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About University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales is renowned for the quality of graduates and its commitment to new and creative approaches to education and research. Its motto, Scientia Manu et Mente (“Knowledge by Hand and Mind”), encapsulates the University's central philosophy of balancing the practical and the scholarly. The University also enjoys the reputation of Australia's leading international university with over 200 sister university partnerships around the world, amongst many other international activities. UNSW has developed strong research relationships and student exchange programs with these international partners. UNSW has approximately 40,000 students including over 9,000 international students, from over 165 different countries and an additional 1,900 international students in pre-University programs. Located in Sydney, the University of New South Wales is situated near the business hub of Australia's largest city, providing easy access to a wide range of academic, cultural and social activities, and less than 5 km from some of the most famous beaches in the world. The 38 hectare Kensington site, the main UNSW campus, consists of state-of-the-art faculty and service facilities that combine to provide an ideal educational and communal environment for all students. 

Term Dates

The University of New South Wales offers IBEX opportunities in fall and spring semesters.

• When planning for your program at UNSW, you must choose in advance how many courses (3 or 4) you want to take. This decision will dictate when you need to arrive at UNSW:
  • Spring semester:
    • Option 1: Tailored Term 1, which runs from the first week in January through mid-May. This option consists of taking one course during UNSW's January Term (JT) and three courses during Term 1 (T1). This allows students to take a total of four courses that will transfer back to NYU Stern as 16 credits.
    • Option 2: Term 1 only, which runs from mid-February through mid-May. This option consists of taking three courses that will transfer back to NYU Stern as 12 credits.
  • Fall semester:
    • Option 1: Tailored Term 3, which runs from mid-August through mid-December. This option consists of taking one course during UNSW's August Term (AT) and three courses during Term 3 (T3). This allows students to take a total of four courses that will transfer back as 16 credits.
    • Option 2: Term 3 only, which runs from mid-September through mid-December. This option consists of taking three courses that will transfer back as 12 credits.

Dates are approximate and may be subject to change.

Housing and Living Costs

• Housing: UNSW on-campus housing is limited and is not guaranteed. Meals are included and the cost is approximately AU$10,000/semester (5 months). You can also find off-campus shared apartments without a meal plan and costs are approximately AU$300 – 900/week.
• Food: approximately AU$100-200/week.
• Books: AU$500 – 750/semester.
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC): approximately AU$242/semester (required for all international students in Australia).
• Visa: approximately AU$1600 which also grants you the right to work in Australia while studying.

AU$ = Australian Dollars

Find out more about IBEX tuition, housing, and other logistics.

Language of Instruction

English

Student Services

The student services available to exchange students include:

• Airport reception
• Temporary accommodation and transfers on arrival
• International student housing assistance
• Orientation program
• Social and recreational activities

Academic Information

If you are accepted to IBEX, you will attend two advising meetings to plan and revise your schedule: one with NYU Stern Academic Advising and one with the NYU Stern IBEX team. As you build your academic schedule for your semester abroad, carefully review and consider the following course information. Please note that UNSW requires a minimum 3.0 GPA for all exchange students.

IBEX Course Information

• You may take a full semester of business classes while abroad on IBEX.
• At UNSW, students can complete up to 2 classes of their concentration. You will need to take or have taken 2 other courses in your concentration in residence at Stern. There are no exceptions to this policy. Students with concentrations that have more than a 12 credit and 4 class minimum, please contact your Advisor for specific guidance.
• Leave room for at least two general electives in your schedule. This allows you to:
  • Take interesting, location-specific courses not offered at Stern, and
  • Have more flexibility during the course registration process.
• Reference the IBEX Course Guide: What you can or cannot take.
  • You can take a maximum of two classes per concentration.
  • Accounting courses cannot be taken for credit toward the Accounting or CPA majors/concentrations.
  • All IBEX grades will transfer back to NYU Stern as Pass/Fail.

UNSW Pre-Approved Courses

• Review the list of UNSW Pre-Approved courses via the link below. The courses listed on this sheet were taken previously by Stern IBEX students and have already been approved for a specific NYU equivalent.
• There is no guarantee that the courses listed here will be offered during the specific semester you study abroad. It is important to be flexible. Have a Plan A and Plan B and the space to take some electives.
• If a course is already on this pre-approved list, it does not need to be reviewed again - unless you want to see if it will count towards a new requirement.

Finding New Courses

• You are not limited to only taking the courses listed on the spreadsheet.
• If you see a course on UNSW’s website that you would like to take, but is not listed below, you must submit the syllabus to Stern’s Global Experiences team for approval.
• Once UNSW publishes its confirmed courses for the semester you will be attending, you can revise your list as needed based on what is being offered.
• UNSW has an academic calendar that you can explore to get a sense of future courses. To get a sense of the future semester courses by viewing the UNSW Tailored Terms Courses Booklet (pick one for Tailored Term 1 or 3) and the UNSW Online Course Search (pick three classes offered in the T1/T3 column for Term 1/Term3).