AUSTRALIA 498,155 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
STUDYING IN 2015 AND TOP TEN COUNTRIES SENDING MAXIMUM STUDENTS ARE CHINA INDIA
VIETNAM KOREA MALAYSIA BRAZIL THAILAND NEPAL INDONESIA HONG KONG AND AT TOP IS
CHINA WITH 136097 STUDENTS BUT STUDENTS ARE FROM 200 COUNTRIES CONTRIBUTING
NEARLY $ 20 BILLION TO ECONOMY
Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck
Minister for Tourism and International
Education
Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment
Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment
Almost half a million
international students from nearly two hundred countries studied in Australia
in 2015, demonstrating Australia’s strong global-competitiveness in education.
Australia’s ranking in the
global student community remains strong, with the 2015 figures representing
growth of 10 per cent on student numbers compared to 2014.
Chinese students continue to
flock to Australia with 136,097 students last year – up 13.3 per cent on the
previous year. China contributed 27.3 per cent of all international students in
Australia, the highest of any nationality, with India second, contributing 10.8
per cent.
These figures prove that
international education is one of the five super-growth sectors – it’s one of
our top services exports and it’s supporting our economy as we transition to a
more diversified economy.
International education
delivered nearly $20 billion to the Australian economy in 2015, confirming the
importance of the sector to Australia’s growing knowledge economy.
Australia offers high quality
education services, teaching, learning and research, and we have world-leading
tuition protection arrangements, which is why 498,155 international students
chose to enroll across all Australian education sectors in 2015.
Nationalities in the top ten
countries – China, India, Vietnam, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Brazil,
Thailand, Nepal, Indonesia and Hong Kong – together contributed just over two
thirds, 66.2 per cent of total international student numbers.
This Government’s reforms have
cut regulatory costs for institutions by $48.2 million a year, allowing
Australian universities, vocational education and training providers, English
language providers and schools to focus on their core business of providing
high quality education to students.
The Turnbull Government is
continually working to improve the competitiveness of the sector by
streamlining the administrative burden for education institutions while
maintaining strong protections for students.
I look forward to releasing
Australia’s first national strategy for international education later this year
to facilitate further growth. The strategy will set a ten year vision to
strengthen collaboration between all stakeholders in the sector.
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