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About Australia
Modern Australia was founded with the influx of European settlers just over two hundred years ago, but the Aborigines inhabited the island continent for tens of thousands of years before that.
They numbered a few hundred thousand before the European influx. But two centuries of discrimination and expropriation followed, and at one point the indigenous population fell as low as 60,000. Australia’s politicians at first looked to Europe and the US in foreign policy, but in the past 20 years or so they have made their near neighbors a priority.
Education System
Education System
Primary education of Australia is seven years of preliminary courses, where children commence their education at the age of 5 years (Year-1) and will be completing at the age of 12 (Year-7).
Why Australia
Students move to secondary school (Year-8) at the age of 12 and it is mandatory to complete their two years of ‘junior high school’ till the Year-10, after which they have the option to discontinue or move.
Universities in Australia
After completing final year (Year-12) of secondary school, students head for their higher (Tertiary) education that awards degree for Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral studies.
Australia’s higher education offers several types of courses
Vocational Education & Training (VET)
VET courses can be one or two years depending on the field of study and knowledge of employment experience.
Bachelor Degree
There are many divisions in Bachelor’s degree of Australia that includes, ‘3-year degrees’, ‘4-year degrees’, ‘professional degrees’, ‘combined degrees’ and ‘Honours degrees’.
Postgraduate Education
Admission for Master’s degree (postgraduate program) requires completion of Bachelor’s degree with certain exceptions for pertinent work experience.
Doctoral Degree
Doctorate degree is the top level of education award offered by Australian universities. It requires minimum qualification of Master’s degree in the chosen field of study.
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Job Market
The prediction of job opportunities for international students in Australia is associated with the comprehensive visa requirements. In Australia there is good scope for various professions including doctors, teachers, accountants, plumbers, nurses, carpenters, dentists and IT managers. You can get the complete information on the applications of visas migration on Department of Immigration and Citizenship website. There are good opportunities for the graduates who secure permanent residence in Australia. You can get further details about graduate destinations on Graduate Careers Australia.
Tourism
Tourism is the large sector of the economy in Australia, which was merged as a crucial industry. For the years 2002, 2003, 2004 Australia has produced world’s 10th biggest revenue from the tourism. Every year about 4 billion tourists visit Australia and Australians itself are the big domestic travelers. Australia combines an abundance of landscapes. These comprise deserts in the interior, hills, mountains, tropical rain forests, and densely populated coastal strips with long beaches. Distinct from other continents, Australia has a wide variety of unique plants and animal life. Find more–Australian Tourism
Facts
– Full name: Commonwealth of Australia
– Population: 21.5 million (UN, 2009)
– Capital: Canberra
– Largest city: Sydney
– Area: 7.7 million sq km (2.9 million sq miles)
– Major language: English
– Major religion: Christianity
– Life expectancy: 79 years (men), 84 years (women) (UN)
– Monetary unit: 1 Australian dollar = 100 cents
– Main exports: Ores and metals; wool, food, fuels, transport machinery and equipment
– GNI per capita: US $32,220 (World Bank, 2006)
– Internet domain: .au
– International dialing code: +61
Australia has trade exports of coal, iron ore, non-monetary gold, crude petroleum and bovine meat to China, Japan, South Korea, which has amounted $ 178.9 Billion in 2008. It imports passenger motor vehicles, computers, medicaments and telecommunication equipments from China, US, Japan, Singapore and Germany, which has amounted to $ 187.2 Billion.
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