Professor Louis Schofield, Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) at James Cook University (JCU) in North Queensland has received a $2.8M grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to pursue the pre-clinical development of a vaccine aimed at the goal of malaria eradication.

The research will be conducted in collaboration with researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, and other colleagues and institutions in the USA. …

The Times Higher Education (THE) has released its 150 Under 50 Rankings for 2016. It ranks the top 150 universities under 50 years old, and places JCU at 38th place.

James Cook University’s achievements and potential have been recognised, with a respected global rankings organisation placing JCU in the top 50 universities under 50 years old.

James Cook University’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Sandra Harding said JCU’s inclusion is very pleasing.

“As the THE explains, …

Today’s blog will contain very little text. I wanted to give you all a break on the Monday before Christmas, I know, I know, I’m too good. So, take a break from reading for today and watch and listen to the great videos we have on our Youtube channel below. You’ll find video’s for individual universities, video’s on their different programs and faculty’s, the university itself and life in the cities and towns surrounding them! …

For any students starting in James Cook University this February 2015. Here’s some important dates and events that you need to know!

Named after the British explorer Captain James Cook, James Cook University is Australia’s leading tropical research university and Queensland’s second oldest university offering excellence in teaching and research. Our main campuses are based in the vibrant coastal northern Queensland cities of Townsville and Cairns, …

Consider James Cook University for Dental School in Australia

Listen to one Canadian tell his story of studying at James Cook Dental School.

Ali talks about the advantages of studying dentistry in Australia for Canadian students and what it’s like to study at JCU in Cairns.

APPLY NOW!  

James Cook Dental School is still accepting applications for the February 2015 intake.  The  deadline for James Cook Medical  School and James Cook Dental School is August 29th.   …

James Cook University Medical School and James Cook University Dental School approach application deadline  

Australian Medical and Dental School applications are starting to reach their application deadlines for the February 2015 intake.

University of Sydney application deadline recently passed.  The next deadline will be for JCU Medical School and JCU Dental School.  Application deadline is August 29th.

Get your application package ready now to apply to Australian Medical and Dental Schools.  Contact KOM Consultants for requirement details and the application package. …

KOM Consultants wants to wish all Medical & Dental School applicants great success with James Cook University this weekend!

James Cook University Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry will be in Toronto tomorrow hosting interviews with KOM medical and dental school  applicants.  These interviews are for places for the February 2015 intake.

If you missed the interviews this weekend, don’t worry as James Cook University’s application deadline is actually not until the end of August.   …

Looking at applying to a Dental School in Australia???

KOM’S DENTAL SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA  ARE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FEBRUARY 2015 INTAKE. 

KOM would like to remind Canadian applicants of the Accreditation agreement between Australia and Canada according to the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada:

International Professionals

The Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada (CDAC) is responsible for accrediting den

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JCU:  Plastics choke our marine life: is the message getting through?

In honour of Earth Day, KOM highlights James Cook University and it’s work as a rural/remote and tropical based university. Sitting along side the Great Barrier Reef, JCU is pro-active in their attempts for a better ocean life.

A new James Cook University project is helping assess whether we are winning the war on informing people about plastic waste and its devastating impacts on the marine environment. …

James Cook University Medical School Applications
now open for February 2015

KOM Consultants is the official Canadian representative and application centre for James Cook University.

James Cook University’s Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery course is a six year undergraduate program.

This program  aims to produce graduates of the highest academic standards, who can progress to medical practice and to further studies in medical specialties.  Graduates will be uniquely qualified in the fields of rural/remote and Indigenous health and tropical medicine. …