Australia is a country in the Southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world’s smallest continent. It is the world’s sixth largest country. It is divided into two territories and six states. They are Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
The Education system in Australia is of 3 types i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Students of Nepal mainly go to study tertiary level of Education in Australia. It is also categorized into three parts.
- TAFE: It is a body of tertiary education system which gives the training regarding cooking, hairdressing, electrical, plumbing, butchery and simple engineering, etc. It is like CTEVT in Nepal. In this system more focus is given to practical then on theory. The duration of any courses in TAFE are normally 2-3 years. After the completion of this study students can get direct entry to Bachelor’s level in University. Student’s who have already studied TAFE can complete their Bachelor’s in 2 years.
- Colleges: College means an institution which is similar to +2 in Nepal, but some colleges also run Bachelor’s and Master’s programme under the affiliation of universities. There are various colleges in Australia like-Holmes, Kent Institute, SBTA, Imagine, Metro College, Hales, Lamart, AICL,etc which teaches the course like management, IT, cookery, etc. These colleges. The duration of the courses is normally of 1 or 2 years. Students who have passed +2 in Nepal normally get entry in such type of colleges of Diploma level.
- University: University is an institution which gives the education on Bachelors, Masters and PHD levels. Normally Bachelor level is of 3 years but some courses may be of 4 years also. Students who have passed TAFE or Diploma can get entry in the Bachelor level of first year. Likewise students studying in Master’s 1st year in Nepal have to study 1 year graduate diploma level then only they get entry to Master’s level.
Highly Demanded Courses in Australia
The highly demanded courses in Australia are: Accounting, Commercial Cookery, Hotel management, Travel and Tourism, Business Management, Community Welfare, Childcare services, Aged care services, Graphics Designing and Multimedia, Information Technology, Nursing, MPA, MBA, MIT, etc.
Details of all Expenses that incurs while applying visa
The expenses incurred are:
- Tuition Fee: About 5000- 6000/semester for Diploma and AUD 7000- 8000/semester for Masters course.
- Application Fee: AUD 200/-
- OSHC Charge: AUD 348
- Travel cost: AUD 1000- 2000/-
- AHC fee: INR 18500/-
- Vfs global services fee: INR 1573/-
- Medical fee: NRs.2000
- Airfare: NRs. 50,000- 70,000/-