This visa is for students who want to come to Australia to study at a registered education institution.

• You can study a registered full-time course in Australia.
• Eligible family members can accompany you to Australia.
• You and your family members can generally work up to 40 hours per fortnight when course is in session and unlimited hours when course is not in session
• You can generally stay in Australia until your course is finished.

Requirements: 

• Applied for and been accepted to study in a registered full-time course at an educational institution in Australia
• Organised appropriate welfare arrangements for the duration of your intended stay in Australia if you are under 18 years of age
• Minimum IELTS 5.5 if not:
  • IELTS 5.0 combined with 10 weeks ELICOS
  • IELTS 4.5 combined with 20 weeks ELICOS
• Provide evidence of financial capacity and adequate health insurance

This visa is for international students who want to study English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) in Australia. This includes:

• courses that lead to a certificate I, II, III or IV
• courses that result in no formal Australian award.

This visa is designed for international students applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is:

• a primary school course
• a secondary school course, including junior and senior secondary or
• an approved secondary school exchange program.​

This visa is designed for international students applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is:

• a certificate I, II, III and IV (except ELICOS)
• a VET diploma
• a VET advanced diploma
• a vocational graduate certificate
• a vocational graduate diploma.

This visa is designed for international students applying to study in Australia and whose main course of study is one of the following:

• Bachelor degree
• associate degree
• graduate certificate
• graduate diploma
• Masters by coursework
• Higher Education diploma
• Higher Education advanced diploma.

This visa is designed for international students who want to study a Masters degree by research or a Doctoral degree in Australia.

This visa is designed for international students who want to study the following courses in Australia:

• a non-award foundation studies course
• other full-time course (or components of a course) that does not lead to an Australian award.