On Wednesday July 21, Gateway Graduate School and La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding for Gateway students to progress to degrees at La Trobe.
La Trobe is a leading teaching and research university, ranked in the top 100 international universities in some areas and 12th in Australia.
Dr. Harsha Alles, Director, Gateway and Professor Brian McGaw, Dean of Faculty of Science, Technology & Engineering, La Trobe University, after signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, together with Vidya Jyothi Emeritus Professor Dayantha Wijeyesekera, the Governor of the Graduate School, Mr. Michael Dobson, the Head of the Gateway Graduate School and Mr. Manoj Vadavat, International Development Manager - South Asia, La Trobe University. |
With the main campus in Melbourne in the south-east of Australia, it has seven other centres and five faculties with a total of over 26,000 current students, of whom 4,900 are international students. In 2009, it was ranked top in Victoria for student satisfaction. Many academic staff have received national or international awards for their research, and the research profile is strongly enhanced by the presence of the La Trobe University Research and Development Park at Melbourne. It has also won financial backing from central government for aspects such as the A$230 million Biosciences Research Centre.
Gateway, Sri Lanka's leading educational organization has started to make important strides in tertiary education through its higher education institution, the Gateway Graduate School. The success of the institution in a very short period of time is aptly demonstrated with the outstanding results of its students within the first one and a half years. Gateway Graduate School, in partnership with NCC Education UK, offers a choice of two career pathways to complete Degrees in Business Computing and Information Systems or Business Administration, here in Sri Lanka.
In both Degrees, students are able to receive industrial recognized qualifications - Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas, from NCC Education UK on successful completion of the first and second years. The courses are offered on both part-time and full-time basis and students have the option of completing the full programme in Sri Lanka or transferring to overseas universities in UK, USA or Australia at the end of every academic year. An additional International Foundation Programme is available for students who wish to join after Sri Lankan or London O/L.
Initially, the Memorandum of Understanding confirms Gateway students' rights to transfer with advanced standing during their course of study onto pathways at La Trobe such as the Bachelor of Information Systems, Bachelor of Computer Studies, or Bachelor of Information Technology degrees. The Business Administration degrees currently offered will also be covered by a further Memorandum. However, because of the high degree of synergy between the goals of the two establishments discovered at the recent meeting, both sides are looking to expand quickly on the number of courses being offered, possibly with subjects such as psychological sciences or common first year engineering and science courses being delivered in Gateway Graduate School. |
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