International students

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UTS is among the top ranked universities worldwide in the school of nursing.

It has the best facilities and would give me the best experience and skills that I require in my field of study.

I was looking for a top world-class university in one of the most liveable cities in the world. Therefore, UTS was a no-brainer for me.

UTS is the only university to offer this one-of-its-kind program in the asia-pacific region.

And UTS, in delivering this course, is also partners with SeerPharma. I knew i stood to benefit from the added advantage of the experience that SeerPharma would bring on board to reinforce the theoretical knowledge that I would gain in the classroom.

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[Luis] I try to see the positive in every situation. Even if it’s a challenge, I can see how I’m learning to deal with those unfamiliar situations. I like that UTS is a young university. It’s really innovative and creative. We learn how to co-create and collaborate with users. When we invent new technology for them, we are solving a real problem in a collaborative environment. It’s cutting-edge here, we are working with things like 3D printing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain. Studying in Australia has been challenging, but I’ll never regret coming here. It’s given me the confidence to be a leader and a change-maker. I feel I can do whatever I want. I don’t fear anything. (laughs) One of the best things I learnt at UTS is how to think and act as an entrepreneur. Before I was just trying to get my degree and a job, but now, I want to have my own start-up, and help people that are having real problems. In my language Spanish we say, vive en un momento que transforma tu vida. So coming to Australia transformed my life. And coming to UTS has changed the way I see the impact I can have on the world. 

Hi I’m Anisha I’m from India. Hi I’m Luna and I’m from Nepal. My name is Arla and I’m from the Philippines. Hi my name is Sush I’m from India today we are answering questions from future students about what it’s like to study here at UTS.

Thoughts when you first arrived in Sydney

When the plane touched down in Sydney what was going through your mind? I was excited and nervous at the same time because like I said it’s my first time to be away from my family to be completely on my own but it was also like going to be an exciting adventure for me to learn. I was kind of scared because it was a new country for me so I had like thoughts going on like how will I speak to people and how will I actually interact with the people and I don’t have like a good language like English language of it how will I actually manage to be like you know be in the community over here and study so I had that all the fears going on.

Did you find it easy to settle in to Sydney?

When I came to Australia I went to one of my relations place to stay. I came to orientation week and there were different seminars going on so it was really easy for me to settle down at UTS and in Sydney. I actually am a very extroverted person so I met a lot of friends and I travelled across Sydney with my friends and this way it was really easy for me to settle. It was hard for me initially because the curriculum back in our home countries and over here is different, so um, you get to a whole different approach of how to do things but then there’s a lot of help available um there’s so many journals and articles you can read about um you know doing it and there’s also UTS Helps which initially helps you with like they help you with assignments so yeah I mean there has been help to get through the hurdles.

How does UTS help newly-arrived students?

A big like welcome for international students wherein they would just basically like you know tell you about what it’s like in Sydney and um give you the chance to meet uh to meet with like the other um international students and like some of my friends now um I actually met them on that day and we’ve been like really good friends ever since then.

Why did you choose to study at UTS?
 
State of the art facility is the state of the art library this support which is available at UTS is top notch I I chose UTS because of its various clubs society is its support it’s UTS Careers is helps you to get along with your professional life as well as there’s like UTS Indian Society and ActivateUTS which helps you during your personal life it helps you a lot. Aside from like the actual like commute going to school it’s also like the things that are like available near the school so like there’s a mall right in front of us um and if you want to go to the beach you just have to walk to Central Station take another train and then you’re there so like really accessible everything is here oh and and like of course the food options here are also really great like you know for example spice alley it’s just right in front of as well so yeah you will never get bored here really.

What’s your #1 advice for new international students?

Just explore the university, explore Sydney or wherever you go, just explore them because you will learn lots of different things when you explore as well as you’ll be making new friends from different backgrounds. When you actually come here in Sydney, I suggest international students to network. In Sydney as well as at UTS, you have lots of networking events where you can network with different people. That’s how I got to network with lots of new friends not only at UTS but across Sydney, and that actually helped me a lot. 

Thank you so much, we really hope that this was helpful for you and don’t forget to be brave. Just follow your dreams and believe in yourself and always hope for a better future ahead. If you have any more questions, go online and reach out to the community. We’re all here to help you and we hope to see you soon here at UTS. See ya. See ya.