Southern Cross University

The Government of Australia is the sole controlling authority of the Southern Cross University. The University commands high respect and reputation for its various quality programs.

Provider Information

The University is well-known for its excellent teaching methods and support activities for facilitating its high quality programs having high academic values. Strong emphasis is laid on vocational orientation for teaching these programs. The research profile of the University constitutes 400 students pursuing their doctoral level courses in phytochemistry, environmental science and plant genetics at world class study centres.

The University campuses are located in Coffs Harbor, Lismore and Tweed Gold-Coast in the northern part of New South-Wales. It takes around one hour to reach here by air from Brisbane and Sydney. Regular flights and good connectivity by rail and road facilitates students for easily accessing these cities. The University provides a modern, friendly, and secure environment, owing to its distance from big cities. Developed public facilities and low cost of living makes it even more enticing to study in the University.

Students also have the option of studying select programs from specialist centres located in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. They can also opt for overseas locations like China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand. The student community of the University is approximately 12,500 in number which includes 550 on-campus international students belonging to 50 different nations of the world such as India, Korea, USA, Japan, UK, Pacific Islands, Vietnam, Canada, Sweden, Germany and Norway.

Major Areas Of Study

The Southern Cross University offers courses in the following fields:

• Business
• Humanities
• Contemporary Music
• Media
• Computing and Information Technology
• Environmental Science
• Visual Arts
• Hospitality & Tourism
• Law
• Health Science
• Coastal Management
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Marine Science
• Sports Science
• Medicine
• Hotel Management
• Psychology
• Workplace Development
• Nursing
• Indigenous Studies of Australia

International Student Services

The various activities taken up by the student services are:

• Pre-departure information
• Accommodation Placement
• Airport Reception
• Comprehensive Orientation
• Career Counseling
• English Assistance
• Social Activities
• Religious guidance
• Academic as well as Personal support

Accommodation

The campuses of Coffs Harbor and Lismore provide on-campus accommodation which constitutes a self-catering apartment. Assistance is provided by the University in finding off-campus accommodation like rented houses or home stay accommodation.

Airport Pickup

The University’s International Office has to be informed well beforehand by the arriving students so that their pick up gets properly arranged.

Orientation Meetings

The orientation schedule differs on the basis of number of semesters. For trimester courses, orientation occurs during January, May and August respectively, whereas for most of the other courses, it occurs during February and July.

Opportunities to Study Abroad

The University exchange program provides excellent opportunities to students for studying abroad in universities of North America, UK, Asia and Europe, for completing one or two semesters of their study.

Excellent teaching, strong academics and heavy research emphasis makes this University an extremely suitable place to pursue your higher education.