La Trobe University, Australia offers New Programmes for Business as well as IT / IS Students

A Senior Delegation from La Trobe Business School–LaTrobe University (LTU), Australiavisited Sri Lanka with the aim of introducingnewprogrammesin Master of Business Analytics.

Professor Paul Mather, Head of La Trobe Business School – La Trobe University, headed the delegation. He was joined by threeSenior Business School colleagues:

DammindaAlahakoon,Professor in Business Analytics– La Trobe Business School

Kok-Leong Ong, Associate Professor in Business Analytics– La Trobe Business School, who is also one of the four academics in the management team of the Education and Training Programme of Australia’s Data-to-Decision Cooperative Research Centre, accompanied him.

Marc Olynyk, Director of Post Graduate Education, La Trobe Business School– La Trobe University.Thepurpose of their visit to Sri Lanka was to create New and Improved opportunities for students of both countries through numerous study and exchange programmes.

Professor Paul Mathersaid,“La Trobe University’s constant endeavour to engage with key countries in our region and to keep creating enhanced opportunities for students has brought us to Sri Lanka this year. Our new Master of Business Analytics addresses considerable skills gap in the emerging “big data” area and should help students from Sri Lanka benefit from the cutting edge expertise within our Business School” said Professor Paul Mather, Head of La Trobe Business School”.

NEW CUTTING EDGE COURSE

La Trobe Business School, Australia is offeringPrograms such as the ‘Master of Business Analytics along with wide range of business and management courses’forboth Domestic as well as International markets.

It is projectedby2018,USmarketalonewillrequireanadditional 140,000-190,000analyticsprofessionalsand1.5millionmoremanagerswithknowledgeinanalytics.

During the visit, La Trobe Business School had also planned events with the Industry leaders in Sri Lanka.

SYMPOSIUM ON BIG DATA AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS

La Trobe Business School conducted a one-day symposium on “Big Data & Analytics-Impact on Business Organisations” in partnership with the Lanka BPO Academy on 3rd September 2015. The participants included a range of senior staff from industry as well as Sri Lankan Universities.

OTHER EVENTS

• La Trobe University organised a one-day Training Workshop for its Agents to brief them on recent developments at La Trobe University and new courses introduced by the university.
• They also met various partner Institutes such as the University of Moratuwa, SLIIT, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka and Australian College of Business and Technology [ACBT] and conductedguest lectures and information sessions for their students.

EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS

For International Students

• La Trobe values academic excellence. If you are thinking about applying for a full fee paying place in postgraduate study at La Trobe, consider also applying for a Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship. You will get a 20% reduction of your course fees for your entire degree.

• The Postgraduate Excellence Award is available for selected postgraduate courses at any La Trobe campus. You’ll need to meet course prerequisites and have a weighted average mark (WAM) of 70% or equivalent work experience. To apply for this award in our Juris Doctor programme you will need a WAM of 75. Conditions apply.