Wollongong continues its five-star success
14 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
NOTE: EMBARGOED BY GOOD UNIVERSITIES GUIDE TILL 11PM TUESDAY AUGUST 14
The official release tonight of the 2008 Good Universities Guide will reaffirm the University of Wollongong’s standing as one of the country’s leading research institutions and a place where students not only experience a five-star educational experience but a five-star chance of gaining a job with a top salary at the end of their degree.
Under the Guide’s ranking system, only the top 20 per cent of universities can be awarded a five-star rating in any one category.
Wollongong recorded the maximum five stars for: Research intensivity; the educational experience – generic skills; educational experience – graduate satisfaction; and in the graduate outcomes category for (a) getting a job; (b) positive graduate outcomes; and (c) graduate starting salary.
The guide’s authors highlighted the fact that UOW was in the top seven nationally for graduate employment.
They described UOW overall as a “strong performer” and pointed out that Wollongong scored consistently across many major indicators.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wollongong, Professor Gerard Sutton, said the categories in which UOW consistently excelled were key indicators of a university performing at a very high level.
He said the guide’s findings clearly showed that UOW was among the elite research and teaching universities in this country.
“Australian and overseas students will scrutinise this guide very carefully and when they do they will see just how well the University of Wollongong stands out in comparison to other universities,” he said.
The Good Universities Guide draws its information from the Federal Government’s Department of Education, Science and Training as well as the results of the national Graduate Destination Surveys.
For further information contact the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International), Professor Rob Castle on (02) 4221 3960.
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