OUW Reviews

Beautiful campus grounds, terrible Optus phone reception, but the wifi has gotten a lot better since I started my undergrad a decade ago.

Best University in Australia to get professional and global skills for long run

Uniactive- Greeted with friendly staff clearly outlining the opening hours! When arriving at gym, inside said opening hours, the gym was shut! This is nothing short of absolutely disgraceful.

Big campus university with a relaxed lifestyle with many amenities and food outlets on campus.

Has a lot of graduates in successful roles.

Hi ,
I have finished master of biotechnology from Deakin University in 2016. My project was based on plant related work. I would like to know about the PhD for future international student?
Should we mail to the supervisor or to admission department?
Thanks

Wow what a beautiful place to learn I travel all over the world and this University is up there with the best

Wollongong offers all range of courses, degrees and diplomas also. You can get specialized in any field which suits your profile. And they have 100% successful placements for all departments.

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A very open plan and easy to navigate uni with lots of gardens/places to have coffee.

During high school, I went to homestay. Thank you for your valuable experience.

I need information about master of engineering - mining course at Wollongong ( i got offer letter ) and i would also like to know the part time job opportunities and how competitive in wollongong for international students . thank you

Hello,

I did my engineering in electronics and communication. I would like to know more about the post graduate program MASTER OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT. Please help me if I can pursue the the program I mentioned and about the course tuition fee, part time jobs available and my opportunities after graduating.

Thank you,
Athul

Be careful and please do your research regarding what the post graduation job prospects are for your degree prior to enrolling. UOW fed me the same rubbish that they do with most degrees saying that s there s jobs. I found the general consensus throughout my degree is that people would often question why are we learning this? what career is this leading to? And what actual skill sets am I obtaining in order to be employed to do a specific job . Well UOW, people can t live on fresh air particularly those with a HECS debt! Perhaps train people for specifics rather than teaching waffly rubbish we will not need to know or use long term as part of a career. Other than that, the campus itself was nice.

In terms of behaviour, I am utterly disappointed with them. Asking a question perhaps two times to understand it better in different accept, annoys them and they refer you as a confused student, or maybe you are not sure what you want. Indeed they do not say it directly to your face, but they behave such things like that. I have put my career life on hold, with a small baby to follow my dream in academia and seeing such things like that, makes me think I am doing the right thing?

I love this place. Wouldn't want to go to any other uni.

Welcome to the University of Wollongong.

In just 40 years UOW has become a benchmark for Australia s new generation of universities; dynamic, agile, innovative and prominent in national and international rankings for the quality of our teaching and research.

The University began as an institute for the then New South Wales University of Technology, Sydney at a single location in Wollongong. Since gaining independence in 1975, UOW has grown into an international multi-campus University, expanding to occupy two Sydney campuses and five regional campuses, as well as locations in Hong Kong and Dubai.

With now over 36,000 students, more than 2,400 staff, and an economic impact of around $2 billion in activity annually, UOW is an influential part of its communities and the catalyst for Wollongong s transformation into a University city.

Our students and staff come from diverse backgrounds, and we welcome many international students to our campuses each year. They share a culture that respects openness, inclusiveness, collegiality and diversity.

I am proud of our talented, motivated and energetic staff many of whom are leaders in their field nationally and internationally. We aim to align our academic community and graduates with national priorities, and are focussed on producing outstanding research that addresses the complex social, environmental and economic challenges that we face now and into the future.

In anticipating the nature of emergent industries and the jobs of the future, we aim to develop graduates who are ethical, mobile, technologically literate and ready for multicultural workplaces. We encourage creative and critical thinking, and encourage our students and staff to challenge and cross the boundaries of traditional disciplines and create truly interdisciplinary partnerships.

We ve focused our efforts to ensure that the UOW curriculum is intellectually challenging, models critical inquiry and real-world practice, and is delivered in technology-rich and immersive environments.

I need to know about ME Environmental Engineering at UOW , kindly help me.

If you're a young single anglo saxon Australian, with no caring responsibilities, or a demanding work situation, and have no problem with questionable ethical values then UOW may be the Uni for you. My experience as a mature age female sole parent (and local domestic student) was not so good at UOW 2008, hopefully things have improved. This started from the initial offer. After going back to school and getting an ATAR of 99.6, I was not offered my preferred course but the inferior choice. I have no idea why, I can only assume high marks are only valid if you are 18 yrs old. However, I decided to accept the offer just to gain my qualification. Apart from two teachers, the support I received was non-existent. Understand, I wasn't expecting special treatment, but considering the external demands reasonable exceptions such as asking for an essay extension once and being refused is not unreasonable. My external demands being - no support, raising children, cooking, cleaning, mowing, shopping, etc., Centrelink job search requirements (yes that's right, while all the young students take a well earned session break, as a sole parent Centrelink forced me to job search and eventually take a casual job 100kms away in Sydney, a commute time of 4 hrs, otherwise I wouldn't receive Centrelink and my children would starve). On many occasions young students were offered extensions so there is a definite bias from teachers towards the young at UOW, despite a large majority (not all) having less demands on time to complete assignments. So if you have a huge support system outside Uni, lots of child care options & positive supporters, then choose UOW.
Added to this is the patronising way some of the young students treat mature age students. On more than one occasion I was subjected to remarks implying I was 'dumb' because I was attending Uni as a mature student, despite my D's & HD's.
The 'indigenous centre' is only for Aboriginal Australian's, if you are from any other indigenous culture don't expect support. In fact, I would go so far as to say I was denied my turangawaewae (right to stand) as a Maori (identify as Maori on father's side & Pakeha on mother's side) from some teachers and students, despite my Rotorua roots, knowledge of whakapapa, and my grandfather's first language being Maori. To the point where a counsellor suggested I wasn't Maori. Apparently I should deny my identity (excuse the sarcasm). Australian's are so far behind with regard to indigenous matters, I feel for the First Australians.
Apart from my sheer exhaustion, finally I left after 3 incidents. 1. Discovering that a fellow friend/student got a casual job with the faculty and had access to my student records. 2. Asking a teacher for an extension for one essay in 2nd yr and receiving a "no" response. 3. Discovering that a fellow student faked their identity (found a friend to sign proof of Aboriginality papers when they were Maori in order to get course funding and help with completing indigenous masters) thereby excluding an Aboriginal Australian from benefiting & some faculty teachers were made aware of this and chose to ignore it.
Reiterating, if you are a young single anglo saxon Australian, with no caring responsibilities, or a demanding work situation, and have no problem with questionable ethical values then UOW is for you. Raiha (pseudonym).

University of Woo. Long Gone reputation after Wilyman

I am studying in the university, my comment should not be taken into account. :P

University is very helpful to understand students personal issues and help them out hats off

For all the students applying from third world countries like Pakistan or India should realize that they will most probably not get visa to study in UOW. Their SVP ( Streamed lined visa process ) is a complete joke. Showing hundreds of thousands of dollars in your bank statement still won't guarantee your visa. Please apply somewhere else in Australia. International students from third world countries are not welcomed at UOW !!

Hi..read through lots of good reviews about UOW. I am thinking of applying here for Masters of Logistics and Supply chain Management course. I would like to know about the future job opportunities regarding the same.
Thank you.