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Student Mobility at Monash
Ms Wendy Tran, Executive Officer, Monash Abroad
Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
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Some key facts
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Monash ranks 1st in Australia for most forms of international study
experiences.
Monash ranks 1st in the Go8 for proportion of students undertaking study
experiences in Asia.
Were it to be included in US rankings, Monash would rank 2nd (after NYU)
in annual outbound international student experiences.
7 of Monash’s last 8 Rhodes scholars are alumni of Monash international
study programs
(sources: Australian University International Directors Forum 2012 & comparative data from
Institute of International Education Open Doors data 2011).
Sector leadership
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Internationally - Forum on Education Abroad.
Nationally - International Education Association of Australia (IEAA).
State based - Victorian Exchange Consortium (VicX).
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What’s the value-add?
 Living up to our messaging:
“Our global network gives Monash students more
opportunities to experience different cultures and ways of
seeing the world. Our programs and travel grants make it
easy for you to spend a semester or more at one of our
international campuses or academic partners”
(source: ‘Study at Monash’ http://www.monash.edu.au/study/rankings/access.html 19 March 2013)
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What’s the value-add?
 The aspirational value proposition
Stakeholder
Future students
Proposition
The global mobility options at Monash helped make it my first choice.
Current students
Monash’s mobility offerings extend the academic experience, allowing me to develop
as a ‘discoverer’. It equipped me for employment or my next degree.
Employers
Monash students have great opportunities to work across cultures and borders.
Monash graduates show adaptability needed to work globally and capacity to act as
agents of change.
Mobility partners
The Monash experience adds value to our own degree programs and we guide
students to Monash as a preferred international partner.
Monash
Monash is more attractive to the best students and those desiring to become global
students. Our degrees are valued by employers because of the attributes our mobility
programs help develop.
(source: Monash Abroad 2012-2015 Plan, approved by GEC (1/2012) and Academic Board (2/2012)
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Students come from and go to (region)
Region
2011 INBOUND TO MONASH
No. Students
Australia/Oceania
Percentage %
2011 OUTBOUND FROM MONASH
No. Students
Percentage %
0
0.00%
265
10.19%
Americas
140
24.87%
278
10.69%
Europe
198
35.17%
970
37.29%
8
1.42%
17
0.65%
North East Asia
27
4.80%
526
20.22%
South East Asia
14.96%
Middle East/North Africa
186
33.04%
389
South Asia
0
0.00%
30
1.15%
Sub-Saharan Africa
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0.71%
126
4.84%
563
100.00%
2601
100.00%
TOTAL
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Students come from and go to (Faculty)
Faculty
Art, Design and Architecture
2011 INBOUND TO MONASH
No. Students
Percentage %
14
2.49%
2011 OUTBOUND FROM MONASH
No. Students
87
Percentage %
3.34%
Arts
Business and Economics
Education
Engineering
Information Technology
Law
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
186
141
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14
22
88
33.04%
25.04%
0.71%
7.64%
2.49%
3.91%
15.63%
658
619
83
192
120
279
365
25.30%
23.80%
3.19%
7.38%
4.61%
10.73%
14.03%
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science
Sciences
TOTAL
11
40
563
1.95%
7.10%
100.00%
29
169
2601
1.11%
6.50%
100.00%
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Financial available to students
 Monash Abroad travel scholarship $200-$2,500
 Complimentary travel insurance
 OS-HELP loan up to $6051 per six month overseas study in 2013. Students can receive
up to two loans in their life.
 International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) scholarship $2,500-$5000 for certain
countries
 Student loan – interest free (Monash Connect) up to $3000
 Monash global equity bursary $2,500-$4,000 (Coursework Scholarships)
 Foreign government scholarships (from some host universities)
 Centrelink payments can still be received
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Homecoming Forum Melbourne
 Forum for returning exchange students
 Universities in Melbourne area come together to celebrate the success
for returning students
 This forum provides students opportunities to:
o share their overseas exchange experiences
o receive expert advice on cultural de-brief and career enhancement
o speak to employers representing non-profit, corporate and
volunteering sectors
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Some recent cases
James Brooks
Arts/Law student one of 12 Australian students selected to take part in the
Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Program (UCWIP), placing him in a US
Congressional office for 8 weeks during the Presidential inauguration.
Michael Chin received the 2012 Prime Minister's Australia Asia Outgoing
Postgraduate Award, currently completing a Master of Laws, undertaking
a one year placement at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and internship in
the Shanghai office of King and Wood Mallesons in cross border
transactions.
Laura Driessen current Bachelor of Science (Science Scholar Program)
student exchanged to Warwick with an Australian Government
International Student Exchange Program (ISEP) Scholarship. On
exchange Laura represented Warwick and Monash University at the
Intercultural University Forum in Meknès, Morocco and presented as an
international panellist at Warwick One World Week.
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Some recent alumni
Victor Finkel
2011 Victorian Rhodes Scholar completed degrees in
Music and Aerospace Engineering (aerodynamics and
computational fluid dynamics), exchanged to the
University of Miami – Coral Gables.
William Moore
2010 Monash Alumni student awardee completed a
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with intercampus exchange
to South Africa where he co-founded the Students
Involved in Free Enterprise, challenging students to
address business and economic issues in their local
communities. He was instrumental in growing the reach
of the Monash Saturday School for disadvantaged
students in the Zandspruit settlement.
Geoffrey Pascoe
2013 Victorian Rhodes Scholar completed a Bachelor of
Computer Science with Honours, participated in the
MURPA program to University of California, San Diego.
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