World-class education which draws the world.
Universities and Research
Australia’s Gold Coast offers leading edge educational services. That’s why students around the world gravitate to the city.
Take close to 40 courses at Griffith University’s Gold Coast campus including business, international finance, Japanese, biomedical science, coastal engineering, multimedia and eco-tourism. A School of Medicine opened in January 2005. Research centres include the Institute for Glycomics.
www.griffith.edu.auAustralia’s only privately-funded independent university – Bond – spans business, health sciences and medicine, humanities, law and social sciences faculties. Close to half student enrolments are international. Speed learning with three semesters a year.
www.bond.edu.au- Southern Cross University’s Tweed campus opened in 2002 as a $7.4 million facility www.scu.edu.au while Central Queensland University’s Gold Coast International campus promotes Academic English, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. www.cqu.edu.au
Other Facilities
Gold Coast Institute of TAFE has four campuses with specialist programs for internationals.
www.tafe.qld.gov.au- There are more than 120 Registered Training Organisations which can deliver training and assessment and issue qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework offering alternative delivery options including distance education and modules incorporated in high school. www.studygoldcoast.org.au www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/education
- There is more than 200 primary and secondary schools, special schools for students with intellectual or other disabilities and outdoor education centres to promote personal development. www.education.qld.gov.au/schools www.aisq.qld.edu.au