Why study in Australia?

A regulated system you can actually verify

Australia has 42 universities and several hundred other higher-education providers. Every one of them is registered by TEQSA, and every course they may legally offer an international student is listed on the Commonwealth CRICOS register — with its own course code, level, duration and the provider’s published international fee. That is unusual: in most countries you have to take a university’s word for its fees. Here you can check them against a government database, which is exactly what this site does.

Why international students choose Australia

• Everything is taught in English — no second language to reach C1 in before you can start your degree.
• Seven universities in the QS world top 100, from a country of 27 million people, with the Group of Eight concentrated in the biggest cities.
• Published, checkable fees — every course carries a registered international tuition fee, so you can compare before you apply rather than after.
• Real work rights — up to 48 hours a fortnight during semester, unlimited in the breaks, on one of the world’s highest minimum wages.
• A graduate pathway — the Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) lets eligible graduates stay and work after finishing.
• Statutory protection — the ESOS Act and the Tuition Protection Service exist specifically to protect international students if a provider fails.

Popular fields of study

Business and management, nursing and health, information technology, engineering, education and hospitality are the fields international students choose most often in Australia — and several of them sit on the skills lists Australian employers recruit hardest against.