Macquarie University of Australia was founded in 1964, and is committed to becoming a leading research university in Australia. The goal is to become one of the eight research universities in Australia and one of the top 200 universities in the world on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in 20 14.
According to the statistics of 20 12, there are about 37,000 students in the school, including about 79 10 overseas students from 7 1 different countries, and 22/kloc-0 teaching staff, of which 65% have doctoral degrees, which is higher than the national average. Garden-style campus covers an area of 126 hectares, and the northwest is 30 minutes' drive from Sydney Harbour.
The campus is adjacent to Macquarie Center, one of the largest shopping centers in Sydney, and not far from the office buildings of some famous multinational companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Compaq, Honeywell, Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Sony. Macquarie University aims to become a world-famous university without borders, attaches great importance to cultivating students' global adaptability, and strives to cultivate international talents for the 2 1 century.
Macquarie University is recognized by the Organization for International Economic Cooperation and Development as the best practitioner of curriculum internationalization. The school provides more than 100 travel scholarships to encourage students to participate in student exchange programs of overseas cooperation institutions.
In addition to overseas students, Macquarie University's branches in Japan, Singapore, Hongkong and China also have overseas students studying university courses.
Many foreign students as exchange students also choose to complete 1 to 2 semesters at Macquarie University. Macquarie University has more than 250 cooperative universities around the world, and there are many different exchange learning opportunities to choose from. For example, the "Master of Applied Finance" program in Tsinghua University has been established in cooperation with Macquarie University since 2004, and Macquarie University teachers are responsible for teaching.
The university is divided into three departments: Business School, Humanities and Social Sciences College and Science and Technology College. The main subjects are economics and finance, management, education, linguistics and psychology, humanities, law, sociology, cultural media, laser research, environment and life sciences, information and computer science, etc. , enjoys a high reputation in the world.