Australian national university is ranked as one of the best institutions in the world for studying public policy. In addition, Canberra is a conducive environment for students and has a very open-minded community. The reason for choosing Australia over any other global destination is that it has one of the highest minimum wages and is one of the safest countries to live in.
Exams
My motivation behind studying public policy is to learn and understand how the system works so that I can eventually attempt to fix it. Being from a developing country such as India, there is a lot of built-up frustration with the system and how the rules are bent to benefit the rich and privileged and education I felt was the best way to constructively use this to build a better world. My batch strength is about 80. It is mandatory as an international student to maintain a full-time load of a minimum of 4 courses and I need to complete 96 credits to graduate (16 courses). IELTS 8.5.
Placement
The ANU offers plenty of internship opportunities and an on-campus job. It boasts of having its own jobs portal which is accessible through the university website which is constantly brimming with new opportunities both academic and otherwise on campus.
Internship
The college has a very successful opportunities and placements program. Companies from all kinds of industries hire students graduating from the ANU. Through the course of the program, the ANU hosts speakers and guest lecturers from diverse backgrounds and industries which provides opportunities for students to interact and network which implicitly increases the job prospects for future graduates.
Fees
An international postgraduate coursework student without scholarships pays anywhere around 80,000 AUD through the course of the program. There are plenty of scholarship opportunities that are available to ANU students throughout the year. This also includes emergency scholarship programs for students whose financial situation has changed drastically from the beginning of the prog.
Faculty
The faculty of my college is highly credible and come from a variety of backgrounds. This allows us to understand the perspective of people from different parts of the world. They have diverse methods of teaching all of which are effective in their own way.
Hostel
The ANU has plenty of on-campus accommodation options. They all have an application procedure and are equitably distributed using diverse parameters. Living on campus is saves a lot of time and since the city is built around ANU, part-time jobs are easy to find if you stay on campus.
