Bond University
Motto	Bringing Ambition to Life
Established	1987
Type	Private
Chancellor	Dr. Helen Nugent AO[1]
Vice-Chancellor	Professor Robert Stable
Undergraduates	app. 2,200 students
Postgraduates	app. 1,000 students
Location	Robina, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia
Campus	Suburban
Website	www.bond.edu.au

Bond University is a private university located in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It was the first private university established in Australia.^[2] Bond also differs from other Australian universities as it schedules three semesters each year, commencing in January, May and September, allowing a six-semester degree to be completed in two years, instead of three, without increasing semester workloads.

In August 2007, Bond University received top marks in 10 categories of the Good Universities Guide 2008, more than any University in Australia.[2] In August 2009, Bond University repeated this feat being awarded the most five-star ratings across nine key performance indicators, more than any other university nationwide. [3]

Contents 1 History 2 Faculties 3 Notable programmes 3.1 Medicine 3.2 Legal Skills 3.3 Sustainable development 3.4 Hotel, resort and tourism management 4 Vice-Chancellors 5 Chancellors 6 Notable faculty 7 Notable alumni 8 References 9 External links

[edit] History

Bond University was founded in 1987 by Alan Bond and given its university status by Queensland's Bond University Act.^[3] It also operated Bond South Africa, a degree-awarding campus in South Africa, until 2004.^[4]

On August 7, 2008, the Bond University Postgraduate Centre was opened in Sydney. The centre will award postgraduate business degrees to individual students and employees sponsored by businesses.^[5]

Bond was listed by Forbes magazine as one of the most expensive universities in the world in 2008, and the most expensive in Australia.^[6] University Vice-Chancellor Robert Stable argued that Bond's academic schedule, which includes three semesters a year (so that it is synchronous with the northern and southern hemisphere university semesters) often makes for an inaccurate comparison to other university fees.^[7] Nearly half of the Bond student body is composed of international students.^[8]

[edit] Faculties

Bond University comprises four main faculties, offering a selection of undergraduate (Bachelor, Associate Degree) and postgraduate (Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, Masters by coursework and research, doctoral and PhD) programs.

• Faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development
  • School of Business
  • School of Information Technology
  • School of Sustainable Development
  • School of Hotel, Resort & Tourism Management (undergraduate and Masters programs to be offered from 2009)
• Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
• Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • School of Humanities
    • Department of International Relations
  • School of Social Sciences
  • School of Communication and Media
• Faculty of Law

[edit] Notable programmes

[edit] Medicine

In May 2006, Prime Minister John Howard opened the $20 million Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine (though the first intake of students started in May 2005), housing a complete set of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms, specialised clinical rooms and laboratories. As one of the few undergraduate Bachelor of Medicine degrees offered in Australia,^{[citation needed]} Bond's three-trimesters-per-year schedule means a medical student studying at the University can graduate in four years and eight months (as opposed to five or six years at most other universities). At $254,912 for the full degree, the course is the most expensive undergraduate program offered by an Australian university.^[9]

In November 2008, an internal report raised concerns about the workload of the medical faculty and some negative student feedback. ^[10] In December 2009, the Faculty will celebrate the graduation of the inaugural medicine cohort.

[edit] Legal Skills

Bond University is highly acclaimed for its Law program, being internationally recognised for mooting and other such achievements[4]. The Faculty of Law includes a Legal Skills Centre with moot courts and technology such as video conferencing rooms.^[11] The Centre was opened in 2007 by Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock,^[12] and was constructed at a cost of over AU$10 million dollars.^[13] The Centre is primarily used when students participate in practical legal exercises like mooting and mediation as part of the Legal Skills subject, which is completed incrementely throughout the study of a law degree.^[14]

[edit] Sustainable development

The School of Sustainable Development is located in a green building that became the first Australian university facility to receive a six-star energy rating.^[15] The building was opened on August 11, 2008 by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard,^[16] and won the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Sustainability Award in 2009.^[17]

[edit] Hotel, resort and tourism management

The School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management opened in 2009, and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees. The school operates with Marriott International as its industry partner, establishing the first such partnership for an Australian university and a hotel company.^[18][19]

[edit] Vice-Chancellors

• Don Watts (1987-1990)
• Philip Lader (1991-1993)
• Harry Messel (1993-1995)
• Raoul Mortley(1996-1997)
• Ken Moores (1997-2003)
• Robert Stable (January 1, 2004-present)

[edit] Chancellors

• Sydney Schubert (1987-1990)
• Elizabeth Nosworthy (1990-1992)
• Harry Messel (1992-1997)
• Paul Scully-Power (1998-1999)
• Imelda Roche (1999-2003)
• Trevor C. Rowe AM (2003-2009)
• Helen Nugent (2009-present)

[edit] Notable faculty

• David Day - historian
• Mike Grenby - journalist
• Terry Gygar - politician ^[20]
• Peter Harrison - historian ^[21]
• Jon Jenkins - former politician ^[22]
• Ingo Petzke - internationally acknowledged German director, film scholar and author.
• Shirleene Robinson - historian
• David Weedon - dermapathologist
• Paul Wilson - criminologist ^[23]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Chris Atkinson - WRC driver^[24][25]
• David Baxby - CEO, Virgin Management Asia Pacific ^[26]
• Lex Bell - Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (2001-2004)
• Trevor Carolan - fiction writer
• Steven Ciobo - Federal Member for Moncrieff
• Lara Davenport - swimmer^[27]
• Chris Fydler - swimmer^[28]
• Grant Hackett - swimmer^[29]
• Ky Hurst - Ironman and swimmer^[30]
• Brian Jean - Canadian Member of Parliament^[31]
• Daniel Kowalski - swimmer^[32]
• Jason Little - rugby player
• Michael Murphy - former Olympian diver ^[28]
• Giaan Rooney - swimmer
• 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho - Tongan Crown Prince and High Commissioner to Australia, former Prime Minister (2000-2006)
• Andrew Utting - Olympic baseball player^[33]
• Rakuita Vakalalabure - Fijian politician
• Hazel Villa - Journalist^[34]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Bond University
• Bond University Student Portal

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