Education

Australia’s Gold Coast is a centre for learning with four universities, four TAFE colleges and a wide choice of English language colleges. Learning is for life. So extend your potential with vocational or recreational courses for inner growth.

English programs

Many Gold Coast educational institutions offer accredited English language courses including intensive language courses (ELICOS) which prepares students for world-wide assessment. Mix English with engineering, hospitality, child care, nursing or other vocational areas. Study and settle into an Australian lifestyle – go surfing after school.

Study tours are available which can be tailor-made for groups and individuals. Typical tours include English classes and visits to Gold Coast sites, theme parks and hinterland areas. Services include arranging accommodation at an Australian host family.

Students lodge an application for an Australian visa after they have enrolled in an educational institution. www.immi.gov.au

Student visa holders may work part time up to 20 hours a week.

For details on universities and schools view Key Industries Education.

The School of Life

Learning should be lifelong - combine your business or leisure trip with life education.

• Take a surfing lesson with a former champion.
• Be creative with an art class, cooking classes or ikebana.
• Look inwards to get a better outward perspective on a retreat with yoga and pilates.
• Improve your golf swing on the fairway or through high-tech computer technology.
• Smack your lips over wine or beer appreciation sessions, gourmet menus or winery tours.
• Fine tune your motor skills – driving a racing car, grasping a fishing rod, skimming the water on a kite board.

Useful Websites

International student resource www.aqu.qld.edu.au
Gold Coast City Council www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/education
Queensland Education www.education.qld.gov.au
Study Gold Coast www.studygoldcoast.org.au