Melbourne Global Mobility For Incoming Students

Faculty-specific requirements

Education

If you wish to participate in a teaching practicum or internship through the University of Melbourne you must:

  • have successfully completed some Education studies at your home institution as documented in an academic transcript.  Your suitability will be assessed on an individual basis. 
  • provide a police report from your home province/state and one from the province/state of your home university (if they are different). These must have been was issued within the last six months. 
  • undertake a Victoria Police check shortly after enrolment at the University of Melbourne, as required by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to be eligible for student teaching in the State of Victoria.
Engineering
  • If you are intending to study two or more subjects in the Faculty of Engineering, you must nominate at least 75 points (usually 6 x 12.5 point subjects) worth of subjects from any area when you apply in order to avoid potential timetabling problems when you enrol.
  • Indicate on your application which subjects, if any, are essential for you to take.
  • Where prerequisites are listed for your preferred University of Melbourne subjects please provide descriptions of subjects previously completed, or an online link to the subject descriptions.
Law Students intending to do graduate subjects in the Melbourne Law School must provide written proof from the awarding institution, such as a completed transcript or testamur, that they have completed an undergraduate degree in Law at the time of application.

Melbourne School of Design Students wanting to do design subjects in the Faculty may be required to submit a folio of their work. It must be presented in hard copy with eight to ten A4 clear and legible copies of a range of recent design work; it should include perspective images, plans, sections and sketches showing human experience within the designs. If you require further information contact abp_abroad@unimelb.edu.au.

Nursing

If you wish to participate in Nursing clinical placements through the University of Melbourne you must:

  • have successfully completed some Nursing studies at your home institution as documented in an academic transcript. Your suitability will be assessed on an individual basis.
  • provide a nation-wide police report from your home country/state and one from the country/state of your home university (if they are different). These must have been issued within the University of Melbourne academic year of the intended clinical placement. 
  • undertake a Victoria Police check shortly after enrolling at the University of Melbourne, as required by the Department of Human Services in order to be eligible to do clinical placements in the State of Victoria.
Physiotherapy

If you wish to take part in a Physiotherapy clinical placement through the University of Melbourne you must:

  • have successfully completed some Physiotherapy studies at your home institution as documented in an academic transcript. Your suitability will be assessed on an individual basis. 
  • provide a police report from your home province/state and one from the province/state of your home university (if they are different). These must have been issued within the last six months.
Psychology Where prerequisites are listed for your preferred Melbourne subjects please provide descriptions of subjects previously completed, or an online link to the subject descriptions.

Science Where prerequisites are listed for your preferred Melbourne subjects please provide descriptions of subjects previously completed, or an online link to the subject descriptions.

VCA & Music (Parkville)

Music Performance
Students wishing to undertake Music Performance subjects must send an audition recording with their application. The recording should consist of at least three works, demonstrating your skill on the instrument you wish to study. The pieces should be of contrasting styles and periods, and the audition program should be no longer than 20 minutes.

Ensembles
Students wishing to undertake Ensemble subjects at Parkville may be required to meet minimum performance standard requirements or audition for a place in the week prior to commencement of semester. Performance standard requirements are published in the ensemble subject descriptions. Auditions are required for entry to the following: Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music, Big Band, Piano Duo and Duet, and Early Voices. Please note that ensemble options are also available to students with little or no musical experience. Ensemble subjects that carry no pre-requisite requirements include: Choir, African Drum and Dance, Great Opera Choruses, Gamelan, World Music Choir, Shakuhachi and Chinese Music Ensemble. 

Aural and Theory subjects
Students wishing to undertake Aural Studies and/or Music Language subjects may be required to undertake a 1.5-hour Musicianship Test in the week preceding semester commencement to demonstrate the necessary knowledge for successful completion of the subject. An exemption from the Musicianship Test can be granted where there is sufficient evidence of a student's prior musical experience and/or study.

VCA & Music (Southbank)

Students interested in attending performance or fine art classes at the Southbank campus can only gain entry by competitive audition or folio, in addition to the academic and English-language requirements.

Limited places are available in the disciplines:

  • Fine Art,
  • Dance,
  • Music,
  • and Production.

There are no exchange or study abroad places available in the disciplines of Theatre or Film and Television.

Please note the following:

  • It is preferred that studies in Photography, within Fine Art, are taken only in the second semester (July to November), due to the structure of the course; and
  • It is recommended that studies in the discipline of Production are taken only in second semester (July to November) as the studio-based training is greatly enhanced by the larger number of projects conducted in that semester.

For further course information and application instructions please refer to the Southbank Study Abroad web page or send an email to the Faculty’s Southbank campus.

 

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