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is Studying in Australia an option?

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  • 07-09-2011 2:38am
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    spanish_sahara
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    Hi there,

    My girlfreind is 25 and living here in Melbourne with me on a a defacto 457 visa long stay Visa.

    She is very eager to go back and start studying but we realise that the Fees to here are extremely expensive.

    Can someone tell me from experience is there any sort of overseas study grant that she might be eligible for.

    Thanks


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    Mellor
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    I really doubt there is, as one of the big parts of the student visas is that one are able to fund your course yourself, a grant undermines this.

    But as I said, I don't know for sure, I'm jsut speculating. Maybe they are some limit number of grants, that people secure then apply for visa (i'm aware that your GF doesn't need a student visa, but the system would be based around that.


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    spanish_sahara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭spanish_sahara


    Was thinking that myself. Thanks for the reply though. Anyone else have any experience of studying here in Australia?


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    jackbhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭jackbhoy


    spanish_sahara wrote: »
    Was thinking that myself. Thanks for the reply though. Anyone else have any experience of studying here in Australia?


    There are definitely scholarships/grants available for postgrad but not sure about undergrad, what is your gf thinking of doing? I'd say it'd be very difficult to get anything for under grad as there's no real motivation for Uni or government to give grants, they generate a lot of their income from international student fees.
    Its worth contacting Unis directly though, to get an idea of options.


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