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墨尔本大学 
墨尔本大学的优越教学传统起於西元1853年，虽然有着久远的历史，但是，校务与时代的潮流同步，注重新生代的学习方式，并做为成长的目标，此为墨尔本大学一贯的治校原则。 
墨尔本大学周边环境 墨尔本大学校园占地22.5公顷，校园里有美丽的花园和古老的建筑。大学位于考顿这座大都市的近郊内。校园就像一个小村庄，而且从校园到墨尔本市市中心，也是相当近的。 
今天，墨尔本大学不仅声誉国际闻名，其卓越的教学品质更使学校成为许多学生所向往就读的第一学府。澳大利亚有很多的学术奖项，都是由学校的学生所获得，更可证明其在学术上的教学成果。 学生人数 作为墨尔本大学的一名学生，你可以接触到来自不同社会和文化背景的学生。 目前在校学生的人数是三万五千多人，包括九千名研究生和三万六千名大学生，在这些学竹中有大约五千一百人来自八十多个海外国家。教师的数目是二千五百二十人。 主要的国际声誉与成就 在2000年六月，墨尔本大学被《亚洲周刊》评为澳大利亚最出色的学院。 (详见www.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek) 由于具有杰出的师资力量，我们的教育环境生机勃勃，而且为未来时代培养了大批领导者和经理人才。由于我们对学术的重视，一大批具有专业知识的人才被吸引过来，从而保证我们的课程总是处于领先地位。 表明墨尔本大学作为澳大利亚最出色院校的数字： ·1998年在研究方面投入的经费为268.5澳元，从而成为澳大利亚最大的科研机构。 ·1999年我们的科研者获得澳大利亚科研理事会所提供的最高份额的基金。 ·科学信息学院的成立，确保了墨尔本大学在众多澳大利亚国际院校中名列首位。 课程的灵活性 墨尔本大学所设置的课程灵活性很大，可以选择综合性学科也可进行跨学科的选择，这对于那些寻求具有综合能力的雇主十分有利。 学校设施及其服务 墨尔本大学在对国际学生提供服务方面一直是有口皆碑的，而且获得了澳大利亚的大学教学的一个奖章(由教育、培训和青年服务部颁发)下面列出了一部分相当出色的设施和服务项目: 图书馆 墨尔本大学图书馆是国内最古老也是最大的图书馆之一，藏书量达300多万册，还拥有CD盘数据库、微型视听材料，可以查找20多种文字的图书，图书馆是南半球最大图书馆之一。 职业与就业 通过大学设置职业与就业联合会(位于职业人才中心)，国际学生在回国后可以找到满意的工作。这个中心所提供的服务包括：与雇上相联系并安排校内见面，对于一些重要的国家在人才和劳动力 市场的信息加以更新(详见www.services.unimelb.edu.au/careers/) 住宿 国际学生优先住宿，提供了一系列可供选择的住宿情况。既可以为整个学习期间也可以为一小段时间安排大学生宿舍和大学公寓。同样，住宿服务也提供了其他住宿方式，例如独立租房住宿和家庭寄宿、住宿服务的网址是www.services.unimelb.edu.au/sss/housing/index.htrm 若获取进一步信息详见www.services.unimelb.edu.au/sss/index.html 墨尔本大学大学部目前有十一个科系，分别是：建 、文学、商学、教育、工程、土地和食品资源、法律、医学、音乐、科学和兽医。另外还有维多利亚艺术学院所提供的音乐、舞蹈、美术、戏剧以及电影和电视课程。除此之外，墨尔本商业管理学校和研究所的各科系更提供了学生研究进修的最佳学术去处。 
下面是这所学校的历史（英文的哦，可以锻炼一下你的英语阅读能力！） The study of history has been part of the curriculum of the University of Melbourne since it began teaching in 1854. The study of history, and the history of the University (150 years of academic excellence), makes some fascinating reading. Overview The University of Melbourne is as much a part of the City of Melbourne as its people. The University of Melbourne was founded very early in the history of the colony of Victoria, less than 20 years after Batman and Fawkner arrived and less than two years after gold commenced the dramatic increase of population and wealth. The University itself was a direct product of the gold rushes. It was made possible by the wealth of gold and was a demonstration of how important Victoria now saw itself. It was a conscious move by the raw and young community to cloak itself with some of the culture and sophistication of the parent country, and to assert its equality with Sydney whose university opened in 1852. Melbourne's University was also intended to be an agency of civilisation - to improve the moral character of the colony. Like so much else in the new colony, the University was a state facility rather than a private or church enterprise. To avoid sectarian influence and jealousy it was made a purely secular institution - forbidden to offer degrees in divinity, there were to be no clergy among its staff and the numbers of clergy on the Council were limited. Provision was made for the churches to establish colleges - but they were marginalised to the northern perimeter. The legislation establishing the University of Melbourne was introduced late in 1852 and passed early in 1853, making it older than all the universities in England except Oxford, Cambridge, Durham and London, and older than most in the British empire. Its foundation was principally the result of the efforts of three men - barrister Redmond Barry, colonial auditor-general Hugh Childers and Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe. The foundation stone was laid in July 1854, and the first four professors arrived early in 1855. The building was not yet ready so classes commenced in April 1855 in the exhibition building in William Street. The University building was occupied late in the year. 
Initially there only four faculties, each with its own professor, four talented men attracted by high salaries. They were: WP Wilson (Mathematics) Henry E Rowe (Classics and Ancient History), who died soon after arrival and was replaced by MH Irving Frederick McCoy (Natural Sciences) WE Hearn (Modern History, Literature and Political Economy) The University commenced with 16 students, subsequently dropping to 11 before rising slowly over the next few decades. In part, the low numbers indicate that there was little demand in the colony for a university education and that there were few secondary schools able to prepare students for the matriculation examination. The small intakes stimulated a continuing debate between those who wished to cling to a traditional classics-dominated curriculum and those who argued for more utilitarian, profession-oriented courses. In 1857 law was introduced, in the early 1860s medicine and engineering. Government of the University was complex, consisting of a Council, a Senate and a Professorial Board. The first Vice-Chancellor was Hugh Childers, then still in his twenties, but in those years it was a much less important position than today. The University was largely dominated by the foundation Chancellor, Redmond Barry, who held the position until his death in 1880. In 1881 legislation made minor reforms to the University, including allowing for the admission of women. This confirmed a decision previously made within the University after a long and bitter battle. At first women were confined to arts, the first woman graduate being Bella Guerin in 1883. In 1887 women were admitted to medicine. The contentious issue of the role of the University was still being debated late in the century, especially in the 1890s because of depression cutbacks and falling enrolments. There was some broadening of courses in areas of engineering and the sciences, but matters came to a head when it was discovered in 1902 that Frederick Dickson, the Bursar, had been siphoning off large sums of University money and that it was effectively bankrupt. A Royal Commission was appointed, chaired by Theodore Fink, into the governance and operation of the institution. The recommendations led to a broadening into more utilitarian courses in such areas as agriculture, dentistry and education, and a restoration of funding. There commenced a major period of renewal in the first decade of the century. From then until 1945, the University played two principal roles. One was to provide professional training (now including commerce) for young men and women of the affluent classes, and occasionally offering the chance for poor but brilliant scholarship students to rise professionally and socially. (Gradually, too, a few women gained a foothold on the staff.) The other role was as a significant site for research, an activity which had emerged late in the nineteenth century but which grew increasingly important as the twentieth century advanced. Significant reforms of university government in 1923 legislation reduced the significance of the Senate and made the Council more clearly the pre-eminent forum. However, there was the continuing problem that the first officer was a part-time unpaid Chancellor. Finally the first paid Vice-Chancellor, Raymond Priestley, was appointed in 1936 and succeeded in 1939 by John Medley. Arguably the most important period for the University commenced after World War 2. A rapidly growing demand for higher education transformed the University of Melbourne from a small and elite institution which was far beyond the reach of most people in the community to a huge institution drawing from broadly across the population and offering instruction in an ever-increasing and changing range of courses, and which was now essentially Commonwealth funded. From the 1960s it was only one of a number of universities, and beyond them was a mounting number of competing tertiary colleges. The 1980s and 1990s brought amalgamations with a number of those colleges, including the Melbourne College of Advanced Education and the Victorian College of the Arts, enhancing the university's role as a broadly based teaching and research institution. In the late twentieth century, the University of Melbourne maintains its pre-eminent position among Australian universities and is increasingly international in its outlook and its reputation. 1998 saw the establishment of Melbourne's private arm, Melbourne University Private. Melbourne and its graduates will continue to grow in the esteem of future generations in the new century, always proud of its fine history but always aiming to lead the way in higher education over the decades to come. 150th Anniversary Discover 150 years of academic excellence and the remarkable individuals that have been part of the University of Melbourne. Archives Discover historical information dating from 1853, compiled of print, image and reference materials. ---- 
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