受访嘉宾：新南威尔士大学国际部主任，Aleksandr Voninski

　 Sohu.com Interview Questions：

　　1、 What are the key strengths of your institution?

　　在您的心目中，贵学校的最大优势是什么？

　　Committed to providing excellent service and facilities for international students

　　Ranked 45th in the world in the 2008 Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings

　　Recognized as the Top University in Australia for Teaching and Learning in the 2009 Federal Government’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund

　　A member of the prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) leading Teaching and Research Universities in Australia

　　A member of Universitas 21

　　A major recipient of competitive research grants from industry and government bodies

　　Ranked in the Top Band of Australian Universities by the Australian Government’s Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

　　Determined to strengthen UNSW’s position as a leading international university with world-renowned academics and world-class facilities

　　我们致力于为国际生提供优质的服务和硬件设施

　　在泰晤士报教育增刊的世界大学排名2008年排名中位列第45位

　　在2009年澳大利亚联邦政府教学表现基金资助的所有大学里，我们的教学水平被公认为是最好的

　　澳大利亚“八大”名校之一

　　“21名校联盟”成员

　　行业和政府机构竞争力研究专款的主要资助对象之一

　　在澳大利亚政府委员会的评估报告中位于澳洲一流院校之列

　　我们还将努力提高学校的国际地位，将新南威尔士大学打造成真正享誉世界的世界级一流名校

　　2、 Is university ranking important or not? Does your institution care about the position of your institution in the world university ranking? What advice you would like to give to students about university ranking?

　　院校排名是否重要？贵校是否关注自身在世界院校排名中的名次？

　　If students concern about Ranking, we normally use Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings to present university’s reputation. Meanwhile, UNSW has been recognized as the Top University in Australia for Teaching and learning by Federal Government’s Learning and Teaching Performance Fund.

　　对于比较在意大学排名的学生，我们一般会用泰晤士报——QS世界大学排名里的排名来说明我们学校的实力。

　　3、 How many students are there in your institution at the moment? What about the percentage of international students? How many Chinese students? Does your institution set a quota for the number of Chinese student your institution recruit every year?

　　目前在校生规模如何？国际学生的比例是多少？有大约多少名中国学生？招收中国学生的人数名额每年大概会是多少？

　　Student Enrolments number in 2008----- 42360

　　International students in 2008----- 9269

　　Chinese student in 2008-----3020

　　UNSW doesn’t set any quotas for Chinese student each year.

　　2008年新生总数——42360

　　2008年国际生数量——9269

　　2008年中国学生数量——3020

　　新南威尔士大学从来都不限制招收中国学生的数量

　　4、 What attributes you expect Chinese students to have when you recruit students, apart from meeting the academic entry requirement set by your institution?

　　您更为期望招收到具备哪些条件的中国学生？

　　Critical thinking

　　批判性思维

　　5、What kind of majors/subjects would Chinese students like to choose previously?

　　Engineering, IT, Accounting, Actuarial Studies, Translation

　　工程学，IT，会计，精算，翻译

　　6、What majors/subjects/courses which your institution are offering are really good but haven’t been aware of by Chinese students? Can you introduce these majors/subjects/courses?

　　Built Environment, Planning, Landscape Architecture, optometry, Mining Engineering, Food Science and Technology.

　　环境工程，规划，园林设计，验光，采矿工程，食品科学与技术。

　　7、Is there any change on the quota for international students and the amount of scholarships your institution can offer?

　　贵学校是否有一些专业非常优秀，却不太为学生所知的？能否对这些专业做一个详尽的介绍。

　　There is a wide range of UNSW scholarships offered for international students, such as:

　　Faculty of Engineering International Alumni Scholarship

　　Faculty of Engineering International Research Scholarship

　　Golden Jubilee Scholarships

　　UNSW International Student Scholarships

　　Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) Sponsorships

　　The most common external (non-UNSW) scholarships for international students are:

　　Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) (country specific)

　　Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (EIPRS)

　　新南威尔士大学为国际生提供各种各样的奖学金，例如：

　　国际工程学院校友奖学金

　　国际工程学院研究奖学金

　　金禧奖学金

　　新南威尔士大学国际生奖学金

　　亚太伙伴关系赞助奖学金

　　另外针对国际生的常见外部(新南威尔士大学晓伟)奖学金有：

　　澳大利亚发展奖学金

　　国际研究生奋进研究奖学金

　　8、What about the employment of graduates in your institution? What kind of help your institution provide to students to help them with find a job? Any extra measures have been taken to help students in financial crisis?

　　目前，学校的毕业生就业情况如何？经济危机下，学校如何帮助毕业生更快更好的找到工作，有何举措？

　　UNSW organize the seminar for its graduates to enhance their skills to find job and conduct the job interview. Meanwhile, some faculties in UNSW have the close connection with local and international companies, which may give the opportunities to students to communicate with these companies and gain the working experience.

　　新南威尔士大学会定期召开毕业生研讨会以提升毕业生的就业能力同时还会组织模拟面试。另外我们大学的许多二级学院与当地的或者国际上的一些公司有合作关系，这也为我们的学生提供了许多与公司交流的机会同时他们也能从中获得宝贵的工作经验。

　　9、There have been some issue about safety of international students in Australia? Any advice you would like to give to Chinese students? Students can choose the accommodation close to the university.

　　关于最近发生的一系列留学生在澳洲安全问题，您有何看法及建议？

　　学生可以自由选择离学校比较近的住所。