University of Melbourne: Admissions Open For Master of Applied Linguistics

Master of Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne is a two-year long program when completed as full-time and when studied in part-time mode, it is a four-year program. For a course to start in February 2025, the Commonwealth Supported Place & Graduate Access Melbourne application due date is November 30, 2024.

Study in Australia: Admissions are open for Master of Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne which is one of the highly ranked courses. It was ranked 25 in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This course will equip students with skills for various jobs. It has a research component which provides a competitive edge to the graduates.

This course is designed for people with previous skills and experience in speech pathology, language assessment and testing, language teaching, and language program evaluation or interpreting. Students can choose from the following specialisations - Language Testing, TESOL, and English Language.

Entry Requirements For Master of Applied Linguistics

Meeting the entry requirements does not guarantee admission to the program. However, the following are the entry requirements:

• The applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree or equivalent with a Weighted Average Mark (WAM) of at least 70%
• English language requirements include IELTS 6.5 with no band less than 6.0, TOEFL 79+ with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13, Pearson 64+ with no communicative skill below 60, and Cambridge 176+ with no skill less than 169.

Master of Applied Linguistics Offers Promising Career Options

After completing this course, the students can apply for a number of jobs such as they can join public services, language assessment and testing, Translation, and Teaching English to other speakers (TESOL). Graduates of this course have also worked in organisations such as - Indonesian Air Force, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Imagine Education Australia, and the Ministry of Education Singapore.

University of Melbourne's Associate Professor Wins Top Award

University of Melbourne Associate Professor Giuseppe Barca has been awarded the 2024 Gordon Bell Prize which is considered the ‘Nobel Prize’ for high-performance computing. The professor and his team are winners of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Gordon Bell Prize.

“My heartfelt thanks to the Association for Computing Machinery for this wonderful acknowledgement and to the University of Melbourne, my research team and our collaborators for helping to achieve the breakthrough,” Professor Barca said.

"Associate Professor Barca and his colleagues are an inspiration to all Australians, including the next generation of innovators. By drawing on our strengths in innovation, technology, big data, interdisciplinary collaboration and wider partnerships, their work promises to make an extraordinary contribution to society," said University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Mark Cassidy.

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