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STUDY IN AUSTRALIA

Students who are planning to study abroad can look for Australia as it is one of the
leading destination for students .it is the third most popular study destination in the
English-speaking world .

Here the cost of living and tution fees is low and it has got excellent lifestyle and
weather.

As per the statics 500,000 international students, including 85,000 Indian students,
chose to study in Australia last year.

There are many international organisations and companies employ overseas


students with Australian qualifications as their exposure to the outside world gives
them greater independence and maturity.

IDP Education Australia, Australia’s leading international education and development


organisation is an independent, nonprofitable organisation that represents majority
of Australian institutions , vocational education institutes, business and special
studies colleges, English language colleges, and schools.

The government here are investing billions of dollars each year in developing
Australian education and in university research.  

AUSTRALIA AS A PREFERRED DESTINATION

AUSTRALIAN CULTURE

The Aborigines believed to be the world's oldest civilisation are the australia’s
original inhabitants. Australia has kind of mixed cultural population. It has basically
western culture influenced by unique environment and geography of the continent.
Approximately 1/4th of the population are foreign born and almost 2/5th are of mixed
cultural origins.

Language

Although there is no official language in Australia , English is considered as the


national language. Australian English has its own distinctive accent and vocabulary.
80% of the population here speak english as per the 2001 census.

Official language None

Main language(s) Austalian English

Indigenous language Austalian English, Tasmanian


languages, torres strait island
languages
Minority language Chinese Italian(2.1%), Italian
(1.9%), Vietnamese (1.7%),
greek (1.4%)
Sign language Auslan

Religion

Religion in autralia remains dominated by Christianity

Religious statistics for AUSTRALIA

 Christian 63.9%

 Buddhist 2.1%

 Muslim 1.7%

 Hindu 0.7%

 Jewish 0.5%

 Other religions 1.2%

 No religion 18.7%

 Not
stated/inadequat 11.2%
ely described

National holidays

In autralia public holidays are declared on state and territory basis except for
national holidays.

Event Day
Australia day 26th jan
Anzac day 25th april
New year 1st jan
Good Friday 21st march
Easter Monday Easter Monday is the day after Easter
Sunday.
Christmas day 25th dec
Boxing day 26th dec

Cuisine

Sports

Moving around AUSTRALIA

Australia is well connected with the other parts of the world having many
international airliners offering frequent flights to Sydney, Perth and other major
airports in Australia. The cities and towns there have excellent public and private
transportation systems which includes ferries , trains , trams and busses.

Public transport

In autralia public transport is the cheapest way to get around.

Taxi cab

Local cummute

Bus

Train

Airplane

TYPES OF HIGHER EDUCATION

A self-accrediting higher education provider is an institution authorised by government to


accredit its own awards.

 university
 self-accrediting provider, or
 non self-accrediting provider.

TYPES OF COURSES

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