La Trobe University is associated with AustraLearn: North American Center for Australian and New Zealand Universities, located in Denver, Colorado. AustraLearn is a non-profit organization, which facilitates students' enrolment into 26 institutions in Australia and New Zealand. For more information on how AustraLearn can assist you with applying to this university and others, please visit www.australearncanada.org. La Trobe provides the perfect balance: academic challenges, courses that open career doors, the opportunity to learn from outstanding staff recruited from around the world, and the chance to study in a welcoming cosmopolitan community. The University is genuinely student-focused and has an outstanding staff to student ratio to ensure all our students receive the attention they deserve. In December 2004, La Trobe University was ranked in the top 10 of Australian universities (out of 38) by the Melbourne Institute. As a member of the Innovative Research Universities of Australia, La Trobe is one of the most active and productive research institutions in Australia. La Trobe offers innovative postgraduate, undergraduate, study abroad, and internship programs in areas such as Business, Commerce, Computer Science, Development Studies, E-Commerce, Engineering, Environmental Science, Hospitality and Tourism, Information Technology, International Relations, Journalism, Media Studies, Outdoor Education, and Health Sciences, including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, and Physiotherapy. La Trobe University’s main campus is like a complete mini-city, offering a wide variety of food outlets, pharmacy, wildlife reserve, 24 hour Medical Centre, bookshop, post office, cinema, computer facilities, and public transport.

Ranked as one of Australia’s top 10 tertiary institutions, La Trobe University offers a number of courses of particular interest to students from Canada, including excellent graduate teacher training programs in Primary and Secondary Education, as well as undergraduate and graduate opportunities in Tourism, Sport and Recreation Management. La Trobe University is also home to Australia’s most prestigious and comprehensive Health Science Faculty, which offers courses in areas including Occupational Therapy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, and Public Health.

La Trobe University Bundoora Campus has a significant range of on campus accommodation, which can cater for up to 1,450 students in five collegiate style residences; Menzies College, Glenn College, Chisholm College, The University Lodge, and Graduate House. La Trobe University only provides co-ed accommodation, however special requirements may be accommodated.

Students may choose from a variety of off-campus accommodations options such as renting a house, an apartment, or finding share accommodation. Rental accommodation can vary from AUD$100.00 to AUD$500.00 per week, depending on size, condition, location, and number of bedrooms. Students should expect to pay between AUD$100.00 and AUD$250.00 per week for a room in a shared house or apartment. La Trobe University offers a number of resources to assist students in finding off-campus accommodation. The Student Accommodation Service provides you with a range of essential information, which will greatly aid your search for accommodation and the services both internal and external to La Trobe, which will facilitate your safe, peaceful, and straightforward enjoyment of your accommodation and your time at within the University community (www.latrobe.edu.au/accommodation/bundoora).

La Trobe offers a comprehensive welcome festival for new international students providing an orientation to the new academic environment and assisting with settling into life in Melbourne and Australia. La Trobe University offers extensive services to all students across each of our unique campuses. For example, on the Bundoora (Melbourne) Campus, services include on-campus accommodation, academic assistance, counselling and religious advisors, specialized advisory services for international students, and a wide range of student clubs and societies.

The Careers and Employment Web site at La Trobe University is a joint venture between the Course and Careers Services and the Student Employment Service (Bundoora). The aim is to provide students and graduates with a highly professional employment service to advance their career prospects. Careers and Employment currently offers enrolled students and recent graduates a range of services and resources in pursuing employment opportunities and developing career paths. All services for students are free of charge at www.latrobe.edu.au/careers.

Intramural Sports for Female: Aikido, Athletics, Australian Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Fencing, Golf, Hockey, Karate, Mountaineering, Netball, Rowing, Snow Ski, Soccer, Sub Aqua, Surfing, Tae kwon do, Tai Chi & Qi Gong, Tennis, Touch Football, Water Polo, and Water Ski & Wakeboarding. Intramural Sports for Male: Aikido, Athletics, Australian Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Fencing, Golf, Hockey, Karate, Mountaineering, Netball, Rowing, Snow Ski, Soccer, Sub Aqua, Surfing, Tae kwon do, Tai Chi & Qi Gong, Tennis, Touch Football, Water Polo, and Water Ski & Wakeboarding. Intercollegiate Sports for Female: Aikido, Athletics, Australian Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Fencing, Golf, Hockey, Karate, Mountaineering, Netball, Rowing, Snow Ski, Soccer, Sub Aqua, Surfing, Tae kwon do, Tai Chi & Qi Gong, Tennis, Touch Football, Water Polo, and Water Ski & Wakeboarding. Intercollegiate Sports for Male: Aikido, Athletics, Australian Rules, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Fencing, Golf, Hockey, Karate, Mountaineering, Netball, Rowing, Snow Ski, Soccer, Sub Aqua, Surfing, Tae kwon do, Tai Chi & Qi Gong, Tennis, Touch Football, Water Polo, and Water Ski & Wakeboarding. La Trobe University’s Sports and Recreation Centre contains modern in-door swimming pool, tennis and squash courts, and fully equipped gym (www.latrobe.edu.au/sara). In addition, Unisports is a competition where more than 50 Australian university campuses, representing over 600,000 students and 37 Australian universities, compete in over 40 national sports and events, the annual Australian University Games (AUG) where about 25 sports are contested and more than 15 individual national Championships (AUC's) at different locations throughout the year (www.latrobe.edu.au/sara/Unisport/index.html).

The La Trobe University Student Union organizes a range of activities across La Trobe University including free entertainment such as bands, films and comedy, ceramic classes, leisure courses, a weekly market, radio station (Sub FM), and student theatre.

The La Trobe University Student Representative Council (SRC), the central point for the Universities, Clubs, and Societies, with over 50 affiliated clubs and over 5,000 students involved. These clubs range from social, political, religious, cause based, and cultural. Clubs include Agricultural Science, Animal Rights, Biochemistry Society, BoysOwn, Breakfast Club, Business Students Association, Catalyst, Catholics @ LTU, Chill Out Club, CHOPS (country), Christian Union, Engineering Society, GirlsOwn, Geeks Inc. (LTU computer society), Happy Go Lucky, Health Science Students Association, La Trobe Ladies Autonomous Social Society, La Trobe University Noble Anime Society, LaTrobe Organisation of University Debaters (LOUD), Linguistics Society, LTU Motor Sports, Microbiology, Naturalist Society, OTSA (Occupational Therapy Students Association), Overseas Christian Fellowship, Physics Society, Physiotherapy Students Association, Podiatry Students Association (PODSA), Prosthetics & Orthotics (POSS), Postgrads United By Science, RAC (Refugee Action Collective), SFC -Students For Christ, Socialist Alternative, and Speech Pathology Association of La Trobe.

The Computer Study Hall has 64 IBM compatible PC’s and 15 Macintosh computers spread across two levels. Resources provided include basic MS Office Applications, free student E-mail (via Web), statistical analysis (SPSS), and some general software i.e. touch typing tutor, etc. It is available for use by all students. Students also have access to desktop computers and printers in the Student Computer Laboratory and Library.

A range of culture student associations on campus such as Australian Union of Jewish Students, Botswana Students Association, Buddhist Society, Indian Sub-Continent Students Association, Islamic Society, Malaysian Students Association, Music @ La Trobe, and Turkish Students Association.

The La Trobe University provides extensive services to students with special needs. The La Trobe Equity and Access Units promotes full and equal participation of all students and staff of La Trobe University and fosters an environment free of discrimination and harassment. The Equity and Access Unit provides assistance to students from the following backgrounds: socio-economically disadvantaged, non-English speaking with disabilities from rural and/or isolated areas, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and women in non-traditional fields of study (www.latrobe.edu.au/equity).

La Trobe has exchange agreements with over 90 universities around the world, including in Canada with Carleton University, McGill University, University of Calgary, and University of Guelph; Copenhagen Business School in Denmark; Rennes International School of Business in France; Hochschule Fir Wirtschaft und Politik and University of Bonn in Germany; Udine University in Italy; Yonsei University and Kansai Gaidai University; Norwegian School of Management in Norway; Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico; University of Barcelona in Spain; Gothenburg University, Malmo University, and University of Stockholm in Sweden; Tilburg University in the Netherlands; and Royal Holloway and University of London in the UK (just to name a few).

Along with our range of exchange partners around the world, La Trobe University has a long history of international involvement with extensive international agreements (www.latrobe.edu.au/international/downloads/partners.pdf). We also have over 3,600 international students on-campus from over 60 different countries around the world.

Contact the International Programs Office at La Trobe University to arrange a campus tour at international@latrobe.edu.au.