Charles Sturt University (CSU) has significantly increased the number of offers to applicants for on campus undergraduate courses in 2009.
Total offers made to date by CSU have increased 19 per cent compared to the same time in 2008. These offers have been made through the NSW Universities Admissions Centre, the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre and directly to students.
“This rise shows that the University’s courses are in strong demand and the increase in offers will mean that greater numbers of students will have access to CSU courses in 2009,” said Executive Director of CSU’s Division of Student Administration, Mr Geoff Honey.
“The increase in demand for full-time courses is complemented by an increase in distance education applications and we look forward to welcoming more students to the University in 2009.”
Newly introduced courses have attracted particularly strong demand, such as the dentistry and oral health courses offered at Orange and Wagga Wagga, and the rehabilitation science course in Albury. Other courses with strong demand include:
- Albury-Wodonga: Education and allied health courses such as occupational therapy, speech pathology and physiotherapy were most popular, with physiotherapy continuing to attract high calibre applicants. An increase in student numbers for nursing has also occurred after a change from a mid year start to the beginning of the year;
- Bathurst: Demand for communication courses remains strong and large intakes are expected into education, exercise science, nursing, paramedics and policing courses;
- Dubbo: intakes into the national priority areas of education and nursing continue to be robust;
- Orange: Orange Campus has experienced a significant increase in demand for places, mainly due to the new dentistry course, while pharmacy continues to be popular. There will also be strong intakes into clinical science, nursing and agricultural business management courses;
- Wagga Wagga: Interest in the new course in oral health is encouraging. Veterinary science/ veterinary biology continues to attract many very high calibre applicants, while there is increased demand for the animal science and equine science courses. Medical imaging is more popular in 2009, while pharmacy, nutrition and dietetics, education, nursing, acting and television production courses are expecting large intakes.
Applicants who did not receive the course they wanted, or have yet to lodge an application, should contact the University on 1800 334 733 to discuss prospects of gaining admission in the next round.
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