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The Commonwealth Higher Education Support Act 2003 sets out three groups of higher education providers. Students at all three types of institutions are eligible for FEE-HELP , an income contingent loan to cover charges and fees.


UNIVERSITIES


National



Australian Capital Territory




New South Wales




Victoria




Queensland




Western Australia




South Australia




Tasmania




Northern Territory




OTHER SELF-ACCREDITING HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

These institutions are for nearly all practical purposes, universities. However, they are deemed not to be because their academic focus is too narrow.



STATE AND TERRITORY ACCREDITED HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

Each qualification these institutions offer must first be approved by the relevant state or territory authority. For the purposes of maintainability, the list below only aims to include institutions that create their own degree, masters or doctorate courses - not those that deliver courses created by others, or create only lesser courses. Links to full lists of Higher Education course originators can be found at the bottom of this section.

Institutions that only deliver higher education courses created by another institution can be found via the parent institution listed.


Government


Specialist



General



Christian


National



New South Wales



South Australia



Tasmania



Queensland



Victoria



Western Australia



Other private


Specialist



General



Full listings


Institutions operating in the external territories are auspiced by the Commonwealth Deparment of Education, Science and Training. However, there are none at this time (2005).


GROUPINGS OF UNIVERSITIES



  • [http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/ListAll/Default.htm List of all federally auspiced higher education institutions in Australia].



RANKINGS OF UNIVERSITIES


2006 and 2007 Shanghai Jiao Tong University's academic ranking of world universities

Since 2003 the "Academic Ranking of World Universities" {Link without Title} , produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Higher Education, has ranked Australian universities according to various criteria. The latest two years are:






2005 Teaching Performance Rankings (The Australian)

This table shows the teaching standards in Australia universities and was published in The Australian newspaper. The scaling method used in preparing this league table had seven components:
# CEQ (Course Experience Questionnaire) generic skills: 17.91%
# CEQ good teaching: 18.5%
# CEQ overall satisfaction: 18.9%
# Students in full-time employment after they graduate: 11.48%
# Those that go on to full-time study: 10.29%
# Drop-out or attrition rates: 10.65%
# Student progress or pass rates: 12.26%









2006 Times Higher Education Supplement Australian Rankings

This list shows the international ranking of Australian universities that had been included in the top 100 universities as determined by the Times Higher Education Supplement






Asiaweek's Australian top ranking universities

In 2000, Asiaweek ranked Asia's universities and grouped them according to whether they were a generalist Multi-Disciplinary or a Science and Technology university. {Link without Title}







In 1999, Asiaweek released the first regional listing of Asia's best universities. {Link without Title} Australian universities in the list and their rankings were:






2005 Melbourne Institute International Standing of Australian Universities

A study released by the Melbourne Institute {Link without Title} (operated by the University of Melbourne) in 2005 examined Australian universities on the basis of:
  • international standing of staff (40%)

  • graduate programs (16%)

  • undergraduate intake (11%)

  • undergraduate programs (14%)

  • resources (11%), and

  • the views of Deans and CEOs (8%).










''Ranking performance by other measures''

Universities can also be ranked by other measures

  • Academic disciplines

  • Graduate satisfaction

  • Graduate emploment prospects



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