Studying at a University in Australia

You will find reference universities. In most degrees and master’s programs, the focus is very practical and they have a lot of resources available to students. Good teachers and researchers, excellent facilities, good connections with companies, etc.

In Australia, the unemployment rate is almost non-existent. For this reason, while you study and when you finish, you will be able to work “in your field”. Gaining experience and getting to know in-depth the idiosyncrasies of the Australian job market.

If your partner accompanies you on a partner visa and you are doing a master’s degree, she can work full-time.

When you finish your studies, you can access the Temporary Graduate Visa and work in Australia. Its duration will depend on the studies you undertake, but what you will surely have is the possibility of including yourself and making contacts in the Australian job market. Later, it will be easier to obtain other work visas.

There are many ways to improve your English, but we assure you that the most powerful way is by studying at university with all subjects in English and with students of all nationalities with whom you will have to communicate.

These scholarships are great but you have to have an impressive CV. Keep in mind that there is a lot of competition. What you have to do is search university by university for their own scholarships. That way you will see the requirements. Our advice is that if you think you fit, apply for all of them.

In some universities, you will find scholarships that cover the entire tuition fee and in others, partial scholarships. They are available for both master’s and undergraduate degrees.

There are private institutions that offer scholarships for students to study in Australia. For example:

• Postgraduate scholarships from La Caixa.
• Iberdrola scholarships for engineering, cybersecurity, etc.
• Fundación Ramón Areces for life sciences, social sciences, and material sciences.
• Fundación Barrié. Scholarships for master’s degrees in various disciplines.
• Fundación Rafael del Pino. Scholarships of 25,000 euros for undergraduate and research studies and 50,000 euros for master’s studies.
• La Mutua Madrileña with a grant of 12,000 euros per course.

• Australian Catholic University
• Charles Sturt University
• Macquarie University
• Southern Cross University
• University of New England
• University of New South Wales
• University of Sydney
• University of Technology, Sydney
• University of Newcastle
• University of Western Sydney
• University of Wollongong

• University of Queensland
• Australian National University
• University of Southern Queensland
• Central Queensland University
• Bond University
• Griffith University
• James Cook University
• Queensland University of Technology

• University of Adelaide
• Flinders University
• University of South Australia

• University of Western Australia
• University of Notre Dame
• Curtin University of Technology
• Murdoch University
• Edith Cowan University

• University of Melbourne
• Swinburne Univesity of Technology
• La Trobe University
• Deakin University
• Monash University
• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
• University of Ballarat

• Charles Darwin University

• University of Tasmania

• University of Canberra
• University of Canberra

The required level of English is usually between 6.5 and 7.5 on the IELTS exam, which is equivalent to C1 or C2 on the Cambridge scale.

Most bachelor’s degrees in Australia have a duration of three or four years.

The most in-demand university degrees in Australia include:

• Engineering
• Software Development
• Nursing
• Teaching
• Medicine
• Chef

Yes, you can work part-time (up to 24 hours per week) during classes and full-time (up to 48 hours per week) during vacations.

• Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care
• Bachelor of Design – Interior Design
• Bachelor of Applied Finance (Financial Planning)
• Bachelor of 3D Art and Animation
• Bachelor of Fashion Design

No, you only need to pay for the first semester. After that, you can make payments for each semester or even split the payment for each semester into three installments.

The validity of your student visa will be the same as the duration of your studies plus the holiday period, which is usually one month for every three months of studies.