James Cook University

RANKED #355 IN THE TOP 500 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD BY THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION*

James Cook University (JCU) combines excellence in teaching and research with a unique tropical setting on the coast of northern Queensland. It is considered one of Queensland’s strongest universities and is Australia’s leading tropical university.

Over 16,000 students including 4,000 international students from 100+ nationalities currently study with JCU.   

JCU's main campuses are located in the tropical northern Queensland cities of Townsville and Cairns. Having two World Heritage environments – the Great Barrier Reef and the rainforests of the Wet Tropics – on the doorstep is a bonus for students. Both of these specialist environments provide living laboratories for many JCU courses. Along with the attractions of both cities, there are plenty of interesting regions to explore from either Cairns or Townsville, including the cooler Atherton Tablelands with its ancient crater lakes and picturesque small towns, many national parks, the Whitsunday Islands, Mission Beach, Port Douglas resort area, the wild and rugged Cape York Peninsula, or experience the Australian outback with inland heritage towns such as Charters Towers.

JCU prides itself on offering flexible degrees in a wide range of subject areas. We offer over 170 undergraduate more than 120 postgraduate courses in the arts, business, commerce, accounting, creative arts, education, engineering, information technology, health and biomedical sciences, science, social sciences, tourism, hospitality management, psychology and sport and exercise science.

JCU has been consistently ranked in the top five tropical universities of the world for research performance in our areas of research excellence: ecology/environment, plant and animal science, geosciences, coral reef science and tourism. Further attest to our quality teaching and research expertise includes:

• JCU is officially ranked in the top 5% of world universities based on 2008 assessments by two of the world's leading university ranking systems.
• JCU is among only 17 Australian universities to feature in the top 400 universities in the world in the 2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities. In the Asia-Pacific region, JCU is ranked in the top 100.
• As Australia's pre-eminent tropical research university, JCU is ranked first in the world for citations in the field of coral reef ecology (www.esi-topics.com/coralreef), and is in the top three in its fields of research strength in ecology and environment, plant and animal sciences, and geosciences.
• James Cook University is also ranked among the top 12 tourism education institutions in the world and is recognised for its special focus on ecotourism. CRICOS: 00117J

*http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Rankings2009-Top200.html

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Degrees Abroad Coordinator

Name: AustraLearn Degree Program Team Title: Degree Program Enrollment Coordinator Department: Degree Programs in Australia and New Zealand BIO: The AustraLearn Degree Program Team Coordinators manage the student admission and pre-departure processes to our Australian and New Zealand member universities. We provide assistance and advice on program options, submitting applications, accepting offers, banking and financing an overseas education, the visa application process, as well as, travel and housing arrangements. As pictured above, the coordinators are Jodi Reesman, Casey Wopat, Matt Hancock, and Julie Atherton and they can be reached by phone at 303-446-2214 or toll-free (in Canada and the U.S.) at 1-800-980.0033. If you reside in Canada your coordinators are Jodi Reesman and Casey Wopat. Jodi and Casey can be emailed at Canada@australearn.org. If you reside in the U.S. you coordinators are Julie Atherton and Matt Hancock. Julie and Matt can be emailed at Degrees@australearn.org