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University Education in Australia

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University Education in Australia

  • HECS Help - HECS-HELP is a loan available to eligible students enrolled in Commonwealth supported places. A HECS-HELP loan will cover all or part of the student contribution amount.  You are eligible for HECS-HELP if you are a Commonwealth supported student and an Australian Citizen.

 

  • FEE-HELP - FEE-HELP is a loan given to eligible fee-paying students to help pay part or all of their tuition fees.

    If you enrol in a unit of study as a fee-paying (non-Commonwealth supported) student:

    • you must pay full tuition fees for your studies

    • the Commonwealth does not contribute towards the cost of your education

    • you may be eligible for a FEE-HELP loan to help pay your tuition fees.

     

What Commonwealth assistance am I eligible for if I am an Australian citizen, or a permanent humanitarian visa holder, enrolling in a public university in Australia ?
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OP's  (Overall Position Score)

OP's are only used in Queensland, the other States have different versions.

At the end of year 12 most Queensland students sit the Queensland Core Skills Test, this enables them to be eligible for an "OP Score".

The OP calculations take into account a student's best 5 Authority subjects, ie: the 20 semester units in which they receive the highest scaled subject achievement indicators.
In calculating OPs, all subjects are treated equally. There is no bias in favour of certain subjects.

Students are placed in one of 25 OP bands from 1 (highest) to 25 (lowest).

Those with the highest bands get the best University options.

For the 2005 year the following numbers of students were allocated OP's as follows:

OP1
656
:
OP6 1181 : OP11 1408 : OP16 1360 : OP21 936
OP2 801 : OP7 1306 : OP12 1456 : OP17 1347 : OP22 712
OP3 876 : OP8 1385 : OP13 1502 : OP18 1240 : OP23 593
OP4 1045 : OP9 1408 : OP14 1549 : OP19 1148 : OP24 397
OP5 1180 : OP10 1428 : OP15 1418 : OP20 1031 : OP25 280

 

 

OVERSEAS EDUCATION

Australian Equivalent Qualifications

A Statement of Equivalent Qualification can be issued to people who have educational qualifications from overseas that are judged by the Authority to be equivalent to Year 11 or Year 12 level.

These are the links for:

 

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List of Universities in Australia

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

 

 

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