelor of Engineering will have its last intake in semester 2 of 2010.

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Wait...
Aren't you going to uni in 2010?
I recall that a lecturer told me that the Bachelor of Engineering will have its last intake in semester 2 of 2010.

yer i'm going uni in 2010. well if their last intake is in semester 2 of 2010, i'll be able to get into the course before it becomes apart of the new generation program.

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Opps. My last post was incorrect.
According to a link http://eng-unimelb.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eng_unimelb.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3322&p_created=1176772602&p_sid=u_mDxsnj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD01Nyw1NyZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1 on the Melb uni site

"Can I still apply for the Bachelor of Engineering as a four year degree?

The Melbourne School of Engineering will continue to offer a four year Bachelor of Engineering in 2009. The last intake for the Bachelor of Engineering will be Semester 1 2010."
Sorry for that

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Gotta love being a part of the last pre Melbourne model intake

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Opps. My last post was incorrect.
According to a link http://eng-unimelb.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/eng_unimelb.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3322&p_created=1176772602&p_sid=u_mDxsnj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD01Nyw1NyZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9JnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfbmwmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=&p_topview=1 on the Melb uni site

"Can I still apply for the Bachelor of Engineering as a four year degree?

The Melbourne School of Engineering will continue to offer a four year Bachelor of Engineering in 2009. The last intake for the Bachelor of Engineering will be Semester 1 2010."
Sorry for that

but that still means i can apply for the bachelor of engineering course before it becomes apart of the new gen program? I'll be applying for semester 1 anyway. would that be correct?

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Yes. That is correct.

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um....does this mean the clearly-in enters for certain courses at Monash will rise, and Melborune will go down?

I've been told that the clearly-in enter for melbourne new gen degrees will stay at 85 this year.