Charles Sturt University (CSU) is holding its market position well following the release of main round UAC and VTAC offers today, Thursday 17 January, says Executive Director of Student Administration, Mr Geoff Honey.

 

“Charles Sturt University courses continue to be in demand in an increasingly competitive higher education environment. Strong interest in many courses has maintained the high numbers of offers at our campuses,” Mr Honey said.

 

Allied health, teaching, policing, and agriculture courses are among the larger offerings, while new courses offered at CSU’s newest campus in Port Macquarie will see far greater numbers of students enrolled in 2013.

 

Overall, the University sent almost 4 800 offers to applicants who applied through the University Admissions Centre (UAC) in NSW and the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC). In the main round results released this week, almost 1 600 offers will be sent to applicants for CSU courses.

 

“We continue to be in a strong position because Charles Sturt University continues to refine its courses to ensure they are relevant to the needs of the communities we serve,” Mr Honey said.

 

“The high quality of our courses ensures that our graduates are in high demand from employers and our graduate employment rate continues to be one of the highest in the country,” he said.

 

“New courses offered across our campuses and via distance education provides regional applicants with access to courses not previously available to them. This was really noticeable this year in Port Macquarie. It is an ongoing strategy at Charles Sturt University.”

 

Mr Honey also highlighted popular courses on each campus:

 

 

Physiotherapy continues to be in extremely high demand, with healthy intakes also noted in other allied health and education courses, such as speech pathology, occupational therapy, nursing, middle schooling teaching, and early childhood and primary teaching.

 

 

The largest intake was into the paramedic course, which continues to grow in popularity. Other large intakes were the suite of communications courses, policing and nursing, and teaching courses such as primary and early childhood as well as exercise science.

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Early childhood and primary teaching continues to be in high demand. Nursing also remains a popular option for applicants, while other courses available include accounting and business studies.

 

Allied health courses are in extremely high demand, with high competition for dental science. Physiotherapy is growing in popularity and will have a strong intake. Other courses on offer include clinical science, pharmacy and agricultural business management.

 

The expansion of courses on offer was well supported by applicants. More students will be on campus in 2013 with strong demand for the new paramedic, policing and medical radiation science offerings.  Other courses include social work, accounting, business studies, and health and rehabilitation science.

 

Veterinary science was the course in highest demand. Other agricultural and allied health courses with high intakes include medical radiation science, nursing, animal science, agricultural science, and equine science, as well as primary teaching and television production.