Studying in Australia
Rules written into legislative instruments that are amended often.
Australia publishes more of its requirements in law than most destinations — financial capacity, English tests and graduate visa durations all sit in instruments that are amended periodically. That is useful, because you can read the actual rule; it also means anything you read second-hand goes out of date quickly.
Visa and entry in Australia
Student visa
Student visa (subclass 500).
Issuing authority
Department of Home Affairs. Applications are lodged through ImmiAccount.
How you apply
Apply online with a Confirmation of Enrolment from a CRICOS-registered course. Applications lodged from 23 March 2024 must also satisfy the Genuine Student requirement, which replaced the Genuine Temporary Entrant test.
Proof of funds
Financial capacity is fixed in a legislative instrument (LIN 19/198) that is amended from time to time. Read the current amount in the instrument or on the Home Affairs page rather than relying on a quoted figure.
Language requirement
Approved tests and score thresholds for the subclass 500 are set in a legislative instrument (LIN 25/090, dated 5 August 2025) and listed on the Home Affairs English-language page.
Health cover
Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) must be held for the whole visa period. It is a visa condition, not an optional extra.
Fees in Australia
Tuition fees
There is no single national figure. Study Australia, the government's official portal, publishes an estimated total course cost for each listed course, and a separate living-costs page.
Scholarships in Australia
Official scholarships
Australia Awards Scholarships, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is the main government programme and India is a participating country.
Australia Awards Scholarships
India is listed as a participating country, but eligibility, fields and dates are set country by country — check the participating-countries page for the current Indian terms.
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Admission in Australia
Who recognises institutions
A course must be listed on CRICOS, the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students, before it can enrol international students.
Application route
Study Australia's course search for finding CRICOS-listed courses; applications then go to each institution or its admissions centre.
Entry requirements
Set per course by the provider, alongside the Genuine Student requirement assessed by Home Affairs. Professional fields such as engineering and nursing also require separate accreditation or registration to practise.
After graduation in Australia
Post-study work rights
Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485), Post-Higher Education Work stream. Durations were restructured by the Migration Amendment (Graduate Visas) Regulations 2024 and vary by qualification level — check the current stream page for your level.
Using the degree in India
For most academic subjects there is no separate Indian licensing step. Regulated professions — medicine, nursing, law, architecture, accountancy — are each governed by their own Indian regulator, and a foreign qualification is not automatically accepted. Confirm the position with that regulator before you enrol, not after you graduate.
What families get caught out by.
Not warnings for their own sake — each of these changes the cost or the outcome.
The Genuine Student requirement is assessed on your stated intent, so a weak or copied statement of purpose can sink an otherwise strong application.
Graduate visa durations changed in 2024; anything written before that is unreliable.
Engineering, nursing and teaching need professional accreditation or registration on top of the degree.
Courses for which Indians search Australia
Based on Indian search interest, not enrolment data, rankings or a NooPro recommendation.
Engineering
Accreditation matters for engineering practice.
Law / LLM
Practice rights require separate assessment.
MBA / Management
Moderate cost; strong regional employment focus.
MS / Master's
Strong regional demand; living costs vary sharply by city.
Nursing / Healthcare
Registration standards and bridging requirements apply.
PhD / Research
Scholarship-linked admission is common.
Public Health / Finance
Established public-health and finance programme base.
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