Canberra, Friday 18 January 2002

ANU offers 175 additional undergraduate places, 13 new programs and Arts enrolments up by a third

Today 1,480 students from the ACT and NSW will receive their main round university offers to The Australian National University through UAC. 175 additional undergraduate places have been offered which will be great news for many school leavers waiting by their letter boxes today.

The offers for places at the ANU have been sent by post from the Universities Admission Centre in NSW. A total of 2,580 offers (including 90 full-fee paying overseas students) have now been sent out in the 2002 Preliminary and Main Round. 634 school leavers from the ACT (192) and NSW (442) will be among those to receive places today.

The Main Round offers maintain the cut-off marks of the Preliminary Round. The ANU has offered places to students with UAIs of 92 for Law, 86 for Actuarial Studies, 82 for Engineering, Photonics and Computational Science, 77 for specialist Asian Studies programs, 73 for Medical Science and 70 for all other degrees.

There has been a 31 per cent increase in applications for courses offered by the ANU Faculty of Arts. Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Adam Shoemaker, puts the renaissance down to the distinctive nature of the ANU Arts Faculty and academic innovation.

"The ANU Faculty of Arts not only has the ideal physical location but the tradition it's grown from makes the education students receive here unique. The strong research culture goes hand in hand with a rich undergraduate experience. Students can expect to be taught by leaders in their field, both national and international."

"The new BA courses for 2002, BA (International Relations) and BA (Social Work), are tremendous areas of interest in Canberra and the responses to the new courses have exceeded our expectations and we're delighted."

A total of 13 new programs are on offer this year at the ANU:
Bachelor of Photonics in the Faculty of Science;
Bachlor of Arts (International Relations)and Bachelor of Arts (Social Work)in the Faculty of Arts;
Bachelor Electronic Commerce and Bachelor of Finance in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce;
Bachelor of Engineering (Communication Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronic Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Manufacturing and Mechanical Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Materials and Mechanical Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Semiconductor Electronics), Bachelor of Engineering (Sustainable Energy Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Photonic Systems), Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Systems) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

There are still opportunities for people to change their preferences before the Late Round of offers. The deadline for changes through UAC is the 23 January. Late applications can be lodged until 6 February.

The ANU still has vacancies in all courses except for the popular visual arts and digital arts courses.

The ANU Main Round offers for local residents will be published in The Canberra Times. The ANU has sent enrolment instructions to students and they can call the ANU infoline 1800 620 032 or attend the Pre-enrolment Advice Day (PEA Day), for information and advice on enrolment, courses and other aspects of student life from 10am to 3pm on January 21.

Contacts: Professor Adam Shoemaker, Dean of the Faculty of Arts on 02 6125 6125 or 02 6125 5575; Professor John Richards, Acting Vice Chancellor, on 02 6125 0180; Genevieve Turville, ANU Public Affairs on 02 6125 5575 or 02 6125 6125 (m).

06/2002

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