Study In Australia

Major Intakes

❖ February and July

❖ Offered by Universities and Private Colleges

❖ Courses offered: All popular areas

Minor Intake

❖ October/November

❖ Offered by Private Colleges and some of the major universities

(e.g. Deakin University and Griffith University)

❖ Courses offered: Business, Information Technology and Engineering

❖ Colleges offering Bachelor’s and Master’s programs

❖ Independent Colleges offer Bachelor’s & Master’s Degrees

❖ Some colleges are affiliated with universities (offer UG & PG programs)

❖ These colleges offer Information Technology and Business programs

❖ Colleges offering Pathway programs

❖ These Colleges offer ELICOS and Diploma leading to Degree programs

❖ Programs are offered in almost all popular disciplines such as IT, Engineering, Health, Business, Hospitality, etc.

There are a total of 43 Universities in Australia

Public – 38 Universities

Private – 3 Universities

❖ The Higher Education Sector in Australia primarily consists of Universities

❖ The top 8 universities in Australia are popularly known as Group of 8

❖ Australian Universities offer pathway programs, bachelor’s & master’s degrees and doctoral programs

❖ Students who are not able to meet the direct entry requirements of Australian Universities can be offered ‘Pathway Programs.’

❖ These programs can be offered at undergraduate level and postgraduate level.

❖ These are also called as ‘Packaged Programs’.

❖ Pathway programs are a good opportunity to the students who fail to meet the direct entry requirements of the Australian universities.

Pathway Programs are of two types

❖ Academic Pathway Programs

Offered to the students not able to meet the Academic entry criteria

❖ English Language Programs

Offered to the students not able to meet the English language criteria

❖ Students scoring 55% to 64% in HSC can be offered these programs

❖ They are also called as Diploma leading to Degree programs (D to D programs)

❖ Students usually get admission in a college where they study a Diploma Program for one year (e.g. Diploma of Business)

❖ Aftersuccessful completion of Diploma, they progress to the second year of Bachelor’s degree, eventually completing their graduation in 3/4 years.

Some Australian universities offer pathways at postgraduate level.

❖ Offered to the students who fail to meet NOOSR criteria

e.g., Second division from a Section 3 university/Pass division from a Section 2 university.

❖ Students are offered a qualifying program of one semester called as PQP

❖ Student first completes the PQP and then progresses to the master’s degree

❖ PQPs are available only for business/management/accounting degrees

(Exception: Griffith University offers PQP for business, engineering and IT courses

❖ English Language Pathways are also called as ELICOS, EAP, ELP, etc.

❖ Offered to students falling short of English language requirement

❖ Students have to study English ‘before’ commencing their main program

❖ Duration of ELICOS is restricted to 10 weeks

❖ Tuition Fee of ELICOS: AUD 300 to AUD 400 per week

For February intake

For July intake

For July intake