SAO News
- SAO S2-2008 enrolments now closed
Online enrolments in Semester 1 of 2009 will open on December 15, 2008 here - SAO short course enrolments now open
From Planets to the Universe
Enrolments for Term 3, which runs from 15 Sept. to 25 October are now open. - SAO Alumni tracks Saturnian Storm for NASA!
One of Swinburne Astronomy Online's former students, Trevor Barry, has made the headlines by observing an electrical storm on Saturn from his telescope in Broken Hill. Trevor is one of only four amateur astronomers supplying regular images to the NASA Cassini team. For details visit here and here. - Swinburne excels!
Follow In Melbourne: SUT top ranked University for teaching and graduate satisfaction and In Australia: SUT excels in university quality report for details. - SAO e-zine
The fouth edition of the e-zine has arrived. Follow this link for details. - SAO graduation
The latest group of SAO alumni graduated on 6 March 2008. Congratulations to all 19 graduates!
Old News of Interest
- SAO in Texas, USA
SAO has hosted its inaugural "AstroFest" in Texas, USA, from October 12-14, 2007. For details please visit AstroFest 2007 - Graduate Certificate of Science (Astronomy) available internationally
The Swinburne Academic Board has approved a change to the Graduate Certificate program which now allows both Australian and international students to enrol in this entry level program. This change will commence from Semester 2, 2007. - SAO student goes into orbit!
SAO Masters student, Anousheh Ansari visited the International Space Station on 18 September 2006. - Swinburne ranked fourth in Australia for learning & teaching
For details, see the Vice-Chancellor Media Release