Universities in Australia
Australian Catholic University
North Sydney, Australia
Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia, founded in 1991. The school operates six campuses, offering programs in five faculties throughout Australia. The University is a member of the publicly-funded national system of Australian universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the International Federation of Catholic Universities. ACU has also made available a special English language program on their campuses in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The options available include General English, IELTS Test Preparation, English for Academic... See full description.
Australian International Conservatorium of Music
Rozelle, Australia
The Australian International Conservatorium of Music (AICM) is a non-profit, independent conservatorium, committed to providing world-class educational opportunities. The school has designed various degree programs, master classes and events that ensure a challenging, vibrant, and stimulating environment for students. AICM follows the mission to produce some of the world’s best musicians, performing artists, composers, and teachers. Specialized training is provided to those, wishing to pursue a professional career, while the undergraduate programs offered combine performance training... See full description.
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university based in the Australian capital, Canberra. The university is organized into seven teaching and research colleges, three focused postgraduate research centres and another three non-tertiary educational entities. Furthermore, it hosts the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia and the National Computational Infrastructure facility. In 2011, ANU was ranked 1st and 2nd among Australian universities, and 26th and 38th among the world's universities by the QS... See full description.
Australian Pacific College
Sydney, Australia
Australian Pacific College is an accredited center, offering English language courses to foreigners. Furthermore, APC is a Registered Training Organization, offering courses in Business, IT and Tourism. The centre is situated in Sydney's Central Business District, looking out over Sydney Harbour. APC is committed to quality and equality, offering professional training in General English, English for Academic Purposes, High School Preparation, IELTS preparation, Cambridge Examination Preparation, English for Tourism & Hospitality, and others.
Bond University
Robina, Australia
Bond University is a non-profit university, serving the educational needs of students in Robina, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Bond has distinguished itself from other Australian universities with the fact that it schedules three semesters each year, starting in January, May and September. This allows for a six-semester degree to be completed in two years, instead of three, without increasing semester workloads. Furthermore, Bond University is the highest rating Australian university in the independent 2012 Good Universities Guide. The school is organized into the following faculties... See full description.
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton, Australia
CQUniversity is an Australian public university established in 1992. Its headquarters (main campus) is situated in North Rockhampton, Queensland. The university operates campuses in Bundaberg, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay and Noosa, too. It has also spread its operations throughout Asia-Pacific (i.e. the Melior Business School in Singapore is one of Central Queensland’s offshore institutions). CQUniversity has only two faculties - Arts, Business, Informatics & Education and Sciences, Engineering and Health, but it delivers programs in a good range of disciplines. Areas of study include... See full description.
Charles Sturt University (CSU)
Melbourne, Australia
Charles Sturt University (CSU) is an Australian university, established in 1989. It is a multi-campus institution, based in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian Capital Territory. The school operates campuses in Bathurst, Canberra, Albury-Wodonga, Dubbo, Goulburn, Orange, Wagga Wagga and Burlington, Ontario (Canada). Furthermore, it has specialist centers in North Parramatta, Manly (Sydney), and Broken Hill. CSU is organized into four faculties, each of which offering a good range of courses and educational opportunities: The faculty of Arts, The Faculty of Business, The Faculty... See full description.
Edith Cowan University
Joondalup, Australia
Edith Cowan University (ECU) is an institution of higher education, operating in Perth, Western Australia. Having become a university in 1991, Edith Cowan University was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, which makes it the only Australian university named after a woman. The school has made available over 400 courses on three campuses - in Mount Lawley and Joondalup as well as a campus in the south west – Bunbury. Furthermore, the university has established partnerships with a number of other education institutions to conduct courses and... See full description.
Einstein College of Australia
Melbourne
Einstein College of Australia which is conveniently located in the heart of Melbourne, is a private Registered Training Organization (RTO) and a CRICOS provider. It delivers high quality training services to students with meaningful learning experiences.
Einstein College offers a wide variety of nationally accredited courses to both Local and International students including OET preparation course, English certificate courses for all levels of students, PTE academic course, Business, Aged care, Diploma in Accounting and community services with innovative teaching and learning methods.... See full description.
Griffith University
Gold Coast, Australia
Griffith University, Australia, is a leading international university that offers several courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students awarding bachelor’s and master’s degrees, graduate certificates and graduate diplomas. Courses include Business and Commerce, Criminology and Law, Education, Engineering and IT, Health, Visual and Creative Arts amongst others. Study abroad programs and student exchange programs are fully supported by the university due to the institution’s successful affiliation with several other universities worldwide. The school runs an English language... See full description.
International College of Tourism and Hotel Management
Manly, Australia
Located in beautiful Sydney, Australia, the International College of Tourism and Hotel Management, also known as the International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) is a private business school offering both diploma and degree programs in a number of different fields, many of which are related to hotel and tourism management. Courses at the International College of Tourism and Hotel Management are built on the strong belief that learning should combine practical work and a strong theoretical foundation, which is why the school includes include nine months of paid industry... See full description.
Macleay College
Sydney, Australia
Named after Alexander Macleay, the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales in the 1820s, Macleay College has, since its establishment, built a strong reputation for excellence on a name that has been held in high esteem for almost two centuries.
It’s rather fitting that Macleay College should lead the way as a premier Australian learning institute across a diverse range of studies, as Alexander Macleay himself excelled in a number of different fields—a fact reflected in the way New South Wales has honored his name.
From the Macleay Museum at the University of Sydney to... See full description.
Macquarie University
New South Wales, Australia
Macquarie University is a public teaching and research university, located in Sidney, Australia. The school was established in 1964, and is situated in Macquarie Park. The school is known to have the largest exchange program in Australia. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate courses, it offers great options to study abroad, undertake research, complete an internship, or enroll on an English Language program. Transnational programs are available in the areas of Business, Finance, and Management, while an online opportunity is provided, too. Macquarie is ranked in the top ten... See full description.
Taylors College
Sydney, Australia
Taylors College is a leading college located in Australia and New Zealand.
The institution was stablished in Melbourne, in 1920. Since then, it keeps the same vision: that education is the key in future succes in life.
The Flinders University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Located in the beautiful city of Adelaide in Southern Australia, Flinders University enjoys a well-earned and very justified reputation for its excellence in teaching and research. The institution has a long-standing commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for all of its students and a proud record of community engagement.
About Flinders University
Since its founding in 1966, Flinders University has achieved many of its goals across many different areas, including innovative research, high quality instruction and community involvement. Moreover, Flinders... See full description.
The University of Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
The University of Adelaide is a public university, situated in Adelaide, South Australia. The school was founded in 1874, which makes it the third oldest university in Australia. The University of Adelaide operates four campuses, and is organized into five faculties: the Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences; the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Professions. A notable fact about the university is that it is associated with five Nobel laureates, and is a member of the Group of Eight, as well as the sandstone... See full description.
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
The University of Melbourne is a public institution founded in 1853 and is included in the ranking of the best universities in the world.
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) is in the top 100 universities worldwide, as measured through a number of major independent university rankings: the Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings and, Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. UQ is also the largest university in Queensland.
About the University of Queensland
As an institution of higher learning, the University of Queensland provides students with opportunities, choices and support that will... See full description.
University of the Sunshine Coast
Maroochydore, Australia
The Sunshine Coast University College is one of the fastest growing Australian institutions of higher education. Established in 1994, the school currently offers more than 100 undergraduate and postgraduate programs of study. The ISC consists of the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, and Science, and Health and Education.
USC also makes available Academic English programs at intermediate or upper intermediate levels. All of these are accredited and taught by experienced, TESOL-qualified English teaching staff. The intermediate options are designed to equip students with the... See full description.
University of Western Sydney
Penrith, Australia
The University of Western Sydney (UWS) began operation on January 1, 1989, under the terms of the University of Western Sydney Act, 1988, which had been passed by the New South Wales Parliament in December 1988. However, the predecessors of the University date back as far as 1891 with the establishment of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College.
Today the University of Western Sydney is home to thousands of students—both local and international—offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in a wide range of academic and professional fields.
In 2014, the University of... See full description.
Universities in Australia by City:
AdelaideArmidaleBrisbaneCanberraEast PerthGold CoastHobartJoondalupManlyMaroochydoreMelbourneNew South WalesNorth SydneyPenrithPerthRobinaRockhamptonRozelleSouth AustraliaSouth BrisbaneSydneyTownsvilleVictoriaWollongongAbout universities in Australia
Australia has a highly developed system of higher education, including a number of universities that are almost as old as European settlement on the continent itself. Top universities in cities like Sydney and Melbourne were founded in the early 1850s, and continue to be among the nation’s most prestigious institutions.
Like most of its educational policy and other matters of government, tertiary education in Australia is regulated by the state governments rather than the federal government. While in some sense this means that Australia has several systems of higher education rather than just one, in practice the differences are slight. Greater variety is introduced to the Australian system by the fact that regulations, while strict when it comes to quality control, afford considerable freedom to individual institutions. Details of curricular development and pedagogy are left entirely or almost entirely in the hands of professors and school administrators, leaving institutions of higher learning free to develop as they see fit and respond to the changing needs of students and the economy.
A considerable controversy is brewing in the Australian higher education community regarding whether or not Australian universities ought to undertake reforms in order to meet the standards currently being developed by top universities in Europe. In Europe, under the auspices of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), major reforms are taking place to ensure that degrees earned in one country can be understood and evaluated in another. Standardization of courses, curricula, degree requirements, and quality assurance mechanisms all serve the purpose of uniting Europe’s schools into a single overarching super-system so that they can communicate and coordinate with one another more effectively.
Many in Australia believe that their country could benefit from adopting similar standards to those that are being implemented by the EHEA, despite the fact that Australia is ineligible for membership (Australia is, after all, about 8,000 miles away from Europe). Proponents of such measures argue that the increasingly globalized and interconnected economies of the 21st century necessitate the development of educational systems that produce graduates who are qualified to compete in a global job market. Opponents, on the other hand, argue with good reason that Australia already has an extremely effective education system that is rated as one of the best in the world, and that there is no need for major overhauls aimed simply at mimicking Europeans.
Regardless of the direction that educational leaders in Australia choose to pursue, the country’s affluence and extreme political stability provide the foundation for considerable success in the future. One of the most well-educated societies on the planet is unlikely to abandon its finely-honed quality controls and highly-regarded institutions regardless of economic or historical circumstances. It seems eminently likely that Australia’s universities will help bring the country into another century of prosperity and peace.
Like most of its educational policy and other matters of government, tertiary education in Australia is regulated by the state governments rather than the federal government. While in some sense this means that Australia has several systems of higher education rather than just one, in practice the differences are slight. Greater variety is introduced to the Australian system by the fact that regulations, while strict when it comes to quality control, afford considerable freedom to individual institutions. Details of curricular development and pedagogy are left entirely or almost entirely in the hands of professors and school administrators, leaving institutions of higher learning free to develop as they see fit and respond to the changing needs of students and the economy.
A considerable controversy is brewing in the Australian higher education community regarding whether or not Australian universities ought to undertake reforms in order to meet the standards currently being developed by top universities in Europe. In Europe, under the auspices of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), major reforms are taking place to ensure that degrees earned in one country can be understood and evaluated in another. Standardization of courses, curricula, degree requirements, and quality assurance mechanisms all serve the purpose of uniting Europe’s schools into a single overarching super-system so that they can communicate and coordinate with one another more effectively.
Many in Australia believe that their country could benefit from adopting similar standards to those that are being implemented by the EHEA, despite the fact that Australia is ineligible for membership (Australia is, after all, about 8,000 miles away from Europe). Proponents of such measures argue that the increasingly globalized and interconnected economies of the 21st century necessitate the development of educational systems that produce graduates who are qualified to compete in a global job market. Opponents, on the other hand, argue with good reason that Australia already has an extremely effective education system that is rated as one of the best in the world, and that there is no need for major overhauls aimed simply at mimicking Europeans.
Regardless of the direction that educational leaders in Australia choose to pursue, the country’s affluence and extreme political stability provide the foundation for considerable success in the future. One of the most well-educated societies on the planet is unlikely to abandon its finely-honed quality controls and highly-regarded institutions regardless of economic or historical circumstances. It seems eminently likely that Australia’s universities will help bring the country into another century of prosperity and peace.