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Want to know the correct number of Indian students going to Australia?

August 12, 2021
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If you want to know the correct number of Indian students going to Australia from a decade, visa grant rate, which state or territories are high in demand amongst Indian students, and much more than that, then this blog is for you.

At least an hour a day, I read studies and benchmark reports. And I also enjoy meeting people as a part of my business. So pretty much anytime I am around people, I can usually share exciting statistics and facts like:

Number of students today taking the help of digital technology to make informed decisions and thus how we shall weave digital technology in our business operations to help students in making the most crucial decision of their life.
Number of businesses digitizing their operations and the impact of it.
Amount of data we produce every day and so increasing importance of big data analytics.

Likewise, it was just in the past month when I met the representatives of many Australian Universities in our Australian Education Fair. During the chat with some industry friends, I recognized a common concern: “What is the correct number of Indian students going to Australia?” Because a variety of sources have claimed different numbers so not only the representatives of Australian institutes but education agents too got have confused about which one could be correct and reliable. So I decided to present the accurate information regarding the number of Indian students going to Australia.

Following Data is derived from student visa program reports and pivot tables from website of Department of Home Affairs, Australian Government*.

Table 1: Yearly Data on Australian Students visa of Indian student (July to June)

Note: Year starts in July and end in June. So Data of year 2016-17 means Data for Period from 1st July 2016 to 30th June 2017.

Do you see how stable the Australian market is with student numbers rolling around 20,000 to 25,000 ? And that’s also like 10% to 15% sustainable growth. It says higher education is performing very well even with slightly higher growth rate.

Between 2007 to 2009, there is a sudden growth. But then from 2009 to 2013, there is a considerable decline. Well, specifically VET numbers have increased between 2007 to 2009 and caused the problem. Personally, I believe Australia has Vibrant Vocational sector and Promoting Vocational education sector is a good idea. However, identifying right students for VET and managing compliances onshore is a big challenge. Might be, Canadian SPP / SDS Model would be right to follow for VET sector. Such model controls/limits number of participating providers and fix the minimum criteria of students.

Following table presents the data on which Australian State /Territory attract more students:

Aus Rank	University Name	City	State	ARWU - 2017 Ranking	TIMES - 2018 Ranking	QS - 2018 Ranking	US News 2018 Ranking
1	The University of Melbourne	Melbourne	VIC	39	32	41	36
2	The University of Queensland	Brisbane	QLD	55	65	47	52
3	Monash University	Melbourne	VIC	78	80	60	79
4	The University of Sydney	Sydney	NSW	83	61	50	45
5	The University of Western Australia	Perth	WA	91	111	93	95
6	Australian National University	Canberra	ACT	97	48	20	80
7	The University of New South Wales	Sydney	NSW	101-150	85	45	80
8	The University of Adelaide	Adelaide	SA	101-150	134	109	152
9	Macquarie University	Sydney	NSW	151-200	251-300	240	267
10	Curtin University	Perth	WA	151-200	351-400	262	297
11	Queensland University of Technology	Brisbane	QLD	201-300	201-250	247	319
12	University of Wollongong	Wollongong	NSW	201-300	251-300	232	313
13	Deakin University	Melbourne	VIC	201-300	301-350	293	309
14	University of Tasmania	Hobart	TAS	201-300	301-350	313	323
15	University of Technology, Sydney	Sydney	NSW	301-400	201-250	176	294
16	James Cook University	Townsville	QLD	301-400	201-250	367	273
17	Griffith University	Brisbane	QLD	301-400	251-300	325	307
18	University of Newcastle	Newcastle	NSW	301-400	251-300	N.A.	313
19	La Trobe University	Melbourne	VIC	301-400	351-400	360	535
20	Swinburne University of Technology	Melbourne	VIC	301-400	401-450	421-430	433
21	University of Western Sydney	Sydney	NSW	301-400	401-500	N.A.	384
22	Flinders University	Adelaide	SA	401-500	301-350	551-600	471
23	Rmit University	Melbourne	VIC	401-500	401-500	247	486
24	University of South Australia (Unisa)	Adelaide	SA	N.A.	201-250	279	433
25	Charles Darwin University	Darwin	NT	N.A.	301-350	651-700	803
26	Victoria University	Melbourne	VIC	N.A.	301-350	701-750	613
27	University of Canberra	Canberra	ACT	N.A.	351-400	551-600	N.A.
28	Murdoch University	Perth	WA	N.A.	401-500	501-550	625
29	Southern Cross University	Lismore	NSW	N.A.	401-500	801-1000	896
30	Bond University	Gold Coast	QLD	N.A.	501-600	431-440	N.A.
31	Central Queensland University	Rockhampton, QLD	QLD	N.A.	501-600	601-650	N.A.
32	Edith Cowan University	Perth	WA	N.A.	501-600	751-800	706
33	Australian Catholic University	Sydney	NSW	N.A.	501-600	801-1000	N.A.
34	University of the Sunshine Coast	Maroochydore	QLD	N.A.	501-600	801-1000	N.A.
35	University of Southern Queensland	Toowoomba	QLD	N.A.	601-800	751-800	N.A.
36	University of New England	Armidale	NSW	N.A.	N.A.	801-1000	691
37	Charles Sturt University	Bathurst, NSW	NSW	N.A.	N.A.	801-1000	854
38	Federation University Australia	Ballarat, VIC	VIC	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
39	The University of Notre Dame Australia	Fremantle	WA	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.

Table 3: Australian State /Territory wise Data (Australian Students visa of Indian student)

NSW, Victoria, and Queensland are attracting a majority of Indian students. A consistent increase in the number of students going to South Australia can be observed, while to Western Australia its’ decreasing from two years. So you can decide which region to explore now.

I leave further analysis of these data up to you and would love to hear your interpretation too. Share your Analysis here. Also if you find any error here, please feel free to share with me as data accuracy is crucial for all of us.

*Data Source: homeaffairs.gov.au/about/reports-publications/research-statistics/statistics/study-in-australia

Updated: August 2018

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