James Cook University
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Country
City
Cairns og Townsville
Agreement type
Study abroad
Study places
Several study abroad (tuition fees)
About the study place
James Cook University (JCU) is located along the Pacific coast of Queensland. The university has one campus in Cairns (153.000 inhabitants) and one in Townsville (190.000 inhabitants), and offers lectures of high quality in biology, engineering and tourism, among other subjects. JCU has over 16.000 students and an international student environment. A short distance from the Great Barrier Rief and a pleasant Pacific climate offer an exiting base for an exchange program.
Practical information exchange students
All subject areas are covered by the agreement. Bachelor and master
NMBU students get a 15% discount on the Study Abroad tuition fee.
Applicants need to have achieved a minimum average grade of C.
All exchanges require a completion of 60 ECTS prior to a stay abroad.
English
Language requirements (one of the following):
Upper secondary school (norsk: videregående skole): Average grade of 4 and no older than 5 years, or
TOEFL: 79 (internet-based test), with a minimum of 19 within writing, or
IELTS: 6.0 (and no part under 5.5).Confirm language requirement: English language requirements JCU.
12 credits (i.e. four courses of three credits each) is equivalent to 30 credits at NMBU.
Semester 1: February - June.
Semester 2: July - November.JCU can offer student rooms. Burralga Yumba and Rotary International House offers private kitchens.
It is possible to live outside campus (Areas close to campus: Douglas, Aitkenvale and Annandale). Townsville is a 20 min. drive from campus.
For studies of longer than three months in duration, a visa is required. Before applying for a visa, it is necessary to receive a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) from the host university. A visa can be applied for electronically, with the advantage that a reply can be expected from 48 hours to 3 weeks but can take longer. More information on visa.
Course catalogue.
Important to note: Students can take courses from only one of the campuses (Cairns or Townsville).Courses previously taken by NMBU students
B-DS
AN2013 Culture, Knowledge and Environment
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
HI2001 Asia and the World
LA2902 Environmental Law and PolicyB-BIOLOGI
BS2470 Evolution
BZ2725 Australian Terrestrial Diversity
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
BZ3061 Behavioural Ecology
BZ3220 Population and Community Ecology
HI2006 Australian and Pacific Exploration
MB3200 Marine Conservation Biology
MB3204 Conserving Marine Wildlife: Sea Mammals, Birds, ReptilesB-MINA
AN1001 Anthropology: Cultural Diversity in Global Perspective
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
EA3800 Earth and Environmental Geochemistry
EV2011 The Case of SustainabilityB-ØA
EA2010 Introductory Geology
EA2404 From Icehouse to Greenhouse
PH2024 Human Biomechanics 2
PH2240 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
BM1111 Introduction to Health Sciences
PY1102 Exploring Psychology, from Perception to Reality
PY1106 Communicating Psychology: Listening, Translating and Disseminating
SS1111 Introduction to CounsellingM-BA
CS3000 Structual AnalysisFRI101 Foundatiobh French 1
ME2512 Thermofluid MechanicsM-BIOTEK
BC5101 Genes Genomes and Development
BC5102 Advanced Cell Biology
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
BZ5420 Ecological Genetics
CH1002 Chemistry: Principles and Applications
MI2021 Introductory Infectious Diseases and Immunobiology
PH1001 Preparatory PhysicsM-EIE
EV1008 Human Geography
EV1011 Introduction to Sustainablility
EV2301 Urban Geography and Design
IA1007 Linking Indigenousness
NM1520 Drawing and the Digital
PY1101 Exploring Psychology: from Brain to Practice
PY1102 Exploring Psychology: from Perception to RealityM-FORNY
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
CP1407 Introductory Machine Learning and Data Science
CS4008 Water and Wastwater Engineering
EA2404 From Icehouse to Greenhouse
EV3002 Enviromental Impact Assessment
PH2006 Descriptive Physical Oceanography/ Enviromental Physics
LB5229 Economics for a Sustainable World
PY1102 Exploring Psychology from Perception to RealityM-Landskapsarkitektur
BX 2077 Project Management
CU1010 Effective Writing
EV2011 The Case for Sustainability
EV2502 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
M-LUN
BZ2450 Biodiversity of Tropical Australia
BZ3061 Behavioural Ecology
BZ3220 Population and Community Ecology
CH2103 Analytical ChemistryNM1200 Digital Photography
NM1600 Introduction to Music, Sound and the Moving Image
NM2200 The Digitised Image nå NM1202
PH1005 Advanced Stream Physics 1M-Maskin, prosess og produktutvikling
BU1108 Managing Concumer Markets
EG1012 Electric Circuits
EG2010 Materials Science and Engineering
ME3512 Heat and Mass TransferM-Vann- og miljøfysikk
CS4008 Water and Wastewater Engineering
EA3207 Soil Properties and Processes for Sciences
PH2006 Marine Physics
SC1102 Modelling Natural Systems