Post Graduate Degrees Diplomas, Masters Degrees and PhD's

As specified in the definition box, a "Graduate" program is one that encompasses Graduate and PostGraduate Diplomas (one-year intensive program), Master's Degrees (by research, coursework or a combination of the two), and Post Doctorate Degrees. All universities in Australia accept international students into a postgraduate degree program. A undergraduate degree in the same subject is usually a pre-requisite

What you need to do is to first figure out what you want to study. North American programs (listed a little farther down the page) offer help deciding what to study as one of services. If you decide you do not what to go through them, a helpful site is Studylink offered by IDP Education Australia. Through this site, a listing of universities will be produced by you searching on what exactly you want to study.

Federation Scholarships

There are Federation Scholarships for North American Students (Canadian & US Citizens only) offered by the Australian Universities. These are offered by the universities directly and may cover tuition, travel costs, accommodation, etc.

A listing of financial aid sources is also available from this web site.

The next step is to find a university in Australia that the program that best suits your needs. There are basically 2 ways to find what will work the best for you; Affiliate Programs and direct enrollment.

Affiliate Programs

are organizations that assist students with enrollment, accommodation, credit transfer and more at the Australian Universities. The AEO has links to the following organizations: Australian Education Connection, AustraLearn, and IDP Education Australia

  AustraLearn: North American Center for Australian Universities

AustraLearn works with the following universities: Australian National University, Bond University, Curtin University of Technology, Griffith University, James Cook University, Northern Territory University, Queensland University of Technology, RMIT University, Southern Cross University, University of Canberra, University of New England, University of Newcastle, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, University of Tasmania

IDP Education Australia

IDP works will all universities in Australia.

Direct Enrollment

This option allows students to enroll in the Australian universities directly. Students can obtain admission forms from the AEO or from the Australian universities. This opion necessitates the student making all arrangements for credit transfer, accommodation, and enrollment with the aid of the Australian university international office staff.

The AEO can help you make initial contact with the universities either through sending you specific university information, or through following the links from the university profile pages.

University of Adelaide	Australian Catholic University	Australian National University	University of Ballarat
Bond University	University of Canberra	Central Queensland University	Charles Sturt University
Curtin University of Technology	Deakin University	Edith Cowan University	Flinders University of South Australia
Griffith University	James Cook University	La Trobe University	Macquarie University
University of Melbourne	Monash University	Murdoch University	University of Newcastle
University of New England	University of New South Wales	Northern Territory University	University of Notre Dame
University of Queensland	Queensland University of Technology	RMIT University	University of South Australia
Southern Cross University	University of Southern Queensland	University of the Sunshine Coast	Swinburne University
University of Sydney	University of Tasmania	University of Technology, Sydney	Victoria University of Technology
University of Western Australia	University of Western Sydney	University of Wollongong

To request information on graduate programs use our publication request form.

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