‘Bad news’ for Indians thinking of studying in Australia, now it will be difficult to get student visa, what is the reason?

Study in Australia: Every year more than one lakh students from India go to Australia for higher studies. However, this new year Australia wants to welcome fewer international students to its soil. The country has controlled the number of international students from January 1. Also, the visa rules in this country have become somewhat stricter and there have been some changes in the eligibility criteria.

Cap on international students

Now only 2.70 lakh international students will be allowed to come to Australia in a year, whereas last year 7.17 lakh international students were enrolled. Australia: This capping is applicable for government, private, vocational education institutions. Especially the reduction has been done in vocational institutes, where the number of international students has increased by 50% in the last few years.

Australian government figures say, last year alone 1.22 lakh students from India went to Australia. In 2020 this figure was 1.14 lakh. But after Covid, this figure was below 1 lakh in 2021 and 2022, but in 2023 this number suddenly increased to above 1.24 lakh.

How to apply in Australia?

Last year, the number of students reaching Australia from India was less, for which experts give many reasons. Expensive visa fees, institute fees, expensive houses, expensive living expenses. Also, the increasing study options in other countries like Japan, France, Germany, Ireland, South Korea are also the reason for some easy and cheap options.

Foreign education consultant Vinayak Choudhary says, it is now difficult to become an international student in Australia but students can still move ahead. They should fill as many institute forms as possible. Admissions take place in February and July. There are options for students in more than 40 institutions in Australia, but it is important to know their ratings, especially the reviews of the course of your choice. Students should know about the new visa policy to help them navigate.

With the help of counselors, you can know about scholarships like Australian Government Research Training Program, Australia Award Scholarship, Destination Australia Scholarship and loan schemes. Give tests like IELTS, TOEFL, GRE. he/she says, the cost of living is high, hence one can explore part time work along with studies. In Australia, all students with Honors degree can work for two years after studies, those with Master’s degree for 3 years and those with PhD can work for 4 years.

Visa fees have increased by 125%

Last year the Australian visa fee more than doubled, it is now around 1600 Australian dollars (about 86 thousand). The cost of education ranges from Rs 4 lakh to Rs 25 lakh per annum (Diploma to PG course). Apart from this, hostel/room-board expenses range from Rs 2.5 to Rs 50 thousand to Rs 90 thousand per month.

Best fields to study in Australia

Indian students mostly take admission in engineering, business, data science, IT, health science and nursing, accounting science and finance in Australia. Vocational education training programs (Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Diploma) are also in great demand in these fields. Australia has many quality universities, some of which are in the top positions in the world.

Group of 8 (Go8) – Australian National University, Monash University, University of Adelaide, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia. These universities feature in the top QS world rankings every year. Melbourne, Sydney, New Wales are included in the top-20. About one lakh international students study in all these universities.