Meet our international students
Dr Vo Thi Hoang Yen completed her PhD at La Trobe. She is a polio survivor who contracted the disease as a two-year-old in her remote village in Dong Nai province, Vietnam. In 2005, with three other people with a disability, she founded Disability Research and Capacity Development (DRD), a non-profit organisation based in Ho…
La Trobe International Student Services is looking for current international students who are willing to help new students with their preparations and settling into university life. An e-friend is an experienced La Trobe University student who volunteers time to answer queries about living in Australia and studying at La Trobe University through Facebook or Weibo.…
Are you an international student due to complete your studies this Semester or by end-2019? We are proud you have made it through so far! We want to invite you to the Completion of Studies Program where we assist you with some practical matters in completing your degree at La Trobe: Are you ready to…
Are you from the Schools of Education, Business, Law, and Humanities and Social Sciences? If yes, you are invited to join the ASSC Student Advisory Group (SAG). Being part of SAG allows you to become involved in making direct changes to the university across all campuses. If you want to contribute to making your university…
Did you know La Trobe Sport offers fun, social and organised sporting competitions for the entire community as part of our Social Sports Program? Registrations for Semester 1 social sports competitions are now open, so rally your friends and get a team together to take part in netball, basketball, tennis and futsal competitions at the…
Congratulations to our international students who participated in our events and won amazing prizes! Dilasha Shah – Won a brand new iPad for joining the ASSC blog! Dilasha is an international student from Nepal on studying her first semester of Master of Information Technology at La Trobe University. ASSC college interviewed Dilasha after winning, read the article here.…
Two international students from the Bendigo campus, Tejas Deshmukh and Huy Quoc Tran, were finalists in the International Student Of the Year – Regional category of the 2018 Victorian International Education Awards (VIEA). The award ceremony hosted by Study Melbourne was held on Tuesday evening 25th September at Federation Square. Congratulations to our student, Tejas…
International Student Services (ISS) has gathered a group of young leaders to form the university’s first International Student Leadership Committee (I-LEAD) who will provide us with valuable information about the student lifecycle, improving our services, increasing student engagement and development through volunteering opportunities. This month we are featuring two of our amazing I-LEADers Edel Wan from Melbourne…
Three La Trobe international students, from Bendigo and Melbourne campuses, have completed a highly innovative project never before run outside of North America. As part of the CityStudio subject, students from a range of disciplines combined their skills to “reimagine the Bendigo Creek” – essentially coming up with ideas that Council and the community will consider,…
Study Melbourne has partnered with Melbourne Writers Festival for the third year in a row to celebrate international student stories! The Me & Melbourne storytelling competition gives students a chance to share the Melbourne experiences they’ll never forget. It is a fantastic opportunity for international students to share their story of studying in Melbourne and…