Griffith University

The campus is just really beautiful. It’s a drastic difference from back home in Calgary, because here it’s all open and there’s tons of greenery around. There’s also tons of sports facilities everywhere, like a huge track, multiple basketball courts, tennis nets, etc. and they’re all outdoors. The liveliness of it all just makes the degree I’m pursuing much more bearable. I don’t like how small the cohort is, because it’s everyone knows everyone and you’re around the same group of people all the time. It’s nice to go to other uni events and stuff to surround yourself with a larger variety of people. Just do it! I feel like everyone has their doubts & worries when it comes to such a big move, but at the end of the day I don’t think that anybody can ever be 100% certain about something like this. It’s a big move and there are definitely tons of uncertainties, but I feel like if you have to study/get a degree you might as well make a story out of it. 5+ or however many years will pass by regardless, it’s just up to you for how you want them to play out.

I love the anatomy learning facilities, medical services on campus, the relaxed feel, the passion that most of the faculty has for teaching, and the proximity to everything I need (gym, health care, public transit, housing, groceries, and more in walking distance). I slightly dislike the size of the university. Since Griffith is spread over many campuses, it feels quite quiet at times. There also isn’t much “school spirit” the way there is back in Canada.

I like the class size a lot. There are about 100 of us, with much of the cohort being Canadian (including my housemates), so I’ve gotten to know a lot of the cohort quite well, but there are still quite a few people I’m yet to talk to. The teaching methods in the university in general have been stellar with regard to anatomy courses, but can be lacking in a couple of courses, where lecturers intentionally make life unreasonably difficult. Most instructors are excellent, going above and beyond to supplement our learning, though a few do the bare minimum and still expect excellence from students. However, there are usually additional resources to get guidance outside of these lecturers (such as PASS, or tutorials), so it was manageable… we don’t really start on our hand skills until our second year. In first year we have “haptics” sessions, where we have virtual simulated drilling, but it isn’t really analogous to the simulation clinic in later years.

The location is amazing and so is the program. love the program bc it recognizes credits from Canadian uni’s

I love my University and program; I love having the balance of studying and fun in the Gold Coast. My dental program provides state of the art facilities and the professors have been very helpful through the transition. I also got credited for many courses which saved me a lot of time and money.