Australia is one of the most popular countries that Thai students dream of continuing their higher education. Let’s see what are the attractiveness that makes the country so popular among Thai students.
1. Education quality that is accepted globally
“We don’t get to choose to invest in overseas education every day, it is important to choose wisely to be able to become a quality graduate and get a job.”
Australia is one of the countries that the population use English as the official language with the highest number of foreign as well as Thai students choosing to further their studies. Because the education quality is accepted globally, many universities got a world recognition from many institutes such as QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the number of foreign students in the country is continuously increasing every year.
A comparison table shows the growth of the number of foreign students during 2018 – 2019
Australia VS UK Click
| Australia | UK |
| 11% | 6% |
Australia VS USA Click
| Australia | USA |
| 10% | 0.05% |
During January – September 2020, up to 832,229 foreign students have enrolled with Australian Educational institutes. Click here
Even though the USA and the UK have more universities and population than Australia, the determination and seriousness in improving educational system to achieve a continuous excellent educational quality as well as many works guaranteeing are what make it possible for the graduates from Australia to be desired by the world’s labor market.
| Country | Australia | UK | USA |
| Population (approximately) | 26 million | 66 million | 327 million |
| A total number of all the universities | 43 institutes | 162 institutes | 4,500 institutes |
| The number of universities that got to be in the world’s top 100 universities list by QS World University Rankings | 7 institutes | 18 institutes | 27 institutes |
2. Legal part-time job opportunities while studying for student visa holders (student visa subclass 500)
Whether one will choose to study English, vocation, primary education, secondary education, or university education (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees), a student visa (student visa subclass 500) is always required for the registration of all curricula. Anyone who has an approved “student visa” will legally get to have a part-time job while studying.
Click to read the details and conditions of student visa – 8104 -work limitation: 40 hours a fortnight
Whether one will choose to study English, vocation, primary education, secondary education, or university education (Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees), a student visa (student visa subclass 500) is always required for the registration of all curricula. Anyone who has an approved “student visa” will legally get to have a part-time job while studying.
Click to read the details and conditions of student visa – 8104 -work limitation: 40 hours a fortnight
3. Full-time job opportunities after graduation
Australia allows graduates of a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degree from Australian universities (at least two years of the curriculum’s study duration) to apply for temporary graduate visa (subclass 485) – post study work stream to be able to work and stay longer in the country for 2-4 years (depending on the educational level submitted).
Click to read criteria for the application of temporary graduate visa (subclass 485) – post study work stream
4. Cost of living
The cost of living in big cities in Australia such as Sydney and Melbourne are cheaper than the cost of living in London, UK or New York and Los Angeles, USA.
(Data as of November 2020 – check for updated information click here)
5. Gold star quality of life
Australia is considered a country with high security, good quality of life, comfortable, friendly people, nature, and environment conservative both domestically and internationally. Even in this Covid-19 situation, Sydney and Melbourne still managed to be in the list of Top 10 World’s Best Cities to Live in 2020 and Best Student Cities 2020.
6. A must-tell foreign student life
For people who are interested in bachelor’s degree, the study duration in Australia is no different than in other countries that use English, which is approximately 3-4 years depending on the curriculum. If it is a master’s degree, the study duration of most courses is longer, which is 1.5-2 years depending on the curriculum chosen and the qualifications of the applicants.
Many people chose to study for a two-year curriculum master’s degree in Australia. The reason was because those people would like to live abroad for quite a considerable period of time, not to hurry study and hurry back. They would like to have time to fully improve their English skill, as well as create connections and make a greater and closer relationship with foreign friends, to have enough time to absorb the culture and way of life of the Australians and foreign friends who came from all around the world. They can study while at the same time also work. They can learn a good time management for their self-improvement in a relaxed environment, study hard, play hard style, have time to travel around the country, get to know new people and new society. Many people fell in love with the experiences of being a foreign student in Australia so much that they do not want to go back to their homeland.
Once you are reading this, you must feel interested in studying in Australia already, right? We would like to invite you to have these experiences and a nice atmosphere in Australia by yourself, and you will fall in love with this land of kangaroos.
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