Hi.
I'm Isabelle and I've just completed my Bachelor of Commerce.While You've only just gotten
into the University of Melbourne, we want to make sure that you're aware of the opportunities within your degree
that may take you to other places around the world.
Studying overseas is an unforgettable experience offering a range of benefits.
It gives you a unique chance to enhance your university experience
and add to your degree. It allows you to immerse yourself in a different culture,
develop critical employability skills,
get new perspectives and make lifelong friends.
Within the bachelor of commerce, there is a diverse range of opportunities to study overseas
as well as a range of co-curricular international learning options including international internships
or practical placements in overseas companies,
and the Faculty's extensive international case competition programme.
By participating in an exchange program you can study at a partner institution while
continuing to pay your fees to the University of Melbourne.
The University of Melbourne has partnerships
with over 200 institutions throughout the world,
and we are constantly adding to this list.
Whether you dream of living and studying in a cosmopolitan European city,
aspire to attend a prestigious American university,
or wish to develop a cultural understanding of the Asian region,
there is an opportunity available for you.
You also have the opportunity to study abroad at an overseas institution through a fee paying
program. This means you can independently apply to a host institution that
is not partnered with the University of Melbourne.
However you will be required to pay the fees for this program directly to the host institution.
While studying overseas is not possible in your first year,
it is the perfect time to explore and consider the options that are available to you.
Applications for semester or year long exchange
or study abroad are due more than six months before you plan on studying overseas
and require you to put in some time researching options for locations,
institutions and subjects.
If you do wish to pursue study overseas,
learning more now will put you in the best possible position to succeed.
Many majors in the BCOM have strict accreditation requirements relating to the completion
of compulsory subjects, another reason commerce students need to think about planning
for International Studies sooner rather than later.
One common way to ensure you can make compulsory accreditation requirements for your chosen
Major is to develop a study plan that allows you to complete a semester of breadth
subjects or commerce electives whilst overseas.
Planning early is key.
Need some inspiration as to where you could spend a semester overseas?
How about exchange at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles,
The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania,
The Leonard Stern School of Business at New York University,
The National University of Singapore's business school,
the Guanghua school of management at Peking University,
The Copenhagen Business School, or the Alliance Manchester Business School at the University
of Manchester. Or maybe you want to consider participating in the Berkeley
Haas global access program via a study abroad.
These are just a few of the options available to you.
To make overseas study as easy and affordable as possible the university provides
a generous international mobility scholarship program.
There are grants and fellowships you can apply for
and Australian students with a Commonwealth supported place can apply for an OS-HELP loan
from the Australian government.
Another option for studying overseas is to choose from one of a growing range of short
term programs available to students in the BCOM.
You can complete subjects intensively as a part of international summer
and winter schools with a range of our partners.
These programs typically run for three
or four weeks during our summer and winter breaks.
Other shorter term options for international study include University of Melbourne subjects
delivered overseas. Two University of Melbourne overseas subjects only
available to commerce students are Global Management Consulting
and International Business Experience.
In Global Management Consulting, you'll spend two weeks in an overseas city working
in a company on a live business project whilst honing your business
and management skills. You get to experience the culture,
society and business practices of another country firsthand.
In international business experience,
students participate in a two week overseas study program designed to provide a broad
overview of management and business in an international context.
Students spend time studying at an overseas institution,
visiting companies and government agencies,
and participating in cultural activities
and excursions to gain insight into a country's business practices
and local economies.
You can check out both of these overseas subjects on our website.
If overseas study is something you are passionate about,
we want to help you achieve these goals.
Head to the study overseas and faculty web pages.
Spend some time researching the program's subjects
and co-curricular options that appeal to you, review the financial support available to support
your participation, then visit Stop 1 to talk to a course advisor
and get the ball rolling. Remember that the range of overseas study programs is constantly
growing. So always be on the look out through the website,
Facebook and the newsletters for new and exciting opportunities.