1. www.monash.edu.au Welcome to Faculty of Information Technology Orientation week, S1 2008 Guojun Lu Associate Dean (Education) Faculty of Information Technology

2. www.monash.edu.au 2 Presentation Outline An overview of Monash An overview of Faculty of Information Technology

3. www.monash.edu.au 3 Monash University: Prestige, Innovation, Excellence One of Australia’s most prestigious universities Established in 1958, we are now the largest university in Australia with over 46,000 students and 7000 international students Ten faculties: Art & Design, Arts, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Information Technology A member of the Group of Eight, Australia’s leading universities The recent rankings of universities in the Times Higher Education Supplement in the UK placed Monash among the top 50 universities in the world - an outstanding achievement for such a young university.

4. www.monash.edu.au 4 A research intensive, international and multi- campus university Carries out world class research and has a strong international reputation in research and scholarship Our academics publish some 5000 research works annually Staff and Students come from over 130 countries. Six campuses in Australia: Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Parkville, Peninsula Two campuses: Malaysia and South Africa A centre in Prato, Italy

5. www.monash.edu.au 5 Monash University

6. www.monash.edu.au 6 Faculty of Information Technology Established in 1990, the first faculty dedicated to IT in Australia According to The Times Higher Education Supplement world rankings (released Nov 2006), Monash University is ranked 28th in the World in Technology Six schools at: Berwick, Caulfield, Clayton, Gippsland, Malaysia and South African Offering a wide range of courses and units/subjects Degrees at Bachelor, Masters (course work), Masters (research) and PhD levels.

7. www.monash.edu.au 7 Faculty of Information Technology We Are a Large, Diverse, Long-Established Faculty –Broad and wide range of units/courses We Are a Multi-campus Faculty –More choices and multi-location team work experience We are an International Faculty –Study abroad, international cooperation and friendship We are a Research-Intensive Faculty –Cutting-edge curriculum and research informed teaching

8. www.monash.edu.au 8 Faculty of Information Technology Five research centres: Centre for Decision Support and Enterprise Systems Research Centre for Distributed Systems and Software Engineering Centre for Organisational and Social Informatics Centre for Research in Intelligent Systems Centre for Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications

9. www.monash.edu.au 9 Best Wishes & Enjoy Your Time at Monash