What are basic requirements to study in following countries?

G’day,

I used to be an international student in Australia. I will try to give you some info abt Australia.

From the 5 countries you mentioned, Singapore is most likely have the lowest cost of living, and probably the lowest tuition fee as well due to currency exchange, but not much different with Australia. In Australia On top of tuition fees, you will need to pay for campus fee (vary from each uni) and Overseas Student Health Cover (abt AUD$350/yr) and text books (abt AUD$200). These are the rough estimate of the fees for your study.

Before coming to Australia, you will need to pay the fee for student visa processing and health check-up. You may also be required to take an IELTS test for indication of your English proficiency (depending which country you come from) for application to uni and for visa. For Bachelor degree, you’ll need the academic IELTS results with overall 6.0, and no individual marks less than 6.0.

There are only 42 (soon to be 43) universities in Australia, all of them are fully accredited and they are tightly regulated, therefore the quality and recognition of their graduates are equal from wherever university you are studying from. The most important thing is you have to READ the course information carefully, since some courses may have the same name but different content.

To find out the course that you are taking and where it is offered, I suggest you to go to Dept of Education, Science and Tech (http://cricos.dest.gov.au) and IDP Education Australia website (www.idp.edu.au). IDP is an organisation that gives information to international students who wants to continue their study in Australia. The info abt requirements and fees are available from the uni’s website. Please make sure that you are reading the information for INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. Once decided on the uni, fill in the application form and send it together with certified copy of your academic qualification. It may take abt 2-3weeks to process, depending on the time of the year.

Just as general info, I put a link from a university in Melbourne abt requirements from India & other countries: http://www.deakin.edu.au/international/prospective/fee_apply/admin_req.php

I’m living in Melbourne and this is what you’re going to find in Melbourne:

1. First of all… some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the second weblink from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day in summer, but almost immediately you’ll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).

2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look ‘Anglo-Saxon’, you do not feel like an ‘alien’, since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.

3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food… anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price

4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au). Good for students, since not all can afford car.

5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.

6. Crime rates… just read the third article on the bottom.

7. Night Life… hmmmm… I’ll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe’s and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.

8. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it’s attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.

Hope this helps. I know u dun want links, but these are the ones that will help you with your search and information gatherings. Good luck on your studies 🙂

If I were you I’d look into Sweden, Canada, Australia Iceland, Ireland, and possible the UK, all the others are too hard to get into or are not worth the trouble. The easiest to move to and work in would probably be Canada then Australia, the UK, Ireland, Sweden and Iceland. I would advise you look at the Human Development Index which ranks the countries in terms of livability. In order they are: 1. Iceland 2. Norway 3. Australia 4. Canada 5. Ireland 6. Sweden The UK is 16th I believe. Out of all these I would say your best bet is either Canada or Australia since they are looking to attract workers and rank very high. Good luck!