Monash University is one of the top universities in the world (Ranked 57) and one of the top universities in Australia (Group of 8). Monash University is a public research university with high research output and has world class facilities. Business Information Systems course teaches the best of both worlds, IT and business.
Course Curriculum
The course is highly relevant to my interest and the course structure is highly flexible making our easy for students to choose from a wide pool of courses offered by the faculty. All the courses are inline with the industry standards and offer a real time study approach to make it more engaging.
Exams
My Scores: TOEFL 102/120 Class Minimum score: 81/120 You should have atleast 80% overall achievement throughtout high school and undergraduate study.
Placement
Post-study placement is different for Masters students as it is for Undergraduate study. Undergraduate study has a compulsory IBL (Industry Based Learning) unit where students work in industry on some project. This helps students in placements. Master's degree has a Industry Experience Studio Project where studnets from different courses within the faculty of IT come together to work on a project which is mentored by industry professionals. There are timee when companies like Google and Microsoft visit campus for seminars.
Events
Monash University provides world class facilities including a wide array of clubs to choose from based on your interests. We have the Monash Graduate Association which helps us in our education in every possible way. MGA arranges weekly events, including weekly music concerts in campus, food festivals, indian festivals and many more. Monash has on campus gym, swimming pool, a library with discussion rooms, 24 hr study lounges, pantry services and 24 hour IT labs. From research perspective, Monash provides equal opportunity to students to apply to various summer vacation research scholarship programs.
Scholarship
Yes, I received Monash international student merit scholarship of 4000$. After joining Monash, I applied for summer research scholarship for which I received 500$/week till the project completion. I had to apply separately to the professor where I submitted SoP and a short interview was conducted to check my knowledge on the topic.
Faculty
My course comes under faculty of IT of Monash University. Faculty of IT is one of the best faculties of Monash University. The faculty to student ratio is 1:15. Each week we have one to one faculty dropin consultation sessions. The lectures are for 2 hours in a week to cover the course content and within the week there is a 2 hour post classroom workshop or studio session which provides practical knowledge on the content learned during lecture. The faculty has a 8 hour self study per week agenda. You can choose from a wide pool of workshops according to your convenience. The leacturers and tutors are easily approachable always ready to answer any queries whether during a class or in online discussion forums.
Hostel
No, I live in a shared apartment on rent
