I love unimelb so much. The environment and facilities provided by the University are great. Unimelb built a new building named the art and cultural building last year, which benefits me a lot such as a huge dancing room. I love dancing so much and thus having a new dancing room is more convenient than before. Also, there are more study areas that are very good for me and other students.

One thing I enjoy about my years at the University of Melbourne is extra club activities. I’ve been a part of multiple club committees and the University works together with students to ensure their safety, enjoyment while on campus, and support.

The university provides you with professional skills and knowledge and enough freedom and encouragement to discover what you really like and want to do. There is nothing wrong with whatever you want to do, it is only about the motivation from the deepest of your heart.

Academically speaking, I really enjoyed the subject combinations for each major, and the design of the Psychology subjects I have taken. Everybody would wish to master the major we take after each bachelor course, the school showed me the opposite. Through the required subjects, we were shown different branches of Psychology such as Cognitive Psychology (e.g., Memory, Perception), Developmental Psychology (how people change throughout different life stages), and Biological Psychology (how each brain section relates to body functions and reactions, etc.). This allowed me to experience, figure out which area of Psychology I love, and be more certain about it. Our school’s specialty is in their way of tailoring foundational theories/concepts into every major. For example, Design students may take philosophical subjects to learn the theoretical basics behind every sample they make. As a Psychology student myself, I benefited a lot from this careful subject planning due to dominant reading and writing characteristics of the major. However, I have listened to some close friends in other more applied majors sharing that this is causing them difficulties. Their strengths are not really writing and philosophies, and with the addition of concept learning, the learning experience is worse than expected.
I also like the design of breadth subjects our school provides. I took a Managing people breadth track, which is composed of around 6 subjects starting from the most basic to fairly advanced levels. I had the chances to study with Commerce friends and gained a fair amount of Management knowledge/skills after finishing the breadth track. This really supported my career pathway, since I am heading towards Applied Psychology (applying psychology knowledge to organizational environments such as human resources, data analysis, coaching, survey making, etc.) instead of Clinical Psychology.
I am fortunate as a Psychology student to have access to subject designs well-considering our mental health as well as connections with thoughtful lecturers/tutors/staffs. I have also seen our school’s efforts to improve students’ mental health including free mental health consulting services and peer mentor (university students as mentors to help freshman adapting to the university life, me experienced being both a mentor and mentee). I would love to see more improvements in the next time period, because sadly many peers are still going through stressful stages during semesters.
Regarding university clubs and events, I really enjoy being a university sport team member. Events hold by clubs ranging from professional networking fairs to movie nights are very engaging.

I completed my Bachelor of Science in Psychology and creative writing and, in my opinion, the lecturers did an excellent job of teaching the material; there were just a few bad instructors. The assessments were difficult, but if you are persistent and diligent, you will succeed. The lack of communication within the university was a sticking point for me; as a top-ranked school, I expected the professors and tutors to be well-versed in their fields and to work in a collegiate setting.

University of Melbourne is very centrally located and has a beautiful main campus (Parkville). It also happens to be one of the oldest universities in Australia. There’s a lot of positives of studying in a vibrant city like Melbourne. Most importantly- the multicultural environment. The university has students studying from different parts of the world and ensures everyone feels safe and accepted. They have ongoing activities and a number of clubs and societies which ensures the well-being of students and makes them feel engaged and connected. The teaching staff is also very committed and helpful