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University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is one of Australia's leading international teaching and research universities attracting outstanding scholars and students from around the world. The University offers the highest quality of education in a safe, friendly and politically stable English-speaking environment. It is located in the eastern suburbs, near the business hub of Sydney, Australia's largest city, providing easy access to a wide range of academic, cultural and social activities as well as easy access to Sydney beaches.
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) has an outstanding reputation for quality research both within Australia and internationally. Research within BEES is clustered within two general thematic areas; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Environmental Change and Sustainability. Our research is strongly linked and enhanced by relationships with a number of associated research centres, including the Centre for Marine Biofouling and Bio-Innovation (CMBB) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI).
Dedicated research facilities within BEES which support our research activities include field stations at Cowan (Hawkesbury sandstone) (NW Sydney), Fowlers Gap in the arid far west of NSW and Smiths Lake four hours north of Sydney on the coast. These field stations provide excellent access to a wide variety of terrestrial, estuarine and marine habitats. In addition, the internationally registered John T. Waterhouse Herbarium is housed within the School, and a 30,000 L recirculating seawater system supports studies of marine and estuarine organisms.
Images on campus at the University of NSW
Victoria University of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) is New Zealand's capital city university, an exciting place to live and learn. Wellington has a cosmopolitan atmosphere, a rich cultural life including the biannual New Zealand Festival of the arts, and an international sporting calendar. At VUW's School of Biological Sciences you will study with internationally known scientists whose work contributes to management of the unique biota for New Zealand.
The School of Biological Sciences conducts teaching and research across most biological disciplines. Our emphasis ranges in scale from the biochemical reactions that take place within cells to the ecological interactions of animals and plants with their environments. Our research is increasingly funded by external grants and contracts, and we collaborate with other VUW schools and with other science organizations nationally and internationally.
Most of our activities take place on the Kelburn campus, and we also maintain a busy Marine Laboratory and research vessel ("Raukawa Challenger") on the Cook Strait coast at Island Bay. Students benefit from proximity to national research facilities such as the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the National Library, and access to decision makers in the Department of Conservation, Ministry for the Environment, and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. National conservation organizations such as the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society and WWF-New Zealand and based in Wellington.
Victoria offers unparalleled access to the natural wealth of New Zealand. The Karori Wildlife Sanctuary and Otari Native Botanic Gardens are both within the city boundaries, and an ecological program is well advanced on Matiu/Somes Island in Wellington Harbour. Internationally renowned wildlife sanctuaries are close at hand in the Marlborough Sounds, just across Cook Strait, and along the Kapiti Coast. Diverse ecosystems, from high alpine sites to forests and farmland to coastal and marine, are all within a few hours drive.
Images on campus at Victoria University of Wellington
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