Bond University
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Bond University is a private
university
located in Robina
, Gold Coast, Queensland
, Australia
. It is also the first private university established in Australia. 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.
Bond received top marks in more categories (key performance indicators) of the Good Universities Guide than any other Australian university in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and an equal second rating in 2010. The university was ranked equal 31st in the 2010 Excellence in Research for Australia
rankings which assessed Australian universities' research activity and quality.
and given its university status by Queensland's Bond University Act. It also operated Bond South Africa
, a degree-awarding campus in South Africa
, until 2004.
On 7 August 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.
Bond was listed by Forbes
magazine as one of the most expensive universities in the world in 2008, and the most expensive in Australia. 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. Nearly half of the Bond student body is composed of international students.
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.
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, 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. The first class of Bachelor of Medicine students graduated in December 2009.
that became the first Australian university facility to receive a six-star energy rating. The building was opened on 11 August 2008 by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard
, and won the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Sustainability Award in 2009.
as its industry partner, establishing the first such partnership for an Australian university and a hotel company.
Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...
university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Robina
Robina, Queensland
Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :...
, Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is also the first private university established in Australia. 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.
Bond received top marks in more categories (key performance indicators) of the Good Universities Guide than any other Australian university in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and an equal second rating in 2010. The university was ranked equal 31st in the 2010 Excellence in Research for Australia
Excellence in Research for Australia
Excellence in Research for Australia is a research management initiative of the Australian Rudd Government being developed by the Australian Research Council .It replaces the Research Quality Framework that was developed by the Howard Government....
rankings which assessed Australian universities' research activity and quality.
History
Bond University was founded in 1987 by Alan BondAlan Bond (businessman)
Alan Bond is an Australian businessman noted for his criminal convictions and high-profile business dealings, including what was at the time the biggest corporate collapse in Australian history. Bond was born in the Hammersmith district of London, England, and emigrated to Australia with his...
and given its university status by Queensland's Bond University Act. It also operated Bond South Africa
Bond South Africa
Bond South Africa was a campus of Bond University located in Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa. The campus closed in 2004, having previously been accredited to offer Master of Business Administration degrees....
, a degree-awarding campus in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, until 2004.
On 7 August 2008, the Bond University Postgraduate Centre was opened in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. The centre will award postgraduate business degrees to individual students and employees sponsored by businesses.
Bond was listed by Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
magazine as one of the most expensive universities in the world in 2008, and the most expensive in Australia. 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. Nearly half of the Bond student body is composed of international students.
Faculties
- Faculty of Business
- School of Business
- School of Information Technology
- School of Hotel, Resort & Tourism Management
- Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Medicine
- Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
- School of Humanities
- Department of International Relations
- School of Social Sciences
- School of Communication and Media
- School of Humanities
- Faculty of Law
- Institute of Sustainable Development & Architecture
- The Mirvac School of Sustainable Development**
- The Soheil Abedian School of Architecture**
Law
The Faculty of Law includes a Legal Skills Centre with several moot courts and facilities such as video conferencing rooms and a law library. The Centre was opened in 2007 by Australian Attorney General Phillip Ruddock, and was constructed at a cost of over A$10 million dollars. 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.Medicine
In May 2006, Prime Minister John HowardJohn Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
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, 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. The first class of Bachelor of Medicine students graduated in December 2009.
Sustainable Development
The School of Sustainable Development is located in a green buildingGreen building
Green building refers to a structure and using process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition...
that became the first Australian university facility to receive a six-star energy rating. The building was opened on 11 August 2008 by Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillard is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since June 2010.Gillard was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved...
, and won the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is an independent, representative professional body which regulates property professionals and surveyors in the United Kingdom and other sovereign nations....
Sustainability Award in 2009.
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 InternationalMarriott International
Marriott International, Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by son J.W. Marriott, Jr...
as its industry partner, establishing the first such partnership for an Australian university and a hotel company.
Vice-Chancellors
- Don Watts (1987–1990)
- Philip LaderPhilip LaderPhilip Lader was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as of 2010 is chairman of WPP Group plc, a global media and communications firm....
(1991–1993) - Harry MesselHarry MesselHarry Messel is a retired Australian physicist and educator.Messel was born in Canada of Ukrainian parents. He was brought up in Levine Siding in Manitoba and attended Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. During the Second World War he served as a paratrooper with the Canadian Forces.Messel...
(1993–1995) - Raoul Mortley AO (1996–1997)
- Ken Moores (1997–2003)
- Robert StableRobert StableDr. Robert L. Stable is an Australian doctor, and the current Vice-Chancellor of Bond University, located on the Gold Coast, Queensland.Having studied medicine at the University of Queensland and earned a Master of Health Planning degree from the University of New South Wales, Stable worked as a...
(1 January 2004 – Dec 2011) - Tim Brailsford (commencing 2012)
Chancellors
- Sir Sydney Schubert (1987–1990)
- Elizabeth Nosworthy (1990–1992)
- Harry MesselHarry MesselHarry Messel is a retired Australian physicist and educator.Messel was born in Canada of Ukrainian parents. He was brought up in Levine Siding in Manitoba and attended Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. During the Second World War he served as a paratrooper with the Canadian Forces.Messel...
(1992–1997) - Paul Scully-Power AM (1998–1999)
- Imelda Roche AO (1999–2003)
- Trevor C. Rowe AM (2003–2009)
- Helen NugentHelen NugentHelen Marion Nugent AO is an Australian businesswoman, company director and academic.In 2004, Nugent was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to the performing arts, to business and the financial services industry, particularly in the area of corporate governance, and to...
AO (2009–present)
Notable faculty
- David DayDavid Day (historian)David Day is an Australian historian.David Day graduated with first-class Honours in History and Political Science from the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD from the University of Cambridge...
- historian - Mike GrenbyMike GrenbyMike Grenby is a Canadian academic and journalist. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Communications at Bond University.Educated at the University of British Columbia and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Grenby worked for The Vancouver Sun, a daily newspaper, and began a...
- journalist - Terry GygarTerry GygarTerry Gygar RFD is an Australian academic and a former member of the Queensland Parliament. He is a former Army officer with experience in Vietnam....
- politician - Peter HarrisonPeter Harrison (historian)Peter Harrison is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, and a Fellow of Harris Manchester College at Oxford University.-Career:...
- historian - Richard HaysRichard Hays (health sciences)Professor Richard Hays is the current Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine at Bond University, Australia, and was formerly at Keele University England.Professor Hays is claimed to be one of Australia's leading experts in medical education...
- medical professor - Jon JenkinsJon JenkinsJon Jenkins was an Australian politician and representative of the Outdoor Recreation Party. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2003, when he was appointed to a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Malcolm Jones, and he resigned his seat in February, 2007, only...
- former politician - L. Randolph Lowry IIIL. Randolph Lowry IIIL. Randolph Lowry III is the President of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.-Biography:L. Randolph Lowry III was born in Long Beach, California. He graduated with a B.A. in political science and an M.A. in public administration from Pepperdine University. He received a J.D...
- President, Lipscomb UniversityLipscomb UniversityLipscomb University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville between Belmont Boulevard to the west and Granny White Pike on the east... - Ingo PetzkeIngo PetzkeIngo Petzke is an internationally acknowledged German film scholar, filmmaker and author.Ingo Petzke grew up in Osnabrück...
- internationally acknowledged German director, film scholar and author. - Shirleene RobinsonShirleene RobinsonDr. Shirleene Robinson is an Australian historian who has focused mainly on the employment of Aboriginal children in Australia's past. She has also published some research in the area of Indigenous child removals and homophobia. Her Ph.D. and postgraduate studies were undertaken at the University...
- historian - David WeedonDavid WeedonDr David Weedon is a dermatopathologist in Queensland, Australia who is the author of a textbook on dermatopathology widely considered to be an encyclopedic reference of skin diseases titled "Skin Pathology." Published originally in 1997 and currently in its third edition, "Skin Pathology" is an...
- dermapathologist - Paul WilsonPaul Wilson (criminologist)Paul Richard Wilson OAM is a New Zealand-born Australian author, sociologist and criminologist.-Biography:Pasul Wilson was born in New Zealand. He currently holds the Chair of Criminology at Bond University. Prior to this he held academic appointments at the University of Queensland and several...
- criminologist - Elizabeth Roberts
Notable alumni
- Chris AtkinsonChris AtkinsonChris Atkinson in Bega, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional rally driver. In the WRC , he drove for the Subaru World Rally Team from 2004-2008. His best finish on an individual WRC event is second, which he achieved at the 2008 Rally México and Rally Argentina...
- WRCWorld Rally ChampionshipThe World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 13...
driver - Courtney AtkinsonCourtney AtkinsonCourtney Atkinson is a professional Australian triathlete born in Mackay, Queensland.Atkinson was a member of Australia's 2008 Olympic triathlon team where he finished 11th in men's triathlon...
- triathlete - David BaxbyDavid BaxbyDavid Baxby is an Australian businessman. He is currently the chief executive officer of Virgin Management Asia Pacific in Shanghai, a company owned by the Virgin Group...
- CEO, VirginVirgin GroupVirgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...
Management Asia Pacific - Lex BellLex BellAlexander James Douglas "Lex" Bell OAM is a former Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he received a Master of Laws from Bond University and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland before becoming a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He was also on Gold Coast City...
- Member of the Queensland Legislative AssemblyQueensland Legislative AssemblyThe Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
(2001–2004) - Trevor CarolanTrevor CarolanTrevor Carolan is a Canadian writer. He has published 16 books of non-fiction, poetry, fiction, translations and anthologies.- Early Life :...
- fiction writer - Steven CioboSteven CioboSteven Ciobo , Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001 representing the Division of Moncrieff, Queensland....
- Federal Member for MoncrieffDivision of MoncrieffThe Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the area.... - Lara DavenportLara DavenportLara Shiree Davenport OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer who specialises in the 200 m event.At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Davenport competed in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...
- swimmer - Chris FydlerChris FydlerChristopher John Fydler is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992...
- swimmer - Sara GroenSara GroenSara Groen is an Australian actress and television presenter.-Career:Whilst studying at Bond University in Queensland, she appeared in an episode of The Lost World in 2001, followed by an episode in Farscape a year later...
- television presenter - Grant HackettGrant HackettGrant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
- swimmer - Ky HurstKy HurstKy Hurst is an Australian swimmer and ironman. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10km marathon swimming event and finished in 11th place, after qualifying by finishing fifth at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship.He won a silver medal at the 1998 World Aquatics...
- IronmanIronman (surf lifesaving)The sport of Ironman was developed in 1964 in Australia by Mr Valentine Trainor to combine the four main disciplines of surf lifesaving into a single race; swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running...
and swimmer - Brian JeanBrian JeanBrian M. Jean is a Canadian politician representing the riding of Athabasca in the House of Commons.-Early life and education:...
- Canadian Member of Parliament39th Canadian ParliamentThe 39th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 3, 2006 until September 7, 2008. The membership was set by the 2006 federal election on January 23, 2006, and it has changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections... - Wendy KingstonWendy KingstonWendy Kingston is a Australian journalist and news presenter.Kingston currently presents Nine Morning News, Nine Afternoon News and news updates on Kerri-Anne.-Career:...
- Nine News presenter - Daniel KowalskiDaniel KowalskiDaniel Steven Kowalski is a former Australian middle- and long-distance swimmer specialising in freestyle events. He competed in the Olympic Games in 200 m, 400 m and 1,500 m individual freestyle events and in the 4x200 m freestyle relay...
- swimmer - Jason LittleJason Little (rugby player)Jason Little was born 26 August 1970 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He won 75 caps with one as captain playing at centre for the Australian rugby union side between 1989 and 2000. He also won caps on the wing later in his career...
- rugby player - Andrew McIntoshAndrew McIntosh (Australian politician)Andrew John McIntosh is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 1999, representing the seat of Kew. He is currently Shadow Minister for Corrections, Crime Prevention and Integrity of Government and Freedom of Information...
- member of the Victorian Legislative AssemblyVictorian Legislative AssemblyThe Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:... - Michael MurphyMichael Murphy (diver)Michael Andrew Murphy is a former Olympic diver for Australia. Murphy competed twice at the Olympic Games , placing 4th in the 3 metre springboard event at the 1992 Games in Barcelona....
- former Olympian diver - John Osbourne - CEO, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
- Giaan RooneyGiaan RooneyGiaan Leigh Rooney OAM is a retired Australian swimmer. She won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the Athens Olympics...
- swimmer - Tommy SpauldingTommy SpauldingThomas J. Spaulding Jr. is an American author and president of Spaulding Companies LLC. His book It's Not Just Who You Know was released on August 10, 2010...
- businessman and author - Antony SzetoAntony Szeto-Background:Szeto was born in Sydney, Australia, but moved to Hong Kong when he was very young. He grew up in Hong Kong and returned to Australia to complete his high school. Soon after finishing school he went to China where he studied at the Beijing Sport University majoring in Chinese martial arts...
- film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... - 'Aho'eitu 'Unuaki'otonga Tuku'aho - Tongan Crown Prince and High Commissioner to Australia, former Prime Minister (2000–2006)
- Andrew UttingAndrew UttingAndrew Utting is an Australian baseball player. In , he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team that won a silver medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics. He studied biomedical science at Bond University. He currently plays for Tokushima Indigo Socks in Japan's...
- Olympic baseball player - Rakuita VakalalabureRakuita VakalalabureRatu Rakuita Saurara Vakalalabure is a Fijian lawyer and politician. He was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1999 and following the elections after the 2000 political uphevals was a candidate of the Conservative Alliance...
- Fijian politician - Hazel Villa - Journalist
- Annabelle WilliamsAnnabelle WilliamsAnnabelle Williams is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Games in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S9 event. She was born in 21 July 1988.-References:...
- swimmer - Naomi McGill - Designer HarletteHarletteHarlette De Falaise is an Australian & British designer, media personality and entrepreneur, best known for her work in the Britain and Saudi Arabia.-Early life:...
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