Does anyone know the alcohol limit to bring back to malaysia from aussie? can't seem to find it on the net.

Looking at the MAS travel magazine, you're allowed to bring in 1 litre (about 1 bottle) of alcohol tax free. Anything else you'd need to pay tax for it.

I have the intention to apply for B.Engineering (Chemical Engineering) at the following universities.

Western Australia
1. University of Western Australia
2. Curtin University of Technology

Victoria
1. RMIT University

New South Wales
1. University of Newcastle

I am a person who is more geared towards learning through a lot of hands-on and practical work experience. My choice is to study in Western Australia

Question

1. I would like to know if anyone out here could let me know which of the above universities are more geared towards such teaching in their B.Engineering (chemical engineering) course.

2. Which area (Western Australia, Melbourne, Newcastle) offer more opportunities for part-time work and/or industry placement in the engineering field.

3. I have never been to Australia and therefore would appreciate any additional information with regards, lifestyle, people, etc in the above areas mentioned. I would like to have your actual views instead of just depending on the university brochures.


Any other information is greatly appreciated.

y not just get it from the airport?
is it some alcohol only available in aussie?

Bacardi 151 is not available in Malaysia, or to my knowledge. That thing is a bloody killer though, get knocked out so fast I see no reason to even have a party all night long when you're dead within the first 30 minutes.

Absinthe man, absinthe.

so the volume limit is 1liter?

how about the alcohol percentage? any limit to that?



This post has been edited by Makakeke: Sep 25 2008, 08:12 PM

Hmmm industry placement it really depends, you should be open to work in other states for work placement during your summer break. And please see the degree if working experience/internship is required in order to graduate in a bachelor of engineering.
Western Australia economy is booming now, they do need a lot of engineers actually, in general Australia need a lot of engineer to sustain the economy boom.



Yup, my dad asked me buy one during the term break, only can be found in aussie and europe, whose name i forgot.

This post has been edited by december88: Sep 25 2008, 08:34 PM

Just for information to those who are interested to study in Australia like I do. Besides, IDP edu fair, there will be one big Australian Education fair organised by Austrade /AEI in October. Details below.

Study Australia 2008
Saturday, 18 Oct to Sunday 19 October 2008
12 pm - 6 pm.
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre
Conference Hall 1, 2 and 3 Level 3.

Free Admission
Over 40 Australian Institutions will be there. More detail check out at: Study in Australia 2008

This post has been edited by yongyc: Sep 25 2008, 09:55 PM

hmmm.. i see i see...
well, u're right that the question will be a bit too general. I'm considering to take multimedia course there so wondering if it's good.

oh... got a friend staying there... im at d1 at the moment...

Harlo, I'm currently in Perth, well, just randomly being here once in a while. Indeed, UWA and Curtin are the 2 top Engineering schools in WA. From what i've heard from my seniors, UWA offers more theory studies than practical while Curtin's engineering course is more keen towards the practical side. Both of them have their own pros and cons depending on which one you might be interested in.

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Added on September 26, 2008, 6:18 pmHarlo, i'm from Vickery House actually xD Canning Student that is. The price for next year's in vickery is 130 dollars along with facilities fee and activity fee. Vickery is a one storey ground, here rooms are all quite near with land around. Erica is a three storey place which i've never been before. But VIckery is okay, quite cozy and really near curtin and it's bus stop.

This post has been edited by Ver: Sep 26 2008, 06:18 PM

Ver - Thank you for this piece of information.  I too heard that UWA is more theoretical compared to Curtin. UWA requires 12 weeks industrial training in order to graduate.  But somehow, I can't find if Curtin provides any industrial training.

Curtin web listed $A122 per week for vickery and Erica is $A116. Guess they have increased the price. I also thought of considering George James House. The rooms seems more spacious and they have data connections.

Ver - May I ask what nationality are you and can I PM you if I need to know a little more about Curtin and the on-campus accomodation.

This post has been edited by yongyc: Sep 26 2008, 09:14 PM

so, what course are you planning to take after leaving canning?

Heh.. I am from UWA engineering... UWA and curtin are forever in a feud over their engineering programmes
there are arguments for and against both actually. I won't really go into that as only really know one side of the debate, the For UWA-Against Curtin side, need to wait for a For Curtin-Against UWA side to appear before can debate

well, most of my senior high mates (top students) chose UWA over Curtin.

lets have raya celebrations for lowyat.net members in melbourne .. hehe..

you organise boleh ke tak?

I have today put in my application at IDP to UWA as well as Curtin and also University of Newcastle. Will be putting in my application to the other universities during the next open days at IDP to save on application fees.

Yea, Curtin has more practical stuffs in that sense. But my friends say that they all learn more from the course useful for their jobs. But many do still choose UWA because it's prestigious, plus UWA is better known.

Might sound random, but my friend told me that Chemical Engineers are now out of job, because most of the companies are recuiting Process Engineer (Some sorta more in-depth chemical engineering). Curtin still offers chemical engineering, but UWA only has Process Engineer now. Ya, just a piece of information. My friend's friend had to leave Australia after his visa expired and still couldn't get a PR (Curtin Chemical Engineering Fresh Graduate).

Feel free to pm me ba, i'd be more than glad to give you any information that i can, but i'll be replying late cause i'm going to have my mocks really really soon >< Oh ya, i'm from Miri, Sarawak. Oh ya, i'm not in Curtin, still in Canning, which is beside Curtin, but i'll try to help as much as possible ba =P

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Added on September 28, 2008, 12:05 amPlanning for Law/Commerce in UWA next year, hope that i can get in ba ><

This post has been edited by Ver: Sep 28 2008, 12:05 AM

I see, good luck