International Student in Australia?

Question

I am from England and am interested in continuing my education in Australia. I am 19 and would like to complete a corse which would enable me to attend an Australian university. I have 10 GCSE's at C grade and above, however no A Level qualifications.

Is there a corse i could complete, on a student visa as a private international student in Australia, which would grant me access to an Australian University.

I am very keen to study in Canberra and am currently just inquisitive to what paths i could take. Money would not be a problem as unlimited finance is available, although a figure would be handy.

Any advice on my query or any direction i could be pointed towards would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance, Ben.

Answer 1

G'day,

As a GCSE graduate, in Canberra your options are as follows:

1. If you know pretty much what do you want to study in Uni (eg. accounting, or Mechanical Engineering), then you can study at the TAFE institutes, taking the Certificate course.  After completion of your Certificate course, you can either enter the 1st year uni, or continue at the TAFE institute for a diploma course, and transfer your credits to uni when finished (not having to start from 1st year).

2. If you are not very sure on what to study, then you can take Foundation Year (FY) study.  It is kinda Yr12 course, where you can select Science or Business streams (more general than TAFE course).  After successfully completed FY, you then proceed to 1st year of Uni.

Hope this info helpful.  Feel free to browse the online database for the institutions info at the url below.

Good luck for your study and welcome to Australia :)