Study in Australia

Australia

Total Students 1500000
Int Students 512855
Population 26068792

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Australia

Overview

Capital- Canberra

Australia (Down Under) is located in the Southern Hemisphere. 7,617,930 square kilometers is the area of Australia which enjoys lots of picturesque places resulting in different climates. The population stands at 26,068,792 depending on 2022 last statistics, which is almost totally urbanized and lives on the seacoast in the eastern side. Its huge area makes it be the world’s sixth largest country, of which Sydney is the largest city, of course. Its boundaries are indicated to have Indonesia in the northwest, separated from Australia by Arafura and Timor seas, while Tasman Sea stretches from New Zealand to the southeast; the Great Barrier Reef separates Coral Sea Islands region, and finally the Coral Sea and Torres Strait disconnect Papua New Guinea in the northeast.

It has lots of diversities from deserts in the centre, rainforests in the northeast to ranges of mountains in the south east. The islands of Tasmania, major land of Australian continent and some multiple islands of smaller areas are the constituents of Australia called the commonwealth of Australia. During the first years of 17^th century, the Dutch explorers gave it the name of New Holland; but at a time and for almost 65,000 years, it was inhabited by indigenous Australians. Largest areas of the continent had been discovered by European settlers; furthermore, crown colonies founded reached five in self-governance. Finally, the six colonies, indicated in the table below, united together forming the Commonwealth of Australia, in January 1, 1901.

The eastern half of Australia was completely under the power of Great Britain in 1770, then and through punitive measures, transportation settled to be in the New South Wales colony from January, 26 ^th, 1788 when Australia announced its national day.
The Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross are the three constituents of the Australian flag on a blue background: The history of British settlement is represented by the Union Jack, below which is a white Commonwealth, is in the upper left corner.
It is a developed country as the income is generated from multiple resources: International education, telecommunications, mining exports, manufacturing and banking.

It is one of the countries of highest per capita income, occupying the world’s thirteenth powerful economy and expenses. Of its population, immigrants constitute 30%, which is the largest rate in any country whose population is more than 10 million.

When talking about health, education, economic freedom and civil liberties, Australia has a high aspect concerning these measures, in addition to being a member of the United Nations, G20, and Commonwealth of Nations.
Furthermore, Australia is said to be a safe country to study at and travel, as the country enjoys a political system which is stable in having few crime rates whereby Australians are friendly and having a sweet lifestyle that has neither dangers nor scares.

The States, Territories capitals and population:

State / Territory	Capital	30 June 2020 estimated resident population
New South Wales (NSW)	Greater Sydney	5,367,206
Victoria (VIC)	Greater Melbourne	5,159,211
Queensland (QLD)	Greater Brisbane	2,560,720
Western Australia (WA)	Greater Perth	2,125,114
South Australia (SA)	Greater Adelaide	1,359,760
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	Canberra	431,380
Tasmania (TAS)	Greater Hobart	238,834
NorthernTerritory (NT)	Greater Darwin	147,231

Study in Australia

Why Australia?

Australia is a good destination to choose to study at, as this country was founded by various migrants, so it receives students from all over the world, for the multi-cultural- abroad overseas makes every student use of these characteristics.
Besides, the main medium of study is English-Australia is an English - speaking country.
The country tries its best to reflect the most up-to-date quality of education by having qualified professors and different modern facilities that are considered to be convenient and comfortable; Libraries and laboratories are equipped with the last developed equipment to make the process of learning easy and affordable while enjoying a nice and attractive environment.
In addition to transportation system which is available represented in public and private system.

Universities courses

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has 10 approved levels of degrees are offered in the Australian educational institutions:

Level 1: Certificate I
Level 2: Certificate II
Level 3: Certificate III
Level 4: Certificate IV
Level 5: Diploma
Level 6: Advances Diploma / Associated Degree
Level 7: Bachelor Degree
Level 8: Bachelor honors / Graduate Certificate/Graduate Diploma
Level 9: Masters Degree / course work/Research/Extended
Level 10: Doctoral Degree / Doctor of Philosophy / Professional Doctorate

University Degrees

Bachelor
Graduate Certificate / Graduate Diploma
Masters
Doctorate

1. Bachelor Degree

Academic Requirements for Bachelor Degree:

Generally, requires you to have completed a secondary school qualification equivalent to an Australian Year 12 certificate. Check that your qualification meets the international academic entry requirements for a course.

English Requirements for Bachelor Degree:

You will need to provide evidence that you have achieved one of the following levels of English language proficiency:

IELTS (Academic module): Overall score of 6.0 (no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL Internet: Overall score of 67. Section score no less than:
(Listening: 12 / Speaking: 18 / Reading: 15 / Writing: 21 ).
Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 50-57 (no section score less than 50)
University of Cambridge - Advanced (CAE):Overall score of 169. No individual band less than 169.
IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and CAE: These tests must be taken no more than two years prior to commencing your course.

Some programs may require higher score in the English test. Check that your English score meets the international English entry requirements for your program.

Fees

Tuition fees are from AUD 25,000-45,000 Australian Dollar a year

2. Graduate Certificate / Graduate Diploma

Academic Requirement for Graduate Certificate:

Entry into a graduate certificate or graduate diploma generally requires you to have completed an undergraduate qualification that is comparable to an Australian bachelor degree.
Check that your qualification meets the international academic entry requirements for a course.

English Requirement for Graduate Certificate:

You will need to provide evidence that you have achieved one of the following levels of English language proficiency:

IELTS (Academic module): Overall score of 6.5 (no band less than 6.0)
TOEFL Internet: Overall score of 79. Section score no less than:
(Listening:12 /Speaking:18 /Reading: 15 /Writing: 21 ).
Pearson Test of English (PTE):Overall score of 58-64 (no section score less than 50)
University of Cambridge - Advanced (CAE): Overall score of 176. No individual band less than 169.
IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and CAE:These tests must be taken no more than two years prior to commencing your course.

Some programs may require higher score in the English test.
Check that your English score meets the international English entry requirements for your program

English Courses

English language courses are given to international students in different institutions, colleges, universities, and language centres. These courses are planned to meet international students’ different needs and attitudes so that they can engage in different life experiences, wither these experiences are academic, life situations or anything else. These courses are of more than one type which enables students to enforce their confidence and ability to understand English....

Living in Australia

Living Expenses in Australia

For International Students the cost of living varies between 15,000dollars- 20,000dollars a year.

Groceries and eating out – $80 to $280 per week (~US$57-201)
Gas, electricity – $35 to $140 (~US$25-100)
Phone and Internet – $20 to $55 (~US$14-40)
Public transport – $15 to $55 (~US$11-40)
Car (after purchase) – $150 to $260 (~US$108-187)

Accommodation in Australia

This relates to different students’ lifestyles and arrangements:

On- campus living or a place nearby whereby a student will give up paying for transportation costs, not to forget the easy access to different facilities like Wi-Fi, gym;
The process of a home stay involves an international student living with an Australian family in their household for the duration of their studies. The average weekly cost is AU$110-270 (~US$80-200) and meals usually are provided. Entertainment – $80 to $150 (~US$57-108). To simplify the process, this works out to a minimum of around AU$311 (~US$224) per week.
Also there are many other types of accommodation students can choose according to their budget like hotel, apartment, hostels, guesthouse, villas, holiday home....

Insurance

Australia has a special health insurance coverage for international students called Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). OSHC is insurance designed to help international students cover the costs of medical and hospital care that they may need while in Australia. It is important that international students purchase their Australian international student health insurance prior to departing their home country.

Weather and Environment

The environment is in diversity from rainforests, areas of industry to ice territories as the Antarctica is obviously close to it. In addition, the country hosts the most well-known mountain called Mount Kosciuszko the altitude of which is 2228 m and other high mountains as well. Inside the heart of Australia, there is a number of deserts, which reflects a very arid climate.

Australia environment is effected harshly by mining and agriculture, so Australia exerts lots of efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef, native animals, and forests as these issues are concerning.

As the country is so big and stretching far in every destination, it has multiple climate differences: Wet and very hot in summer, withered and relatively warm in winter; on the other hand, it is very cold in the south with some opportunities to be rainy; but mildly cool in summer days.

Culture

It looks like a western culture, affected by British culture, but still has its own culture because of the geography which is incomparable: The culture of indigenous people, and many other people: Many migrations of different ethnics began to inhabit Australia after the British colonization, the culture of Anglo-Celtic inheritance it has in return, which comprises the spread of English language, the democratic influence, monarchy’s constitution and Parliamentarianism, Christianity as the state’s religion, federalism that is promoted by American constitutionalism specially after the WWII, when multiple millions of people migrated to Australia , as a result many traditions were altered to follow these people of different ethnicities. So the lifestyle, food and many cultural styles have been melted into the main culture of Australia.

The process of a home stay involves an international student living with an Australian family in their household for the duration of their studies.
The average weekly cost is AU$110-270 (~US$80-200) and meals usually are provided.
Entertainment – $80 to $150 (~US$57-108)

To simplify, this works out to a minimum of around AU$311 (~US$224) per week.

Visa to Australia

Student Visa to Australia

The student visa fees to Australia currently equals to AUD 630 for main applicant, AUD470 for additional applicants 18 or over and AUD155 for additional applicants under 18. A PhD student just pays AUD630 visa fees for the main applicant and other additional applicants. The granted student visa will allow the student to travel and remain in Australia for the whole period of study.

Work Rights in Australia

International students in Australia on a valid student visa can work for up to 40 hours per fortnight while school is in session, and there is no limit on the number of hours an international student can work during recognized school vacations. A work week in Australia is considered to be Monday through the following Sunday. Although students are allowed to arrive in Australia up to 90 days before their course begins, they are not allowed to begin working until after their courses have begun.

How To Apply for Australian student visa

To apply to an Australian student visa, you must fill out an online visa application which can be found on the Australian home affairs website.
Before applying, students must pay the required tuition fees to educational institution to obtain electronic Confirmation of Enrollment (eCoE), the Confirmation of enrollment will be provided in the form of an online code that will be used in the appropriate section in the online visa application.
When completing the online visa application, evidence of eligibility must be provided. To be eligible, the student must meet the visa requirements:

Australian student Visa Requirements

Be enrolled in a course of study and provide evidence.
Meet English language requirements.
Have adequate overseas health cover (OSHC).
Provide evidence of a financial capability.
Sign the Australian values statement.
Be a genuine temporary entrant.
Meet the Australian character requirements.

A full detailed checklist is provided by the Australian home affairs website.
For student visa applications, the table below outlines the minimum scores accepted for each test. While these are the minimum scores required for a student visa, you will likely need a higher score to gain entry to your course.

For student visa applications, the table below outlines the minimum scores accepted for each test. While these are the minimum scores required for a student visa, you will likely need a higher score to gain entry to your course.

English requirements for undergraduate courses

The following scores provide an indication of the minimum requirement at most universities:

IELTS— overall score of 6.0 to 6.5 (no band less than 5.5 to 6.0)
TOEFL(internet-based test) — overall score of 60 to 90
PTE Academic— overall score of 50 to 64.
CAE— overall score of 169 to 176 (no less than 169 in any category) Minimum scores vary considerably between institutions and levels of study, so it’s best to check with individual providers before you apply.

Certain courses, such as nursing, education or law programs, tend to have stricter requirements, while requirements for Vocational Education and Training (VET) courses are usually lower. If you don’t meet English language requirements, you may consider completing an ELICOS program to improve your English language skills.
A student is supposed to prepare Oversees Student Health Cover (OSHC) for a student or any family members, which requires being valid while staying in the country in order to study.