WHY STUDY IN AUSTRALIA?

Why Australia?

Australia is fast becoming a preferred destination in terms of education among Nepali students. Currently, this "land of kangaroos" attracts the third largest number of international students in the English-speaking world after the USA and the UK. In some countries Australia is the first choice of study destination. 

Australia offers an educational experience that makes a real difference. It provides a unique kind of education and a learning style that encourages one to be innovative, creative and think independently. Graduates from Australia are very successful in finding jobs and hold prominent positions worldwide. Additionally, they are readily accepted for postgraduate study at leading international universities. 

Australia is a dynamic, vibrant country with energetic, friendly people. Multicultural Australia is English-speaking and a safe and friendly society in which students can learn and travel freely. 

Australia also offers excellent value for money and a standard of living that is among the highest in the world. Living expenses and tuition costs in Australia are considerably less expensive than the UK and USA. The other advantages for this country in the Asia Pacific Rim include paid internships while studying. 

Let us explore why Australia now has around 38,4000 international students from over 140 countries in disciplines at every level of education, including short-term English language courses, Bachelor and Masters Degrees right through to Doctoral Degrees. 

I have outlined few facts about Australia: 

• Australia is the world’s 13th largest economy and has the world’s fifth-highest per capita income. 
• Australia’s best-known achievers have won fifteen Nobel Prizes and the scientists have invented the following: 
• The black box flight recorder 
• The antibiotic drug, Penicillin 
• Anthrax vaccine 
• The bionic ear 
• The electronic heart pacemaker 
• The Combine/Sunshine harvester 
• Google maps 
• Internet Wi-Fi 
• The electronic heart pacemaker 
• Ultrasound  etc. 
• Of the 39 universities in Australia, there were four universities ranked in the top 100 of the 2011 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, including two in the top 50.  A further two were ranked in the top 200. 
• Almost one in four Australians was born overseas. You will meet people from all corners of the globe who have settled in Australia – from Europe and Asia, to Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. 
• The Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2011 World’s Most Livable Cities Survey ranked four Australian capital cities in the top 10 places in the world in which to live. Melbourne ranked No.1 as the World’s most livable city. Sydney ranked 6th, Adelaide ranked 9th and Perth ranked 10th. 
• Australia has many sites listed on the UN World Heritage List including Kakadu National Park, Sydney Opera House, Great Barrier Reef and the Tasmanian Wilderness area. 

Australia offers an educational experience that makes a real difference. It provides a unique kind of education and a learning style that encourages one to be innovative, creative and think independently. Graduates from Australia are very successful in finding jobs and hold prominent positions worldwide. Additionally, they are readily accepted for postgraduate study at leading international universities.